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Three Tales of the Legion…

Nov 3rd

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While the Legion was dealing with the Legion of Super-Villains, other events were going on in their Tales book, which if you will remember was going on at the same time.

Tales was a great place to focus on those characters that did not get a lot of attention in the main fight of the LSH vs. LSV so here we have a little tale that hangs on Cosmic Boy with the Substitute Heroes.  Cosmic Boy is attempting to wrap up the Firebomber incident that killed his mom and while they find their man, the villain is a wiley one and he manages to trap them off in space leaving it up to Legion Academy students to save them.  See?  Even a veteran Legionnaire like Cosmic Boy can run into trouble and need a little help from his friends.

Meanwhile the mystery of the two Invisible Kids comes to the fore front.  At the end of the Prophet and Omen story, a being claiming to be Lyle Norg appears out of a space warp and now Jacques Foccart decides it is time for them to explore how Lyle came back from the dead.  Of course, it is a trap.  Lyle is not Lyle at More >

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Prophets, Omens, and Filler.

Aug 22nd

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The Legion’s stories continue in a four part story featuring two very esoteric characters called Omen and Prophet.  The story is my least favorite of the Legion stories that I have read in the original Levitz run, but it does have some interesting art pieces and some twists and turns that pay off later.

As the Legion deals with Prophet foretelling the coming of his Master, Omen, a few other Legionnaires deal with personal matters as we see Colossal Boy taking his new Durlan wife Yera home to meet mom and dad in a revisit of “Guess Who is Coming to Dinner?”  Gim reveals to his dad and mom, mom being the President of Earth, that his wife is actually Yera, a Durlan actress.

On their honeymoon, Queen Projectra and Karate Kid are on a honeymoon planet, only to find that Projectra’s cousin Pharoxx is there making trouble for the couple.  Karate Kid (King?) and Queen Projectra make short work of the usurping cousin, but before they can do anything with him, he disappears in a space warp.  A plot hole to be continued later.

The ending of the Prophet and Omen story brings us another sub plot to be solved later.. Lyle 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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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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Legion Crash Course Part Two

Feb 26th

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Well seven members down and we are going to cover four more, ready?

 

 

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So here we have Colossal Boy, Invisible Kid I, Supergirl, and Brainiac Five.

 

Colossal Boy is Gim Allon of Earth who was exposed to the radiation of an asteroid (which has to be one of the top 10 most common origins of all times) which gave him the ability to grow to immense proportion, which matches his symbol which is the overly large “male” symbol. He has a crush on fellow Legionnaire Shrinking Violet, but has not been able to win her heart yet.

 

Invisible Kid is Lyle Norg or Earth who created an invisibility serum for himself. He is one of the Legion’s best scientists and leaders. Unfortunately, Lyle was killed in battle by the Legion foe Validus.

 

Supergirl.. *wha*? Yes Virginia, there is a Supergirl. Kara Zor-El, from Argo City which was a large part of Krypton which flew off the planet relatively intact. Eventually Argo City was also doomed and Kara’s parents who were related to Jor-El, rocketed Kara off to Kansas to meet her cousin. Kara can do all the things that Superman can do, just usually in a skirt.

We’ll talk about the turn the male superhero into a female hero comic conceit a More >