Legion of Super-Heroes, Vol. 1: Teenage Revolution

So, the Legion was rebooted again. I'm not sure why, probably due to some mega-crossover happening in the mainstream DC universe (Infinite Crisis, most likely). The basic idea for the team remains the same, however: a thousand years in the future, there's a huge super-team of human and alien teenagers who use their abilities to protect the United Planets.

This version of the Legion goes back to exhaustively using the “lad” and “lass” type names, which I've never been fond of, and is centred around the idea of the Legion as iconic figures within the teenaged counter-culture of the 31st century. It's an interesting idea, but Waid seems to want to say that they're rebels because of their celebration culture created before their birth. This seems like a meta-commentary on the current state of comic book fandom, but one that seeks to be a booster of comic fandom, rather than a critique of it.

Overall, this was a fine read, but a lot of that is due to familiarity with the characters and seeing them reimagined. It lacks both the moral and storytelling complexity of the Five Year Gap stories, while at the same time not being as fun and light-hearted as the post-Zero Hour ones.