"See Me"

Phantom Girl is seeing ghosts that appear to be promising the demise of the President of the United Planets. This is doubly disconcerting because the President is Phantom Girl's mom, and she won't believe what her daughter is saying.

Briglio crafts a very impressive and subtly delivered Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century, easily one of the best issues in the run. The story's not really about the ghosts that Phantom Girl sees. It's about her relationship with her mother and her team-mates.

Young Superman's faith in Phantom Girl is what really makes the story thunder. Phantom Girl says she's seeing ghosts. The Legion's powers can't detect anything, but Superman, acting at his most inspirational, believes in her. The Legion follows Supes. Phantom Girl's mother soon comes to believe Tinya and atones for her rather aloof treatment in previous scenes.

When the truth behind the ghosts is revealed, Briglio cleverly incorporates Legion continuity and unites two classic corporations in an almost throwaway scene. The merger is absolute genius.

Archer's artwork suitably details Phantom Girl's action-filled struggles against the ghosts as well as the emotional turmoil she's going through. Archer's linework is some of the most weightless I've seen, but his designs are still aesthetic if ethereal, and in keeping with the show's design.

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