Analysis Notes
| General |
General There are no page numbers in this story. Since
the pages in Legion Worlds #1 were numbered sequentially though
the issue, we'll do the same here. Thus, these are pages 31-38. |
| 31:2 |
The Ranzz farm apparently grows both corn and apples.
Probably other crops, too, with harvest year round, this being an agricultural
world. |
| 31:3 |
Recall from the first story in this issue that Winath is
95% covered by a canopy of winwood trees. Periodic openings in the
canopy appear or are created, allowing sunlight and ship traffic to pass
through. |
| 32:2-3 |
Apparently Dalya sprang up out of one of the mechanical
objects. The art didn’t transmit that very well. |
| 32:1-3 |
“Dalya” and “Lilya” as Ayla’s
mother and aunt. If the names were slightly different — “Dayla”
and “Liyla” — it would appear than names on Winath (or
at least in the Ranzz family) are generational. |
| 32:4-5 |
Ha ha ha. On a world of twins, why would anyone use
such a hoary old joke any more? |
| 32:6 |
“Kirth”: note the final phoneme similarity to
Garth. The name similarities to their parents would have only made
things harder on Mekt. |
| The other Ranzz relative we know of is “Aunt Ryth.”
Given the naming of Dalya and Lilya, despite them being from a different
family line, it seems likely that Ryth is Kirth’s twin sister (and
thus opposite-gendered twins may run in the Ranzz family). |
| 32 |
Note the characterization of Ayla’s mother as a bit
more forward and active, even tomboyish. Apparently Ayla takes after
her. |
| 33:3 |
Vyrga is Gates’ homeworld. A similar note about
the situation there was seen in Legion Worlds #1 (story #2). |
| 33:5 |
Twenty years is probably an exaggeration, as the Ranzz’s
were seen living somewhere distinctly different from this farm in Legends
of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2 (story #7). It could be
about fifteen years, though. |
| 34:1 |
It’s only been a year or so since off-world travel
became difficult. The must be a media exaggeration: if the problem
isn’t alleviated, yeah, they’ll have a problem eventually, in
a hundred years or so. |
| 35:1 |
Similarly, why should things be so much worse on Cargg
(unless they were already worse there)? Their population isn’t
really three times the size. |
| 35:4 |
One wonders what this stuffed creature is supposed to be.
Teddy bears are usually superficially identifiable as bears; perhaps there
is a native Winathian creature which this vaguely resembles. |
| 35:5 |
Murder? Did Mekt kill someone in
<Legionnaires #30>, or perhaps before that, or does this
sentence reflect his killing of the Lightning Beasts on Korbal? |
| 36:3 |
Dalya doesn’t even know that Ayla is on her way back
to Winath. |
| 36:4 |
Ayla has lived as a solo before, separated from Garth for
almost a year across a gulf of a thousand years, while trapped in the
20th century. This has probably actually been less horrible for
her than Dalya might think. |
| 36:5 |
There are indications — the flashback in Legion
of Super-Heroes v4 #0 and the scene in Legends of the DC Universe
80-Page Giant #1 — that Mekt’s problems were around prior
to the accident on Korbal. |
| There is no way to tell if the woman in the lower right
picture is Dalya or Lilya. |
| 36:6 |
There is no way to tell which of the Ranzz kids this is. |
| 37:1-4 |
Dialogue is from Dalya. |
| 37:5 |
At this point, Garth was still alive. |
| 38:6-9 |
Note that they got Ayla’s clothes color correct from
the first story in this issue. However, Mekt had been accompanying
her in 11:5. He must have gone off on some other errand just before
38:6. |
