tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post5114084576560943415..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #203. The death of Invisible KidSteve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46005654456233051962014-12-22T04:08:51.633+00:002014-12-22T04:08:51.633+00:00The girl-ghost's name was actually Myla, not M...The girl-ghost's name was actually Myla, not Myra.<br /><br />This was one of my favorite issues of the Superboy/Legion run because it was so shocking that Invisible Kid died. He had been a mainstay of the Legion since the early '60s and had even served as leader at one point.<br /><br />I also think his death was handled in a very realistic and heroic way (even though the story had some obvious flaws, as you point out). Faced with an unwinnable situation, he nevertheless did what he had to do, even though it cost him his life. I also found the ending very hopeful.<br /><br />By the way, my own review of this issue can be found here: http://www.greggildersleeve.com/2012/04/how-to-kill-super-hero-death-of.htmlGreg Gildersleevehttp://www.greggildersleeve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-13370783797778477162013-01-17T19:40:47.025+00:002013-01-17T19:40:47.025+00:00I actually this this was a great issue. Very touc...I actually this this was a great issue. Very touching and a nice little twist at the end with Myra being a ghost (decades before Sixth Sense!). Don't worry, the Invisible Kid never did get resurrected (at least not until after the Legion got rebooted, which isn't really a resurrection of course) but he did appear in one or two "untold tales" from the Legion's past, and his ghost appeared to have appeared once but was luckily a hoax. <br />Also, I liked Invisible Kid because he was the second smartest Legionnaire after Brainy, and Brainy needs someone to talk to who will understand him.<br />Finally, you're right about Iron Mike Grell, and I think the Legion was blessed with a lot of great artists in the 70's and 80's, but Cockrum really revolutionized the Legion with his costume designs.dbutler16https://www.blogger.com/profile/00046066729353639991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-69123400991018025332010-12-24T09:58:31.949+00:002010-12-24T09:58:31.949+00:00Hi, Dougie. Thanks for the info. There's so mu...Hi, Dougie. Thanks for the info. There's so much about DC comics after the 1970s that I don't know.Stevehttp://stevedoescomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-60009304680484765232010-12-24T08:48:35.964+00:002010-12-24T08:48:35.964+00:00I remember that issue well; my dad bought it for m...I remember that issue well; my dad bought it for me one December night in the East End of Glasgow. It's archetypal LSH for me: both futuristic and morbid.<br /><br />Invisible Kid did reappear in the 80s - a demon was masquerading as the Legionnaire. In the 90s, he was a mainstay of the rebooted "Archie Legion" and a much younger version appeared in Mark Waid's less-than-popular Noughties version.Dougienoreply@blogger.com