5YL: Legionnaires #4

Legionnaires #4 (July, 1992)
title: "If Looks Could Kill"

writers: Tom & Mary Bierbaum

penciller: Chris Sprouse
inker: Karl Story
lettering: Pat Brosseau
colorist: Tom McCraw
assistant editor: Eddie Berganza

editor: KC Carlson

cover: Chris Sprouse & Karl Story
reviewer: Siskoid

Mission Monitor Board:  
Alchemist, Andromeda, Catspaw, Chameleon, Computo II, Cosmic Boy (SW6), Dragonmage, Ferro, Gossamer, Inferno, Invisible Kid (SW6), Live Wire, Matter-Eater Lad (SW6), Saturn Girl (SW6), Ultra Boy (SW6)

Guests: 
"Martian Mauler"

Opponents: 
Emerald Empress (Ingria Olav), Emerald Empress (Cera Kesh), Leland McCauley, Magpie, Mano, Mordecai, Persuader, Tharok

5YL: Legionnaires #3

Legionnaires #3 (June, 1992)
title: "The Beast Below"

writers: Tom & Mary Bierbaum

penciller: Chris Sprouse
inker: Karl Story
lettering: Pat Brosseau
colorist: Tom McCraw
assistant editor: Eddie Berganza

editor: KC Carlson

cover: Chris Sprouse & Karl Story
special thanks: Gaijin Studios
reviewer: Siskoid

Mission Monitor Board:  
Andromeda, Brainiac 5 (SW6), Chameleon, Cosmic Boy (SW6), Dragonmage, Gossamer, Inferno, Invisible Kid (SW6), Leviathan, Live Wire, Shrinking Violet (SW6)

Guests: 
Science Police

Opponents: 
Emerald Empress (Ingria Olav), Emerald Empress (Cera Kesh), Mordecai, Persuader

5YL: Who's Who Supporting Cast

Welcome to my last entry specifically looking at the 5YL run of the Legion of Super-Heroes. I suppose I am going out with a whimper and not a bang.

The last of the 5YL Legion Who's Who pages looked specifically at the supporting cast of the book.

Superboy & The Legion #246

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #246 (Dec, 1978)
title: "Will The Last One To Leave Mercury Please Close The Planet?"

script: Len Wein
plot: Paul Levitz

penciller: Joe Staton

inker: Dick Giordano
letterer: Ben Oda
colorist: Glynis Wein
editors: Al Milgrom & Jack C. Harris

cover: Mike Grell  (signed)

reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Shadow Lass, Chameleon Boy, Sun Boy, Karate Kid

Opponents: 
unknown menace killing staff & patients at Medivac-Lab

Who's Who: Kid Quantum I

Kid Quantum I
by Siskoid

Real Name: James Cullen

Super-Power(s): Immobilization field.
Planet of Origin: Xanthu.

Legion Seniority: Kid Quantum was the SW6 Legion's fourth and last new recruit.

Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #48

The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #48 (July, 1988)
title: "A Time To Die"

writer: Paul Levitz

penciller: Greg LaRocque
inker: Mike DeCarlo
lettering: John Costanza
colorist: Carl Gafford

editor: Karen Berger 

cover: Ken Steacy
reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Brainiac 5, Saturn Girl, Mon-El, Chameleon Boy, Magnetic Kid, Tellus, Sensor Girl, Element Lad, Dream Girl, Timber Wolf, Blok, Colossal Boy, Quislet, Invisible Kid

Guests: 
Duo Damsel

Opponents: 
Starfinger, the threat of the Conspiracy

Legion of Super Heroes S01 E04: Phantoms

"Phantoms" was written by Rob Hoegee and directed by Tim Maltby, original airdate: November 4, 2006.

Mission Monitor Board: Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Brainiac 5, Phantom Girl, young Superman, Timber Wolf

Opponents: Drax, his two pets 'Comet' and 'Cupid,' the Phantom Zone villains

When you hear an episode of "Legion of Super Heroes" is called "Phantoms," it can pretty much only be two things (with a 5% chance of ghosts of course), it's either focusing on Phantom Girl or the Phantom Zone. In this case, it's the latter, and later, a little of both. This is the fourth episode of the series, and the third Superman-centric episode. It's getting real old real quick, folks, but I have a feeling change is in the air. Just wait.

5YL: Legionnaires #2

Legionnaires #2 (May, 1992)
title: "In Death's Grip"

writers: Tom & Mary Bierbaum

penciller: Chris Sprouse
inker: Karl Story
lettering: Pat Brosseau
colorist: Tom McCraw
assistant editor: Eddie Berganza

editor: KC Carlson

cover: Chris Sprouse & Karl Story
reviewer: Siskoid

Mission Monitor Board:  
Apparition, Alchemist, Brainiac 5 (SW6), Chameleon, Computo II, Cosmic Boy (SW6), Dragonmage, Ferro, Gossamer, Inferno, Invisible Kid (SW6), Leviathan, Live Wire, Matter-Eater Lad (SW6), Saturn Girl (SW6), Shrinking Violet (SW6), Triad, Ultra Boy (SW6)

Guests: 
Arm-Fall-Off Boy (cameo), Cera Kesh (1st appearance), Plaid Lad (1st appearance), Sean Erin, X-Bomb Betty (1st appearance), Science police officer, unnamed try-outs

Opponents: 
Emerald Empress (Ingria Olav, 1st appearance), The Hand, Leland McCauley, Mano, Mordecai (1st appearance)

Blok: Hot or Not?

Our group of candid women with no real Legion knowledge rock out on Blok and tell us if he's he Hot, or if he's Not.

Participants
Our honorary Legion members are...
Art-Girl - Her sister is a geologist. For real.
DJ Nath - Trained to teach History and English. One of these is relevant to the discussion. Co-star of Mind Linked, on You-Tube, with her sister Lip-Bomb.
Havana Nights - Rocking the puns today.
Science Girl - Stone cold.
Shotgun - Another former History student.
Moderator: Siskoid - Thinking Blok is one of the few Legionnaires not shorter than he is.

New Year's Resolutions

The calendar has turned to 2016 and with that comes some resolutions.

Fridays have come to mean 5YL Fridays here on this blog but those reviews have ended. I have a couple of more posts in mind to wrap up my thoughts on that series.

But I hereby resolve to review the Threeboot Legion as my Friday contribution for the site.

I liked this series. I thought Waid and Kitson brought back some classic sensibility to the group. It certainly helped that Supergirl joins the book for a major section.

But it was another reboot, chipping away at the foundation of Legion mythology that old time Legion fans still liked to lean on.

So before I get started, I'd love to hear, even broadly, what people thought of this series.