Jim's Legion Blog

  Released February 23, 2005 DC Comics, Color 31 Pages Cover Title - Three is a Magic Number Mark Waid & Barry Kitson - Storytellers Art Thibert - Finishes Pages 1,3,6-26,28-30 Chris Blythe - Colors Phil Balsman - Letters Harvey Richards - Asst Editor Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Triplicate Girl is dangling off a ledge above an inferno as an enemy steals her flight ring and threatens her. She pulls him off the ledge, and triplicates to dangle him further towards the fire below. He surrenders and is taken into custody. Phantom Girl is reading old Batman comics in Element Lad's room while he preps for a date, and they are seeking dating advice from the comic book. He takes off his ring to switch his appearance to normal clothes when his date arrives - Triplicate Girl! Jan opens by saying he likes to be naked. Lu responds by talking about her story. She woke to a ruined Cargg to find herself the sole survivor. She found the ability to triplicate and to keep triplicating until ...

Released January 26, 2005 DC Comics, Color 31 Pages Mark Waid & Barry Kitson - Storytellers Gray, Pascoe, Kitson - Inks Chris Blythe - Colors Phil Balsman - Letterer Harvey Richards - Asst. Editor Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis A new ambassador and his translator assistant are introduced to a group of UP officials, but Brainy and Cos are suspicious and send Karate Kid, Element Lad and Dream Girl to stop the meeting. The translator is an assassin who has poison easily transmuted by Element Lad, but also has lots of backup weapons. Dream Girl, being able to see the guy's next moves, handily dispatches the translator.  Brainy and Cos argue about Dream Girl; Brainy clearly doesn't respect her powers, and it drives him bonkers. He asks for goats in his lab.  The team, Brainy, Karate Kid, Dream Girl and Shadow Lass, head to Naltor where none of the Naltorian children have been able to sleep, and therefore not dream, for days.  This leads to kids being driven insane by sle...

The Legion of Super Heroes v5 #1 Released December 29, 2004 DC Comics, Color 30 Pages Mark Waid - Writer Barry Kitson - Artist Mick Gray - Inks, pgs 21-30 Chris Blythe - Colors Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis The first "threeboot" issue opens with a four page discussion about the need for heroes through the ages, showing scenes of valor from ancient Rome to the near future. The future of the 31st century, spanning star systems, is one of security, stability and order, and the kids all hate it. We're then shown more about the world via an exposition scene with the Science Police - the Legion is a movement of over 75,000 teens, but only about 20 are the Legion we know. The Public Service monitors all minors at all times and the core Legionnaires are invisible to the service via their flight rings.  Shadow Lass, Ultra Boy, Colossal Boy, Sun Boy, Star Boy and Light Lass are taking out a rogue experimental Macrobot in a good showcase of all their powers except for Shadow Lass...