B & B (v3) #35: The Subs & The Inferior Five

The Brave & The Bold (v3) #35 (Aug, 2010)
title: "Out Of Time!" Part Two

writer: J. Michael Straczynski

artis: Jesus Saiz
lettering: Rob Leigh
colorist: Tom Chu
asst editor: Chris Conroy 

editor: Joey Cavalieri  

cover: Jesus Saiz
reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Polar Boy, Night Girl, Fire Lad, Stone Boy, and Chlorophyll Kid of The Legion of Substitute Heroes; Merry Man, The Blimp, Awkward Man, White Feather, and Dumb Bunny of The Inferior Five

Guests: 
Cameo appearances by Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lighting Lad of The Legion of Super-Heroes; Robot Man, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl, and The Chief from The Doom Patrol 

Opponents: 
A black hole heading towards Earth, incompetency

Who's Who: Comet Queen

Comet Queen
by Siskoid

Real Name: Grava

Super-Power(s): Flight; emit noxious cloud of comet gases.
Planet of Origin: Colony Extal (Quaal III)

Legion Seniority: Comet Queen was the fourth Legion recruit after the Retroboot, joining with three other Academy members, but second among them alphabetically.

Reboot: Legionnaires #0

Last November, our good friend and fellow Legionnaire David Sopko sadly passed away, struck by illness even as he was preparing to cover the Reboot era of the Legion for the blog. Though Siskoid is now getting ready to cover the era, we did not want to jettison the work already done by David, and so we present his coverage of Legion of Super-Heroes and Legionnaires #0 in his chosen format, before other bloggers take the reviews over. If, like us, you miss David, remember him with us through his last works.

Legionnaires #0; October 1994

“Close Encounters”

A Review by David Sopko

Story: Mark Waid and Tom McCraw

Pencils: Jeffrey Moy

Inks: Ron Boyd

Letters: Pat Brosseau

Words/Colors: Tom McCraw

Assistant Editor: Mike McAvennie

Putting it all together: KC Carlson

The origin of the Legion of Super-Heroes continues.  Adding more members quickly.  Two new members joining this issue, with several more being recruited at the end of the book.

Legionnaire Roll Call: Live Wire (Garth Ranzz); Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn); Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen); Triad (Luornu Durgo) and Apparition (Tinya Wazzo)

Villains: Roderick Doyle

80 pg GIANT Legion of Super-Heroes

by The Metropolis Kid
This week we take a little time out to shed a little light on DC's publishing history with regards to the rise of their 80 Page reprint books in the early 1960s, and to look at what Legion material was contained within those books. If this post interests you, you may also enjoy the Digest Sized Legion of Super-Heroes post.

Focus on Dream Girl

 Now have a great weekend!

Threeboot: One Year Later

It has been ten years since DC's One Year Later promotion which ran throughout their titles. Ten years! It is amazing how time flies. This promotion impacted the Threeboot Legion greatly. Heck, it impacted every title.

But I have a couple of questions.

One, what did you think of the One Year Later idea?
Two, did you consider it a 'jumping on' point? Or a 'jumping off' point for your DC pull list?

B & B (v3) #34: The Legion & The Doom Patrol!

The Brave & The Bold (v3) #34 (July, 2010)
title: "Out Of Time!" Part One

writer: J. Michael Straczynski

artis: Jesus Saiz
lettering: Rob Leigh
colorist: Tom Chu
asst editor: Chris Conroy 

editor: Joey Cavalieri  

cover: Jesus Saiz
reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, and Lightning Lad of The Legion of Super-Heroes; Robot Man, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl, and The Chief of The Doom Patrol

Opponents: 
A black hole heading towards Earth

Who's Who: Chemical Kid

Chemical Kid
by Siskoid

Real Name: Hadru Jamik

Super-Power(s): Ability to control (speed-up or slow-down) all chemical reactions.
Planet of Origin: Phlon

Legion Seniority: Chemical Kid was the third Legion recruit after the Retroboot, joining with three other Academy members, but first among them alphabetically.

Reboot: Legion of Super-Heroes (v4) #0

Last November, our good friend and fellow Legionnaire David Sopko sadly passed away, struck by illness even as he was preparing to cover the Reboot era of the Legion for the blog. Though Siskoid is now getting ready to cover the era, we did not want to jettison the work already done by David, and so we present his coverage of Legion of Super-Heroes and Legionnaires #0 in his chosen format, before other bloggers take the reviews over. If, like us, you miss David, remember him with us through his last works.


Legion of Super-Heroes (V4) #0; October 1994
“Time and Chance”

A Review by David Sopko

Story: Mark Waid and Tom McCraw

Art: Stuart Immonen and Ron Boyd

Letters: Bob Pinaha

Colors: Tom McCraw

Assists Mike McAvennie

Edits: KC Carlson

Zero Hour has happened.  The Legion of Super-Heroes is no more; Long Live the Legion.  DC rebooted their future team with an entirely new beginning, starting with this issue.  The two Zero issues (The Legion of Super Heroes and Legionnaires) were the beginning of a new Legion, with a huge nod to the past, while not beholden to it. This would become evident in the first issues and more so as time went on.

After the two Zero issues, the numbering continued from the previous incarnation. This is a move that seems odd today, in a world where comics are restarted every year or so for a variety of reasons. But back in 1994, they continued numbering. The two comics would carry on with Legion of Super-Heroes #62 and Legionnaires #19.

Legion of Super Heroes S01 E07: Brain Drain

"Brain Drain" was written by Rob Hummel and directed by Tim Maltby, original airdate: February 3, 2007.

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

Opponents: mutated Zoonian miners, guide-bot, Brainiac 5's body, Zoonian mine-bots

We talked a little last time about my trust issues with Brainiac 5. Much of it comes from the comics, but the problem here is that the showrunners of the "Legion of Super Heroes" animated series have nixed the source material and created a whole new Brainiac 5, as well as a new Colu. It's Alignment time, strap yourselves in...