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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...

Released August 15, 2007 DC Comics, Color 21 Pages The Lords of Luck Chapter 6: The Girl Who Knew Too Much Mark Waid & George Perez - Storytellers Scott Koblish - Inks Tom Smith - Colors Rob Leigh - Letters Stephanie Buscema - Asst. Editor Joey Cavalieri - Editor Synopsis The Luck Lords talk to what’s left of the Legion (Brainiac 5 and Invisible Kid) as they explain that the future died 1000 years ago, with a picture of Hal Jordan, Adam Strange and Supergirl impaled on a green device based on a plan from “a millennium ago and 25 trillion miles away”.   Robo-Thanagarians hold Batman, Lyle and Brainy captive while the Luck Lord monologues over the presumably dead bodies of Saturn Girl, Colossal Boy, Triplicate Girl, Chameleon, Element Lad, Phantom Girl and Ultra Boy.   Wow, a lot has happened since the last issue!   Anyway, the Luck Lord spills the deets on the plot: In the 21st century Thanagar and Rann are at war with the Thanagarians having an overwhelming edge due t...

Released July 18, 2007 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages The Lords of Luck, Chapter 5 - The Batman of Tomorrow Mark Waid & George Perez - Storytellers Bob Wiacek - Inks Tom Smith - Colors Rob Leigh - Letters Stephanie Buscema - Asst. Editor Joey Cavalieri - Editor Synopsis A merged Batman/Tharok wakes with the Batman half disoriented while the Tharok half explains that they are in the hands of the Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st century. Brainiac 5 is working to separate the two into their own bodies and explains the utopia of the 31st century to Batman - they have the amazing power to do anything with one exception: Time Travel. Invisible Kid fanboys all over Batman and asks how he came to the 31st century with the Fatal Five (where they were found by the Legion in issue #4). Batman does a one panel flashback explaining the device called the Haruspex not only merged him with Tharok (in issue #3) but then also transported them to the 31st century. Chameleon is running diagnostics on the...