Tom McCraw (LSH/L* co-plotter/colorist) and Jeff Moy (L*
penciller) were the guests on America Online's Legionnaires Chat
for Thursday, May 23, 1996. Legion of Super-Heroes Chat is held
every Tuesday in the DC Comics Online area of AOL at 6:00 p.m.
EST. Legionnaires Chat is held every Thursday in the same area
at 10:00 p.m. EST. (Keyword: DC CHAT.) Regular guests include
Tom Peyer, Tom McCraw, Roger Stern, Mark Waid, Jeff Moy, Ron
Boyd, KC Carlson and Mike McAvennie.
DISCLAIMER - Information presented herein is not guaranteed to be
reliable. Due to the nature of the chats, misinterpretations of
the creators' comments do occur. No wagering.
SPOILERS - Information that tends to spoil current or upcoming
issues is located toward the end of this report. No spoiler
space separates such spoiler information.
SPECIAL THANKS - To Andrew Woodard, Edward Douglas, and John
Heaton for providing chat logs for Tuesday, May 21, 1996, that I
didn't use for a report. :^)
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Ron Boyd's upcoming Showcase story features a single character
and is set in the 20th century. (ED - The character was
previously announced as Ultra Boy.)
Jeff reports that the reaction to M'Onel's costume has been "so-
so." Jeff claims that even he is "so-so" on the new look. Jeff
originally proposed a uniform that reflected the wanderer aspect
more, but KC wanted something that looked skin tight.
Tom claims not to have a favorite color, but likes them all.
Jeff enjoyed drawing Apparition and Andromeda while they were
around. He observes that Spark is his pet Legionnaire. He may
adopt Triad as his pet Legionnaire for the period while Spark
isn't in the book.
Tom promises that Triad will always have something to do because
she's one of his favorite Legionnaires. Jeff believes that Triad
is a fun character. She's lots of fun, so she gets lots of
space.
Tom observes that keeping track of Triad's colors gets confusing
sometimes, then he has to pray that the separators get her right.
The Triad switch in the Dr. Gym'll scene in L* #38 was a
separator error. Tom usually doesn't have a problem determining
how to color Triad's bodies because Jeff does a great job with
mannerisms.
Tom observed that Kent Shakespeare is a touchy character to use
again. He would need plastic surgery before he could appear
again.
When asked about plans for Kono, Tom initially asked what they
would need her for then recanted and noted that she could replace
Apparition.
Tenzil Kem might eat olive loaf.
Tom promises that Tenzil and Chuck Taine are always around.
Chuck appears in LSH #82.
Tom thinks that Invisible Kid and Element Lad haven't received
much focus lately.
Jeff had pictures to use as references when illustrating fans
into L* #38.
Tom speculated that burritos might be causing Ultra Boy's recent
bouts with heartburn.
Jeff jokes that he gave Jancel a bandanna for something different
and because all of his faces were looking the same.
Tom indicates that Andromeda is still around,"probably building
shrines to Saint Valor."
Jeff tells us that we can keep hoping for Princess Projectra.
Tom notes that Element Lad and Shvaughn are basically just
meeting each other right now. Tom is not opposed to a
May/December match between the two.
Jeff promises the Legion traditions of leader elections and
member tryouts soon.
Tom doesn't think Shadow Lass could control the darkness in
Saturn Girl's mind because it's a mental darkness.
We'll see more of Mysa in a couple of months.
Jeff needed to refer to the "Who's Who in the Legion" series to
provide reference for upcoming scenes with R.J. Brande and Winema
Wazzo in L* #41.
Tom indicates that there may be plans for Saturn Queen, but he
doesn't think she will be Jancel Ardeen. Tom thinks Jancel will
show up again soon.
Invisible Kid will have further refinements of his powers in L*
#42.
After the 20th century split, the 30th century team will have a
try-out issue and will also have a focus on Kinetix. The Kinetix
story won't be a spotlight.
The next spotlight will be on Shrinking Violet.
Jeff answered "yes" to whether there were plans to reintroduce
Princess Projectra, Ferro, or Timber Wolf. Jeff claims whichever
character will show up within a half year.
