The first comic I ever read was Superboy & the Legion.
For me, KAL fits equally with the Legion as he does with the JLA.
The first comic I ever read was Superboy & the Legion.
For me, KAL fits equally with the Legion as he does with the JLA.
1973 7-11 Cups.
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What was your favorite LSH line-up. The ultimate "____ was still there but ____ hadn't joined yet" line-up.
Mine: even though the writing left a lot to be desired, my favorite is the post-Superboy departure but before Invisible Kid II joined.
Lightning Lad
Cosmic Boy
Saturn Girl
Duo Damsel
Phantom Girl
Chameleon Boy
Colossal Boy
Ultra Boy
Star Boy
Shrinking Violet
Sun Boy
Bouncing Boy
Mon-El
Element Lad
Light Lass
Dream Girl
Projectra
Karate Kid
Shadow Lass
Timber Wolf
Wildfire
Tyroc
Dawnstar
Blok
I wonder which version of the Legion, Waid will choose and write? And which members do you want to appear in the issue?
SUPERMAN: THE LAST DAYS OF LEX LUTHOR #2
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by BRYAN HITCH
Variant cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
1:25 variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
$6.99 US | 48 pages | 2 of 3 | Prestige Plus | 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″
(all covers are card stock)
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Superman continues his mission to find a cure for what’s killing Lex Luthor. When the present has no answers, maybe the future will! But will the Legion of Super-Heroes help Clark find a cure for a man like Luthor?
Are you talking about the stone creatures that were assisting Darkseid? I can’t remember what they were called. Servants? One had the triangle symbol on his chest so it seemed like he was a clone of Superman. One was a Guardian I think. One was a connected to Shadow Lass. I can’t recall the others. One flew on some sort contraption. It was a great reveal as you learned who each was. That was a great story with an actual mystery which was rare back then. Maybe rare now. The scene where they’ve drained Mordru of his powers & he’s left babbling was pretty creepy at the time. I’d read the Legion starting with the Grell era. I’d started to drift a bit in the early 80’s. Pat Broderick did a few issues I remember & Jimmy Janes (?) did several. Seems like I started to buy the book again prior to this epic storyline.
Off the top of my head there was Superman, Orion, Kalibak, and I believe you're right that one was a Guardian. And while I can't remember for certain, I believe like you said the last was an ancestor of Shadow Lass. It was so tragic and so epic, learning that this was a fate that befell at least Superman and Orion.
And I'm struggling with this one, but I'm positive I read a story where Lobo, Firestorm, Barda (?), and a couple others, became servants as well?
Last edited by Cap808; 06-20-2023 at 04:41 PM.
Yeah, all of the servants were as listed above, and they were all clones. Shadow Lass's ancestor was Lydea Mallor -- who was a member of L.E.G.I.O.N. in the late 20th century.
The SERVANTS OF DARKNESS
"In the pre-crisis continuity, the Servants were clones animated and corrupted by the power of an amnesic Darkseid, to serve as his prime force until a full recovering of the dark god...
This team of Servants included clones from: Superman, a Guardian of the Universe, Orion, Kalibak and Lydea Mallor (Shadow Lass' ancestor)."
Who's Who in the SERVANTS OF DARKNESS
"In the Post-zero hour continuity (earth-247), the Servants were differents: Instead being clones, a old, defeated Darkseid start using a time travel machine fueled by dark matter to travel to his younger self and steal his own power. The Servants were corrupted versions of heroes taken from the timestream and tortured and twisted in Apokolips until they fell under Darkseid control...
This alternate team of Servants included doppelgangers of: a young Clark Kent, Firestorm, Big Barda, Green Lantern, Lobo and Orion."
Last edited by Thirteen; 06-21-2023 at 04:40 AM.
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YES Capes. YES Masks. YES Secret Identities.
Though it doesn't get the same respect as the original, and maybe it's not as good, after all, the surprise factor was not the same, I did like quite a lot this arc of the DnA Legion (with beautiful art by Chris Batista). I have it in TPB, and haven't read it in quite a while, but maybe it's time to give it one more go.
Peace
To this day, I have never been more excited by a comic book than I was Legion of Super Heroes during this time. There was something special with the collaboration between Levitz and Giffen that I've never experienced before or since.