This Week, on a Very Special Legion of Super-Heroes

August 25th, 2004

Filed under: Comics

Remember those cheesy morality plays ABC called “After-School Specials“? (though my school taped them and played them during the day). Trying to figure out the neuroses of the Legion of Super-Heroes made me realize that they’d be perfect for one of those specials. So, here is the Legion of Super-Heroes After-School Special. Cue theme music! Cue overly-sentimental message-heavy plot! Cue teen actors! Roll it!

The Legion of Super-Heroes Afer School Special, page 1

 

The Legion of Super-Heroes After School Special, page 2

Apologies to Jeffrey Moy, Tom Simmons, W.C. Carani, Tom Peyer, Tom McCraw, DC Comics and anyone with dial-up access.

7 Responses to “ This Week, on a Very Special Legion of Super-Heroes ”

  1. Jon Silpayamanant
    August 25th, 2004 at 9:22 pm

    that took awhile to load…humorous though…

  2. Ian Brill
    August 26th, 2004 at 12:02 am

    Another great remix comic! This might be the greatest LSH story I’ve ever read. That might be because, with the exception of their first appearance in some Superboy comic from the 50’s, it’s the only LSH comic I’ve ever read. Or it could because this piece is damn funny.

  3. David Lawson
    August 26th, 2004 at 11:06 am

    The people who wrote Webster wish they could write stuff like that.

  4. David
    August 26th, 2004 at 11:07 am

    Scott, did you ever catch any episodes of “Strangers With Candy” on Comedy Central?

  5. David Lawson
    August 26th, 2004 at 3:37 pm

    I just realized something, Matter-Eater Lad never seems to gain weight no matter what he eats. Maybe he has another disorder in addition to pica?

    Brainiac 5: Superboy, look at this weird vomit that I found in the Legion restroom.

    Superboy: Yes. My microscopic vision reveals traces of inertron.

    Brainiac 5: Inertron! That’s the same material the Gordanians use to build their new battle cruisers.

    Superboy: Didn’t Matter-Eater Lad eat a Gordanian Battle Cruiser this morning?

    Brainiac 5: Oh no.

    (Cue ominous music.)

  6. Scott
    August 27th, 2004 at 11:36 am

    David,

    Nope never watched “Strangers with Candy”, though I understand it’s going to be a movie soon…

  7. David
    August 27th, 2004 at 1:52 pm

    Just curious. It took the after-school specials as a framework, but the central character (played by Amy Sedaris) was a 46-year-old “junkie whore” who went back to high school. Very funny, very dark.

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