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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...

Released April 24, 2002 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Terror Incognita 2 - Fear of Change Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Oliver Coipel - Pencils Andy Lanning - Inks Tom McCraw - Colors Comicraft - Letters Mike McAvennie - Editor Synopsis The blood moon hangs over Metropolis as Ra's al Ghul monologues to the world.  He is accelerating evolution triggering a process called Hypertaxis, pulling the moon closer to initiate an extinction event.  We get an explanation of the balls that Zoe found last issue.  Some people become "Terrorforms" and zap everyone else into little balls for safeguarding during the upheaval process. Then they pick the best ones to evolve.  Or something.  VP Winema Wazzo is trying to boss around a SP chief when, to her chagrin, the Legion flies in - Cosmic Boy, Ultra Boy, Kid Quantum, Leviathan, Brainiac 5, Chameleon and Shikari.  They bypass the VP and head straight for the terrorforms.   Brainy tries to short cir...

Released March 27, 2002 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Terra Incognita 1: Terrorform Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Oliver Coipel - Pencils Andy Lanning - Inks Tom McCraw - Colors Comicraft - Letters Mike McAvennie - Editor Synopsis We begin with our go-to reporter Trudy Trusoe reporting from the Metropolis streets where demonstrations are happening against McCauley's terraforming plans. An energy surge hits them and Zoe comes out of nowhere, picking up Trudy and her cameraman (Lizu) and sprinting them out of harm's way.  Zoe is having problems holding on to the two of them while flying and crashes.  Trudy immediately recognizes her as the former Kinetix and tries to get an impromptu interview. Lizu picks up a small purple sphere when the feed goes dead.   In studio, Vigo gets us up to speed with the Footstep Lab story.  In addition to SP forces, apparently the media was there, as well, as Cos used that to speak out on the horrors of that experimentatio...

  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 July 25, 2001 DC Comics, Color 39 Pages Story #1 - You Are Here:Xanthu Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Duncan Rouleau - Artist Jaimie Mendoza - Inks Tom McCraw - Colors Comicraft - Letters Digital Chameleon - Separation Mike McAvennie - Editor Synopsis In the same spirit of Legion of the Damned Part 2, we are treated to a three page summary of the fall of Xanthu at the hands of Robotica, including the brief history lesson of Xanthu formerly being a UP world, then signing up with the Affiliated Planets, controlled by Khundia. As in the Blight invasion of Earth, the Robotican invasion of Xanthu takes no time at all, using high technology and bio-weapons to subdue the planet to the point of hand to hand combat being the last defense. This brings us to XS, recently arrived on Xanthu after Star Boy/Thom Kallor had been there a while as part of the Amazers. In interesting gear. Just in time to help with the fight. She comes into play with her typical rushed style, which is...