Good day and hello to Day 5 of Wil Wheaton Week and many are
no doubt asking, “Jake is there anything else you want to touch base on?” As luck would have it yes there is. Wil Wheaton has had a voice-over career for
over a decade now ranging from video games, independent cartoons via web and CW
based cartoons. I thought it might be
nice to explore into one of those cartoons for two reasons. One it was a bit
shocking finding a predominant character being helmed by Wil and two I love the
obscure DC comics titles. So stitch up
that spandex, grab your flight ring and get ready for action. This is Legion of Super Heroes.
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| Fear not Brainiac for I too was a child star! |
Lightning Lad: Where’s
Spoiler when you really need him?
It is the 30th Century and a super villain
gathering known as the Fatal Five has been slapping around the Science Police,
the primary law enforcement on Earth. An
autonomous collection of young heroes known as the Legion of Superheroes;
ranging from different planets in the Galactic Federation and allowing to be
among fellow teens and harness their powers for the good of all. With a skeleton crew watching over New
Metropolis the team members are concerned they lack the necessary firepower to
take on the Fatal Five. Brainiac 5, the
team’s resident tech whiz informs the group they can time travel and acquire a
temporary legionnaire from Smallville.
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| Okay, this is the last time I am showing you how to program the DVR. |
That’s right teen gang the group is off to require Superman
(would
have been Superboy but there were some financial and copyright issues DC was
stuck with). So young Clark
Kent/ Superman (Yuri Lowenthal of Rave Master, Dungeon Seige, SSX 3, Duel Masters and
EverQuest II: Desert of Fire) tends to an accident in his hometown when
he is greeted by Saturn Girl (Kari Wahlgren of Marvel Super Hero Squad,
X-Men: Destiny, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, Fate/Zero), a
telekinetic/telepath combo, Bouncing Boy (Michael Cornacchia of Hot Parts, Reservoir
Dogs, Happy Feet, Wasting Away, L.A. Noire and Last Call) a lad that
alters his body density and Brainiac 5 (Ada, Wylie of The Swan Princess, Hey Arnold, Gilmore Girls and
Superman/Doomsday) a living robotic humanoid that happens to be neon
green with blonde hair. Yeah he kinda
stands out. The trio persuades Clark to
join them in their adventures as their time machine will get him right back the
very same minute he left.
Primary leader Cosmic Boy (Wil Wheaton) is out
helping other planets with little to no defense of their own and Lightning Lad
(Andy
Milder of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Weeds and Austin & Ally)
is second-in-command is left in charge of which he is not thrilled with.
Grasping new fangled technologies such as a flight ring that
translates almost any language into English, creates a life support force field
for being in space, the air and underwater and heck the coffee pots must be
baffling, Clark finds this timeline to be fascinating and makes new friends
almost overnight. Finding out that he
will one day be the driving force that helps create the Legion of Superheroes
is a bit overwhelming but hey take it in stride, kid.
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| Want some? Roll for initiative, tin man! |
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