Okay, my LSH-fu has failed me. Whom was the robed kid in Legion of Super-Heroes 15 supposed to be? (or at least, whom was he supposed to resemble?)
Spoiler tag it if necessary. Thanks. 
He looked a lot like Superboy of Earth-1.[/spoiler] But unless he was lying about his identity in the panel where he gave his name, he wasn’t him. [spoiler]Or even Superboy-Prime sent there by the speed force. Not that he’d be one to support this version of the Legion, anyway.
Huh. I was thinking Dev-Em or Mon-El but couldn’t work it with the kid’s name and planet.
Neither of them had the spit curl. That was Kal’s deal.
Thanks for getting it started. I’ll be getting my books tomorrow…
OK, some more reading done:
Catwoman 52 - I’m bracing for the ‘OMG, DC hates women! Refrigerator! Refrigerator!’ outcry. Like with Wonder Woman and Zatanna, I can’t really fault her actions, although I don’t think it was a GOOD thing to do, I can’t fault it. I can’t say I wouldn’t put a bullet through the head of a man who threatened to torture my friends to death. Especially after he almost succeeded in doing it to one.
Supergirl 5 - I haven’t been digging Supergirl up to now, but Jeph’s actually starting to make her interesting…just before he leaves.
But…WTF? Granted post-Crisis Kryptonians are a pretty cold-hearted lot…but, criminy. I think Zor-El needs some mental help. (So does Kara if Evil!Kara’s story’s true…)
Mouse Guard 1 - Loved it. Entirely. No qualifications. Story, art, all of it was wonderful.
Also, re: the GL9 cover…I was inspired yesterday…
I just got back from MegaCon in Orlando, so I came home with a pretty good haul. I got:
Sleeper TPBs 3 (A Crooked Line) and 4 (The Long Way Home), each at 50% off cover price.
Sandman Mystery Theatre #69 for $1 (inching closer to a complete run).
Green Lantern #9 (since a character named after me is killed in it), and then I got Ethan Van Sciver to sign it for me.
HeroClix figurines of Elongated Man, Fire, and Ice for $4 total.
ToyFare exclusive Madman action figure (with a variant head – Madman’s unmasked, green-skinned, scarred, Frankenstein-esque head) for $1!!!
An original Blue Beetle sketch by an online acquaintance, independent cartoonist John Sullivan of http://www.joshcomics.com/ , a really funny and crazy kid (free!)
An original Wonder Woman head sketch by Dick Giordano for a WW-loving friend of mine.
For another friend: Sleeper TPB 4, Losers TPBs 3 and 4, and all three Sandman Mystery Theatre TPBs, all for 50% off cover price!
Then I got Steve Epting to sign my Captain America: The Winter Soldier hardcover, and told him I had never been interested in Captain America until he and Ed Brubaker took it over (true). He said he always loved the character, but never thought it was worth reading until they took it over.
Best of all, I got Howard Chaykin to sign my three oversized American Flagg! TPBs from First Comics, and my Blackhawk miniseries from DC. I’m a huge Chaykin fan, and I spent at least an hour at his booth, hanging out with him and three or four other fans, just shooting the shit with him, and listening to him tell stories. He’s a super-cool guy, who reminded me a lot of hard-boiled New York TV chef Anthony Bourdain (of *No Reservations * and A Cook’s Tour fame), only more neurotic. We discussed semiotics, favorite mystery novelists, Oprah’s contempt for her audience and the whole James Frey fiasco, what comics he thinks are worth reading, how to make it as a writer in Hollywood (and what drove him away after 13 years in the business), how he started as Gil Kane’s gofer, and a time he and a bunch of other big-name creators did LSD at a San Diego comic convention in the '70s, and a big-name artist from back then tried to get an all-girl marching band from Iowa to come back to their hotel to hang out with them. Phil Noto came up and hung out for a little while as well, and I recommended a couple decent Orlando restaurants for them to hit later. Chaykin is a real talent and a charming raconteur, and when all was said and done, he drew a quick (but nice) head sketch of a pretty girl in my sketchbook. Too cool!
Then I
Picked up the JLA : Greatest Stories ever Told TPB, which is nice.
Got Amazing Spider-Man #529 to check out the new duds, and I was amused, especially by a fourth-wall breaking nod to an explanation for a continuity problem.
Catwoman - Wow. Can’t say it was unexpected, but still…
Fantastic Four - we get our setup for the big Planet Hulk event here, and a great fight sequence.
JLA Classified - not bad.
Exiles - Oh, yeah. Squadron Supreme, baby.
Wonder Woman - not a bad little coda.
Supergirl - Yeah, wondering if all that backstory is for real. Still, provides the explanation for Supergirl’s apparent higher power level.
Green Lantern - Yes!! Though the bit at the end was a little head-trippy for my liking.
Legion - the first “miss” in the series, except for the letter column. It’s a do-nothing issue. Blah blah, re-affirm the team’s legend, yadda yadda.