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Changing of the Guard

Nov 18th

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Once the Legion regrouped if you will, Paul Levitz had decided that it was time to shake up the group’s membership some, and that meant the exit of a few key Legion players.

The three founders of the Legion, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, and Cosmic Boy cast their vote for Legion leader, and then resign from the Legion to discuss with Element Lad (who is reelected as Legion Leader with Brainiac 5 as his new Deputy Leader) what their new roles will be in the group.  Coinciding with this event is the fact that the case that brought together these three teens officially comes to a close as the would be assassins of R.J. Brande were due to be released from prison at the same time.

Cementing their new role as “Legion Advisors” the three remain on call when needed, but the vacuum left behind, must be filled and so Element Lad asks Wildfire to organize a mass tryout for Legion membership.

Meanwhile, we find out about Comet Queen who is a student at the Legion Academy.  Turns out she has the hots for Bouncing Boy and wanted to be a Legionnaire so badly she had heard about Star Boy’s origin (flying through a More >

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Ka-Boom! Time to Redecorate!

Sep 6th

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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.

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Shrinking Violets and Star Boys

Aug 15th

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The Legion is debating adding some new members to their ranks with the departure of Projectra and Karate Kid and where else to look but to the Legion Academy, the training ground of many of the members of the Legion.

At this writing the Legion Academy’s student body consists of Shadow Kid, Power Boy, Crystal Kid, Nightwind, Lamprey, Laurel Kent, Comet Queen, Urk, and Magnetic Kid.   Since both Shadow Kid and Magnetic Kid duplicate current Legionnaires powers (Shadow Lass and Cosmic Boy) both are ineligible for promotion, the others however are eager for the chance to move up to the big leagues.

Joining the Academy,  Invisible Kid II and White Witch appear for a few lessons in how to be a Legionnaire since they were both elected to membership on the fly.  Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel stress the need for teamwork which is key in an organization like the Legion.  Acknowledging their powers are not the strongest, but they are each pieces of the whole and everyone’s powers, when used properly can be an asset to the Legion.  The students soon get a test as a few animals break out of the Metropolis Zoo.  The students manage to subdue the creatures, but the egos More >

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Family Troubles

Aug 6th

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In the future, the Legion of Super-Heroes is in a resting period for most of the team as we see Chameleon Boy and his father R.J. Brande return to the highly toxic and xenophobic tribal world of their origin, Durla.

The team also gets a few new costumes as showcased here on this cover, a tribute to an older Legion cover from its Silver Age origins in Adventure Comics.    When the father/son pair arrive on Durla, immediately they are set upon by their fellow tribal Durlans for leaving Durla.  The Durlans appear as a race in large purple robes with tentacles come from the hood, presumably these tentacles transform into the antennae we see Cham wear.  R.J. Brande, Cham’s father, is also powerless at this time and has been stuck in his form of an older humanoid male since the origin of the Legion when the founders stopped the assassination attempt on his life.

R.J. had arranged for Reep/Chameleon Boy to join the Legion in its early days as a way of helping Durlan relations with the rest of the United Planets, but Durla itself remains a reluctant world.  A toxic atmosphere laced with radiation and pollution, the counsel of Durla imprisons Chameleon Boy and R.J. More >

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The Future Remains Unwritten

Jul 4th

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Top Row:  Supergirl, Invisible Kid II, Colossal Boy, Dawnstar, and Superboy Second Row:  Sun Boy, White Witch, Karate Kid, Projectra, and Timber Wolf Third Row:  Phantom Girl, Shrinking Violet, Blok, Star Boy, Dream Girl, and Brainiac Five Fourth Row:  Ultra Boy, Wildfire, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Element Lad, and Chameleon Boy Fifth Row:  Proty, Shadow Lass, Duo Damsel, and Bouncing Boy

In the Legion of Super-Heroes #300, the Legion is assembling for its re-dedication ceremony.  This ceremony takes place every so often, but this is the most elaborate one we have seen on panel.  As additional Legionnaires arrive to the headquarters we see Element Lad, Ultra Boy, and Phantom Girl welcoming Superboy and then his cousin Supergirl to the party.  Supergirl inquires where Brainiac Five is, and Invisible Kid II (along with the dyed energies of a pouting Wildfire) show up and Jacques asks the same question and that leads us into the meat of the story.

Brainiac Five, Circadius Senius, and Rond Vidar are working on a patient at the Time Institute, it is an odd thing to have a medical patient here, but odd is what Brainiac Five specializes in.  Apparently this patient has accessed some ability to transfer his More >

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Darkseid

Mar 28th

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The final chapter of the Great Darkness Saga starts with the Legion recovering from the last battle from the Servants of Darkness, and Brainiac Five concludes who they are facing, the dread lord Darkseid.  At this news, Dream Girl sounds the general alert summoning the Legion of Substitute Heroes and even Supergirl from the 20th Century.

Out in space near Weber’s World the Heroes of Lallor pick up the Kryptonian Dev-Em and join the Wanderers and the Substitute Heroes at Weber’s World to attempt to stop the brainwashed Daxamites who are now attacking every one they come across.

On Takron-Galtos, Chameleon Boy finds himself hunted by an insane Daxamite child named Ol-Vir.  Ol-Vir sweeps the area for Chameleon Boy using X-Ray vision but appears to have no control over his powers.  Chameleon Boy manages to borrow a trick from Karate Kid and hurls Ol-Vir into the cell holding Fatal Five member, Validus.  Afterwards, Chameleon Boy passes out from the exertion.

A Servant of Darkness in an effort to gain access to the child that was created in the third part of the saga, destroys the spaceship carrying Light Lass, Dream Girl, Sun Boy, Invisible Kid II, Blok, Mon-El, and White Witch. While the Legionnaires are unconscious More >

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Darkness Within

Mar 24th

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Sun Boy, Brainiac Five, and Blok fight the Servants of Darkness while Dream Girl holds a newborn baby?

When we last left the Legion they were scattered to four different worlds.

  • Takron-Galtos – The United Planet’s Prison Planet – Phantom Girl, Ultra Boy, Mon-El, and Shadow Lass
  • Avalon – Where Mordru was imprisoned – Brainiac Five, Star Boy, Element Lad, Timber Wolf, Wildfire, and Dawnstar
  • Naltor – Where the LSH stopped the Servants of Darkness from kidnapping Dream Girl’s sister, the White Witch – Sun Boy, Light Lass, Dream Girl, Blok, and Invisible Kid II
  • Earth – Cosmic Boy and Saturn Girl were attacked by the captured servant but saved from Lightning Lad when he snapped out of his electrical brain fever.

As the Legionnaires on Takron-Galtos leave that world, they miss the shuttle just arriving carrying the now convicted Chameleon Boy who is serving out a sentence for treason.

At the Sorcerer’s World, also known as Xerox, Dream Girl and Element Lad’s teams meet up and Dream Girl officially begins her leadership tenure.  The Legion descends down through mystic illusions until they get to real land and meet the Teachers of the Sorcerer’s World.

As Ultra Boy’s team arrives the ship they are in blows apart as one of the More >

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Legion: A New Legionnaire Comes Forth

Apr 7th

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When last we left our heroes they were in various death traps that had been concocted by their old foe C.O.M.P.U.T.O. so let us continue to see if the Legion can survive the rest of the book…

Page 15. C.O.M.P.U.T.O. is gloating to Brainiac Five by showing him and Jacques Foccart the fates that the other Legionnaires are succumbing to in their own headquarters. Jacques believes that their enemy is bluffing but Brainiac Five informs Jacques that C.O.M.P.U.T.O. cannot bluff and in fact is fairly close to suffocating the two of them as well as the unconscious Dream Girl and paralyzed Mon-El. Meanwhile, Danielle Foccart who is possessed by the vile computer foe is grinning maliciously.

Page 16. A comical moment as Blok has landed on the floor underneath the pool he attempted to dive into and fell directly through it. As Timber Wolf preps his dive he is strangled and lifted off the ground by a pair of roman rings while a gymnastics horse is propelled into Blok. The Science Police have located the vacationing Wildfire and Dawnstar to alert them to the problem. The Legion cliche of an interrupted vacation lives on.

Page 17. A moment of exposition is delivered by Marte More >

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Legion: When Technology Goes Bad

Apr 5th

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In our bright and shiny 30th Century the Legion of Super-Heroes is taking a well deserved story break from the activity of the last few issues.. at least that is how this story starts off.

This story is a dense one issue ride with an old Legion foe and a new Legionnaire making their first appearance, so let’s dive in!!!

A simple cover that tells a tale doesn’t it? The Legion is in trouble all because of a little girl? Wait. That can’t be right.. but it is.

Page 1: We get what is affectionately known as the “Roll Call” Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Mon-El, Element Lad, Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Boy, Shadow Lass, Colossal Boy, Timber Wolf, Wildfire, Brainiac Five, Dawnstar, Ultra Boy, Star Boy, Blok, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Bouncing Boy, “Several Guests” and ?.

We are introduced to Science Police Officer Shvaughn Erin who is the liaison officer between the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Science Police

Page 2: Shvaughn references “Earthwar” and her boss Chief Zendak in internal monologue and approaches the LSH headquarters only to be captured by an automatic unwelcoming mat. Luckily for Shvaughn, Dawnstar and Wildfire are leaving the headquarters and Wildfire blasts the device setting Shvaughn free. More >

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The Pathway to Darkness

Mar 5th

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Here we are finally actually talking about some Legion stories!

 

We’re going to start with Legion of Super-Heroes #284 which is two issues prior to when I started collecting, but I might as well include it as this is the beginning of what Legion fans call “The Levitz Era.” Paul Levitz that is. Paul was a lifelong writer, comic guy who started working at DC Comics back when he was in high school. Paul had written the Legion prior to this run, but this is the definitive run of his writing in my opinion, and the definitive run of the Legion of Super-Heroes, so lets hop on in!

In issue #284,we witness Bouncing Boy staring at the bronzed statues of dead Legionnaires Chemical King, Ferro Lad, and Invisible Kid stating to himself that he’s getting himself out of the game. His wife, Duo Damsel shows up to get him and they bounce off to a Legion meeting where they announce their resignations.

The Legion is called to stop some organ-leggers, a 30th century take on the Tijuana kidney theft urban tales of today, but with more of a pirate bent. Timber Wolf and Light Lass are already at the hospital called Medicus One where the More >

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