5 FEBRUARY 2012
» New Legion Poster
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for a cropped version.
Check out Legion updates below.
» Legion Chronology
Updates
Legion
Chronology
Plus... what was up with this? The one on the left was the actual
cover, and the others were used in solicitations.
| LEGION:
LOST |
| Other heroes like the JLI begin noticing victims of the Hypertaxis.
Tellus reaches into Alastor's mind, learning his histpory: workin
in Rimborian mines for his sister, Maryessa, she went to school
on Earth but was a victim of xenophobia. He met a Psion geneticist
who hated humans and they created the Hypertaxis pathogen. Even
Wildfire's anti-energy doesn't stop Alastor but Tellus manages
to convince him that the Hypertaxis has changed the course of
history and perhaps saved humanity. Gates appears from nowhere.
Timber Wolf acquires Chameleon Girl but runs into the Martian
Manhunter. |
Legion: Lost v.2 #5 (3.12) |
| LEGION |
| A "day in the life" tale begins with Dream Girl's vision of
old stones. She's unsure whether it's important or ominous. Star
Boy is recovered. Violet works out on a mini-treadmill. Gravity
Kid checks in from Takron-Galtos about the investigation to the
lost Legionnaires' "deaths." Element Lad appears to
connect with Harmonia's spiritual sense. Glorith also senses
something significant in the Earth. Invisible Kid draws her out
but is rudely interrupted by Chemical Kid. Dragonwing doesn't
share his enthusiasm for her. Black Witch feels her pupil reaching
out. Cham briefs Singh of the SPs about Panoptes. Shadow Lass
trains with Dragonwing. Garth and Imra settle in to life with
the boys on Winath. Chuck and Luornu review new Academy candidates.
Polar Boy and Comet Queen have a night on the town. Brainy works
on a new Time Bubble to pierce the "Flashpoint barrier." Sun
Boy witnesses Dreamy's vision: the winter solstice at Stonehenge. |
Legion v.7 #5 (3.12) |
| LEGION:
SECRET ORIGIN |
| The wormhole begins moving away from Anotrom and Brainiac 5
warns it could be a sign of a warship coming through. When it
does, it resists all firepower until Querl suggests a plan that
destroys it eventually. Phantom Girl visits the Directorate,
giving them all Bgtzl's knowledge on the hostiles on the other
side. Bgtzl moved itself out of their reach. The
Legion gets new cruisers. Phantom Girl sees the Legion, seeks
them out and is admitted as the fifth member. Cosmic Boy reviews
applications and Brande chooses a holo of his son, Reep. Another
attempt is made on his life, but his new bodyguard, Lyle Norg,
saves him. |
Legion: Secret Origin #3 (1.12) |
| Brainiac 5 meets but declines an assistant's position at the
Time Institute with Circadia Senius. He also declines Tinya's
invitation to join the Legion. ?? and Mycroft discuss the enigmatic
Brande. Chameleon Boy (shy and quiet), Colossal Boy (action ready)
and Invisible Kid (curious) are admitted. Machines begin attacking
Brande. Phantom Girl learns how to disrupt electronics with her
powers. The SP's request the Legion's help when the wormhole
expands again. They worry about their power levels and Phantom
Girl suggests that they should use Brainy's time travel to retrieve
Superman! |
Legion: Secret Origin #4 (2.12) |
2 FEBRUARY 2012
» DCnU Continuing Impressions
I do continue to drop titles, but am also anticipating the whole Earth-2
stuff, which I will buy into.
AND ARE YOU BUYING STORMWATCH?! I used to worship The Authority and
this new series comes very close to capturing the awe I felt on that
title. Absolutely stunning action, nearly on par with Bryan Hitch's
epic style. Plus J'onn J'onzz!
I'm still in love with Wonder Woman, too. Legion: Secret Origins is
super-fun! For the record, hooray for updating the Legionnaires' costumes
in their official origin. So far, there have been no hugh changes in
their existing origin. All the members are joining in the classically
ordained order and the story is more behind-the-scenes. Plus Chris
Batista!
On the fence:
- Suicide Squad. One of my all-time favorites... it could still
make it if the Harley story looks good.
Still buying:
- Action Comics. The Legion already—awesome!
- Animal Man
- Batman
- Batwoman
- Birds of Prey. In love with the art.
- Blackhawks. The last issue was kinda thrilling!
- Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.
- Green Lantern
- Justice League Dark
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Legion: Lost
- The Ray
- Resurrection Man
- The Shade
- Stormwatch
- Superman
- Swamp Thing
- Wonder Woman
Dropped after several issues:
- Aquaman
- Demon Knights
- Fury of Firestorm, the Nuclear Men. I think it's got some good
things going on, but it's not super.
- Savage Hawkman
- Superboy.
- Teen Titans.
Dropped after one issue:
- Batgirl
- Catwoman
- Green Lantern: New Guardians
- Justice League.
- Justice League International
- My Greatest Adventure.
- Supergirl
24
DECEMBER 2011
Blackhawks isn't
exactly burning up the scene, but I feel compelled to cover it since
it's part of the Quality Comics legacy.
Speaking of that, check out the Quality
Profiles landing page to see
what gets put up. Though I won't post full text for Quality characters
who were covered in my book, I will add any new information that
occurs.
New
at the Quality Companion Companion…
17
DECEMBER
2011
» JSA • JLA • Legion Chronology
Updates
Sad! Closing the book on this chapter of the Justice
Society and JLA. I'm trusting that James Robinson has something great
in store for the DCnU's JSA. Also sad... those are the last JLA updates
I plan to make for the foreseeable future. End of the era indeed!
I do not buy the current Justice League title.
VISIT THE MOST RECENT: JSA
Chronology • JLA
Chronology • Legion Chronology
New Entries…
| JUSTICE
SOCIETY OF AMERICA |
| Alternate realities that presage the coming changes:
Perez draws one with Superman, Batman, Flash, Hal, Aquaman,
Diana, Mr. Terrific, Firestorm, Dr. Mid-Nite, Stargirl, and an
old JSA as inspiration. Next the All-Stars fight Degaton and
his aides, Grundy, Wotan, Fadeaway Man with Shining Knight and
Firebrand captive. Then the original CSA appear . Then Degaton
with the Time Stealers where he meets his older self. Back in
the 1950s, the JSA go up against the committee and debate unveiling
their IDs. They walk out not agreeing to to surrender their IDs
or activities. Jay is interviewed about being mayor. Red Beetle,
Darknight and Ri named. Jay defies the legacy-only policy and
gives them props. Dr. Fate arrives battered his face burned in
with an ankh. Jay is sworn in. Sara Butters, Red Beetle is on
monitor duty with JSA and Hourman. Per Degaton appears in HQ.
He transforms Rick to a child then transports a domed jungle
into the city with a new power. They manage to capture him. Rick
is restored. |
JSofA v.3 #50 (6.11) |
| The Secret History of Monument Point Part
1:
Blue Devil and Ri who has a healing
touch are new members, 25 in total. They go with Dr. Fate to
retrieve Lightning's soul in another dimension. They approach
the Infinite Plain where they face multiple manifestations of
Lightning seeking to prevent them from extricating her. Dr. Fate
had gone through the same thing to return. Dr. Fate says she
can be the most powerful member, it's all about will. When they
emerge, Ri's power revives her body. Jay deals with the new mayor's
job by using his superhero background. He's advised that his
strength is that he's NOT a politician and doesn't care about
reelection. Dennis Hogan takes Jay beneath
Monument Point City Hall to reveal its secret, a great vault. |
JSofA v.3 #51 (7.11) |
| Part 2: From Belle Reve, Dr. Chaos taunts Mr. Terrific. Michael
traces a man named Lusk to Gotham but when he arrives at his
apartment, he finds the man hanging, wearing a vintage Mr. Terrific
uniform and his place filled with memorabilia. A DVD tells the
story, he was Mr. Terrific's biggest fan angered at Holt's assumption
of the mantle. He engineered the intelligence loss and destroyed
evidence then killed himself. Later Michael watches a Captain
Carrot cartoon and receieves a mysterious visit. The Flash finds
Eagin dead of a heart attack. Dr. Mid-Nite calls the Challengers
of the Unkown for help with the mystery under the city. They
open the door and find a hidden city. |
JSofA v.3 #52 (8.11) |
| Part 3: Monument Point est. 1608. The heroes find their powers
dampened. Alan learns that Monument Point was Scythe's initial
target, sent by a nameless organization. He was their experiment
and eventually escaped to Arabia, became Muslim, learned of old
worlds beneath Earth and gods that couldn't be killed, only
imprisoned. The JSA discover this too. Jesse Quick destroys the
artifact draining their powers which releases the god, D'arken who
draws power from those with power; this is why Eagin
wanted powers out of the city. |
JSofA v.3 #53 (9.11) |
| Part 4: The whole JSA must now fight D'arken. Mr. Terrific
appears, all better, and orders super-powered heroes out. Prime
Degaton visits Alan Scott's funeral. Wildcat takes a blade
through his chest. In the end, Alan Scott's power is sufficient
to defeat the god but he is destroyed in the process. Wildcat
survives and they pledge to rebuild. Final issue. |
JSofA v.3 #54 (10.11) |
| LEGION:
SECRET ORIGIN |
| The Legion's first club house is built. Triplicate Girl has
joined, ahead of Phantom Girl. Saturn Girl senses yet another
attempt on RJ Brande's life, which the youths quickly put down.
This is post Quintile Crystal, they are deputized. Later they
stop a third attack. Brainy has "access to devices his ancestors
acquired and never shared." The Naltorian cannot read Phantom
Girl. She says the monsters attacking Anotrom are like those
that attacked Bgtzl and probably came through the same wormhole.
She was sent through to warn people. She says she has a rare
genetic gift. She and Brainy are attacked by someone whom they
quickly disable. Brainy tells Tinya that the power source to
his force field is unique. Gim Allon contacts his father, the
admiral and says he wants to check out the Legion. |
Legion: Secret Origin #2 (12.11) |
| LEGION:
LOST |
| The Legion argues over whether to approach Superman, but they're
afraid of infecting him. Another victim surfaces in Duluth, Minnesota,
infected with Okaaran Rdrayyj DNA. The creature is hunting other
hypersapiens, consuming any Durlan DNA it can find. Timber Wolf
finds it attacking a winged Anaxian. Timber Wolf discovers he
has mutated, too, and hurls sharp claws from his fingertips.
Now weakened, Chameleon Girl partially emerges from the form
of the creature, pleading for help to come back to life! |
Legion: Lost v.2 #3 (1.12) |
| Some agency monitors Timber Wolf. Yera tells him she only has
half her Durlan biomass and her DNA is also in flux. The Rdrayyj
stirs again and she's re-absorbed. Dawnstar locates Alastor,
realizing she'd heard him crash down when he disappeared. She
and Tellus pursue, finding he has Carggite DNA now, and the others
are stopped by the Black Razors. Alastor Aghini Faud. |
Legion: Lost v.2 #4 (2.12) |
| LEGION |
| Brainiac 5 tests Glorith's shield spell. A team lands on Daxam,
greeted by Ran Thal. Reinforcements arrive to fight Renegade,
who they learn was allowed off-planet studies, taught remotely.
Element finds that Renegade's anti-lead serum uses something
other than kryptonite. He's brought down in the end by brute
force. Phantom Girl begins destroying Dominion power cores and
others finish off the fleet. They retreat but Chameleon Boy has
stowed away. |
Legion v.7 #3 (1.12) |
| Element Lad guides Chemical Kid to use his powers and defeat
the Renegade. On Daxam, they learn that Res-Vir found a small
fragment of kryptonite, which they continue to experiment upon.
Brainiac 5 hypothesizes that Glorith's force field works by dispersing
energy through time. The Legionnaires catch up with the Dominators,
retrieve Cham and Mon-El warns them to stop meddling with Daxam
(they were responsible for Res-Vir's serum). |
Legion v.7 #4 (2.12) |
| JUSTICE
LEAGUE OF AMERICA |
| During an open house at the Bunker for students, the League
is blindsided by Felix Faust. They fight among themselves in
front of civilians, whom they must protect. Gypsy saves the day
by breaking Faust's magical tablet. Reprints the story from JLofA #239. |
DC Retroactive: JLA—The ’80s #1 (10.11) |
| Multi-Man wins an Apokoliptian device, a Medibooster,
from a Parademon in a poker game. Major Disaster suggests they
turn their luck around by becoming super-heroes instead. The
Justice League find the Parademon responsible and is on alert
when Big Sir is transformed by the device into a rampaging monster.
Power Girl calls her cat Theodore. After saving the Injustice
League from themselves, Guy Gardner jokes that maybe Maxwell
Lord can set them up with their own branch—in Antarctica. Reprints Justice
League International #60 (1992) the "Breakdowns"
conclusion. |
DC Retroactive: JLA—The ’90s #1 (10.11) |
| Rise of Eclipso 6: Eclipso recalls his absolute triumph and
domination which then extended across the galaxy. In reality
he has been defeated. Donna was the pure light to combat him
and inside the Shade's brain, Mik and the Atom purge the infection,
which then cascades over the others infected. All light-based
heroes bombard Eclipso, driving him off and leaving only Bruce
Gordon. Jade and Obsidian are again able to bear each others'
company. Supergirl arrives (back from Reign of Doomsdays) in
time to help repair the moon. Alan Scott heads back to repair
the Emerald City and resume control of the Starheart (he fashions
his new uniform after this). The Atom commends the new JLA for
its great work. Five weeks later, they disband. |
JLofA v.2 #59 (9.11) |
| The JLA members review the last five weeks. The Construct returned
and took over every robot on Earth: Robo-Octo-Ape, Bozo
the Ironman (shown
being ripped apart by Cyborg) and is 'son' Gonzo the Mechanical
Bastard (not
appearing?),
G.I. Robots, the original Robotman's empty body. All
the members are ready to call it quits. Jesse's super-speed now
only works when she flies, after being knocked out. They also
fought the Saturn-Thanagar war, allied with Jemm. Jade used the
Starheart to empower the Titan colonists further and compel the
invaders to go. They exposed a cabal in Jemm's forces, with Faceless
Hunters. Bill wants to honor Freedom Beast; he has the helmet
and must find a replacement. He mentions heroes Shanty Saint,
Ghost Fury, Princess Knife, Gulliver Sotinwa. Jade and Jesse's
powers drove back Mordru's Sorcerer's World forces in the battle
for Gemworld. Dick and Donna are last to leave, Donna asks" Do
you think they'll remember us? ... I want them to forget Donna
Troy Ever existed." NOTE: Final
issue. |
JLofA v.2 #60 (10.11) |
15
DECEMBER 2011
» Quality Legacy & Profiles
As you might have encountered, because all of my profiles for
the Quality Comics characters are still in print in the Quality
Companion, those profiles on Cosmic Teams will contain only
skeleton data. All of the issue and character
information, and team information will be complete and up-to-date,
but the meat of the profile will contain only teasers.
I will begin "reactivating" all
the super-hero profiles as I get around to them, and began today
with the Ray! The new Ray series debuted and I liked it a
lot. In setting up a new profile for the character, I resurrected
the original Ray profile as well. Also back: the Freedom Fighters.
Keep up-to-date with the list of resurrected
profiles in
the Quality section.
New
at the Quality Companion Companion…
10
DECEMBER 2011
» Foldee Fun!
Get ready to LOL! I decided to digitally fold some of my Foldees
for the Quality Companion
Companion and realized I also had this
other rarity—the only card from the set that featured a Legionnaire! Pork Chops the Legionnaire? Preposterous! Saturn Girl the
General? More likely.
More info on Foldees • Card Slideshow • What's
a Foldee? • Checklist
Lots
new at
the Quality Companion
Companion…
3
DECEMBER 2011
» The
Quality Companion is Ready!
At
long long last, I arrived home yesterday to find the Quality Companion
on my doorstep!!!
It has shipped from the printer, which means it
will be finding its way to distributors and retailers very soon. For
Wednesday comic book shoppers, that means you might see it in two weeks,
on December 14!
Regardless, anyone who wants it should have it before
Christmas.
See
a color preview and buy it now! Note:
Only the digital version is color, but the print edition does
feature 64 pages of color reprints!
3
DECEMBER 2011
Working backwards
on Blackhawk, this short 1976 revivial is now chronicled in the following
profile...
"The 1976 regeneration of Blackhawk was written
by Steve Skeates for most of its run, and was edited by Gerry
Conway, with assists and story editing by Jack C. Harris. George
Evans was the sole artist on the first tale, then he became the
finisher over Ric Estrada's art..."
» READ
MORE
New at the Quality Companion
Companion…
27 NOVEMBER 2011
» DCnU Third Impressions
Last month I listed the DCnU books that I was giving
a go. Now three
months in, I'm dropping yet more of them, and I have not
added any new ones. More of my money is going into books on comics
and collected editions, though I don't want my rooms filling up with
those, too. The library has been my friend again. I wish we readers
could more easily swap....
New drops:
- Aquaman. It's pretty and all, but when I'm done reading, I
feel empty.
- Savage Hawkman. I
loved the Robinson/Morales version, and the classic Silver Age
versions from space, and even Tim Truman's strange world.
This one plummeted like Icarus.
- Teen Titans. It's pretty and all, but when I'm done reading,
I feel empty.
On the fence:
- Demon Knights. I really like the story but the art is boring
me to tears. Wrong call there, I think.
- Superboy. I like the reinventions but was pretty beholden
to the previous series.
Still buying:
- Action Comics
- Animal Man
- Batman
- Batwoman
- Birds of Prey
- Blackhawks. This is not my usual kind of book, but out of dedication
to all things Quality Comics, I'm sticking with it.
- Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.
- Fury of Firestorm, the Nuclear Men
- Green Lantern
- Justice League Dark
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Legion: Lost
- Resurrection Man. Gorgeous art, in my opinion, and meaty plot.
- Stormwatch
- Suicide Squad
- Superman. Improved, still wordy, but it's going someplace...
- Swamp Thing
- Wonder Woman
Dropped after one issue:
- Batgirl
- Catwoman
- Green Lantern: New Guardians
- Justice League. Even with Wonder Woman the most I can give
this is a chance at TPB.
- Justice League International
- My Greatest Adventure. Love anything Doom Patrol related. Don't
like the other features.
- Supergirl
13
NOVEMBER 2011
Much
of this profile was already written, for Cosmic Teams, before I began the Quality
Companion. I thought I would be able to include it in the book,
but had to reduce it all—literally—to only a few paragraphs. The post-Crisis
version of the Blackhaws was a reboot by Howard Chaykin that used most of the
classic members, but killed off Stan in favor of an all-new Lady Blackhawk.
It began with a three-issue prestige limited series and origin in Secret
Origins #45, then a 16-issue series followed, and a one-shot special in
1992.
"Blackhawk’s identity
as a Polish man was very short-lived in Quality Comics, but Howard Chaykin's
redefinition of his origin at DC returned him to the roots set down by MilitaryComics#1
in 1941. Chaykin's groundwork was laid in the character’s first post-Crisis
appearances, in the 1988 prestige format mini-series by Howard
Chaykin, and in SecretOrigins #45 (Oct. 1989). It is
difficult to reconcile the new history with the original Quality
adventures; as with most DC characters, these series should be
considered
"post-Crisis" continuity for the Blackhawks. Chaykin built on the
characterization begun by Evanier, but revised the names, personalities,
countries of origin, and fates of the cast members. The inaugural mini-series
took place during the war, but everything after that was post-war. ..."
» READ
MORE
12
NOVEMBER 2011
No, I'm still not gonna post the history for this—cause it's in my
book, yo!
But I made a page with some fun gallery items including the fan favorite
things like Lady Blackhawks, the planes, the femme fatales, and a solid
membership rundown.
» READ
MORE
10
NOVEMBER 2011
First in a series that will flesh out the entire history of the Blackhakws!
My book only allowed me space to really cover the Quality era. This era
by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle most closely mirrored the original
tales...
"The 1982 reboot by longtime collaborators
Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle re-envisioned the Blackhawks in a
more streamlined fashion, taking all the most prominent aspects
of the original wartime adventures and adding a more human dimension
to the pilots themselves. The series lasted for 23 issues and appeared
to be relatively successful despite its lack of promotion. On
his blog, Evanier claimed that ..." » READ
MORE
New at the Quality Companion
Companion…
3
NOVEMBER 2011
» New Legionnaires—UPDATE: Harmonia
Li
Rounding out the new recruits, I have the details about the mysterious
Harmonia Li...
"Harmonia Li is perhaps millennia
old, a Chinese woman with elemental powers who at some point migrated
to an other-dimensional and immortal land called Utopia,
the world of wisdom, and studied with the great teacher Master
Kong (aka Confucius).
She left that world at some point and may have gained immortality
from her time in Utopia. ..." » READ
MORE
And While I Have
Your Attention...
New posts at the Quality Companion Companion, too!
31
OCTOBER 2011
» New Legionnaires
I've done a good chunk of writing for the newest Legionnaires' profiles.
Check out:
GLORITH: "The
young woman called Glorith is the second to bear that name. The first
Glorith a one-time Legion foe who was recruited by the Time
Trapper from a time millions of years in the future. He sent her
to assail the Legion using a special
"devolutionary" hourglass (and the gloves to protect her from its
power). When she failed, the Trapper tricked her into touching
the hourglass and she devolved into protoplasm..." » READ
MORE
CHEMICAL KID: "Chemical
Kid is the successor to a fallen Legionnaire, the other boy from Phlon
called Chemical
King (Condo
Arlik).
Phlon is a world known primarily for its universities and centers for
research, and Hadru's father is a scientist who engineered a way to
genetically "graft"
Condo's powers onto Hadru's genes. ..." » READ
MORE
COMET QUEEN: "On
Extal, young Grava grew
impatient while acid rain fell regularly. In her race, she looked somewhat
diffferent from her parents, and she fantasized obsessively about the Legion,
in particular, her crush on Bouncing
Boy. To hasten things along, she decided to duplicate Star
Boy's origin and bathe herself in a comet. It was a success. When
she emerged, her hair was replaced with a streak of ennergy and she
had the power to fly, and to emit noxious gases. Soon Bouncing Boy
came to nearby Quaal-III (where all inhabitants were colonizers). ..." » READ
MORE
DRAGONWING: "Nothing
is yet known about Dragonwing's origins,
or whether her powers are inborn or acquired. She first appeared in a new wave
of Legion Academy members hoping to one day join the Legion. She could
hardly have predicted how soon that dream would come true. ..." » READ
MORE
29
OCTOBER 2011
» Catching up with the DCnU Legion
So I've added the recent happenings to my Legion
chronology (and below), and updated membership roster for the main
team and the Academy.
It didn't seem like it, but the team left in the 31st century really
was decimated in terms of sentient-power. The current roster stands
only at 20, down from its usual max around 25.
- Cosmic Boy
- Phantom Girl
- Chameleon Boy
- Brainiac 5
- Ultra Boy
- Starman
- Shrinking Violet
- Sun Boy
- Mon-El
- Element Lad
- Lightning Lass
- Dream Girl
- Shadow Lass
- Invisible
Kid II
- Polar Boy
- Chemical Kid
- Comet
Queen
- Dragonwing
- Glorith II
- Harmonia
LOST TEAM:
- Timber Wolf
- Wildfire
- Tyroc
- Dawnstar
- Tellus
My impression of the new Legion? I like both books a lot. I was a
huge fan of the original Lost series as well as the eras when teams
were "stuck in the past." In addition, the new Secret Origins seems
appropriate to me. It was too much to think the Legion would be spared
totally from this reboot. I can handle an update to their original
uniforms (especially when the uniforms are cool!)
Legion Chronology Updates
| LEGION: SECRET
ORIGIN |
| The United Planets has existed for 327 years, made mostly up of planets
colonized by Earth, along with Durla and Colu. Outside UP space, at Anatrom,
Starfleet officers discover the population massacred. 1st app. Captain
Dajone, M'Tobo. They deliver a strange piece of technology to Admiral
Allon, who has it analyzed by Lt. Boffin. During that, it explodes and
kills him. They next seek help from scientists on Colu, who put their
best mind on it: Brainiac 5. He protects himself with his force field.
While there, he is surprised by the first appearance of a Bgtzlian, Tinya
Wazzo. She seized the opening of a wormhole to come through the dimensional
barrier and warns of trouble fo the U.P. Elsewhere, a covert, "non-existent" tribunal,
the Security Directorate (Mycroft of Earth, Zarl Jax and Anisa of Naltor
and a fourth, the narrator). Anisa has determined that it is a pivotal
day in the life of R.J. Brande. When the three youths save Brande's life
and form the Legion, this Council orders the Science Police to leave
them alone. Mycroft visits Brande, who agrees to have them monitor the
Legion. Meanwhile the Legion inducts Triplicate Girl. The Directorate
mentions that Cargg has only a handful of survivors. NOTE: Purchase of this comic qualified buyers to a plastic
Legion Flight Ring. |
Legion: Secret Origin #1 (12.11) |
| LEGION:
LOST |
| Seven Legionnaires (Timber Wolf, Tyroc, Dawnstar, Wildfire,
Tellus, Gates and Chameleon Girl) arrive in the 21st century,
in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, in pursuit of Alastor. They
arrive over a day after he has released a pathogen into the atmosphere
that will transform humans with DNA from alien races. Their flight
rings do not work and their transuits fail to filter the polluted
atmosphere properly. Timber Wolf finds Alastor and they begin
a return trip to the future. When Alastor awakes, he creates
an explosion in which he, Gates and Chameleon Girl apparently
perish (Timber Wolf senses their remains in the debris). 1st
app. Dr. Jeffrey Scanlon. NOTE: The first Legion: Lost series
concerned the Legion of Earth-247
(Legion 2) and is no longer in continuity. |
Legion: Lost v.2 #1 (11.11) |
| The Legionnaires locate the first affected by the Dr. Scanlon
who is transformed into Teallian like energy. They tell him of
Alastor, whose sister died because of xenophobic extremists.
His revenge was to transform humans into aliens, 1000 years in
the past using a Psion pathogen. Scanlon abandons his humanity
and embraces his new energy form, but defies the Legion and disperses
his own body. In Detroit Lakes, MN, another hybrid emerges. |
Legion: Lost v.2 #2 (12.11) |
| LEGION |
| The Legion arrives on the immortal world, where Saturn Queen
summons the blue alien, but he denies her more power and directs
her to Earth Man. |
Legion v.6 #15 (9.11) |
| When Saturn Queen approaches Earth-Man, Sodam Yat sends him
Oan power and the Legionnaires lend theirs as well, via Mon-El's
ring. The power kills Earth-Man but disperses the villain. Dyogene
says he lives by the will of the Guardians (he is of its soil?).
The alien says that he is "the curse of the Oans, evil loosed
by Krona's Crime" and he was reborn when Titan fell. Mon-El
resigns his power ring. Dyogene retreats within Oa, in hopes
of creating a new Mogo (which would direct power rings to find
new bearers). Harmonia decides to remain with the Legion. |
Legion v.6 #16 (10.11) |
| After a catastrophe in which they believe seven Legionnaires
have died, the Legion admits Chemical Kid, Dragonwing, Comet
Queen, Glorith, and Harmonia Li. A Legion team on Panoptes (a
watchworld against the Dominion) investigates a communication
blackout. They find men sending signals to the Dominators, and
are ambushed by a Daxamite, Res-Vir. Mon-El and Brainiac
5 install a memorial statue for Earth-Man. They discover that
the "Flashpoint effect" has closed off time travel
for them to the past. Glorith mourns for Variable Lad. |
Legion v.7 #1 (11.11) |
| Res-Vir claims to want to "free" Daxamites from their
world. He captures all but Phantom Girl. He has a vial of Mon-El's
anti-lead serum. Brainiac 5 postulates whether magic might get
around the time barrier, if science cannot. Earth-Man is entombed
on Shangalla. Polar Boy makes a failed pass at Comet Queen. |
Legion v.7 #2 (12.11) |
| ADVENTURE
COMIES: LEGION ACADEMY |
| Power Boy, Lamprey, Crystal Kid and Nightwind graduate from
the Academy. Lamprey goes to the Science Police and the others
to Takron-Galtos. Cosmic King invades LSH HQ on Saturn Queen's
orders. Duplicate Girl, Bouncing Boy and Night Girl respond to
the alarm and fall to him. |
Adventure #528 (9.11) |
| Comet Queen, Chemical Kid and Dragonwing follow to Legion HQ,
followed by the others. Variable Lad sacrifices his life to stop
Cosmic King, who dies as well. Gravity Kid decides to take advantage
of the Science Police's "Trailing Spouse" provision
and join Power Boy on Takron-Galtos. |
Adventure #529 (10.11) |
27 OCTOBER 2011
» DCnU First Impressions
I'M IN LOVE WITH: Wonder Woman. Hallelujah! Lord has saved
us! Batwoman—wow the powerful chicks win.
I'M IN LIKE WITH: I really enjoy Action, Swamp Thing, the Legion books, Resurrection
Man was a big surprise, J.L. Dark, parts of My Greatest
Adventure, Birds of Prey, Green Lantern. I suppose I'll be reevaluating the rest.
The list down below shows the titles that I bought, based on buzz,
reviews, and my own preferences. The ones in orange are
the only ones I plan to keep buying. Mostly I was completely demoralized by
the Justice
League relaunch
and the jettison of the new multiverse? Before it has even really been explored?
I couldn't bring myself to buy issue Justice League #2. I'm not gaga
for Jim Lee's artwork anymore and the story was... mass market. Come on, Grant
Morrison launched with ten times more balls than this incarnation. I find myself
a whole lot more interested in the darker and second (or lower) teir characters.
Why will I drop some? Batgirl lacked the sass that I loved about Birds
of Prey and Secret Six. GL: New Guardians would be fun
if a person didn't think about how much their weekly comic bill was (like
i used to). JLI might be a victim of my anti-J.L. sentiment,
but that doesn't apply to J.L. Dark, which has the obscure characters
I love and is written by Milligan, whom I love. Savage Hawkman made
it to issue #2 for me, but I could barely finish it. It's doing absolutely
everything wrong. It reads exactly like all those 1990s comics that lasted
a dozen issues or less. Why, why, why? I love Hawkman; he's another character
ruined by Johns when he killed Kendra in favor of bringing Shiera back to
life. Not every Silver Age character is superior to their successor. Supergirl:
Who needs to see her fight everyone and her cousin for issues on end. The
wrong way to start for me, and I had to turn it off. I don't need my Kara
sweet and innocent. I enjoyed much of the previous run.
Didn't even try: Flash, it's hard for me to even comment on how much
I hate the rebirth of Barry Allen. Good thing they have Manapul, but that's
not enough for me; I don't like the character. All the other Bat books—I don't
know? That's a lot of books. I'm open to them but need some reassurance. For
the most part, that's my sentiment on the rest as well. They might be great,
but sometimes I really do enjoy reading trades, so I can immerse myself in
a story more. I'd enjoy that more, I think for books like All-Star Western,
I, Vampire, Mr. Terrific, or OMAC. Or even those Bat books.
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Action Comics
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Animal Man
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Aquaman
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Batgirl
-
Batman
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Batwoman
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Birds of Prey
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Blackhawks
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Catwoman
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Demon Knights
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Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.
- Fury of Firestorm, the Nuclear Men
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Green Lantern
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Green Lantern: New Guardians
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Justice League
- Justice League Dark
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Justice League International
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Legion of Super-Heroes
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Legion: Lost
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My Greatest Adventure
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Resurrection Man
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Savage Hawkman
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Stormwatch
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Suicide Squad
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Superboy
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Supergirl
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Superman
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Swamp Thing
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Teen Titans
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Wonder Woman
9 OCTOBER 2011
» The Quality Companion Update
It's done!
Done. It's outta my hands and off to the printer expected to be available
for reading in November 2011. In editing the book, I found myself excluding tons of material and finding numerous avenues to expand upon my research.
I'll be bringing that to online readers in a way that supplements the
book.
For JSA fans,
the book contains interviews with James Robinson and Roy Thomas,
where I asked all my longest, most burning questions about their
use of Golden Age characters. The Robinson interview in particular
is insightful.
From here forward, my energy will go more into ... my new
Blog, The Quality Companion Companion! There I will be
writing on Quality and Golden Age subjects there, and directing
traffic back here where I have better control over formatting.
This means that I will be covering the new Blackhawk book,
too, as
they're Quality material.
But for Cosmic Teams, it's time for me to shift focus (for now). I'll continue
to cover Justice Society and Legion, but will be discontinuing my JLA coverage.
My reaction to the DCnU wasn't positive. However, I did buy a significant
number of the new titles and will probably stick with at least half of them
(but not JLA). That's a big reduction from my former buying levels, though.
I will not be covering the DCnU on this site, save a few exceptions.
Standouts for me include all the weirdo comics: Swamp Thing, Animal Man,
Frankenstein, Suicide Squad. And the two titles that star my favorite
heroes, Wonder Woman and Stormwatch (Martian Manhunter). In
addition, I like to keep up with X-Men, Avengers, the Hellboy family,
Invincible, and I,
Zombie.
7
JULY 2011
» JLA Chronology Updates
I added the end of Generation Lost here today, and added the
Starman/Congorilla and 80-Page specials…
VISIT: JLA Chronology
New Entries…
| Justice
League of America |
| Over a dozen JLA members find themselves in nine
different aspects of Hell's Limbo. Batman & Plastic Man,
Green Arrow & Ragman, Donna Troy & Bulleteer, Superman & Red
Tornado, Hawkman & the Demon, Fire & Lobo (greed), Oracle & Booster
Gold (gluttony), Zatanna & John Stewart, Supergirl & Wonder
Woman (lust). Denizens of Hell include Lilith, Minos (a judge),
Char'rah, Plutus (god of wealth), Cerberus. In the end scene,
Plastice Man is missing, replaced by Power Girl. They realize
they're in Purgatory where souls await judgment. It was a ploy
of Lord Satanus to have them retrieve pieces of the Hell Mask,
which would give him ultimate power, even over God. Legend says
that God and the Devil both agreed to break. No single entity
could hope to retrieve all nine pieces. Plastic Man emerges from
the Mask then puts it on. He maintains his senses long enough
to ask everyone to focus power on him, destroying him and the
Mask. Momentarily, Zauriel returns with Plas; it wasn't his time.
Blaze lets them all leave for having helped her. |
JLA 80-Page Giant 2011 #1 (6.11) |
| Omega 2: The JLA are cut off from the world,
where other heroes try to break into their sphere. The Omega
Man seeks to add others to his power. Impossible flees. Jade
fights to contain the energies that destoyed other Earths. Blue
Jay escapes. Omega Man describes himself as the embodiment of
decay. He brings out the Black Supergirl. |
JLofA v.2 #51 (1.11) |
| Omega 3: Blue Jay concludes Omega Man is the destructive dark
energy given consciousness. Supergirl returns with her black
uniform (a ruse). Owlman allies with the JLA; Ultraman and Supergirl
with Omega. Jesse rushes to hide civilians from Omega Man, who
kills Power Ring. Batman bows to Omega Man. Cameos: Zauriel,
Blue Devil. |
JLofA v.2 #52 (2.11) |
| Omega 4: Owlman double crosses teh JLA, but Batman's plan succeeds.
Supergirl had pretended to defect; he never trusted Owlman. He
had the Green Lantern resurrect Alexander Luthor for one final
act of redemption. He said being on that Earth made him evil,
as a Luthor and he never should have created the energy. They
throw the CSA into the resulting portal. Luthor also reverses
it so that when the Omega Man enters the portal, the destructive
energy reverts to good, and where he goes, he'll cure the tainted
worlds, including Tangent and Earth-3. Blue Jay assumes a new
mission, and also enters the portal, hoping to be more useful
on another world. Malavar brings down the dome. |
JLofA v.2 #53 (3.11) |
| Congo Bill Glenmorgan expresses concern for Mikaal's self-medicating
behavior. They search for Malavar (from #41), smarter than Mr.
Terrific in Bill's book. He'd been working in transdimensionality
and could teleport them into the dome to help the JLA. He's learned
that Malavar was in Iran seeking a Lazarus Pit when ambushed
by Gorilla City Freedom Alliance, seeking to overthrow Nnamdi.
Cameos, Sirocco, Green Arrow. This lead back to America and the
legendary Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, Florida. Chimp
told of it, and Bill and Mik go to see Rex the Wonder Dog and
his "owner" Col. Dennis. He can't talk anymore, the
ability waned. They rely on Animal Man and they finally find
Malavar. After Prometheus left IQ mindless, IQ still freed Malavar.
Malavar wants to save Tasmanian Devil, who'd been tortured by
Prometheus, is using the pit for him. They fend off one more
attack, unearth Taz, who returns home . Bill has been in battle
in Flanders, 1920 Kilkenny , Haile Selassie's Xmas Offensive.
cont in JLA #53 |
Starman/Congorilla #1 (3.11) |
| Rise of Eclipso 1: On Diablo Island, Bruce Gordeon finds Mophir's
corpse, who'd passed the curse to Bruce. Mona helps him. Even
amid sunlight, Eclipso grabs onto Bruce again. He goes to Opal
City and possesses the Shade to help recruit all other shadow
powered beings. Nightshade is now married unromantically to Nightmaster,
to aid their two realms, both made stronger. Andrea Rojas, Acrata
of Mexico. Shadow Thief from Alcatraz. Bete-Noire, Henri Zola
an Algerian in Marseilles. Dark-Crow (Daniel Crow, RCMP special
agent) is found hunting Southside. Ancient monster Syththunu,
octopus like, (foe of Arion?). The last target is Jade. |
JLofA v.2 #54 (4.11) |
| Rise of Eclipso 2/Reign of Doomsday 2: Eclipso arrives on the
moon at the Emerald City and overtakes the residents. Jesse saves
Alan Scott. Dick has just trained an parkour expert to be Batman
of France. Batman now helps Supergirl clean up New Krypton. Boodikka
approaches to survey the loss. Doomsday bursts in crushing Boodikka.
Mik joins the fight and Saint Walker arrives. Doomsday crashes
the Watchtower in search of the Cyborg Superman, hidden in Boodikka.
Jade succumbs to Eclipso. |
JLofA v.2 #55 (5.11) |
| Rise of Eclipso 3: Donna's lasso is one of persuasion. Reinforcements
arrive: Cyborg, Animal Man, Zauriel, Tasmanian Devil, Dr. Light,
Red Tornado, Bulleteer with Congorilla. Zauriel calls Eclipso
Lladiz, former spirit of wrath. Saint Walker's power is stronger
in the Emerald City. Eclipso reveals he is out to kill God |
JLofA v.2 #56 (6.11) |
| Rise of Eclipso 4: Mik recalls his childhood on Talok III.
The JLA emerge safe inside Obsidian's darkness where they meet
up with Alan Scott. Eclipso has taken control of the Starheart.
For him to maintain control of it required that he remain paralyzed
from recent injuries. He cannot split his control. Now freed
of that, he's back in the saddle as normal. Jesse claims she
is losing her speed. Obsidian was only pretending to be with
Eclipso; he's immune. The Starheart is making him immune to his
normal weakness, light. Eclipso triggers Zauriel's sonic power
to summon other agents of God. He finds the Spectre. Why, he
asks does the Spectre need human form and why place the Rock
of Eternity on EArth? Why has Eclipso been unable to use an alien
host? The answer is that God's energy flows in and out of the
planet, the primary conduit. Kill Earth and you shut off God's
lifeline. He slices the Spectre in half then proceeds to do the
same with the moon. |
JLofA v.2 #57 (7.11) |
| Rise of Eclipso 5: On Talok VIII, the Eremites of the Divine
emerge from darkness in a demented rapture that sweeps the planet,
reaching Lydea Mallor last. The moon's split wreaks havoc on
Earth. The Atom joins the fight. Batman targets the Shade, whom
if free can help them turn the tide. His shadow power is strongest.
Mik and Atom are shot by Bill using a blue gun into the Shade's
head. He then sends in Donna, who has the brightest natural soul "light." She's
stabbed through by Eclipso. |
JLofA v.2 #58 (8.11) |
| JUSTICE
LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST |
| Over a century later, Captain Atom finds a new Justice League
headed by Power Girl and Damian Wayne who uses the Lazarus Pit.
OMACs run wild though Max is long dead. The JLA also has a cyborg
Creeper, Shazam (Sahar Shaheen), Red Hood (Thomas Grayson), Martian
Manhunter, clone of Plastic Man, descendant of Hawk and Dove
Black Canary, Blue Scarab. Superman fights in space to ward off
the Green Lantern Corps. Power Girl warns Atom that Max will
kill Wonder Woman. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #14 (L1.11) |
| Max Lord finds that nobody remembers Wonder Woman, either.
When the Global Guardians formed, Ice joined so that her mother
and sister Nikolina would be protected; they went to live in
New Zealand. She lied to the Guardians about her background.
The team is attacked by the Creature Commandos (frank, vamp,
gorgon, mummy, wolf, death-armor) and a platoon full of G.I.
Robots. Fire is shot. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #15 (E2.11) |
| Creature Commandos act as if controlled. Captain Atom knows
of them, Project M creations made to be expendable. Fire grows
cold from blood loss until Blue Beetle realizes Aten's healing
power, and uses it to heal her. Medusa attacks taking ice down
with a paralyzing stare. Batman and Power Girl talk with Checkmate,
concluding it is they who need to be monitored. Max takes off
a G.I. Robot disguise and kidnaps Beetle. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #16 (L2.11) |
| At Project Cadmus' Vietnam facility, Max has Professor Ivo
experiment on Blue Beetle and pushes Power Girl into attacking
the JLI. The Creature Commandos begin to shake off their control,
realizing they had reported for duty at Cadmus but were overtaken
and have been transformed. The U.N. grills Khalid-Isr about that
Cadmus lab, but he claims it had been decommissioned. They accuse
him of running covert missions and revoke their charter. Janus
tells him they're not through yet. They teleport to a new Checkmate
facility and Khalid figures it out, Max reveals he is Janus's
boss, and he puts the OMAC virus in control of Beni. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #17 (E3.11) |
| Power Girl confronts Captain Atom, whom she thinks is Superman.
A prolonged sonic blast from Rocket Red shakes her out of it
and she remembers Max, too. Max tortures Beetle with Ivo. Jaime
starts remembering Max. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #18 (L3.11) |
| The scarab is from an alien place called the Reach. Max explains
how he used the JLI to break into Checkmate and embarrass them
so he could exploit it. Beetle manages to send distress signal
and frees himself. When the JLI finds him underwater, Max emerges
from a giant ship shaped like a knight chess piece. They come
onto the ship just as Max shoots Beetle in the head. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #19 (E4.11) |
| Max's father Arthur Lord was going to turn in his employer,
a checmical company, for causing cancer and Max found him shot
to death, looking like suicide. His mother Rebecca told Max never
to never underestimate powerful people, and to be ahead of them
at every step. Now he's all about control. Lexcorp bought his
father's company, and from him Max learned he didn't have to
play by the rules. When he got powers, they frightened him but
he never considered himself "one of them." His mother
lived in Coast City. Rocket Red pronounces Blue Beetle dead. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #20 (L4.11) |
| The team deals with the death. Booster tallys Max's dead at
over a thousand. Gavril and Fire share a kiss. Jaime awakes. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #21 (E5.11) |
| The bullet never reached his body, but fractured his skull
and caused a brain bleed. The armor then put him in stasis for
healing. Meanwhile it learned Max's plan. He describes how they'd
been duped into putting Max in control of Checkmate. Batman arrives
with a plan, and he remembers too. The power of white lantern
restored him. They realize he's buliding an android powerful
enough to kill Wonder Woman. They find her in New York. Max activates
a global network of OMACs. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #22 (L5.11) |
| Omacs reign down as Max teleports half the team and Wonder
Woman to L.A. he floats in a Checkmate ship shaped like a knight.
Max and Ivo release OMAC Prime to kill WW. It has their powers,
like Amazo did. Booster breaches the ship. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #23 (E6.11) |
| Omac Prime battles Wonder Woman and the League. Captain Atom
drains its powers then heads off. Booster squares off with Max,
hurling them out of a ship into the air. Beetle infects the Omac
which takes over. Beetle then finishes it off. Atom returns and
forces Max to make a choice, to die with himn in an explosion
or return the world's memory of him. Max teleports away and goes
public to extoll the heroes. He claims he is a regular citizenand
claims lies were spread by heroes too. He blames Chicago on Magog.
He reassumes control of Checkmate whose mission will be to keep
them in check. He pins the Omacs on Ivo. Batman suggests a new
JLI. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #24 (L6.11) |
4
JULY 2011
» DCnU?
Wow, so DC "relaunch"? I'm not buying it, literally or figuratively.
This site is based on continuity, so the mere idea of the whole thing
being rebooted has soured me on DC's line. Don't give me that crap
about "it's not a reboot." What do you call erasing the JSA and fixing
Batgirl and the JLA is five years old? A reboot. Makes no sense.
Since Legion is supposed to remain relatively untouched, i plan to
continue buying both of those titles. Other title intrigue me for their
heroes, but I'm afraid I won't be buying most of them. Instead I'll
wait to gauge critical reaction, and then perhaps I'll go with the
trades. I'm afraid this has killed my weekly buying habit.
All the better. I enjoy catching up on Marvel characters that I abandoned
years ago when I flung myself headlong into chronicling the DCU. I'm
a huge X-fan, and enjoy reading the trades. I just don't collect Marvel
in monthlies. And there's plenty of stuff like Hellboy,
and other Vertigo
series I've been wanting to get.
So what does it mean for this site? I eventually want to update everything
to go all the way up to DCnU. But the Quality Companion comes
first. …
1
JULY 2011
» The Quality Companion Update
The
book is now 90% written. I will be laying it out as well, which will
begin soon. The exact publishing date is out of my hands, though, so
disregard anything you see and just be patient, please! There are various
factors influencing release date, over which I have no control.
It's bitten into my work for Cosmic Teams for sure. It's my
priority, but...
1 JULY 2011
» Legion Chronology Updates
I've found time to get back to cataloguing my comics, the pile for
which was—I'm not exaggerating—over
100 comics high. Here's the Legion stuff, up to date:
VISIT: Legion
Chronology • L.E.G.I.O.N.
Chronology
New Entries…
| R.E.B.E.L.S |
| Adam Strange brokers a peace ceremony between Dox and the Green
Lantern Corps. Starro, Stormdaughter and Smite come to Psion
looking to restore Starro's vigor. Dox and Lyrl use the Citadellians
to create a false threat to destroy the sun. The Vegan GLs disarm
the bomb and are granted full Lantern status. |
REBELS v2 #23 (2.11) |
| Blackfire and Dox have dinner. Her headquarters is on other
side of planet from Ranagar City and includes native flora. Adam
relaxes. Stormdaughter watches Lobo and drains his energies.
Smite attacks a cruiser. |
REBELS v2 #24 (3.11) |
| Dox captured by Smite. After he'd defeated Starro, the former
slaves returned home, even the giant stars. With help of the
Psions, he restored his symbiote's power over the spores. Psions
revealed to be cloning Czarnians. Dox and Lobo fitted with stars.
Lobo returns to Psion and puts a sharp weapon thru Stormdaughter's
head. |
REBELS v2 #25 (4.11) |
| |
REBELS v2 #26 (5.11) |
| Lobo and Smite fight to stalemate, choosing to have a drink
instead. Lyrl operates on Tribulus and reboots him to be under
his control. Strange brings Starfire and Comet to Rann to fight
Starro. Tribulus is able to shock the stars off people |
REBELS v2 #27 (6.11) |
| Lyrl discovers that Tribulus' power short circuit's
Starro. Smite shows the team how to get to Rann via teleporter.
Lyrl ultimately opens a portal for Starro that they push him
through. He claims its a fate worse than death. He winds up in
the hands of Lobo and Smith. A week later, on Rann, they ratify
a mutual defense pact with Komand'r and Dox. She considers him
her consort. Lyrl teleports away, claiming to defy classifications
of good or evil. L.E.G.I.O.N. is renamed as such and they take
up the cause hearing that Oa has gone dark. NOTE: Final issue. |
REBELS v2 #28 (7.11) |
| LEGION |
| A Durlans attempt to kill Pheebs for "betraying" Brande's
mission to restore Durla. Tellus brings Dawnstar to Dr. Gym'll. "Zendak" attacks
Cosmic Boy and is contained. The Legion elects Mon-El its next
leader: 7 votes to Brainy's
6. |
Legion v.6 #8 (2.11) |
| Brainiac 5 and Chameleon Boy are greeted on Durla by Council
member Greej, who knows the guilty parties. Brainy traces
the crimes to Chameleon Boy's aunt, the woman who raised him.
Brande's money bought them a starport and more. At a UP assembly, "Brande" reappears—a
Durlan. Tellus attempts a trip into Dawnstar's mind, using her
power to ascertain Zendak's death. |
Legion v.6 #9 (3.11) |
| Dyogene returns to Legion HQ for his Green Lantern, testing
each of the Legionnaires, then settling on Mon-El. Though he
considers the Legion his family, he leaves with Dyogene for the
greater good. Disaster strikes on the African continent, near
Olduvai Gorge. When Dawnstar trails the blue "infant" that
emerged into space, she and Wildfire are struck down. |
Adventure #521 (2.11) |
| A ship over Titan is attacked by Sun Killer who frees Saturn
Queen, met by Mon-El and Dyogene. Sun Killer uses red sun radiation.
The blue infant—called the Adversary—comes to Saturn Queen
imparting power but not freeing her. Dawnstar undergoes healing
chamber. |
Adventure #522 (3.11) |
| A year ago on Orando, Falyce, a young woman severely
abused by Duke Pharos runs and finds a temple devoted
to the Emerald Eye. Her tears unlock its power and she becomes
the new Emerald
Empress (II). She transforms
the world and when a Legion cruiser with Lightning Lass and Shrinking
Violet passes nearby, she brings it down. It recalls now-dead
Ekron, where the power was once a goddess and was dispersed by
the Guardians of the Universe. It woke at Sarya's touch. Projectra
learns something's wrong and takes Sun Boy and Gates to Orando.
Violet ventures inside the Eye where she encounters a microverse
and gets flashes of the fallen, dead head of Ekron. Priests perserved
an Eye. Violet grows from within, shattering it. She is left
with a spark of its power. It reforms and departs. Projectra
decides to remain and repair her world. NOTE: Contains
a timeline of Legion history, verifying all events
through the Magic Wars, and Superboy's "death." This
story reestablishes the "Legion 1.5" romantic relationship between
Ayla and Vi (also confirmed by Keith Giffen on the DC Message
Boards). |
Legion of Super-Heroes Annual v.6 #1 (2.11) |
| Wildfire reveals that Phantom Girl is the only Legionnaire
Dawnstar can't track, which may have resulted in their distance.
Mon-El learns he's been elected leader. Cosmic Boy convinces
him to step up, especially since Brainiac Five is deputy. Brainy
arrives to take command. Chameleon Girl joins Cham and P.G. at
Brande's home, where they find an intruder—Cham's aunt R'aesha, the
killer, whom he defeats. Chameleon Girl's powers aren't developed
enough to allow her to mimic other substances. Dawnstar is healed
and sets out after the blue boy. NOTE: The
aunt was named Ji in Legion v.4 #8, which is no longer
in continuity. Cosmic Boy mentions events has passed on Orando. |
Legion v.6 #10 (4.11) |
| Part 1: On Takron-Galtos, Saturn Queen is awakened,
setting off a jailbreak. She gathers Lightning Lord, Sun Killer, Questor (Xart
Prax of Colu), Hunter, Micro Lad, Akka of Sklar, and Immortus (constructed
on Zuun), and Zymyr. Akka kills Micro Lad for interrupting Saturn
Queen. Her mission is to destroy secret immortal worlds. They
move first to Oa, which is too well protected. Instead they move
to the Rock of Eternity, a center of faith. The blue alien empowers
Zymyr to summon two planets to collide with it and destroy it.
They move on to Colu to find the world of knowledge. A spectral
hand emerges from the Rock's ruins. The Black Witch senses the
changes. |
Legion of Super-Villains #1 (5.11) |
| Part 2: 1st app. escapees Fume ( unknown of Earth)
and
Frost (Frak Hamkin of Tharr) who attack the Legion on
Rimbor. Micro Lad found dead on Takron-Galtos. Dawnstar chases
the blue alien. Dream Girl returns from the past with Thom (caled
"Star Boy"). He must slowly drain multiversal energy from Thom's
suit to restore his sanity. Timber Wolf joins SPs in Kyoto on
Sun Killer's trail and finds Sun Emperor instead. Harmonia Li
enters claiming the events on Colu are her fault. |
Legion v.6 #11 (5.11) |
| Part 3: Lightning Lord recruits Stegus of Saurius,
but the Legion finds them on Takron Galtos and leave him when
Zymyr beckons. Brainiac 5 begins curing Star Boy. On Colu,
Saturn Queen and Questor seek information to an immortal world
of the wise. Brainy finds them, and suggests that Questor
is a family outcast. Ultra Boy demonstrates an accelerated healing
power when not using his other powers. Dyogene and Mon-El visit
the Rock. |
Legion v.6 #12 (6.11) |
| Part 4: The blue benefactor returns, now more grown,
to Saturn Queen, spreading terror. He's been dormant for centuries.
Shadow Lass, Polar Boy and Quislet take down Sun Killer. Hunter
approaches Earth-Man with an offer to join the LSV. Link is drawn
between Harmonia Li and Gates' race's legend of an immortal.
Dream Girl sees Li and Star Boy holding hands in space, surounded
by energies. Immortus
is made of Inertron, self-regenerating. |
Legion v.6 #13 (7.11) |
| Part 5: Harmonia demonstrates elemental power of wind
and takes Star Boy, about whom Dream Girl has a vision of Shanghalla
after his death. Immortus is revealed as a brain in a suit, centuries
old and he knew of Superman. On Colu he is brought down by the
powers of Titanese and Aven, who are settlers there. The blue
boy requires sacrifice and Saturn Queen gives Akka which bestows
extra tracking power on Hunter. The LSV locate Li's home, the
world of wisdom, Utopia, protected by a mystical barrier, and
are greeted by Master
Kong (Confucius) whom Questor recognizes as a Terran 3500
years dead. The three immortal worlds balance the universe. Dawnstar
finds Mon-El and Dyogene who track the blue alien. Li and the
others arrive to help them find Utopia. |
Legion v.6 #14 (8.11) |
| ADVENTURE
COMIES: LEGION
ACADEMY |
| Part 1: Black Witch and Blok deliver the new Glorith to
the Legion Academy on the Sorceror's World. She is Harlak's friend.
Also 1st app. small Sprite. She meets Gravity Kid (Tel Vole of
Earth), Chemical Kid (Hadru Jamik of Phlon), Comet Queen, Variable
Lad (Oaa Tseldor of Jaquaa), Dragonwing (Marya Pai of Earth).
For kicks they break into a store and put things on Hadru's father's
account. Upon returning, they're punished with training with
Luornu and Night Girl. Chemical Kid succeeds but they worry about
his attitude. Lamprey and Power Boy anticipate graduation. Next
time out, Hadru's credit is declined and they're caught. |
Adventure #523 (4.11) |
| Part 2: The students are grounded. Chemical Kid rcounts
how his dad grafted his powers onto his genes from the original
hero's. He takes them all to Phlon which is known for its educational
institutions. They find the Black Mace and Durlan thugs. A new
foe, Alchemical Girl pounces. Lamprey, Nightwind, Crystal Kid
and Power Boy prepare for their exit exam. Variable Lad is Dr.
Gym'll's nephew, suggests he had some accident. |
Adventure #524 (5.11) |
| Part 3: Alchemical Girl attacks with Durlan thugs. Hadru
finds his father was blackmailed by Black Mace and ruined, had
to sell the gene mod tech. Lamprey and Power Boy (Jedidiah) undergo
their final exams in metropolis encountering rogue elephant.
They do well but Cosmic Boy says they're not Legion material--not
distinct enough in power. Bird Syri keeps Blok company while
Mysa descends into the planet and receives power from Orando,
Ventura and Earth. She discovers Glorith is in trouble and sends
power her way. Weakened, Mordru emerges. She prevents the blue
child from empowering him. |
Adventure #525 (6.11) |
| Part 4: Glorith uses energy from Mysa to extract the
gene mod from their quarry, ??. They break into the University
of Phlon to access genetic data from Chemical King's tomb, which
the Kid's father used on him. Night girl visits XS to ask her
to join the Academy to teach, but she declines, not interested
in Legion service. Instead she works on a mosaic by Olduvai gorge
and discovers a stone that triggers massive visions of her family,
the origin of the universe, and the blue baby. Night Girl reveals
that Cos broke up with her and assigned her to the Academy. |
Adventure #526 (7.11) |
| Part 5: Origin of Comet Queen, Grava of Extal where
acid rains fell regularly. Her parents don't look the same as
she. She fantasized about the Legion, and crushed on Bouncing
Boy. She decided to duplicate Star Boy's origin and bathe in
a comet, emerging with powers. Then BB came to Qual-III nearby
and she got to see him and followed him to the Academy. She's
had to be tamed in her affection for him. She actually graduated
from the Academy with Shadow Kid (returned home to be champion)
and Mandalla (S.P.) but Legion membership eluded her. Stone Boy
approached and she joined the Subs instead. Then at Titanfall,
she arrived on Ultra Boy possessed by Saturn Queen then encountered
her, too. She removed her most recent memories completely. Over
weeks, Tellus helped reconstruct some things. |
Adventure #527 (8.11) |
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VISIT: JSA Chronology
New Entries…
| JSA
ALL-STARS |
| At Harvard, the powerless Maxine meets Tim, who knows her
identity. He solves her problem
and imbues himself with her powers.
Cyclone then finds multiple girls who looks exactly like
her, with powers. The All-Stars receive
a member of the alien X-Anathraxis, who seeks aid against
invading Jek D'Gronn. He teleports them in a flash into their
war. |
JSA All-Stars #12 (1.11) |
| Roxy discovers that the nanites
inside Cyclone's body considered her their "world," and
to preserve themselves made copies of her by invading similar
girls. Roxy coaxes original
nanites out of Tim and back into Maxine and restores the other
girls to normal. Roxy and Power Girl discover that Maxine's
bone structure has been altered slightly, but they do not tell
her. King gives in to his feelings for Maxine.
The All-Stars win the alien war. |
JSA All-Stars#13 (2.11) |
| Arthur Pemberton collects ancient artifacts for strange sorcerers
in exchange for help saving his comatose daughter, Lorna. Prof.
Milo infuses Lorna with enhanced tissues, weapons, and cerebral
hardware. Roxy receives a visit from her descendant, the android
Hourman, who gives her a violin. |
JSA All-Stars #14 (3.11) |
| Flashback to 1720 Germany, where
composer Bach is attacked by the cultists and their Puzzlemen, a
pre-Atlantean cult. The sorcerers obtain the pieces
needed to reactivate the Puzzlemen, invincible stone giants. Roxy enters
the body of Lorna Pemberton. |
JSA All-Stars #15 (4.11) |
| Roxy emerges in the body of Lorna (who was brain dead) and a violin,
playing Bach's Partita Number Two, which was written to destroy the Puzzlemen.
In the 853rd century, Roxy acclimates the new Hourman to "life." She
gifts him a violin. |
JSA All-Stars #16 (5.11) |
| A powerful schizophrenic called the Prince, escapes from Thomas
Metahuman Psychiatric Hospital. He thinks his mother is "Dr. Hate" (actually
Dr. Muriel Hass), who bore him with the hero called
Regal (Martin Jefferson). In that supposed "timeline," Regal defeated
the Nazis and inspired the Justice
Guild of Earth. The Prince seeks to "fix" history and finds Hass.
Roxy refuses a new mechanical body built by Rex Tyler. |
JSA All-Stars #17 (6.11) |
| Dr. Hass explains that her schizophrenic son (the Prince) had delusions
that made real by his own metahuman quantum powers. She
succeeded in creating that universe, where the son became Regal,
a hero
of the JSA. The Prince in this reality believes he's displaced,
and is massively powerful. Roxy sacrifices her human body to contain a
massive explosion. Afterwards, the Prince is gone and Roxy re-emerges in
the android body, recreated from backups. Final issue. |
JSA All-Stars #18 (7.11) |
| JUSTICE SOCIETY
OF AMERICA |
| Obsidian and his boyfriend are rejected for an adoption. Jesse helps
fund a shelter for women, Power House. Mr. Terrific watches over the comatose
body of Curtis Ezekiel Jenkins, who was responsible for the car crash that
killed his wife. He comes out of his coma and returns to his wife and life
of crime. Terrific brings him in for vehicular homicide. Cyclone uses her
powers to transmit and receive sound from a distance. She hears the bad
things her classmates say about her at her college. She stops a boy from
committing suicide over the same things. Sand recalls a date with a girl
named Jen who rejected him. He works with Det. Rutsky, giving him tips
from his visions. He's seen that he would shoot a cop and should be locked
up. He follows the cop in question home finding him abusing his wife. The
cop turns the gun on Sand and he's forced to defend himself and save her
by shooting him. A vest saves his life. King Inferno returns for revenge
on Wildcat. In 1945, he wagered against the demon Naedon for the nine souls
in his coven. Zatara's intervention transferred those souls to Wildcat.
He tries to turn Tom against him and make a new spell to acquire the souls
again and recreate the nine lives spell. His circle is broken and the demon
takes him. Dr. Fate reviews a patient, Michael Cohn, who he wasn't there
for. He goes into the afterlife after Cohn to reunite his soul with his
wife's. |
JSA 80-Page Giant #1 (12.10) |
| Super Town Part 1: Scythe escapes from an Afghan
prison and attacks Monument Point. The villain surprises Green Lantern,
crushing his neck and paralyzing him. Lightning unleashes her full power
to bring him down, but the city is devastated. Mr. Terrific finds that
his intelligence is degrading. 1st app. Mr. Hogan and Senator
Eagin, the Senator
who chaired the HUAC committee
in 1951. |
JSofA v.3 #44 (12.10) |
| Part 2: Jay learns
that Scythe was the infant
he and Alan were ordered to eliminate in 1941. Jay remains in Monument
Point to help rebuild. |
JSofA v.3 #45 (1.11) |
| Part 3: Jay calls help from Oracle and Blue Devil. Hogan hires Dr.
Chaos to drive out the JSA. Chaos kills the mayor, and Lightning
(with microbombs in their brains). Alan remains paralyzed because he
can't spare energy from containing the Starheart. |
JSofA v.3 #46 (2.11) |
| Part 4: Dr. Fate saves Lightning's soul while they try to figure
out how to revive her. In Gotham City, Manhunter fights a gang called
the Grundies. |
JSofA v.3 #47 (3.11) |
| Part 5: Obsidian inadvertently frees Scythe while seeking vengeance
for his father. Senator Eagin hints at some big secret being kept in Monument
Point. Dr. Chaos sets off random bombs. The All-Stars arrive to help, with
a cadre of new heroes in tow: Ri, Red Beetle, Darknight, and Manhunter,
. |
JSofA v.3 #48 (4.11) |
| Part 6: Alan invents a uniform to supports his spine and moves
to kill Scythe, but Jay stops him. Scythe and Chaos are captured. The new
heroes decide to stay and join the team. Hogan has a change of heart about
the JSA and defies Eagin. The City Council elects the Flash as mayor of
Monument Point. |
JSofA v.3 #49 (5.11) |
| Hourman and Liberty Belle pursue an ancient Greek staff
called the Tachophixyl or Aesclepius, linked to the legend
of Akikos and Timo, queen of the Leucans. They intend to
buy a journal about the staff but find the owner dead in Turkey. The Icicle
and Huntress are also there to buy it from a a different man—the
killer, whotook the book. (#2) The trail leads
to Peter Hayes, aka Blue, en route to Italy. (#3) Blue
can turn to gas and works with Grunstrasse; they plot to use the
metas to secure the staff, which is protected. (#4, 7) The
trail leads to Paris. Hourman is trying to wean himself from Miraclo so
as not to affect their possible conception. (#6) Blue's
father, Prof. Hayes also wants the staff to heal himself; his own
mist powers left him crippled. (#8) Blue swindles
Tigress and Icicle out of a key in the Swiss Alps. Tigress reveals she's
pregnant. (#9) Blue opens the door to the staff
but Liberty Belle grabs it from him, making her invulnerable. Icicle turns
Blue into snow. (#10) Hourman and Belle decide
to give the Aesclepius to Prof. Hayes, but when Blue returns, Hourman protects
Tigress and takes a spear through his torso and Hayes uses the staff's
healing powers on Hourman instead. Later, Isabelle Rose Mahkent is
born. (#11) |
JSA All-Stars #2-11 (3-12.10) |
| The Spectre brings down a murderous moritician. Judomaster
aids a young boy, Fumio, in Kamakura, Japan, the son of a Yakuza killed
in their fight. Green Lantern quells quarrels in the Emerald City. Citizen
Steel falls for Hannah Carson, whom he saves and helps rehabilitate her.
He learns why not to get attached: his condition is shocking to normal
people. Jesse Quick helps her friend Connie to rescue a powerful metahuman
boy, Jared Jaxon, in Boston, repelling Icicle, who wants him too. He declines
the JSA's help for now. Hawkman, Sandman and Green Lantern hunt Killer
Croc. In 1942, Howard Lorenzen is saved by the JSA but is disfigured. Years
later he works for the Department of Justice, and meets Senator McCarthy.
He was asked to deliver the summons to JSA headquarters to appear in front
of HUAC but arrived just as Brain Wave was attacking. He helped distract
the villain and never delivered the summons, then resigned. |
JSA 80-Page Giant 2011 #1 (8.11) |
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Super
jazzed after winning a large lot of these really hard-to-find
tattoos from 1969! What's better, it contains tattoos that I had not
documented before. This puts the potential set size at 27+. [ see Outside • Unwrapped ].
Set of 27+
It features all the JLA members through Hawkman (which was correct
for 1969). Though the outer packaging came in white and yellow, they
both bear ©1969, and have the same tattoos inside. Thanks to Karl Mattson
for some scans. > I
OWN: Header card + 2 unopened + 12
tattoos.
MORE:
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I'm not dead!
Anyway I woke up amid a blizzard and something set me about updating
this profile. Read all about the strange life of the second Superboy,
Conner Kent.
"Conner Kent is the second hero to call
himself Superboy. The first was the Man of Stell himself, Superman,
who went by the name during his adventures as a boy, and with the
Legion of Super-Heroes. …" > READ
MORE
And in other news... the reason you haven't seen me posting
here is that (1) I took a new full-time job that has maxed me out,
and (2) I've been contracted to write a book—about comics YAY! I am
co-authoring the Quality Companion for TwoMorrows, slated for print
next summer! In light of that, I have taken down my Quality Comics
section. Buy the book!
Also, the contact form has been taken down because of spam. Reach
me at cosmicteams [at] mykey3000 [dot] com.
» Creator
Interviews
Sometimes I have a hunch about certain comics sites. In
the web's brief history, a lot of fan sites have come and gone, and
some of them have produced some really great content. If i have a feeling
that they might wither and die, I save them whole. I believe in recycling.
A zillion years ago, I saved the contents of
Young Justice: The
Hangout, a site created by Craig Young. All attempts to
contact Craig have failed. I'm presenting here his interviews,
which include some really great nuggets from the early days of
some of these creators' careers. Naturally, they mostly deal with
Young Justice:
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VISIT A CHRONOLOGY: JLA • JSA • Legion • Outsiders
New Entries…
| LEGION |
| The GLs attempt to arrest Vril Dox but Lobo intervenes,
whom Altin reveres. Lobo's willpower overcomes the rings. Altin
was exceptional, possibly Okaara's predestined War-Prodigy. Lobo
works for Dox in order to repay the debt of the Fish God (which
he assumed upon killing him). The media arrives and the GLs stand
down as he broadcasts their differences. His team embraces the
REBELS name, as Lobo quips: Regular Everyday Bastiches endin'
Lantern supremacy." He explains Lyrls actions as a ruse
to distract Brainiac. |
REBELS v2 #21 (12.10) |
| Gorius Karkum tells how she caught the attention
of Starfire. She noticed Gorius following her on several worlds
and when confronted revealed her fate. They traveled to Psion
where Starfire saw how females were kept solely for abuse and
breeding. Captain Raksas stood in their way. They have a contract
with LEGION which Starfire should honor but they break into the
containment facility. Only females are capable of empathy. They
fight together but Raksas explodes the breeding nexus. Dox agrees
to terminate the contract with Psion Marshal Halor. They reveal
another experiment—cloning Czarnians? Adam Strange chairs a LEGION
meeting intent on ending the rivalry with the GLC. |
REBELS v2 #22 (1.11) |
| The Legion stays for a visit in the 20th century
because it is when Brainiac's first probe arrives (Brainiac Zero).
The Espionage Squad trails Zaryan. |
Adventure v.2 #519 (12.10) |
| Lightning Lad has died and is in suspended animation
under electro-towers. Superboy and Supergirl are both on hand
to track down Zaryan. Brainy brings Mon-El out of the Phantom
Zone temporarily. He'd warned Lightning Lad because he wanted
to prevent Superboy from being the one to die. Saturn Girl attempts
to resign which Cosmic Boy refuses. The Legion revotes her as
leader. The Atom and his uncle are trapped inside the Ant Farm
when opponents destroy their size shift belts. They want his
white dwarf meteor. |
Adventure v.2 #520 (1.11) |
| Earth Force steps in to attack refugees and Earth
Man opposes them, helping the Legion. After, he makes a show
of defying them in their HQ. More refugees settle in on Naltor,
where Dyogene attempts to recruit Prof. Li. She rejects the ring.
Circadia Senius tells Brainy that she was his favorite student.
They repair the time Bubble. Durlans kills Chief Zendak and take
his place. Later, Phantom Girl discovers Shadow Lass in bed with
Earth-Man. |
Legion v.6 #5 (11.10) |
| Marte Allon is again on the Earthgov council.
Phantom Girl apologizes for intruding on Shadow Lass. Titan refugees
are prevented from visiting the Tibetan plateau. Violet and Lightning
Lass leave for vacation on Imsk. Gim and Yera attend Passover
dinner at his mother's. Earth-Man confronts Brainy about the
special flight ring and asks for a regular one. Cosmic Boy meets
the new Academy students: Gravity Boy (Tel Vole of Earth); Chemical
Kid (Hadru Jamik of Phlon); Variable Lad (Oa Tseldor of Jaquaa);
Dragonwing (Marya Pai of Earth). He mentions his brother's death.
Power Boy, Visi-Lad, Urk, Comet Queen, Westerner, Mandalla, Lamprey,
Nightwind, Crystal Kid all still students. Sensor Girl senses
the arrival of the new Karate Kid, who lingers near the Academy.
Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad take a leave of absence. Cosmic
Boy calls for leader elections. End piece features Matter-Eater
Lad directing people to vote online. |
Legion v.6 #6 (12.10) |
| The Legion is called to investigate the murder
of a Winathian U.P. council member, Alb Razma. Tyroc uses his
powers to discover he died from an attack from the inside out.
Polar Boy urges Sun Boy to run for leader. Timber Wolf senses
Durlans afoot and they move to fend off another attack. Mon-El
confronts Earth-Man, throwing him into space. Dyogene returns
to Earth-Man. Brainiac 5 discovers his Time Bubble repairs weren't
sufficient. He takes Chameleon Boy to Naltor to talk with Harmonia
Li. She taught Circadia, and admits she is from "old Earth." Beren
warns Cham that he'll be attacked by the Legion. |
Legion v.6 #7 (1.11) |
| JUSTICE
LEAGUE |
| Supergirl and Batman clean up after some battle,
the "heinous horns of the Murder Maestro", putting
momentos in the Bunker. Donna and Jade go to San Francisco to
check in on the Titans. Donna proposes they open a photo studio.
They stop at Alcatraz where Shadow Thief is delirious. The Bogeyman
asks to see Donna and "infects" her afterwards. |
JLofA v.2 #49 (11.10) |
| Jesse and Supergirl bond. Jade consults with Faust,
she felt a presence behind the Starheart's attack. Dick and Donna
spar. The Green Lantern of Earth-8 appears, saying the antimatter
Crime Syndicate have destroyed most of her world. On their Earth,
Luthor created a doomsday device upon his death that spread.
It was delayed after his death in Infinite Crisis, a matter bomb.
The CSA moved the destruction to Earth-8 but it kept spreading
on their world, too. The CSA attacks. Superwoman is last Amazon,
still married to Ultraman. Johnny Quick is the original, alive
again. Power Ring also returned original. Ultraman (Clark) wants
to resurrect Luthor. Their reality keeps shifting. They're working
with Dr. Impossible. His lightray is Earl, Mercy a Bana-Mighdall,
Hunter is Webb. They hold Bluejay hostage. Jade takes Power Ring's
power and goes mad nearly killing him. Impossible brings Luthor's
corpse to his Resurrection Machine, from scavenged Fourth World
tech. Using people of three worlds, he activates it and Hunter
takes Luthor's place and is transformed into the Omega Man. They
thought they were summoning Darkseid. He kills Tender Mercy and
Neon Black. |
JLofA v.2 #50 (12.10) |
| JUSTICE
LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST |
| Max is shown visions of the Kansas catastrophe
on Earth-22 caused by Magog and the Parasite, told to prevent
it. He recruits Magog as a new soldier of Checkmate. Skeets notices
dormant Checkmate cells have come active. They are robotics labs.
Fire and Ice have a moment and Ice recommits herself. Batman
investigates Max, asking Alfred and Power Girl what they see.
Instead of images of Max, they see data about others with that
name. He feels he's being lied to. In China, the team uncovers
a cybernetics project. The Metal Men attack. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #10 (L11.10) |
| Max manipulates the Metal Men into delusions,
and serving him, forming one giant robot, Alloy. Captain Atom
and the others find evidence of Prof. Ivo's work among the OMACs.
When Fire is in flame form, she's a plasma/vapor. Something triggers
hidden powers in Ice. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #11 (E12.10) |
| The true origin of Ice is revealed. She was a "princess" of
a gypsy clan from Norway, the Is Bygd. Sister Nikolina, mother
Elsa, father Marius. They fled to Germany but were found and
she froze all her grandfather's men and her father to death.
After she was brainwashed. When her power showed, her father
kept it hidden lest HIS father take advantage of her. Now, Ice
is berserk. Only the memory of her true father wakes her from
it. Magog arrives to attack Atom. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #12 (L12.10) |
| David Reid remembers a warning from his grandfather
Sgt. Michael Reid who fought in Korea, that sometimes when you're
very sure, you must disobey orders. Max Lord pushes him to attack
Captain Atom, to fulfill his role to the white lantern. Atom
attempts to absorb all the energy given off by Magog's lance,
but it's been rigged by Max. Atom convinces Magog to come to
his senses and power down, but afterwards, he's forced to kill
himself by Max; his head is blown off. Max's life is returned.
The public thinks Atom killed him. The lance explodes and he
absorbs it, going into time once again. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #13 (E1.11) |
| Over a century later, Captain Atom finds a new
Justice League headed by Power Girl and Damian Wayne who uses
the Lazarus Pit. OMACs run wild though Max is long dead. The
JLA also has a cyborg Creeper, Shazam (Sahar Shaheen), Red Hood
(Thomas Grayson), Martian Manhunter, clone of Plastic Man, descendant
of Hawk and Dove Black Canary, Blue Scarab. Superman fights in
space to ward off the Green Lantern Corps. Power Girl warns Atom
that Max will kill Wonder Woman. |
Justice League: Generation Lost #14 (L1.11) |
| JUSTICE
SOCIETY |
| Cyclone returns to action more powerful than
before. Brainwave gets the upper hand by asking everyone to let
go of something from their past. The mass grief curtails the
gods' powers. They assert they are not separate from their "host" children,
and depart for Parador to live in seclusion. Brainwave declines
to join the team. Anna Fortune says she's from the past born
187 years ago (c. 1823); she's 26. Hourman and Belle allow Prof.
Hayes to keep the Aesclepius. Blue returns and Hourman dives
in front of Tigress, taking a spear through his torso. Hayes
takes gaseous form and drives Blue away; he foregoes its healing
powers giving it to Hourman instead. Later, Isabelle Rose
Mahkent is
born. |
JSA All-Stars #11 (12.10) |
| The Dark Things Epilogue: Obsidian and Alan come
to terms with the fact he can never see his sister again. Alan
tends the Starheart city on the moon, which has quickly become
a nexus for all magical beings and worlds. He finds himself the
sentinel of the Starheart, and a negotiator, too. 1st app. faerie
Glyn Droilx. Signed nonaggression pact with Mordru of Sorceror's
World. The Thunders help, too on Myrra. He's due to go to Gemworld.
Mentions of Zara, Naiad, Monolith. |
JSofA v.3 #43 (11.10) |
| Jay finds that he's been elected the mayor of
Monument Point, via archaic law. In Afghanistan, Scythe escapes
and attacks near D.C. Scythe surprises Green Lantern, crushing
his neck and paralyzing him. The JSA battles for hours to little
effect until Terrific urges Lightning to unleash her full power.
It works but the city is devastated. A man visits Alan accusing
him of the destruction. Mr. Terrific finds that his intelligence
is degrading. |
JSofA v.3 #44 (12.10) |
| In Libya, 1941, Flash and Green Lantern on special
assignment, find that their mission, "Drachen," is to kill an
enemy super power who is still an infant. Alan prevents Jay from
doing so. Alan finds he may be paralyzed. Jay
learns that Scythe was the one they were supposed to eliminate
in 1941. Jay remains in Monument Point to help rebuild. |
JSofA v.3 #45 (1.11) |
From Blackhawks #1-3
(2011-12). Art by Ken Lashley, Graham Nolan and Trevor Scott.
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