Q: Why did they mix characters? A: Who cares? It rocks!
This issue really shouldn't be held in next to most of the Amalgam line (some were good) because this one is in a league of its own.
This is exactly what modern superhero comics should be like and aren't enough of. There's a lush sense of absurdist sci-fi logic here that plays really well with the whole "Legion" mythos. And the art (a Manga-esqur European Kirby dipped in acid; I miss Ladronn)is tailor-made for this material. Not only is it fun and obsessive, but it's interesting. I don't mean to sound like an old coot that thrives on nostalgia, and I like all sorts of themes in comics, but man, this comics is GREAT! More like THIS, comics industry!