Missed This One

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ACTION #846 (2/07)
"Last Son Part 3"
ROLL CALL: Mon-El

While touring Superman's Fortress of Solitude, General Zod and his companions pass a Phantom Zone viewer and get a glimpse of Mon-El as he "flies on the edge of sanity...seconds from death, forever trapped in that wretched void." This may have been the first sighting of the post-Infinite Crisis Mon-El.

BITS OF LEGIONNAIRE BUSINESS: Back in the 1960s, Mon-El frequently appeared in the Phantom Zone viewer in the pages of Action, Superman, and other Superman Family titles.


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Week of 24 October 2007

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COUNTDOWN #27 (10/24/07)
"Disasters Great & Otherwise"
ROLL CALL: Karate Kid, Una (Lightning Saga Legion)

Karte Kid, Una, Buddy Blank, and Buddy's grandson arrive in Bludhaven, and Darkseid plays with his d/o/l/l/s/ action figures.




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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES IN THE 31st CENTURY #7 (12/07)
"No Boys Allowed"
ROLL CALL: Bouncing Boy, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Superman, Triplicate Girl

BITS OF LEGIONNAIRE BUSINESS: In the 31st century, the Amazons have settled on New Themyscira, formerly Jupiter's moon Io. They did a great job of terraforming.

Circe turns the boys into pigs: an echo of how she treated Odysseus' crew in The Odyssey.

In Superman #165 (11/1963), and adult Saturn Girl masqueraded as Circe. In ancient Greece, the real Circe turned a centaur bowman named Biron into Comet the Super-Horse, member of the Legion of Super-Pets. In the Giffbaum Legion, the director of the Earthgov police was named Circe, but whether she was supposed to be the same as the ancient Circe was never clear.

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Week of 17 October 2007

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COUNTDOWN #28 (10/17/07)
"Now, Forager"
ROLL CALL: Karate Kid, Una (Lightning Saga Legion)

Brother Eye (sounding a lot like the Emerald Empress at her most demented) sends Karate Kid and Una off to Bludhaven to get a sample of a virus strain very similar to the one infecting Karate Kid.

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Blast From the Past

DC SAMPLER #2 1984
ROLL CALL: Blok, Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Dawnstar, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Mon-El, Sun Boy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy, Wildfire

I ran across this gem in the 25-cent bin. It's a promotional giveaway that features double-page spreads of various DC titles from 1984.

The two-page spread on the Legion is narrated by Dr. Gym'll, and goes like this:

"Once upon a time that hasn't happened yet, three courageous youths banded together to form THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES. Over the years their little band grew and had many adventures, battling strange and wondrous foes and visiting incredible planets and dimensions. Some of their friends died, and so did some of their enemies...and along the way they became very famous. *HnfH*

"Our fables will take you from the modest two-hundred room flying headquarters of the Legionnaires of thirtieth-century Earth to the methane-rich worlds of the Gi'dispan, where humans can only survive in pressure bubbles. You may meet the twenty-two active Legionnaires...or more likely, their number may have changed by then. To ease your journey, the accompanying page has a short glossary of useful terms and names.

"The innumerable fans of the Legionnaires have published thousands of fanzines, besieged DC editors to keep them alive through their occasional creative lulls, and one of them even turned out to be the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. If you've never tried the Legion, why don't you discover their secret? And remind them to sign my credit voucher...it's been two days now!"

The accompanying text page gives the following "useful terms and names":

DARKSEID - legendary god of evil, driven from the 30th century by the Legionnaires...but his curse lingers on...

DURLA - ruined in the six-minute war, this world is now inhabited by a race of shape=shifting liens, one of whom joined the LSH as Chameleon Boy

EXILE - not even the readers of the LEION know what this means - yet!

FLIGHT RINGS - each Legionnaire wears a ring of ant-gravity metal, activated by his will power

INVISIBLE KID - once a Legionnaire, he was crushed to death - but then was found alive in another dimensional limbo, convinced he'd gone to hell

KHUNDS - a warrior race from another galaxy, invading Earth is one of their hobbies

LEADER - Legion readers elect the team's leader every year or so - it's not too late to cast your vote this sumer!

LEGION OF SUPER-VILLAINS - a veritable army of enemies, banded together to create a universe without the Legionnaires

POLYMER SCREEN - a transparent molecular screen around the Earth, protecting it from a variety of dangers

SCIENCE POLICE - the United Planets' combination police force and army, led on Earth by Chief Zendak

UNITED PLANETS - the federation which united most of the Milky Way Galaxy

WEBER'S WORLD - the movable artificial globe which houses the U.P. bureaucracy

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Week of 10 October 2007

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COUNTDOWN #29 (10/10/07)
"Another Country Heard From"
ROLL CALL: Karate Kid, Una (Lightning Saga Legion)

A single page of Karate Kid and Una facing Brother Eye and learning nothing.



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BOOSTER GOLD #3 (12/07)
"Hexed"
ROLL CALL: Infectious Lass (?)

I think that's Infectious Lass floating in the timestream on page 7. Unless there's another white-faced, purple-haired girl with antennae running around the DC Universe.




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SUPERMAN #668 (12/07)
"The Hunt" (The Third Kryptonian Part One)

There's no real LSH content in this issue, but Superman does square off with some 21st century Dominators -- so fanatical completists might want to pick up a copy.


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Week of 3 October 2007

COUNTDOWN #30 (10/3/07)
"Family Feud"
ROLL CALL: Karate Kid, Una (Lightning Saga Legion)

Karate Kid and Una visit Brother Eye, who detects that Karate Kid is infected with "Omac viral infection" and it's terminal.






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SUPERGIRL #22 (12/07)
"Reunion Part 2 of 2"
ROLL CALL: Atom Girl, Brainiac Five, Chameleon, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Karate Kid (Lightning Saga Legion), Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Supergirl, Timber Wolf, Triplicte Girl, Ultra Boy, Una (Lightning Saga Legion) (NOTE: All except the Lightning Saga Leginnaires are seen only in Supergirl's imagination.)

A rather misleading cover. All month, I was expecting to see both versions of Karate Kid in the same timeframe; instead, we saw the Teenage Revolution LSH only in Supergirl's imagination.

And this issue sheds absolutely no light on the whole Three Legions problem. Bah!


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