Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #61

The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #61 (June, 1989)
title: "Will Magic or Science Prevail?"

writer: Paul Levitz

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

editor: Karen Berger 

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

Mission Monitor Board:  
Tellus, Ultra Boy, Timber Wolf, Sensor Girl, Shrinking Violet, Lightning Lass, Invisible Kid, Colossal Boy, Sun Boy, Polar Boy, Magnetic Kid, Blok, Saturn Girl, Element Lad, Phantom Girl, Shadow Lass, Mon-El; cameos by dead Legionnaires Karate Kid, Invisble Kid (I), Ferro Lad, and Chemical King

Guests: 
Bouncing Boy, Antonio Stefannacci, Sarvisa, SP Chief Cusimano, former Substitute Heroes Chlorophyll Kid & Fire Lad

Opponents: 
the unnamed source of the return of magic

Legion of Super Heroes S01 E06: Fear Factory

"Fear Factory" was written by John Esposito and directed by Ben Jones, original airdate: November 18, 2006.

Mission Monitor Board: Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Brainiac 5, Bouncing Boy, and young Superman.

Opponents: Professor Planarus, Boris

What scares you? In this episode of "Legion of Super Heroes," we get to find out what five of the Legionnaires are afraid of as they board a derelict space station. This one has lots of horror movie references, I talk about Brainiac 5, and lots more.

5YL: Valor #22

Valor #22 (August 1994)
title: "The Center Cannot Hold!"

writer: Kurt Busiek

penciller: Colleen Doran
inker: Dave Cooper
lettering: Bob Pinaha
colorist: Dave Grafe

assistant editor: Mike McAvennie

editor: KC Carlson

cover: Stuart Immonen
spotters: Mark Waid and Tom McCraw
reviewer: Siskoid

Mission Monitor Board:  
Andromeda, Computo II, Invisible Kid II, Shadow Lass, Tyroc, Valor

Guests: 
Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, Dev-Em, Fire Lad, Infectious Lass, Marla Latham, R.J. Brande, Stone Boy

Opponents: 
None

Threeboot: Legion of Super-Heroes #12

Recap: All-out war has been declared between Praetor Lemnos and his Terror Firma army and the United Planets/Legion forces. Putting their differences behind them, Brainiac 5 and Cosmic Boy split the Legion into four groups. Cos leads a squad on Dormir, a planet of thought which is the communication hub of the UP. Lightning Lad is on Ttrxl, a 5th dimensional world which provides energy for the teleportation tech of the UP. Karate Kid has a team at Lemnos' headquarters. That leaves Brainiac 5 and Invisible Kid alone on Earth to fight Elysion the Terrakinetic. Already, Dream Girl has died at his hands. 

Legion of Super-Heroes (v2) #259

Legion of Super-Heroes (v2) #259 (January, 1980)
title: "Psycho War"

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:  
Superboy, Wildfire, Karate Kid, Shrinking Violet, Chameleon Boy, Shadow Lass, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Sun Boy; cameo by Mon-El?

Guests: 
RJ Brande, Ma & Pa Kent (images)

Opponents: 
Rejis Thomak, aka Psycho Warrior

Who's Who: M'Rissey

M'Rissey
by Siskoid

Real Name: R. M'Rissey

Super-Power(s): Applied operational calculus.
Planet of Origin: Earth

Legion Seniority: M'Rissey was the second completely new Legion recruit after the Threeboot.

Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #60

The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #60 (May, 1989)
title: "When Magic Shall Return"

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:  
Polar Boy, Timber Wolf, Sensor Girl, Saturn Girl, Phantom Girl, Tellus, Shrinking Violet, Wildfire, Element Lad, Blok, Lightning Lass, Sun Boy, Invisible Kid, Colossal Boy

Guests: 
Antonio Stephanacci, Sarvisa & the unnamed bird from Zerox (the Sorcerers' World)

Opponents: 
the unnamed source of the return of magic

LSH Cover to Cover 7: 1968-1969

Welcome to the seventh installment of our Legion of Super-Bloggers feature on all of the comic-book cover appearances of The Legion in chronological order. This time we start with 1968 and extend a bit into 1969. This will be a year of changes, as we start with Curt Swan and end with Neal Adams!

1968 started out in typical Silver Age fashion, with a cover feature on The Legion of Super-Pets. However, from February we get the return of the Fatal Five and the debut of Shadow Lass....with the debut of Neal Adams as cover artist, to boot.

Neal Adams drew the majority of the Adventure Comics covers for the remaining 18 months, until the Legion was unceremoniously booted out of the lead cover-spot in Adventure and dumped into the back-up spot in Action Comics. They then had to endure a long dry spell before they re-appeared on another cover....!

5YL: Legionnaires #17

Legionnaires #17 (August 1994)
title: "History Lesson"

writer: Mark Waid

penciller: Chris Gardner
inker: Dennis Cramer
lettering: Pat Brosseau
colorist: Tom McCraw
assistant editor: Mike McAvennie

editor: KC Carlson

cover: Stuart Immonen
special thanks: Kurt Busiek, Tom McCraw
reviewer: Siskoid

Mission Monitor Board:  
Alchemist, Andromeda, Apparition, Brainiac 5 (both), Celeste, Chameleon, Chemical King, Cosmic Boy/Polestar, Dawnstar, Dragonmage, Dream Girl (SW6), Inferno, Invisible Kid (SW6), Kid Quantum, Leviathan, Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet (both), Spider-Girl/Wave, Star Boy (SW6), Timber Wolf, Triad, Ultra Boy (SW6), Valor, White Witch/Jewel, Wildfire/N.R.G.

Guests: 
Dev-Em, Lightning Lord (5YL), Rond Vidar

Opponents: 
Beauty Blaze, Cosmic King (Silver Age), Glorith, Lightning Lord (Silver Age), Mordru, Satan Girl, Saturn Queen (Silver Age), Urthlo

Threeboot: Legion of Super-Heroes #11

Recap: It's all out war between Praetor Lemnos with his Terror Firma and the United Planets. The Legion has decided they need to be proactive. The team puts their personal differences behind them to fight for the UP. Cosmic Boy divides the Legion into three away teams to attack key points in the remaining UP. Unfortunately, that leaves Earth relatively unprotected. The head of Terror Firma, Elysion, and suicide bombers bring down the Legion Headquarters. And the team suffers it's first casualty. Dream Girl has died in the carnage.

Legion of Super-Heroes #11 pushes the narrative of this United Planets war forward dramatically. Mark Waid brings us to all the fronts of the war, spending pages in four different locales. It is ambitious, especially when we see the worlds the away teams are sent to. These are new places for us to learn about. We aren't heading to Braal. We are heading to chaotic and cerebral environments. There is a definite sort of Silver Age patina on this issue. Remember when an incredibly wild story with multiple location changes and a lot of exposition would be crammed into a 14 page Silver Age story? Have you ever read those Silver Age Legion stories where planets were inhabited by giant puppets, intelligent animals, etc. That is a little what this felt like. But while Silver Age-y, this had enough modern sensibilities to be appropriate for this age.

As wild as those other worldly scenes are, the Earth pages are the most striking. Brainy is mourning the loss of Dream Girl. It is the most emotional I have seen this version of Querl. And it is the most devastated I have seen Brainy since the post-Crisis Kara death. That is unsettling.

The art is done again by Barry Kitson and Mick Gray. Kitson shines in this issue bringing different page layouts and styles for the different worlds we are visiting. More specific comments when we see the art. But this is solid stuff. It also feels like this is the first time I have seen computer effects brought into comics.