Legion of Superheroes Homage to Green Lantern & Green Arrow Issue 85
Artist: John Watson (Penciller)
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The Temptation of Timber Wolf
Forbidden Fruit Legion Tale
Green Lantern & Green Arrow Issue 85 cover
Action 378 Re-Legion Prelims
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DescriptionNeal Adams & Denny O'Neill turned the comic world upside down when they sent Justice League members Hal ( Green Lantern ) Jordan & Ollie ( Green Arrow ) Queen along with Dinah (Black Canary ) Lance on a trip across the United States of America. Along the way, their adventures dealt with hot button topic issues such as racisim, pollution, inner city poverty , corruption in politics and of course in Issue 85 ...DRUGS.That landmark cover showed the Green Arrow's crime fighting sidekick, Speedy trapped in a cycle of addiction, drug induced highs and gut wrenching withdrawals. This issue opened up the eyes of many people to the epidemic in their midst and caused a firestorm of heated debate. Its a fantastic cover artistically but also points to a truth and problem that still exsists today. I wanted to do a Re-Legion but to be true to the integrity of both the original artists & writers vision and be somewhat consistent with Legion history. And that leads us to a back up story in Action Comics Issue 378, where a recently joined Legionnaire Timber Wolf became addicted to the Forbidden Fruit ( a very thinly veiled reference and image for drugs in those strict Comic Book Code Days ) that caused hallucinations .The crux of the tale is he is willing to lose his soul, betray his teamates by leading them into addiction all for another piece of fruit ??. His teamates pull him back from the brink. Win Mortimer did an amazing job in a 10 page story. Of course everything gets wrapped up just a little too neatly when Brin's love for Ayla's is stronger than his addictions but it still had an edge that resonated with readers. And so it becomes the template for our Re-Legioned cover that features Lightning Lass and her brother Lightning Lad confronting Timber Wolf John Watson did a MAGNIFICENT job with this commission. I am thrilled beyond words to have this in my collection. Social/Sharing |
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Michael One Minute Later 
Member Since 2005
Posted on 6/10/2011
John did a phenomenal job on this piece. I'm ever more impressed by each Re-Legion he does. Wow.
Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005
Posted on 6/10/2011
Michael One Minute Later wrote:
John did a phenomenal job on this piece. I'm ever more impressed by each Re-Legion he does. Wow.As an artist he really knocks it out of the ballpark. As a fellow Legion fan, he sneaks into it an image of his favorite Legionnaire : Ferro Lad
Lloyd White
Member Since 2007
Posted on 6/11/2011
Magnificent is an understatement---what an inspired piece!
Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005
Posted on 6/11/2011
Lloyd White wrote:
Magnificent is an understatement---what an inspired piece!He did a phenominal job. The pencil shadings on Tinber Wolf really add to the haunted and all consuming nature of addiction. The look of disdain on Lightning Lad's face, the shock on Light Lass face..John just brings everything together. on this one.
Alex Johnson
Member Since 2006
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Posted on 6/11/2011
This was a terrific idea. John really gets the Legion. Congrats.
Ben Herman
Member Since 2003
Posted on 6/13/2011
It's brilliant how you took an actual drug addiction story from the Legion and re-imagined it using the cover with Speedy shooting up. It's humorous for being a homage to a famous cover, yet at the same time John Watson really invested the characters with genuine pathos.
Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005
Posted on 6/13/2011
Ben Herman wrote:
It's brilliant how you took an actual drug addiction story from the Legion and re-imagined it using the cover with Speedy shooting up. It's humorous for being a homage to a famous cover, yet at the same time John Watson really invested the characters with genuine pathos.Its was a bit of a balancing act but I am so pleased with the way it turned out.
Shannon Weathers
Member Since 2005
Posted on 6/18/2011
Didn't see this one coming-great idea and execution.
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