Some thoughts about Legion of Super-Heroes: Millenium #2

Can Rose & Thorn save the future?

Rose continues to be lost in time and her arrival to a particular period could change history as a whole.

Now that this is over, I just don't see the point of this miniseries.

Brian Bendis delivers the conclusion of this little book where all the fun is based on the future homages and nothing else. What I mean is that I like how interpreted the different eras where Rose arrived from the 25th Century where Booster Gold's motivations to become a hero are born, to the post Apocalyptic future of OMAC, to a time where she becomes a space agent, to the inevitable Legion of Super-Heroes future. All of these scenarios are well-depicted.

Seriously though, what was the story of all this? Rose being lost in time? Because I don't see any actual progress in the plot here, if there even was one to begin with. It mostly seems like Bendis just wanted to play a bit with the different futures and set-up his upcoming Legion of Super-Heroes series (which is not surprising considering how he handles stories). The role of Rose could have been perfectly integrated in that upcoming series in fact which makes this book even more pointless. Oh, and I'm still dreading Jon's involvement in all of this, f*ck this teenager change.

The highlight are the artists. Nicola Scott does a pretty good take on the 25th Century, Jim Cheung does a nice homage of Jack Kirby's style in the OMAC section, Jeff Dekal is probably the most experimental penciller here based on his storytelling and finally, Ryan Sook's Legion of Super-Heroes are just beautiful.

Aside from that, I think this was a waste of time and money.