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Released December 26, 2007 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Evil Adventus Part 1: Conflict Jim Shooter - Writer Francis Manapul - Penciller Livesay - Inker Nathan Eyring - Colorist Mike Marts - Editor Synopsis The first page is striking - in both art and situation. Trip's situation and the faceoff of Val and the monster is definitely attention grabbing.  He punched through the creature completely while his arm is broken. Trip is out of commission being overpowered - Val think she should never have been sent. Garth seems distracted when Tinya calls him.  At HQ he's quite overwhelmed with Leader duties, even as his sister helps him.  Imra, Thom, Brin (looking normal) and Lyle are on Triton to help stave off an impending attack, but no one does anything. Imra calls her mother. At HQ, Garth is still dealing with random requests when Val smashes Garth's robotic concierge. Val is upset about the situation he and Trip were in, then promptly collapses.  Garth calls a mostly naked T...

Released September 26, 2007 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages The Quest for Cosmic Boy: E.R.G.Onomics Tony Bedard - Writer Dennis Calero - Penciller Robin Riggs - Inker Nathan Eyring - Colorist Mike Marts - Editor (Credits are assumed, as the digital version had them omitted.) Synopsis Wildfire as an assassin!  Say it aint so! Wildfire tries to kill the Lallorian President while Atom Girl wants to flirt with Wildfire.  We then spin back three hours as Atom Girl, Shadow Lass and Timber Wolf fight off Lallorian troops while the real assassins plot to unleash ERG-1. Brin and Vi capture a Lallorian soldier and the civil war has moved from Adults v Kids to Pro v Anti UP. They leverage Tasmia's status to transform this into a diplomatic visit.  In a dark room, Randall talks to Drake, who is suspended in his ERG tank. Randall transfers Drake into his suit and gives him the floorplans to the president's office. The Legion arrives at the Presidential office; Brin and Tasmia talk to the pr...

Released April 4, 2007 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Mark Waid - Writer Barry Kitson - Penciller Mick Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti - Inkers Nathan Eyring - Colorist Mike Marts - Editor Synopsis Dream Boy floats alone in a void, soon visited by Dream Girl to give him some future advice. In Metropolis, Mon-El looks for any sign of Cosmic Boy, but is feeling feverish as the effects of the lead serum start to wear off. Brainy is upset because all avenues of getting any kinds of resources are held by the Dominators or the AI virus they've released, resulting in citizens starving or at risk. Elsewhere, Jeckie and Shady care for a wounded Brin Londo, along with two Wanderers, a telekinetic and someone who appears to be Polar Boy.  A robot bursts into their room and is handily dispatched by a worn down Ultra Boy, who promptly collapses.  At the former site of HQ (the second one destroyed), Phantom Girl and a couple Wanderers discuss the last ditch plan as they look for something.  In P...

Released January 24, 2007 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Assumed credits based on the cover (digital copy has no credit page): Mark Waid - Writer Barry Kitson - Penciller Mick Gray - Inker Synopsis Plant lad is being bullied by Brin, Projectra, Shadow Lass and Colossal Boy after the events of the last issue. Kara, Rokk, Imra, Garth and Brainy find the kidnapped Legionnaires and bust in on the meeting. It quickly becomes the Ranzz family reunion as he sees Mekt and Ayla. Mekt's plan was to trick the Legion into releasing Mon-El so that Brainy could solve the problem of Mon-El's lead poisoning.  Mekt bullrushes taking over the combined team despite Rokk's protests, showing the robot uprisings elsewhere via Jeyra. Mon and Kara head to Tokyo with Jo and Brainy, burrowing through the Earth.  While this is happening, Garth and Mekt verbally spar while Ayla warns the Wanderers about Mekt's instability and tenedncy towards suicide runs and martyrdom while giving us the 3boot version...

Released December 27, 2006 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages The Wanderers Mark Waid - Writer Barry Kitson - Penciller Mick Gray - Inker Nathan Eyring - Colorist Mike Marts - Editor Synopsis Legion HQ - Dream Boy urges Garth and Vi to get the Kryptonite from the armory. He realizes, and the word is relayed from Tinya, that they are under attack. Projectra and Brin are captive by "Plant Lad", aka Ral Benem (aka Chlorophyll Kid in normal continuity), who deactivates the HQ defenses. White Witch casts a spell to compartmentalize the Legionnaires where they are in the HQ on the command of their mysterious leader. The splash screen is changed to "The Wanderers" a huge team with the focus on Jeyra Entinn, Polar Boy, Micro Lass, Plant Lad, Inferno, Grav, Thoom and White Witch. Their purpose - to save the galaxy from a galactic malevolence, the single most fervent hope and dream of adults galaxywide.  A chance to show the Legion of Super Heroes who's boss. Brainy has a vision o...

Released January 18, 2006 DC Comics, Color 31 Pages Mark Waid - Writer Barry Kitson - Layout Mick Gray - Finishes Sno Cone - Colors Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Lemnos orders Terror Firma troops to storm the worlds beyond the transmatter portals as the Legion team attacks those in the staging area. The portals flicker and go out as the first few troops step through, bisecting them, and the troops start to panic. One portal is left open and the other Legion teams enter to support the fight. Each Legionnaire brings their powers to bear in their own way. On Dormir, Cos has the Legionnaires remove their rings so that he can broadcast their success against the foot soldiers of Lemnos' army. The core of the Terror Firma team squares up against the Legionnaires while Cos communicates a strategy to Sun Boy. The Legionnaires show they can work well one-on-one against the Terror Firmans just as they did with the larger groups. Cos communicates directly with Lemnos as a distraction so Sun...

Released June 26, 2002 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Baby on Board Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Stephen DeStefano - Guest Artist Tom McCraw - Colors Comicraft - Letters Mike McAvennie - Bad Babysitter makin' 6 creds an hour Synopsis In a stark change, we open with a Hanna-Barbera style of illustration with cartoon Jo, Tinya and baby domestically. Jo is watching the Magno Ball Game when Winema arrives with brownies. Suddenly the baby begins to grow when Timber Wolf pops in angrily as he and Jo fight.  Tinya wakes up from the nightmare and sees the baby in a basinet next to herm who suddenly yells "Pain-Hurt!"  Tinya again wakes up from the nightmare.  Brin walks into Tinya's room reacting to her scream.  Apparently the baby IS growing at an accelerated rate. Brin comforts Tinya.  They are still on board the Footstep liner that they boarded in Legion World 6, and have encountered the Robotican energy wave, damaging their ship and leaving them adrift in...

Released September 26, 2001 DC Comics, Color 39 Pages Story #1 - You Are Here:Rimbor Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Kilian Plunkett - Artist Tom McCraw - Colors Comicraft - Letters Mike McAvennie - Editor We follow the typical LW intro exposition, but this time its Tinya Wazzo thinking about husband Jo Nah's advice of never leaving the Q as an image of Jo is imposed on the background of the establishing shot.  Tinya flies into the foreground.  Sure enough, she is spotted by the Cobra gang, who cat-call her.  Following her husband's remembered advice, she keeps moving but flies right into another hovercar.  She phases to pass through it, but her little bundle is not so lucky.  Tinya herself ends up somehow landing in an alley. The bundle was gelato, but now the gang-bangers are surrounding and threatening to rape her. Out of nowhere, the Vipers are attacked by a "Wolf" on the Cobra "turf" with an assist from Tinya herself.  Tinya and her rescuer tal...