Jim's Legion Blog

Released May 26, 2004 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Notorious Part 2 Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Jay Lester - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Jared K Fletcher - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis RJ Brande is being tortured by Singularity to admit that the Legion is the source of the galaxy's suffering by being the source of Element Lad/Progenitor.  Refusing to break, Brande is sent back to his cell to rejoin Kinetix, Gates and Chameleon, all three bound by some kind of power inhibitors.  They are joined shortly by Garth. Gates and Cham think its a trick, but Brande and Kinetix (who seems to be speaking normally now instead of in ethereal phrasing) sense the truth.   Garth explains what happened and why he's there, but Cham has none of it.   The trap springs; the Espionage Squad has been with Garth the entire time.  Invisible Kid, Sensor, Apparition and Vi reveal themselves, dispatch the guards, and free their colleagues fr...

Released August 27, 2003 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Dream Crime Part Five Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Mark Farmer - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Comicraft - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis The final chapter of Dream Crime begins exactly where we left off.  The summary page catches us up from the events of the last issue where Universo is in control of the Legion and soon the universe.  The image features a seated Universo backed by Ferro, Shikari, Karate Kid and Sensor who is wrapping her arms around Universo from behind.  In the story, Universo stands with Saturn Girl and Dreamer strapped into chairs tapping their thoughts, the rest of the entranced Legion standing around with the four newcomers lying on the floor at their feet.  Universo reaches out to Sensor only to find that she's an illusion and has in fact freed Imra and Nura!  Universo forces the Legionnaires to find them.     Elsewhere, Sensor...

Released July 30, 2003 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Dream Crime Part Four Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Mark Farmer - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Issue 22's background roll gets us up to speed and features Karate Kid, Ferro, Shikari and Sensor before diving right into the story with Universo himself. Universo is becoming a control addict. What started as a means to escape and take over the UP is growing into the need to control more.  He has Saturn Girl and Dreamer hostage in some kind of telepathy chairs. The rest of the Legion is coming through the portals to Titan and be in person with Universo.  Shikari and Sensor float through the warp space, Sensor lost and flailing when Shikari comes to her rescue. They fall out of the portal on Steeple and collapse on the ground to be found by a mysterious figure.   On Titan,  Universo dialogs how he used the threat of Darkseid to disguise his own threat via ...

Released June 25, 2003 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Dream Crime Part Three Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Mark Farmer - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Comicraft - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Issue 21's "scroll" intro features Shikari and Sensor in her new form and a description of why Dreamer is on Titan.  The story jumps right into the matter of Darkseid. Nura is communicating her vision of Darkseid back to the Legion.  Rokk, always mister history, recognizes the name from his studies. Dreamer communicates that the UP is in immediate threat.  Triad and Gear get to work researching and as soon as he finds data about a Boom Tube, one pops open on the command deck with parademons pouring out chanting "Darkseid is." Over on the medical deck, Jo and Tinya start to tangle over the subject of Imra when Apocalypse pops out of space next to Legion World and all hell breaks loose and the Legion jumps into action fighting against the...

Released February 26, 2003 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Revival of the Fittest Part One Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Alejandro Barrionuevo - Pencils Lanning - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Comicraft - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis This issue starts with a cold open of M'Onel and Shvaughn Erin visiting a prisoner in an as yet unspecified location to meet Ra's al Ghul, who has used the last thousand years to amass a legal army that was apparently able to force the bureaucracy to pull Ra's out of the stasis chamber he was in at the end of Legion # .  Ra's hand, previously sliced off by Gates, has apparently grown back.  He is confident that he will be released given that his rights are being violated from being held without trial.  He's also concerned about his clones. M'Onel asks Ra's for help for a situation. A few hours earlier on "The Murdered World of Xanthu" XS and Star Boy are discussing the impending revival of the world while ...