In the 30th Century.. while everyone else is dealing with the Omen and Prophet story, the Legion left Brainiac Five on Earth who is very close to discovering a cure for Invisible Kid II’s baby sister who turned into a host for the villainous C.O.M.P.U.T.O.

Well, it did not go without a few hitches….

2984?  Yes, back then the Legion was always automatically 1,000 years ahead of where we stood now.

As you can tell from the cover, the Legion Headquarters goes Ka-Boom!  In it’s place not only do we get a cured Danielle Foccart and a new sleek metallic headquarters, but the villain C.O.M.P.U.T.O. becomes the Legion’s new Major Domo, much to the horrified shock of Duo Damsel and her husband Bouncing Boy.

All in all, the Legion HQ is rebuilt into a sleek new metallic construct that can actually fly (though it hardly ever did) and Danielle Foccart is on the road to recovery.

And because all good geeks love maps of headquarters…

Neato huh?  I find it amusing that only the invulnerable members “live” near Brainy’s Multi-Lab for safety reasons… Very nice touch.

 

Then its up to the Legion to stop a conspiracy within the Science Police, which they succeed of course.

And the Legion of Super-Heroes, in this format, ends..  I know, sad is it not?

But wait, there is a light on the horizon!!!!

You see both Legion and New Teen Titans were amongst DC’s biggest sellers in the 80s, so it was decided that they would be printed in a special format called the “Baxter Format.”  Once this was done both Legion of Super-Heroes and The New Teen Titans were renumbered back to #1 with the starting issues.  To complicate matters, comic book stores in the direct market would be the only ones to carry these comics.  No longer could you find them on the racks at your local gas station or mom and pop store, but for a year, DC printed regular newsprint versions of Legion and Titans with new stories in them.

For one year you had stories in both Legion of Super-Heroes and Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes going on at the same time.  While for Titans, you had Tales of the New Teen Titans happening prior to the Baxter run of the New Teen Titans even though they were being printed at the same time.

Confused?  Don’t be.  That’s why I am here.

Next up:  Tales of the New Teen Titans!