Jim's Legion Blog

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 June 27, 2007 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Tony Bedard - Writer Kevin Sharpe - Penciller Robin Riggs - Inker Nathan Eyring - Colorist Mike Marts - Editor Synopsis Dream Girl tries to tell Brainiac 5 some information while he dreams, but he's interrupted by Star Boy regarding the disappearance of Cosmic Boy. Supergirl is the winner of the Legion Leader election, and she is told this by DoJ prosecutor Tenzil Kem.  At the Metropolis Convention Center (temporary HQ) Kara offers the Wanderers and Terror Firmans Legion membership to help look for Cosmic Boy.  Tenzil is there to prove Rokk guilty of war crimes. Mekt, Dirk and Thom argue about who should be the leader. Brainy suggests three locations to look for Rokk.  The teams begin to come to blows before Kara settles everyone down.  Team 1 - Brin, Vi and Shady head to Lallor and are immediately accosted by authorities but are observed by a mysterious group.  Team 2 - Kara, Garth and Imra search the Gobi rainfo...

Released February 28, 2007 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Mark Waid - Writer Barry Kitson - Penciller Mick Gray - Inker Nathan Eyring - Colorist Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis This issue takes a decidedly Dominator-focused narrative to start, with much of the story told through their eyes. The Dominators mark the progress of their conquest of Earth even as they talk to Sun Boy and the remnants of Terror Firma about their plan - the infusion of super-power DNA into Dominators. On Earth, the Science Police are trying to figure out the best way to evacuate the UP delegates. All technology has been taken over by the Dominator AI Virus and is acting with a mind of its own - mainly to kill humans. Mekt could care less about them but Cos makes the point that saving them could gain political cred. Lyle tries to save a delegate being thrown to their death, but his flight ring explodes, severing his arm. One of the Wandered stands by to help Lyle.  Cos and Cham get a load of delegates to a port...

Released November 30, 2005 DC Comics, Color 30 Pages The Legion of Super Heroes vs Terror Firma! Mark Waid - Writer Barry Kitson - Pencils Ken Lashley - pages 23 & 24 Gray & Geraci - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis After a neat two page synopsis of the story, we get a full Roll Call, with Dream Girl listed as Deceased. Then the focus is on the Otherspace team trying to contact the other groups.  Ultra Boy scans and sees Lemnos prepping to start the fight, and Brin in a cell. The notions from Dormir fly in and suddenly Cos is communicating with the team. They decide to cut the Transmatter network to stop any invasion, but that leaves Ultra Boy and Karate Kid's team stranded.  On Trxxl, Skelter is ready to pounce on Saturn Girl. He moves in when a sudden darkfield blinks. He grabs Saturn Girl, who suddenly zaps him - its actually Lightning Lad wrapped in a 'skin' of Cham shaped like Imra. Saturn Girl prepares to scan Skelter's mind when Cos...

Released August 25, 2004 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages For No Better Reason Part Four - Moebius Strip Gail Simone Girl - Writer Dan Jurgens Lad - Breakdowns Kid Andy Smith - Finishes Sno Cone 5.1 - Colors Rob Leigh 'Onel - Letters Timber Wacker - Editor Synopsis In Metropolis, the streets are still burning and Trudy's still journaling. Canary is trying to wake up Dreamer and spells out the whole scheme - the destruction of Legion World and the Kwai gates - as she brews tea on a makeshift stove.  Outside in the streets, the crowds are getting restless and mob rule is starting to descend.  Umbra sweeps in and takes out a team of would-be looters. Brainy tries to convince Umbra to not get distracted by the mobs and focus on her main task. Violet is putting out fires. Devil watches. Trudy triages the injured and finds inspiration in Tinya.   On Oasis One, Persuader attempts to leave with his daughter, but suggests an alternative to Val - he'll return to his cell on the condi...

Released August 11, 2004 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages For No Better Reason Part Three - A Sense of Confinement Gail Simone - Writer Dan Jurgens - Layouts Andy Smith - Finishes Sno Cone - Colors Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis If you've been wondering about that other Legion mission going on at Karahdia during the events of the last couple issues, we now find a little out about that, as we open with Spark making her way back to the team - they are fighting a species of large bugs that evolve based on some kind of secretion.  They have advanced quickly over the last few days to understand advanced technology and try to kill each other.  The Legion decides to make themselves a target of the warring factions. She joins Triad, Star Boy, her brother, Kid Quantum, Cosmic Boy and Invisible Kid.  Superboy and M'Onel are in reserve in orbit. Chuck briefs Saturn Girl on the situation.  Gear gives the quick summary of the situation - over an hour since the tech blackout ...

  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 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 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 January 28, 2004 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Foundations Part Five Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Chip Wallace - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Rob Leigh - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis In the 8th century, Uxas is torn out of time which creates a massive temporal shockwave going through time, destroying the past and the future. We are privy to the forward march of time being dissolved, Etrigan, the Amazonians, Jonah Hex, all vanishing from history.   In the 31st century, what remains of the Legion, Kid Quantum, Vi, Chuck and Superboy determine they have less than an hour before the shock wave reaches them. On Apokalips, Old Darkseid welcomes his younger self, which is what is causing the time ripple. Rokk presses the attack, but old Darkseid holds the entire Legion in stasis with a gesture and starts to explain his plans.  He wants to be rejuvenated, but young Darkseid understand the implications of pulling him out of his time. T...

Released April 30, 2003 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Dream Crime - Part One Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Mark Farmer - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Comicraft - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis The beginning of Dream Crime features a new masthead logo for the cover, and a new introduction style that recalls the Legion books of the early 80s with a small blurb describing the setting of the 31st century and the Legion, as well as a quick summary of Saturn Girl's and Dreamer's trip to Titan.  The pair are on Titan to see if Dreamer's visions can be used as a UP early warning system paired with Titanet. A voiceover talks about being more. Dreamer and Saturn Girl emerge from the portal on Titan and are greeted by our old friend Aven. Nura and Aven stare at each other for a beat before Aven realizes they were talking telepathically when Nura isn't telepathic.  Imra notes the amount of chatter going on around them while Nura notes how quiet...

Released January 29, 2003 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Five Reasons to Call in Sick Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Kev Walker - Pencils Andy Lanning and Al Milgrom - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis This issue picks up right where we left off in #15 with the Fatal Five standing off against the Legion team of Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy, XS, Wildfire and Shikari.  Combat begins as Brin and Jo snipe at each other.  Wildfire goes after the Persuader, who easily spits Drake's energy with the Axe.  XS goes after Mano, who then rips the ground out from under her. Shikari squares off against the Empress, and the bickering duo take on Validus who zaps them both, but doesn't take them out. The Persuader, cuts open Wildfire's suit, distracting Shikari, who is then knocked out by the Empress.  Empress is just about to terminate Shikari when Validus reminds her that they were to keep all Legionnaires alive for bargaining chips. Jo goes on the offense ...

  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 July 24, 2002 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Thresholds Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Day 1 - Kev Walker - Pencils Day 2 - Kalman Andrasofszky - Pencils Day 3 - Oliver Coipel - Pencils Andy Lanning - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Comicraft - Letters Mike McAvennie - Editor Synopsis Day One - A threshold opens on Xanthu.  Shikari, Triad, Sensor and Kid Quantum step out.  Jazmin is horrified at what's left of the place. Something approaches them fast, and it turns out to be XS with Star Boy soon after.  There are apparently still thousands of people on the planet.  Jazmin wishes that she could have been there to help Xanthu.  Thom wants to hear news of Earth.  We get a quick update via Chuck channel surfing on Legion World as Winema Wazzo is sworn in as UP President.  Ultra Boy is not happy. Rokk calls a meeting of the Legion.  Its great to see, honestly. The purpose is to hold an election, and the winner is.... Kid Quantum!!  Rokk g...