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Released February 11, 2015 DC Comics, Color 30 Pages The Infinitus Saga Part 5 of 6 Jeff Lemire - Writer Neil Edwards - Penciler Jay Leisten & Keith Champagne - Inkers Jeromy Cox - Colorist Travis Lanham - Letterer Amedo Turturro - Assistant Editor Brian Cunningham - Group Editor Synopsis In space near Thanagar, in the present, the combined Justice League United and the Legion of Super Heroes faces an immense Infinitus emerging out of a space anomaly. Dream Girl communicates with Brainiac 5, who is on Rann, to come up with a strategy. He is creating a big bomb to collapse Infinitus in on himself. Inside the anomaly, Supergirl confronts Byth to let Ultra go.  Byth tries to snare Kara in tentacles so that she may join him as ruler of the new order. She rejects him with her fist. Thinking that Kara may be uncomfortable with his humanoid face, he reveals his true one - a gaping maw of a creature surrounded by tentacles that whip out at Supergirl.  Back in real space, the JLU a...

Released January 14, 2015 DC Comics, Color 37 Pages The Infinitus Saga Part 4 of 6 Jeff Lemire - Writer Neil Edwards - Penciler Jay Leisten & Keith Champagne - Inkers Jeromy Cox - Colorist Travis Lanham - Letterer Amedo Turturro - Assistant Editor Brian Cunningham - Group Editor First off, an apology - I completely botched the issue and part numbering the last couple of entries, but they are fixed now.  This is what happens when you try and use templates, but rush through things.  Haste makes waste!  I deeply regret the error. Now on with the issue! Synopsis We open with Dream Girl hovering over a devastated 31st century Metropolis, and also get a very succinct background on how and why the Legion of Super Heroes was formed.  We see a couple page vignette of what appears to be the retroboot Legion taking down Universe, the Fatal Five, and a generic action shot, with each panel showing more Legionnaires in their prime. But then we see the devastated landscape of c...

Released November 12, 2014 DC Comics, Color 25 Pages The Infinitus Saga Part 2 of 5 Jeff Lemire - Writer Neil Edwards -  Artist Jay Listen with Keith Champagne - Inker Jeromy Cox - Colorist Travis Lanham - Letterer Amedeo Turturro - Assistant Editor Brian Cunningham - Group Editor Synopsis The evil shapeshifter Byth urges the alien Ultra to continue interfacing with a mysterious anomaly while the JLU team on Ryngor fights for survival. That is, until the Legion of Super Heroes (Legion Lost II edition) shows up! Then we get a whole roll call: JLU: Martian Manhunter, Equinox, Ultra the Multi-Alien, Adam Strange, Alanna Strange, Green Arrow, Supergirl, Animal Man, Stargirl LSH: Mon-El, Brainiac 5, Saturn Girl, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Girl, Tyroc, Wildfire, Tellus, Timber Wolf, Gates The battle is joined, and the JLU is confused, but are glad for the help from the mysterious future team. Tyroc helps Green Arrow, while Equinox tries to snap Ultra out of his communion with the anomaly. S...

  Released November 12, 2014 DC Comics, Color 25 Pages The Infinitus Saga Part 2 of 5 Jeff Lemire - Writer Neil Edwards -  Artist Jay Listen - Inker Jeremy Cox - Colorist Travis Lanham - Letterer Amedeo Turturro - Assistant Editor Brian Cunningham - Group Editor Synopsis Beneath the surface, in the Canadian JLU bunker, the alien Ultra and Equinox sit in safety while a battle rages. They have small talk and get to know each other a little better, with Equinox telling Ultra that he's the first alien she's ever met. Ultra touches Miyaabin's hand.  Cut to the surface, where we see the battle between the combined forces of part of the Justice League United and part of the Legion of super heroes versus some super-powered henchmen of Byth.  Whew, we have a bit roll call here: JLU/LSH: Martian Manhunter,Green Arrow,Supergirl,Animal Man,Stargirl,Alanna Strange,Adam Strange,Equinox,Ultra the Multi-Alien,Mon-El,Brainiac 5,Saturn Girl,Phantom Girl Villains: Shrike,Overmaster,Sha...

Released September 17, 2014 DC Comics, Color 37 Pages The Infinitus Saga Part 1 of 5 Jeff Lemire - Writer Neil Edwards - Penciller Jay Leisten - Inker Jeromy Cox - Colorist Dezi Sienty & Taylor Esposito - Letterers Amedeo Turturro - Assistant Editor Brian Cunningham - Editor Synopsis Mon-El crashes into the Justice League United HQ in Moosonee, Ontario, where he threatens the being named Ultra, who is guarded by Martian Manhunter, Equinox and Alanna Strange. If the child is not destroyed, the Legion will die! J'Onn immediately starts to fight Mon-El. Alanna tries to hold Mon-El at gunpoint, when she vanishes and Adam Strange unexpectedly takes her place.  He picks up the gun and tries to shoot Mon-El, but he easily overpowers Adam.  Equinox temporarily freezes Mon-el as she gets Adam up to speed on where the rest of the team is (outer space). Mon escapes and again threatens to kill Ultra. Meanwhile, the rest of the JLU is in the Polaris system tracking down Hawkman's signa...

Released October 8, 2014 DC Comics, Color 30 Pages The Midayo and the Whitago Jeff Lemire - Writer Timothy Green II - Penciller Joe Silver - Inker Jeremy Cox - Colorist Travis Lanham - Letterer Ameded Turturro - Asst. Editor Brian Cunningham - Group Editor Synopsis NOTE - this comic is NOT in the JLU Omni covering the Infinitus Saga, but it does lead into it and sets the stage for what we see, so I did want to include this as a bonus of sorts. Our comic begins with a synopsis of the events of the JLU series up to this point from Martian Manhunter. The JLU (Stargirl, Green Arrow, Animal Man, Adam Strange and Martian Manhunter), discover an alien plot centered around a child named Ultra. On the planet Rann, Adam Strange and Supergirl join in the fight, leading to the sacrifice of Hawkman to save Rann and Martian Manhunter taking Ultra under his care. The team is back on Earth and there is discussion with Miiyabin (the Equinox we saw from Future State) and someone named Heather around the...