Friday, August 01, 2008

July 2008 Retrospective

45 Years Ago:

ADVENTURE #310 (7/1963)
"Doom of the Super-Heroes"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Brainiac 5, Bouncing Boy, Cosmic Boy, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lass, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy

JIMMY OLSEN #70 (7/1963)
"The Secret of Silver Kryptonite"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Element Lad

SUPERMAN #162 (7/1963)
"Superman-Red and Superman-Blue"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Bouncing Boy, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy

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40 Years Ago:

ACTION #365 (7/1968)
"Superman's Funeral"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy

ADVENTURE #370 (7/1968)
"The Devil's Jury"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Invisible Kid, Insect Queen, Mon-El, Mordru, Princess Projectra, Pete Ross, Shadow Lass, Superboy, Ultra Boy, White Witch

JIMMY OLSEN #112 (7/1968)
"The Murderous Magnaman!"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Mon-El (mentioned)

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35 Years Ago:

LSH (v1) #4 (7/1973)
Reprint of "The Weirdo Legionnaire" from ADVENTURE 341 (2/1966)

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30 Years Ago:

KARATE KID #15 (7/1978)
"Bring Back My Future To Me"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Chameleon Boy, Karate Kid, Superboy

SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #241 (7/1978)
"Prologue to Earthwar"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Mon-El, Ontiir, Phantom Girl, Ambassador Relnic, Shrinking Violet, Shvaughn Erin, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire

"My Brother's Keeper"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Lightning Lord, Timber Wolf

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25 Years Ago:

DC COMICS PRSENTS #59 (7/1983)
"Ambush Bg II"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Antenna Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, Double-Header, Fire Lad, Infectious Lass, Polar Boy, Porcupine Pete, Stone Boy, Superman, Chief Zendak

DC COMICS PRESENTS ANNUAL #2 (7/1983)
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Elastic Lad

LEGION OF SUEPR-HEROES #301 (7/1983)
"Different Paths Different Dooms"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Blok, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Gigi Cusimano, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Ontiir, Princess Projectra, Proty II, R.J. Brande, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet (Yera), Shvaughn Erin, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Supergirl, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy

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20 Years Ago:

INVASION #2 (7/1988)
"Battleground Earth"
ROLL CALL (L.E.G.I.O.N.): Garryn Bek, Lyrissa Mallor, R.J. Brande (Durlan), Stealth, Vril Dox

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #8 (7/1988)
"A Time To Die"
ROLL CALL (Classic Legion): Blok, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Magnetic Kid, Mon-El, Roon Dvron, Sensor Girl, Shvaughn Erin, Starfinger II, Tellus

WNANDERERS #2 (7/1988)
"...To Heavens of Everything"
ROLL CALL (Wanderers): Dartalon, Elvar, Ornithax, Psyche, Quantum Queen, Re-Animage

WHO'S WHO IN THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3 (7/1988)

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15 Years Ago:

L.E.G.I.O.N.'93 #55 (7/1993)
"Heritage"
ROLL CALL (L.E.G.I.O.N.): Lady Quark, Lydea Mallor, Lyrissa Mallor, Phase, Strata

L.E.G.I.O.N.'93 #56 (7/1993)
"Bouncing Back"
ROLL CALL (L.E.G.I.O.N.): Garryn Bek, Masked Avenger (Garv), Strata

LEGIONNAIRES #4 (7/1993)
"If Looks Could Kill"
ROLL CALL (SW6): Alchemist, Andromeda, Catspaw, Cera Kesh/Emerald Empress II, Cosmic Boy, Ferro, Gossamer, Danielle Foccart/Computo, Inferno, Invisible Kid, Live Wire, Matter-Eater Lad, Mordecai, Saturn Girl, Ultra Boy
ROLL CALL (5-Year-Gap Legion): Chameleon Boy, Fatal 5, Mano, Persuader, Tharok

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #45 (7/1993)
"New Members? New Problems!"
ROLL CALL (5-Year-Gap Legion): Blood Claw, Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Dawnstar, Devlin O'Ryan, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Firefist, Flederweb, Infectious Lass, Invisible Kid II, Kono, Laurel Gand, Lightning Lass, Martian Manhunter, Matter-Eater Lad, Night Girl, Princess Projectra, Rond Vidar, Roxxas, Shrinking Violet, Spider Girl, Ultra Boy, Veilmist

VALOR #9 (7/1993)
"How to Win Friends and Influence People"
ROLL CALL: Valor

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10 Years Ago:

GREEN LANTERN #100 (7/1993)
"In Brightest Days Past"
ROLL CALL (Earth-Zero Legion): Brainiac 5

LEGIONNAIRES #62 (7/1998)
"Dark Circle Rising! Part 1: Balance of Power"
ROLL CALL (Earth-Zero Legion): Andromeda, Brainiac 5.1, Chameleon Boy, Chuck Taine, Dr. Gym'll, Dyrk, Gates, Invisible Kid, Kinetix, Leland McCauley, LeVIathan, Lori Morning, M'Onel, Proty, R.J. Brande, Sensor, Spark, Umbra, XS

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #106 (7/1998)
"Dark Circle Rising Part 2: High Crimes"
ROLL CALL (Earth-Zero Legion): Andromeda, Apparition, Brainiac 5.1, Cosmic Boy, Gates, Kono, M'Onel, R.J. Brande, Rond Vidar, Saturn Girl, Sensor, Spark, Triad, Ultra Boy, XS

SUPERBOY #53 (7/1998)
"Pearl Harbor 2"
No actual Legion appearances, but the Legion is mentioned and a Legion belt appears in a dream sequence.

SUPERMAN VILLAINS SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS #1 (7/1998)
ROLL CALL: Valor

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5 Years Ago:

THE LEGION #20
"Dream Crime Part 2"
ROLL CALL (Earth-Zero Legion): Apparition, Brainiac 5.1, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Invisible Kid, Kid Quantum, LeVIathan, Live Wire, Monstress, R.J. Brande, Saturn Girl, Shikari, Spark, Tenzil Kem, Timber Wolf, Triad, Ultra Boy, Umbra, Universo, Wildfire



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