Superboy starring The Legion #214

Superboy starring The Legion of Super-Heroes #214 (Jan, 1974)
A Review by Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

title: "No Price Too High!"

writer: Jim Shooter

artist: Mike Grell

editor: Murray Boltinoff

cover: Mike Grell (signed)

Mission Monitor Board:  
Superboy, Brainiac 5, Shadow Lass, Karate Kid, Wildfire

Opponents: 
unnamed "Overseer" in charge of the automated planet, Gyrich

Synopsis: 
On the automated planet Gyrich, five Legionnaires are sneaking around under Shadow Lass' darkness in order to escape detection by robotic guards. They are on-world to fix what they think is a malfunctioning automatic defense computer. Suddenly, Superboy notices a passenger ship has entered the atmosphere. Because the automatic defenses will shoot it down, Superboy rushes off to rescue the sole occupant, an arrogant adolescent boy. He identifies himself as the son of Leland McCauley, the owner of planet Gyrich. Robot guards respond to the Legionnaires activity, so Wildfire and Karate Kid take care of them. The Legionnaires bring the boy along as they return to the shadows, but the boy thinks he can order the robots to let them go. He arrogantly shows himself to some robotic guards and is immediately taken hostage. The Legionnaires have no choice but to give themselves up, too.

Who's Who: Timber Wolf

Timber Wolf
by Russell & Siskoid

Real Name: Brin Londo

Super-Power(s): Acrobatics, agility, super-speed, animal instincts
Planet of Origin: Zoon

Legion Seniority: Timber Wolf joined the Legion at the same time as Chemical King, but was listed second in alphabetical order. That makes him Legionnaire #27.

Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #15

The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #15 (Oct, 1985)
A Review by Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

title: "Hostage On A Hostile Star"

writer: Paul Levitz

artist: Greg LaRocque

inker: Larry Mahlstedt

letterer: John Costanza

colorist: Carl Gafford

editor: Karen Berger
cover: Steve Lightle (signed)

Mission Monitor Board:  
Wildfire, Shadow Lass, Mon-El, Sun Boy, Shrinking Violet, Colossal Boy, Element Lad, Timber Wolf, Dawnstar, Dream Girl, Star Boy, Polar Boy, Magnetic Kid, Sensor Girl, Tellus, Quislet, Brainiac 5

Guests: 
Cosmic Boy, Night Girl, Shiratsuru "Sensei", Myg

Opponents: 
Dr. Regulus

Justice League United #9 The Infinitus Saga Part 5

Justice League United #9 "The Infinitus Saga Part 5 of 6"

Released February 11, 2015

Written by Jeff Lemire

Pencils by Neil Edwards

Inks by Jay Leisten and Keith Champagne

Colors by Jeromy Cox

Letters by Travis Lanham

Cover by Andrew Robinson

Synopsis

The issue opens with the combined forces of the Justice League United and now the full power of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 21^st Century squaring off against Infinitus and his horde of light constructs in deep space. Meanwhile back on Rann, Brainiac-5 and Sardath work on a secret weapon to stop Infinitus once and for all. Brainiac-5 and Sardath have come up with a bomb that will collapse Infinitus in on himself and trap him in a perpetual big bang outside of the space-time continuum. Cut to Supergirl, who has followed Byth back to his base of operations where he has Ultra the Multi-Alien held and continues to manipulate him to unless the Infinitus wave. Supergirl’s diverse array of powers is all useless against the shape-changing Byth, who reveals that he has been plotting this move for millennia.

Happy Birthday, Bouncing Boy!

According to the 1976 DC Calendar, today will be the birthday of Chuck Taine, better known throughout the galaxy as Bouncing Boy.
Bouncing Boy is one of the most recognizable members of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He served with distinction for several years, then was a Reservist and an instructor at the Legion Academy for many years after he retired.

Art Institute of Zwen: Michael Allred

In 2004 DC published a book called SOLO. Each issue they handed the creative reigns to one individual artist and let him or her go crazy.

By far the best issue of SOLO I have ever come across was SOLO #7, with story and art by the great Michael Allred.

There are atleast four distinct, separate stories in the issue starring Batman, Hourman, The Teen Titans, and the entire Silver Age of DC Comics. The Legion of Super-Heroes appear in these last two installments.

Lightning Lad: Hot or Not?

After our Legion Reservists tore Cosmic Boy a new one, Lightning Lad certainly had cause to fear. This is what happens when you make a group of women with no real Legion lore a male Legionnaire and ask them for their first impressions...

Participants
Our honorary Legion members are...
Art Girl - A real visual artist whose tastes tend to anime more than American comics, the type of person who's likely to cosplay the Emerald Eye of Ekron.
DJ Nath - The group's empath, she somehow KNOWS who the Legionnaires are on sight alone. Like, REALLY knows them. From the INSIDE.
Lip-Bomb -Nath's sister is on her first participation so is guiltless of crimes committed against Cos. She's the other half of the sisterly You-Tube channel Mind Linked.
Havana Nights - A divorcee has her own take on what makes a man attractive, and we know she's made bad decisions before ;-).
Shotgun - Blasts away with unfiltered opinions. Che-CHIK. Uh-oh.
Moderator: Siskoid, behind Brainiac 5's force field.

5YL Legion of Super-Heroes #29

Recap: The Earth is *still* in shambles after the accidental triggering of the Dominator Triple Strike. But things are coming to a head. The UP is mobilizing to square off against the Dominion over Earth. The Terran Underground (now including the SW6 Legionnaires) has teamed up with Universo's rebellion in trying to organize the efforts on the planet. This includes a small team holing up in Dominion lab with clone pods. In one of those pods they discover Dirk 'Sun Boy' Morgna, alive but in agony from null radiation. And the Legion are debating if and when they join this war, especially given their recent losses when they entered the war against Glorith and the Khunds.

Legion of Super-Heroes #29 continues the Terra Mosaic storyline and continues to juggle the multiple plot lines surrounding the efforts to repel the Dominator control of Earth. After last issue's Sun Boy focus, the creative team of Keith Giffen, Tom & Mary Bierbaum, Jason Pearson, and Al Gordon use this issue to bring us up to date on everything and everyone else.

Superboy starring The Legion #213

Superboy starring The Legion of Super-Heroes #213 (Dec, 1975)
A Review by Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

title: "The Jaws of Fear"

writer: Jim Shooter

artist: Mike Grell

editor: Murray Boltinoff

cover: Mike Grell (signed)

Mission Monitor Board:  
Superboy, Ultra Boy, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Phantom Girl, Wildfire, Shrinking Violet

Opponents: 
super-thief Benn Pares

Synopsis: 
At Legion HQ, super-thief Benn Pares walks into the meeting room. He claims to be bored and needing a challenge. He promises the Legion that he is going to steal the Miracle Machine within the next 48 hours, then promptly disappears. Saturn Girl had tried to read his mind, but could only get an image of white gates in space sector 14.

The Legion of Super-Bizarros!

In Adventure Comics #329 (Feb 1965) the greatest event in history of Legion of Stupid-Heroes not happens----the Legion ignores The Bizarro Legion! 

Bizarro Superboy am somehow not dead still in 30th Century. He leaves to Legion Club-house to quit. The Legion of course won't vote him in, so he comes near happy, vowing revenge. A few pages later he's on the Bizarro World Htrae, populated by just him and his son (?). Son appear always once and then on no pages forever. Bizarro Superboy uses Imperfect Duplicator Ray and creates best group in no time, Bizarro Legion!