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Released February 25, 2004 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Foundations The Final Chapter Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Chip Wallace - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Ken Lopez - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Superboy gets the jump on Darkseid as Garth, Violet and Kid Quantum emerge from their quantum time portal. Superboy fights Darksied while the others handle the minions. The time barrier the older Darkseid begins to fail, possibly because he had some kind of a failsafe that only he knew about. The young Darkseid has no idea how to proceed.  Vi and Garth have an idea to go back a short period of time to stop Darkseid and go back 20 minutes to when the young Darkseid comes out of the boom tube. The foursome pops out, and Connor and Vi punch the young Darkseid back through the tube and follow him in. The rest of the Legion handles old Darkseid. The combined powers of Superboy, Kid Quantum's powers, Garth's electricity and Vi's brute force keep ...

Released November 12, 2003 DC Comics, Color 21 Pages Foundations Part Two Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Chip Wallace - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Jared K. Fletcher - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis A sacrifice is made before the throne of Darkseid on Apokalips, but it is not enough. Five weeks pass. A team of Legionnaires and Superboy enter the Enduku system to investigate a stargate.  Superboy is clearly annoying Cosmic Boy with his attitude - he's eager to get back to his time, and rushes into the situation.  Superboy encounters three of Darkseid's minions who zap him, and the Legion flings into action. Umbra's darkness and Spark's electricity don't seem to have any affect on them, and neither does raw brawling. The lead minion rips the S off of Superboy's T-shirt and the three vanish in a Boom Tube. On Legion World's Winath habitat, Garth, in his Element Lad body, is moping as the return of Superboy is still the cent...

Released October 29, 2003 DC Comics, Color 39 Pages Foundations - Celebrating 45 Years of the Legion Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Robin Riggs, Chip Wallace, Doug Hazelwood - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Jared Fletcher - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Additional Art: Eric Wight (Art & Color Pages 1-3, 37, 38) Tony Harris & Tom Feister (Art & Color - Pages 10-12,20-21,30-33) Dave Cockrum & Al Milgrom (Pages 14-18) Paul Rivoche (Art & Color - Pages 23-28) Synopsis Lana Lang and Pete Ross flag down a young Clark Kent in 20th century Smallville to work on a book report. He declines and continues on to his parents' shop. On the way he meets the Legion founders looking very similar to their Adventure #247 costumes and take him to the future.  In the 31st century, Spark is on Trom, speaking to the memorial of Element Lad as she works through her guilt about feeling bad about him while also depositing some other crystals she found in th...