Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1

I enjoyed Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1. I greatly appreciated the themesthat have been explored in this book so far and eagerly find myself looking forward to where they will lead when the conclusion releases. If you are feeling up for something a bit different than the standard superhero adventure, I'd highly recommend Legion of Suoer-Heroes: Millennium #1. Read Full Review

A compelling and oddball start for the new Legion of Super-Heroes. Read Full Review

All of the artists bring beauty and style to their sections of this story and each section is filled with brilliant details. Read Full Review

I may not be a legion fan but I know a good comic when I read one and this issue falls firmly in that category. If this is a taste of what is on the horizon I think we all might be reading a lot more Legion of Super-Heroes in the future. Read Full Review

While new readers might miss some of the fullness of the stories, this book is a treat for long-time fans. The Legion is back and (hopefully) here to stay. Time will tell. Read Full Review

Bendis keeps things moving well, touches on two familiar and one unfamiliar area, and delivers a great Supergirl that I want to know everything about. Rose is nicely established here and all the right hooks are in place. And what a great art team to dig into with each period getting treated strongly. My hopes continue to rise. Read Full Review

The biggest problem with the issue is that the Legion only appears on the cover. But the story is certainly setting the stage for a long-awaited return. Read Full Review

LEGION OF SUPERHEROES: MILLENNIUM #1 thrusts it's readers headfirst into a time-spanning mystery, that with every new timeline makes you want to linger, but carry on to learn more of its lead character. Read Full Review

An easy entry point into the DC Universe and the road to Legion which boasts an ensemble of terrific artists that guide you through dark dystopias and wondrous sci-fi cities. Read Full Review

When visited as a tourist, rather than a historian, it delivers an entertaining tale with a unique form of spectacle in each era visited. Read Full Review

Writer Brian Michael Bendis and the art team led by Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen, Andrea Sorrentino & Andr Lima Arajo may be building to the gilded optimism of the Legion's future, but along the way they are offering a sober-minded reflection of life and unyielding time. Read Full Review

The art is brilliant, there are some compelling scenes of possible DC futures " but halfway through, what this has to do with the Legion and how Rose is tied to them is totally unclear. Read Full Review

Bendis fails to give the four vignettes any type of through-line, and neither Rose nor Thorn seems to change much as the book lurches forward. It seems like the only reason for this books existence is to give Bendis a chance to briefly visit all of DCs various futures before landing in the world of the Legion when its title debuts in November, but theres really not much substance here. So far, at least, this series seems superfluous and unnecessary.  Read Full Review

I get what Bendis is trying to do and that's having everything lead up to us meeting the Legion. And it's not terrible, just very obvious. And honestly, I like the simplicity but maybe it's a little TOO simple. The artwork by all is very decent but it feels very familiar. Let see where it goes from here but this series start off with some amazing art and a very obvious story. Read Full Review

Four different futures are explored in this issue and each has a different artist. The artwork is varied, naturally but good overall. Standing out is Dustin Nguyen in the Batman Beyond timeline. His work is not as detailed as it could be, but he offers great action panels. Read Full Review

A breezy journey through DC's futures, but with little to really take away after closing the issue. Read Full Review

Legion of Superheroes: Millennium #1 is a book with great artists that unfortunately doesn't deliver what it needs to. The character of Rose/Thorn serves as a fairly strong focal point of a story that is devoid of much excitement. It's fun, and it's not unworthy of your time. However, if you're a fan of the Legion then you're probably looking for Legion of Superheroes #1 instead of this. Read Full Review

Overall, Millennium is not bad, but it isn't great either. The strength of some of the ideas and the focus on Rose's character are engaging, but the lack of narrative leave this reader wanting. A strong plot would've elevated this issue. Moreover, it would've seemed that Rose, having lived through all these disparate futures would've been able to make some sense out of them for the reader, giving them context and meaning. Read Full Review

Still, Bendis didnt make much use out of the extra page count with redundant dialogue and a feeling like treading water in the first issue. Thats not a good sign. You could probably skip this issue without feeling lost in subsequent chapters as this was a underdeveloped debut for Rose re-debut. Read Full Review

Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1 promises big and fails to deliver on almost every level. A complete and utter letdown both for fans of the Legion and Brian Michael Bendis, this comic doesn't even feature the eponymous team from the title. The story is choppy and disconnected and the protagonist isn't strong enough to carry the weight of this tale. The art, at least, is good - even if each artist doesn't complement the others very well. And the highly-touted streamlining of the future history of the DCU turns out to just be a lot of fan service. Just one issue in, and the Bendis era of Legion is in a lot of trouble. Read Full Review

An intriguing and warm opening section soon gives way to a disjointed and, at times, alienating trip through DC's future continuity. There's some great art and one or two funny moments, but, given the hype that accompanied this title's announcement, that's simply not enough. Read Full Review

And Legion of Super-Heroes fans? You can skip this issue for sure. Do not feel pressured into buying it just because "Legion of Super-Heroes" appears on the cover. There is nothing about this issue that requires you to read it at all. Read Full Review

If this is any indicator of what Bendis has in store, however, they'll probably have to wait even longer for a Legion comic worth reading. Read Full Review

Half-baked and armed with a weak narrative hook, Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1 is a high-profile dud. One that was surely bound to happen now that Bendis is starting to branch out beyond his little corner of Metropolis. I just wish it didn't have to happen at the Legion's expense. Read Full Review

The story is pointless and makes this book a cash grab for fans wishing to finally journey to DC's future. I was thinking this would be about the Legion, given as how that name is at the top of this book. Nope. Didn't happen. There are seven pages after the tale that show the characters and give some of the creators' opinions on the new direction of the series. This is a lazy way to promote this reboot. The information on these pages should have been revealed in a story, such as this comic that featured the Legion's name at its top. Skip this book. Don't waste your time or money. Pointless and sad. Read Full Review

rayonymous

Sep 04, 2019

Okay, here's what I thought. I expected this comic to reveal the Legion like everybody else because it says Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium, unfortunately there's no sign of them. But then I realise the synopsis reads otherwise, I believe this is going to be a key issue that'd help make you understand the character, Rose and Thorn better for the stories to follow. Having said that, I think this is not a bad read. It was quite enjoyable to have a look at future societies of Neo-Gotham, Kamandi and Tommy Tomorrow through the eyes of an immortal human being who's struggling to survive for centuries with no knowledge of what's happened to her. Jim Lee and Andre Araujo's Art stood out, others' were okay.

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln

Sep 09, 2019

So in preparation for this story I read both Gail Simone's Rose & Thorn and Tom Taylor's Rose & Thorn, to become more familiar with the character. I actually ended up digging this. I would say it is only for people familiar with Rose & Thorn and the DC Universe.

@greenlanternBCN

Sep 08, 2019

Número interesante y bastante entretenido, no sabíamos exactamente con qué nos íbamos a encontrar, pero el resultado es satisfactorio. No es un gran evento ni nada imperdible, creo que tampoco nos lo habían vendido así. Es una historia sobre los futuros del universo DC que nos acabará mostrando a La Legión de Superhéroes. De momento no salen, ni será aquí donde veremos su regreso, pero no por ello es un mal cómic, aunque haya a quien le pueda molestar, no merece puntuaciones tan bajas. El dibujo es adecuado a cada momento y las transiciones de épocas hacen que sea una lectura rápida y que no saturen con demasiada información.

egonnn244

Sep 06, 2019

"@#$% internet" This was fun. A tad confusing at times (do all this happened on this same Earth?) and had some little Bendis-esque dialogue in some parts (the very first line of dialogue made me roll my eyes a bit) but I really enjoyed the story, especially Batman Beyond and Kamandi parts, and the parade of different artists. I'm curious to see where this goes next.

allenquanobi

Sep 05, 2019

Not the most original idea of having a character live multiple lives (cough cough House of X), but interesting enough to keep me reading for Legion of Super Heroes. Art is great, unfortunately I wish Legion was being written by a better writer like Jeff Lemire or something. Obviously this is part of the overarching story Bendis is trying to tell with his Superman books, but I have no interest in those as soon as I saw Rogol Zaar is a mainstay villain. I'll keep reading this and the main Legion ongoing to see if I have to read Superman in order to enjoy, mostly because I like the Legion of Super-Heroes a lot.

Watchtower022

Sep 08, 2019

If this hadn’t been marketed as the return of the legion I wouldn’t have been as disappointed. Not a terrible story, just not what I was expecting/wanting.

Kreniigh

Sep 06, 2019

"This epic story spans the course of 1,000 years and, for the very first time, connects all of DC's future timelines!" First, I am certain that past writers have connected all of the future DC timelines. Second, this issue does not connect these timelines; it simply shows some of them. What *is* the connection between Kamandi's world and Tommy Tomorrow's, beyond "one happened first"? That would have been more interesting.

Grifter

Sep 04, 2019

what

Nihilist

Sep 04, 2019

Well, this comic certainly won't warm up Bendis' reputation among DC fans and be the first step to redeem him after wave of bad-to-mediocre-at-best comics he's been writing for a while now. The plot is a disjointed tale of an immortal woman, who lives long enough to se multiple periods of time, and encounter iconic characters in each. Too bad it all feels pretty pointless, since probably only the encounter with Supergirl matters... anything to the story. There was an episode of Justice League cartoon back in the day, where Superman got sent to the far future, and he met Vandal Savage, who was the only human left in existence. We felt his pain, his misery of being lonesome, and understood how he spent all these centuries, without actually having to see it first hand. There was no point to overexpose his background, to try to build a tale around it, since in the end, that tale would hardly matter. And that's exactly the problem here - we see what ultimately doesn't matter, so the comic feels like unnecessary filler instead of introduction to something major. There's no Legion to be found here. more

Superheroes for Hire

Sep 09, 2019

2.5 points for middle ground art by committee. Each individual artist does well, but nothing inspires as a whole. This is when we bring out Jim Lee - for Rose and future Supergirl? 1 point for a mostly incoherent narrative and shaky logic, and...for no Legion when it's clearly in the title. Are we to believe the future Supergirl ages so much in Bruce Wayne's lifetime? Because Batman Beyond happens while Bruce Wayne is still alive, and Bendis says that happens after Supergirl has aged up to a great age and also after Rose's husband has aged and died. The dialogue is infuriating at times, with no single character able to finish a sentence without pausing, stumbling over words, or being cut off. This issue doesn't need to exist, and this is co ming from someone who really was anxious to see how Bendis was going to tie all the future timelines together. All we get is a clip show of "and then" vignettes in Rose and Thorn's life. more

AdmiralWhiskers

Sep 04, 2019

Houston, we have a problem. Brian Michael Bendis has tried to relaunch the fan-favorite Legion of Super-Heroes franchise with a book that features...no Legion. Instead, it's a series of wandering vignettes through future history. "President Supergirl", Batman Beyond, Kamandi, Tommy Tomorrow...they all get a piece of the action, visited by Rose/Thorn -- a curious character choice to be designated as the tie that binds. Art for each vignette gets a different artist. The work is...ok. Inconsistent, definitely, even within the stories. If you step back and think about what Bendis is trying to do, I suppose the book makes sense. Problem is, he infers WAY too much and can't be relied upon to make sure that the reader is followin g along with what's playing out in his mind. Increasingly, this is a problem across ALL of his books. I chalk it up to overwork (2 Superman books, Event Leviathan, Wonder Comics books, this...and a stewardship role in other books that he doesn't write, like Supergirl). If he could just slow down and tell the entire story, this could be better. It might even be good. Unfortunately, we have to judge what's on the page, and that's a disjointed mess. I want to like what Bendis is doing and find myself enjoying some of his dialogue patterns...and I THINK I could buy into his storylines (except for the obvious Batman plots forced onto the Superman books), but you can only give a book so much of the benefit of the doubt. When it doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense. I feel awful for long-time fans of the Legion. This is about as bad of a relaunch as I've seen. more

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Superheroes for Hire - Sep 9, 2019

Exactly right. Bendis logic may be sound, but this issue does nothing to actually tie together the various future timelines we know of. There's nothing "definitive" here, even though Bendis has been very adamant in interviews that this miniseries was going to be the definitive word on the DC future. Its the vaguest, lamest story filled with odd vignettes instead. His timeline is "and then" and another "and then."

Briton

Sep 06, 2019

DC really had to get the LSH relaunch right. It cannot have too many more chances in such a crowded market. Unfortunately they have made a right mess of it, and really ought to cancel the new series before it even begins. Bendis is not the man for the job.

Psycamorean

Sep 06, 2019

This is just like most of Bendis' books. Lots of talking, with dialogue that just keeps going and going. And... Not much else. Unfortunately, his dialogue is insipid. So I don't like this book.

M1sf1r3

Nov 05, 2019

Prelude: The Legion is back! Sort of. Not really. Instead let's follow Rose and Thorn into the future. By Bendis. That Brian Michael Bendis? Yes, that Brian Michael Bendis. The Good: Hmmm.... ok, this will be hard... The art is good as you would hope from an all-star team that Bendis can get... what else. Oh, I also like when we see possible futures so that's something in the books favour.... Anyway, onto... The Bad: Where to start? Bendis Speak is aplenty. You know when it appears in the first panel, it's going to be there the whole story and man, it hurts to read. Continuity problems, mainly in the art but not that big of an issue. The Legion don't even appear in their own first issue. Characters are out of character but then again, I'm not sure what I expected. Conclusion: Bendis proves yet again that he is tackling too many books at once and that he does not understand the cosmic side of comic book universes, see his Guardians of the Galaxy. Though it has clunky dialogue, OOC characters, continuity issues and the Legion don't even appear in the issue, this issue commits the worst sin a comic can commit. It's boring and forgettable. more

Spacey Medicine

Sep 08, 2019

Oh wow, okay. No. No thank you.

nec

Sep 04, 2019

This was a huge disappointment. There is no plot to this issue and left me thinking this is pointless and a waste of my time

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Superheroes for Hire - Sep 9, 2019

And money! This is 5 bucks for nonsense.

KFuqua

Sep 05, 2019

I was SO disappointed in this book. I've been waiting for the Legion to return for SO long and was so anxious to read this....only to find that the Legion isn't in it.

klebart

Sep 16, 2019

Boring. Most parts are barely in the 31st century and no Legionnaire in the entire comic. Waste of money.