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Monday, February 29, 2016

5YL: Legionnaires #13

Legionnaires #13 (April 1994)
title: "Chain Gang"

writers: Tom & Mary Bierbaum

penciller: Frank Fosco
inkers: Wade von Grawbadger, Ron Boyd
lettering: Pat Brosseau
colorist: Tom McCraw
assistant editor: Mike McAvennie

editor: KC Carlson

cover: Adam Hughes
reviewer: Siskoid

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

Guests:
Kono and her Sklarian crew (including Brita), Science Police, Dominator victim, wounded boy

Opponents:
Grimbor, Parisian separatists, Sklarian Raiders, an angry mob, alien convicts

Tellus and Quislet: Hot or Not?

Our group of candid women with no real Legion knowledge tackle the datability vector of the Legion's two most alien members. Cross-species Hot? Or Not?

Participants
Our honorary Legion members are...
Art-Girl - Even all her anime experience didn't prepare her for this.
DJ Nath - Mind linked to her sister Lip-Bomb, it is entirely possible they started the YouTube channel Mindlinked completely independently.
Havana Nights - Not going to settle for the first methane-breather that comes along, you've been warned.
Shotgun - Knee-jerk reactions could be hurtful, but that's all she's got.
Moderator: Siskoid - The most alien one here.
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 #6

Recap: The Legion is both a super-hero team and a youth movement, shaking up the stodgy and overly safe 31st century. The Legion's already shaky relations with the Science Police and the United Planets is put to the test when it is revealed that an intergalactic war is starting. The UP's rimworlds are being attacked by armies with a super-powered phalanx called Terror Firma. But who is behind this war? And why?

Legion of Super-Heroes #6 continued the pace set by the last issue, concentrating more on the impending intergalactic war and its fallout than in introducing us to new members. We have gotten to meet a core group of Legionnaires. We have seen them use their powers and learned some of their back stories and motivations. So now is the time for writer Mark Waid to keep the throttle down, pushing the team into this massive conflict. We learn about one new Legionnaire but that introduction is in the context of the bigger plot. What I love about this arc is the wrinkle of the Legion being an independent force, working as best they can with governments and groups whose politics they don't necessarily agree with. Unlike prior incarnations where the Legion is beloved, here they are looked upon as rabble rousers, maybe even feared.

Superboy & The Legion #253

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #253 (July, 1979)
title: "Night of the Super-Assassins!"

writer: Gerry Conway

penciller: Joe Staton

inker: Frank Chiaramonte
letterer: Ben Oda
colorist: Gene D'Angelo

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

reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:
Superboy, Timber Wolf, Light Lass, Colossal Boy, Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad, Shadow Lass, Mon-El, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Dream Girl, Cosmic Boy

Opponents:
The League of Super-Assassins (Silver Slasher, Titania, Neutrax, Lazon, Mist Master, Blok)

Who's Who: Monstress

Monstress
by Siskoid

Real Name: Candi Pyponte-LeParc III

Super-Power(s): Super-strength and invulnerability, adrenaline boost.
Planet of Origin: Xanthu

Legion Seniority: Monstress was the fifth completely new Legion recruit after the Reboot.

Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #54

The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #54 ("Winter" 1989)
title: "Strength in Numbers"

writer: Paul Levitz

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

editor: Karen Berger

cover: Keith Giffen & Mike DeCarlo (signed)
reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:
Polar Boy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire, Sensor Girl, Shadow Lass, Dawnstar, Element Lad, Sun Boy, Phantom Girl, Shrinking Violet, Chameleon Boy, Timber Wolf,

Guests:
Duo Damsel, Bouncing Boy, SP Officer Shvaughn Erin; Visi-Lad, Shadow Kid, Nightwind, and various other Legion Academy students

Opponents:
Garak of the Glow, various Legion of Super Assassins (Lazon, Titania, Silver Slasher); the threat of the Emerald Empress

LSH Cover to Cover 6: 1967

The sixth installment of our feature on all of the comic-book cover appearances of The Legion in chronological order brings us up to the year 1967. And we start the year off with a bang: the debut of the Fatal Five!!

1967 also featured the death of Ferro Lad, as well as the debut of Insect Queen and the introduction of the "Adult Legion" concept. Yes, there was a lot going on in 2967.

Cosmic Boy appeared on the most covers besides cover-hog Superboy/man, with six of twelve. Ferro Lad, the Doomed Legionnaire himself, comes in second with four covers.

This was the last year that all of the Adventure covers were pencilled by the late, great Curt Swan. All inking on this year's covers was done by George Klein.

5YL: Legionnaires #12

Legionnaires #12 (March 1994)
title: "Street Justice"

writers: Tom & Mary Bierbaum

pencillers: Adam Hughes, Chris Sprouse, Chris Gardner
inkers: Karl Story, Dennis Cramer
lettering: Pat Brosseau
colorist: Tom McCraw
assistant editor: Mike McAvennie

editor: KC Carlson

cover: Chris Sprouse
reviewer: Siskoid

Mission Monitor Board:
Alchemist, Andromeda, Catspaw, Chameleon, Computo II, Cosmic Boy (SW6), Dragonmage, Gossamer, Inferno, Invisible Kid (SW6), Kid Quantum, Leviathan, Live Wire, Matter Eater Lad (SW6), Saturn Girl (SW6), Shrinking Violet (SW6), Triad

Guests:
Kono, Sadi, Tyroc, Science Police (Rinq); Durlan, Talokian and Dominator victims, doctors

Opponents:
Hykraine, Lothar St. Maixent (1st appearance), Parisian separatists, an angry mob

5YL: Legionnaires #11

Legionnaires #11 (February 1994)
title: "The Astonishing Return of Kid Quantum"

writers: Tom & Mary Bierbaum

pencillers: Chris Sprouse, Joe Phillips
inkers: Karl Story, Wade von Grawbadger, Jason Martin
lettering: Pat Brosseau
colorist: Tom McCraw
assistant editor: Mike McAvennie

editor: KC Carlson

cover: Chris Sprouse
reviewer: Siskoid

Mission Monitor Board:
Andromeda, Apparition, Brainiac 5 (SW6), Catspaw, Chameleon, Computo II, Cosmic Boy (SW6), Dragonmage, Ferro, Gossamer, Inferno, Kid Quantum, Matter Eater Lad (SW6), Saturn Girl (SW6), Shrinking Violet (SW6), Triad, Ultra Boy (SW6)

Guests:
Proteans, Sadi, Science Police (Liam), a wounded kid

Opponents:
Grimbor (behind the scenes), Dominators, Khunds, an angry mob