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Released April 27, 2005 DC Comics, Color 31 Pages Mark Waid & Barry Kitson - Storytellers Art Thibert - Finishes Chris Blythe - Colors Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis A voiceover walks the reader through Legion Plaza - a UP delegate is infiltrating the Legion environment and trying to send data back to the UP military.  The delegate finds the environment welcoming, but can't get any information back. The UP council wants a more positive relationship with the Legion, but the SPs view them as a threat. We switch to Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl on Rimworld 19 investigating the rumors of the invaders from outside. They hear conflicting stories and the populace is dispirited. Garth and a speedster go out and scout while Saturn Girl keeps the rest of the kids calm. They run into Brin Londo who is helping rescue a child. On Earth, Ultra Boy and Shadow Lass are on patrol when his powers start to go haywire. He was supposed to talk to Brainy but didn't.  She enlists Val to help. ...

So before we get started here, an apology for the pause in publishing.  I had a lot going on with a household move and office construction, so there wasn't much in the way of time or space in which to get back to these reviews.  So with that, I'll return you to the Legion Threeboot! Released March 30, 2005 DC Comics, Color 30 Pages Cover Title - Fight the Power! Mark Waid - Script Barry Kitson - Co-Plotter Leonard Kirk - Penciller Mick Gray - Inks Chris Blythe - Colors Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis (Fight the Power) Dirk Morgna's parents are hanging out in Legion HQ passing out cookies; they are big Legion fans and are somewhat throwbacks in the overly conservative society, but Shady thinks that Dirk may be quitting.  The Science Police barges in to arrest the Legionnaires.  A bogus law has been trumped up to make the Flight Rings illegal by none other than Invisible Kid's father, who is head of a SP division. Cos naturally thinks that Lyle's membership is a setu...