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June 1998. Among DC's more infuriating editorial tendencies is a penchant for blowing up characters and continuity and then later bringing back the discarded versions very briefly, either to stomp on them all over again, or just to remind you that the earlier version existed, but you're not allowed to have it anymore. To exemplify the point, here's a scene from LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #105 where the cutesy reboot Legion's Shrinking Violet encounters the older, butch version of herself from the pre-Zero Hour series.

(The visual parallel between the older Vi and Lightning Lass and the younger Violet comforting Kinetix is just bait — there was nothing to see there.)

#comics #legion of super heroes #legion of superheroes #tom peyer #roger stern #jason armstrong #ron boyd #shrinking violet #salu digby #lightning lass #ayla ranzz #kinetix #zoe saugin #if the reboot had been an alternate version like ultimate spider-man #it would have been fine #but replacing the original legion with kid versions was antagonistic #and it eventually dawned on me that the reboot #was specifically DESIGNED to erase everything i had ever liked #or thought worthwhile about the original legion #including vi growing up to be a grizzled 30something butch lesbian!#the reboot was such garbage #and the one after it was in some ways worse #although at least it was less cutesy

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