Chameleon Boy: Hot or Not?

And now for something a little different. Can a group of candid women with no real Legion knowledge love an alien? Their first impressions of Cham are replete with ambivalence as befits a shape-changer, and watch for the surprise ending...

Participants
Our honorary Legion members are...
Art Girl - She makes art for a living.
DJ Nath - She makes education for a living. She just got a dog. Hopefully, it isn't a Durlan in disguise.
Lip-Bomb - Nath's sister and second half of the You-Tube channel Mind Linked. She makes improv happen for a living.
Havana Nights - She makes communications for a living. But no communication with ex-husband please. The divorcee perspective.
Shotgun - She makes recycling for a living, and the only member of the group with hockey series fever. Someone get her to Medicus One, quick.
Moderator: Siskoid, secretly Cham's biggest fan, but he's not telling them this.

5YL Legion of Super-Heroes #31

Recap: The Dominators' control of Earth is weakening. The Dominion's use of super-powered clones and brainwashing has been made public. The United Planets is mobilizing their fleet to free Earth. The Khunds are moving in to attack the Dominion homeworld. And two Legions are trying to figure out how they can help. Meanwhile life on the planet is a disaster with the Dominators basically declaring martial law, using their might to keep the Terran population scared and disempowered.

Something has to give.

Legion of Super-Heroes #31 is another one of those daring creative risks that have become the hallmark of this title. With all the action and political maneuvering of the last few issues, Earth is like a powder keg that's giving off sparks. We have been bouncing between the Dominators' attempts to squelch a revolution, the rebel troops of Universo and Jacques Foccart trying to undermine things on Earth, the rest of the galaxy finally deciding to move in, and two sets of Legionnaires dipping their toes in this intergalactic war. After months of things simmering, last issue felt like a full boil. I was ready for more ... and fast.

Superboy starring The Legion #215

Superboy starring The Legion of Super-Heroes #215 (March, 1976)
A Review by Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

title: "The Final Eclipse of Sun Boy"

writer: Cary Bates

artist: Mike Grell
editor: Murray Boltinoff 

cover: Mike Grell (signed)

Mission Monitor Board:  
Phantom Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy, Element Lad, Brainiac 5, Saturn Girl

Opponents: 
unnamed would-be assassin

Synopsis: 
On Bgtzl, Phantom Girl captures a man after witnessing him kill someone. The assassin's gang swears that she will not live long enough to testify against him. Phantom Girl's brother, Gmya, is concerned for her safety. Sun Boy, Element Lad, and Superboy arrive on Bgztl to pick her up, and Gmya disappears in the crowd.

Back on Earth, but before the Legionnaires make it back to their head-quarters, Sun Boy is "possessed," and his powers go wild. Superboy tries to stop him, but his super-energy only adds fuel to Sun Boy's fire. Element Lad turns the hydrogen around Sun Boy to nitrogen, putting out his flames. This allows Element Lad to get close enough to knock him out.

Who's Who: Wildfire

Wildfire
by Russell & Siskoid 

Real Name: Drake Burroughs

Super-Power(s): Wildfire is composed of anti-energy that he can channel into bursts of high or low exposures.
Planet of Origin: Earth

Legion Seniority: Wildfire joined after Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy left the Legion to get married. He is Legionnaire #28. Wildfire was elected Leader in Year 10. 

Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1 (v2) (1985)

The Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1 (1985)
A Review by Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

title: "Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold"

writer: Paul Levitz

penciller: Keith Giffen

inkers: Karl Kesel, Mike DeCarlo (Chapter 2), Ernie Colon (Chapter 3), Steve Mitchell (Chapter 4), Larry Mahlstedt (Chapter 5)

letterer: John Costanza

colorist: Carl Gafford

editor: Karen Berger
cover: Keith Giffen & Karl Kesel (signed)

Mission Monitor Board:  
Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Shrinking Violet, Magnetic Kid

Guests: 
Laurel Kent, SP Officer Dvron, Don & Dawn Allen

Opponents: 
unnamed murderer and his robots

Legion in Convergence

Get ready, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes is coming back!
Don't miss them!
We don't know if we here at LSB are going to enjoy this Convergence mini-series, but telling DC Comics that we want a Legion comic seems like a good idea...!

Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #1

by Stuart Moore, Gus Storms, and Mark Farmer

On Sale April 22

Happy Birthday, Dawnstar!

According to the 2995 LSH Sourcebook, today will be the birthday of Dawnstar of Starhaven.
Dawnstar was originally a professional guide, tracker, and bounty hunter before being brought into the Legion. She served for more than five years, until the Magic Wars changed the universe completely.

Dawnstar is an Aries. She knows that it's love when she doesn't have to do much other than be together to have a special time. The humor you share is part of what makes it great. It's easy to be funny when you're this comfortable.

Art Institute of Zwen: Greg LaRoque sketch

Last week our weekly review of The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) featured the debut of extra-ordinary artist Greg LaRocque. To help celebrate the introduction of the artist who would handle the title for the next three years, here's a commission Greg did a few years ago at the Baltimore Comic Con!

Hot Volume 6 Dawnstar

It seems like it doesn't matter which volume of Legion of Super-Heroes you're reading....if you come across Dawnstar, it's a guarantee that she will be hot!

Here are three different version of Dawnstar, two by Yilidray Cinar and one by Fernando Dagnino!

Legion of Super-Heroes (v6) #1 

art by Yildiray Cinar & Wayne Faucher

5YL Legion of Super-Heroes #30

Recap: The Dominators' control over Earth is growing more and more tenuous. The rebellion has taken control of the Dominators' cloning labs. The United Planets, the Legion, and the SW6 Legionnaires are contemplating joining the fight. And then ... on live TV ... the Dominators assassinate Earth President Wellington when she speaks against their control. Earth was already a powder keg. Suddenly there are a lot of sparks.

Legion of Super-Heroes #30 continued the Terra Mosaic storyline which would redefine Earth in this 5YL universe. We are 5 issues into what will eventually be an 11 issue arc. In classic 5YL style, the pacing of this arc is quite interesting. Some issues streaking forward with progress making me clamoring for more. And then suddenly we have a character driven issue, slowing down the galactic storyline to a near halt to give us extra depth to a single person. Despite this book now being 25 years old, it still feels innovative. Things don't usually get paced this way. The creators are relying on the reader to be in for the long haul, being willing to trust in the ebbs and flows.