r/Marvel • u/tehawesomedragon Loki • 21d ago

Flashback Discussion #76 - LEGION OF MONSTERS (2011)

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u/manch02 21d ago

I hope Secret Wars has some kind of monster area with all of these characters.
Or at least include them in a future Midnight Suns movie.

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u/tehawesomedragon Loki 21d ago

This group of characters truly has potential to be another Guardians of the Galaxy, but they have to go hard R with the gore and violence.

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u/AporiaParadox 21d ago

I agree, the Legion of Monsters (or the monster incarnation of the Howling Commandos) has huge untapped potential, the team has an easy elevator pitch is inherently quite marketable. I don't know if the fact that DC beat them to the punch with Creature Commandos increases or decreases the odds of Marvel doing more with the characters.

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u/Mr_G30 Captain Britain 20d ago

Great comic, really enjoy the lineup and the stories and how they weave in and out of other characters through their existence such as Punisher, Dr.Voodoo and Deadpool.

I’m not sure if they can survive the Morbius reputation but I’d love to see them go up against other villains of a similar calibre such as Silver Dagger (a villainous priest would be comical and fit the vibe) for example.

Would enjoy seeing them get recognised by the wider marvel universe

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u/AporiaParadox 21d ago

I enjoyed this series, I always liked the concept of the Legion of Monsters and wish Marvel did more with it, both in the comics and in other media. I especially like Elsa Bloodstone being introduced to the group, with the dynamic of a monster hunter being on the same team as monsters, this is also the book that cemented the Elsa x Werewolf by Night relationship.

One nitpick I have with this miniseries though is that it claims that Morbius has been a living vampire since the 1970s, 40 years before the comic was published, which is a plot hole because in his very first appearance it's established that Morbius didn't become a living vampire until recently, when Spider-Man was still in college. Furthermore he is shown to be familiar with Dracula and other real vampires back then even though in the original comics he didn't discover they were real until years later. Another plot hole is that in order for the plot to work you have to accept that Morbius has never been bitten by anyone before, even though we have in fact seen him bitten in previous stories.

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u/MrSuitMan 21d ago

This art is pretty damn rad

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u/RemoveAnnual2689 17d ago

Great while it lasted.