Superboy & The Legion #258

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #258 (December, 1979)
title: "The Mind Attack of the Psycho-Warrior!"

writer: Gerry Conway

penciller: Joe Staton

inker: Dave Hunt
letterer: Milt Snapinn
colorist: Gene D'Angelo

editor: Jack C. Harris
cover: Dick Giordano (signed)

reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Shadow Lass, Wildfire, Chameleon Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Shrinking Violet, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Karate Kid

Guests: 
R.J. Brande, EarthGov President Kandru

Opponents: 
Psycho-Warrior, misguided philanthropy

Who's Who: Dream Boy

Dream Boy
by Siskoid

Real Name: Rol Purtha

Super-Power(s): Precognition.
Planet of Origin: Naltor

Legion Seniority: Dream Boy was the first completely new Legion recruit after the Threeboot.

Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #59

The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #59 (April, 1989)
title: "Ghosts In The Club-House"

writer: Paul Levitz

penciller/co-plotter: Keith Giffen
flash-back penciller: Mark Bright
inker: Mike DeCarlo
flash-back inker: Carlos Garzon
lettering: John Costanza
colorist: Carl Gafford
asst editor: Art Young 

editor: Karen Berger 

cover: Steve Lightle
reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
NOW: Invisible Kid (Jacques Foccart), Wildfire, Polar Boy;
THEN: Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg), Chemical King, Saturn Girl, Lighting Lad, Mon-El, Ultra Boy

Opponents: 
"ghost" in the Legion HQ, self-doubt

Lego Justice League: Cosmic Clash

The Lego DC Comics Super Heroes series of adventures have been a lot of fun, and for folks like me who grew up in the not-so-grim-and-gritty Silver and Bronze Ages of comics, they are much preferable to the darker and edgier animated DC movies out there. All that and we get semi-serious super-heroics mixed with fanboy inside jokes, good stories, and even the Bizarros and the Legion of Doom. And in this particular feature, we even get the Legion of Super-Heroes. Does it get any better than that?

Fire Lad: Hot or Not?

Our group of candid women with no real Legion knowledge asked to check out the Substitute-Heroes. What will they think of that team's version of their most hated Legionnaire?

Participants
Our honorary Legion members are...
Art-Girl - Warm hands, warm heart.
DJ Nath - Has the sniffles, could get dangerous.
Havana Nights - Has a sultry code name.
Lip-Bomb - Cold hands, warm hea--nah, cold heart. With her sister Nath, she co-hosts the YouTube channel Mind Linked.
Science Girl - Just got a new job. Something about eyes. Possibly studying why so many superheroes have white ones.
Shotgun - Fire detectors go off in her presence.
Moderator: Siskoid - Eating raw onions, trying to develop Fire Lad's power.
And note that now the girls are now doing a podcast with the same premise, only over in the Marvel Universe in oHOTmu or NOT? every three weeks.

Threeboot: Legion of Super-Heroes #10

Recap: The United Planets is under attack from Praetor Lemnos and his super-powered team Terror Firma. Lemnos has put the federation in a state of chaos, attacking key planets and nudging others to secede. He hopes to shake the foundation of the times, embracing a progressive society over the calm, secure doldrums that exist. That idea of progress is also espoused by the Legion but they use different means to achieve that end. But instead of preparing for battle, the Legion is beset with internal strife. That is, until the front line comes nearer.

In Legion of Super-Heroes #9, the team was the most fractured and splintered I have ever seen it. It was only thanks to a nudge by Invisible Kid at the end of that issue that led to Cosmic Boy staying with the team and leading an away team into combat against Terror Firma.

While that internal strife is hardly over, it is pushed to the back burner in Legion of Super-Heroes #10. It has become abundantly clear that the team needs to put their differences aside if they are going to save the galaxy. In fact, the only up-front issue is the distrust everyone seems to have for Invisible Kid. The team feels he has sown the seeds of discord by telling Brainy that Cosmic Boy went into his lab, a charge Invisible Kid vehemently denies.

With war on the horizon, the team goes on the offensive. I think this is the first time in this book that we have seen a true battle sequence, enemy team vs. Legion. And it reads great. The book continues to look beautiful with Barry Kitson returning on pencils and being inked by Drew Geraci.

But don't think that the unstable reunion of the team is going to lead immediately to sunnier times. This is a war book right now. And that means casualties.

Superboy & The Legion #257

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #257 (November, 1979)
title: "Who Stole The Legion?"

writer: Gerry Conway

penciller: Joe Staton

inker: Dave Hunt
letterer: Ben Oda
colorist: Gene D'Angelo

editor: Jack C. Harris
cover: Dick Giordano (signed)

reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Chameleon Boy, Shrinking Violet, Mon-El, Shadow Lass, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Superboy, Brainiac 5, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl, Light Lass

Guests: 
R.J. Brande

Opponents: 
angry owner of Cosmic World, prejudices against crazy people, unnamed extortionist

Who's Who: Shikari

Shikari
by Siskoid

Real Name: Shikari Lonestar

Super-Power(s): Tracking, flight, surviving in the vacuum of space.
Planet of Origin: None; a member of the nomadic Kwai, in the Second Galaxy.

Legion Seniority: Shikari was the tenth completely new Legion recruit after the Reboot. She is essentially the Reboot's answer to Dawnstar.

Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #58

The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #58 (March, 1989)
title: "If Thine Eye Offend Thee"

writer: Paul Levitz

penciller/co-plotter: Keith Giffen
inker: Al Gordon
lettering: John Costanza
colorist: Carl Gafford
asst editor: Art Young 

editor: Karen Berger 

cover: Steve Lightle
reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Tellus, Magnetic Kid, Blok, Quislet, Timber Wolf, Lightning Lass, Polar Boy, Colossal Boy, Wildfire, Dawnstar, Element Lad, Ultra Boy, Invisible Kid, Sensor Girl

Guests: 
Yera

Opponents: 
Emerald Empress

Action Comics # 858

ACTION COMICS # 858
Superman And The Legion of Super-Heroes Part One
Title: “Alien World”
Writer: Geoff Johns
Penciller: Gary Frank
Inker: John Sibal
Colorist: Dave McCaig and Hi-Fi
Letterer: Rob Leigh
Editor: Matt Idelson
Associate Editor: Nachie Castro
Reviewer: Myk-El

RECAP:
In “The Lightning Saga,” seven Legionnaires travel back to the present day (or at least, to 2007) on a mission so secret even they don’t know what it is. Not until the Justice League teams up with the Justice Society to bring them all together. As it turns out, the Legionnaires intended to sacrifice themselves in order to “bring him back.” As an added bonus, they end up bringing back Wally West and his family. Their mission completed, the Legionnaires have returned to the 31st century. And now, so have we.