Jim's Legion Blog

  Released July 14, 2004 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages For No Better Reason Part One - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Gail Simone - Writer Dan Jurgens - Breakdowns Andy Smith - Finishes Sno Cone - Colors Rob Leigh - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Karate Kid delivers a criminal named Pinter to the new Oasis One prison as an unknown 21-year old narrator gives us background.  We are told its thirty minutes "pre-Spike."   Pinter is an organ-stealer for his own use.  The prison can apparently be immediately vaporized by the UP President.  Twenty Minutes pre-Spike: President Wazzo and her Durlan advisor arrive in Metropolis Hub for a ceremony honoring the Legion. Winema meets her daughter, Umbra, Ultra Boy, Chameleon, Violet, Brainiac 5.1 and Timber Wolf, all in nice civvie clothes. Tinya and Winema immediately are abrasive to Jo's amusement. Brainy expresses his unhappiness being there when he is contacted by Chuck and Gear, who have lost Dre...

Released March 31, 2004 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Housekeeping Dan Abnett Andy Lanning Keith Giffen - Storytellers Al Milgram - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Rob Leigh - Letters Stephen Wacker - Apologizes for everything Synopsis The day after the Darkseid crisis, Chuck Taine and Gear are snooping around a lab, breaking into a case labeled Experiment N 13.  While finding the experiment, they also come across some pictures of a blonde woman, which Chuck takes for "insurance."  Legion World is apparently in bad shape, and they are grousing about having to clean up after the Legionnaires. They are on the hunt for something in Legion World, but hiding their real purpose being out in public with hazmat suits on which are just holoprojections that disappear as soon as they are out of view of others.  Ten minutes later, an older Cub noses in on their business and wants to help.  Chuck takes a shower in the Medlab, where Gym'll notes that the lab is impeccably clean. Gear is lookin...

Released November 26, 2003 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Foundations Part Three Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Chip Wallace & Andy Lanning - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Rob Leigh - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Gear rouses Kid Quantum out of a deep sleep, but as she fully awakens she finds herself in a snowstorm seeing phantoms.  She reacts and inadvertently blasts a hole in her wall.  We shift to where we left of at the Time Institute in Metropolis in issue 26 with Invisible Kid and Brainiac 5.1 under attack by dark versions of Orion and Hawkwoman. The pair of Legionnaires are able to stand toe to toe with Darkseid's servants until the boom tube arrives to take them back.  The minions retreat via the boom tube with Lyle in pursuit.  Unfortunately, the minions left a bomb in their wake.  Shortly, a large squad of Legionnaires arrives at the wreckage of the Time Institute, with Superboy making a splashy appearance....

  Released October 9, 2002 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Choose Your Weapons Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Oliver Coipel - Pencils Andy Lanning - Inks Jason Wright- Colors Comicraft - Letters Mike McAvennie - Editor Synopsis Picking up exactly from issue 11, the Legion away team is matched up against the JLA.  In one corner, we have Superman, Martian Manhunter, Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Batman, Atom.  In the other, M'Onel, Chameleon, XS, Ultra Boy, Gear, Shikari and Leviathan.  Seven for seven. They pair off and start fighting.  M'Onel and Superman fight to a draw. Cham gets suckered by J'Onn pretending to be Brande. Diana and Jo, admiring Diana's... assets... duke it out. Shikari and Batman fight to a draw, as she can see his moves.  Lantern is trying to disassemble Gear. Atom tries the old inner ear disruption trick, but she goes smaller and takes him out, discovering that they are constructs in the process. Wally takes out Jenni, and Wall...

Released June 5, 2002 DC Comics, Color 24 Pages Terror Incognita 3: Hypersapiens Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Oliver Coipel - Pencils Andy Lanning - Inks Tom McCraw - Colors Mike McAvennie - Editor Synopsis Issue 8 starts in the ICU.  M'Onel is in bad shape in the OR, as the doctor's can't match his blood, nor cut into him to remove the bullet.  Triad debates with herself about telling them the truth about his Daxamite background and about him being Valor. The debate is useless, however, as Kinetix walks into the OR and shoots green energy over him - one assumes to heal him. Cosmic Boy becomes Exposition Lad, explaining the current Hypertaxis situation to their strike force and anyone who hasn't yet read the series as the moon is pushed closer to the Earth. We then get another page of exposition about the history of Ra's al Ghul and his current involvement with the Legion.  Cos finishis his speech with a nice touch. Ra's has been listenting in and moc...