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  Released January 30, 2002 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Moon Rise Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Oliver Coipel - Pencils Andy Lanning - Inks Tom McCraw - Colors Comicraft - Letters Mike McAvennie - Editor Synopsis Issue 4 begins with Darren the orderly walking into the Earthgov Footstep Drive facility (Not UP, which I find interesting). He walks down a long corridor lined with cells labeled in Interlac and Arabic letters bearing a world name and a number.  He ominously tells them that it will be the last day working.  We finally meet Gates, apparently held captive for the last year as a test subject. Darren prepares to kill Gates when the power goes out. Gates toys with Darren for a bit before popping out of a portal and clocking him, stealing his keycard. Gates pops out to find the Legion in the corridor: Leviathan (Violet), Triad and Brainy.  Ra's is overseeing the lunar terraforming platform when informed about the Footstep lab issue as he and Venge activat...

  Released 12/26/01 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Legion World Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Oliver Coipel - Pencils Andy Lanning - Inks Tom McCraw - Colors Comicraft - Letters Mike McAvennie - Editor Synopsis Picking up where we left off, the Lost Legionnaires have been picked up by the crew of the Bouncing Boy, Cosmic Boy, Triad, Invisible Kid, an enlarged Violet with Chuck Taine piloting. Lots of reunions, notably Brainy/Lyle, Cos/Imra/Jo and Cham getting friendly with Triad Orange and Neutral with Chuck looking on from the pilot's chair getting misty eyed. They head to the Footstep Ship stolen in LW3.     Shift to McCauley, apparenly in admiral garb dedicating a plant that will terraform the moon.  He and someone (maybe Venge?) confab about ignoring the Orandan ambassador, Robotica seems to be a looming threat, and stalling M'Onel from seeing the Legionnaires.  Speaking of the Legion, they are emerging back into space and Shikari detects a cl...