Justice League United #10: The Infinitus Saga Conclusion

Justice League United #10

On Sale Wednesday March 11th, 2015

Written by Jeff Lemire

Pencils by Neil Edwards

Inks by Jay Leisten & Keith Champagne

Colors by Jeremy Cox

Standard Cover by Andrew Robinson

Mars Attacks Movie Poster Variant Cover by Dan Hipp

Synopsis:

This final chapter of the Infinitus Saga picks up where part 5 left off. The combined forces of the Legion of Super-Heroes and Justice League have successfully defeated Byth’s forces, but with no Infinitus to absorb the payload of Brainiac-5’s bomb, a black hole is ripped open in the fabric of space. The black hole threatens to absorb not only the Legion and Justice League United forces, but also the planet of Thanagar!

But Brainiac-5, with the help of Dream Girl’s precognition powers, quickly determines a course of action for fixing Brainy’s catastrophic mistake. He quickly has Sardath summon the warships of Rann, all equipped with Zeta Beam technology. With the combined might of 500 Rann Warships and White Witch’s magical powers, they are able to successfully transport Thanagar free from the gravity of the black hole and position it closely to Rann.

LSH Cover to Cover 1: Curt Swan

We're starting a new series this week here at Legion of Super-Bloggers that we will be featuring on a semi-regular basis: we are going to feature all of the cover-featured appearances of the Legion, in chronological order!

Hot: Thunder

I loved the idea of adding a Captain Marvel/Shazam legacy character to the Legion! The 1996 "Legends of the Dead Earth" Annuals were fun, but didn't really have many lasting effects. Thankfully, CeCe Beck (a.k.a. Thunder) reappeared in the Legion. She was a fun character and I wish she'd become a mainstay of the team, rather than a short term member that many don't recall.

5yl Legion of Super-Heroes #32

Recap: The Dominion is losing its control of Earth, ramping up its military presence to keep its tenuous grip on the planet. Rebel movements on Earth (including ex-Legionnaires and the SW6 Legion), the United Planets, and the Legion are all mobilizing hoping to reclaim Earth. The Dominator diversion of troops to Terra leaves their homeworld vulnerable. And the SW6 is learning just how dark this new universe is ...

Terra Mosaic, the major storyline about control of Earth, continues to churn along at what I call, the 5YL pace. We get spurts of progression and action that left me wanting more. There were a lot of moving parts here including two Legions! And this storyline (hell this whole title) is so immersed in Legion lore, that I was overjoyed as a longtime Legion fan. And just when I want to see more and more, the creators hit the pause button, giving us excellent character-driven issues, making this a very mature and thought-provoking book.

Superboy starring The Legion #216

Superboy starring The Legion of Super-Heroes #216 (April, 1976)
title: "The Hero Who Hated The Legion!"

writer: Cary Bates

artist: Mike Grell

editor: Murray Boltinoff

cover: Mike Grell
reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Cosmic Boy, Superboy, Brainiac 5, Shadow Lass, Karate Kid, Tyroc

Opponents: 
The Beta Gang, prejudice

Synopsis: 
On Earth, Cosmic Boy explains to a group of Legionnaires about satellite C-117. It had been launched into space in 2918 in order to take photon readings and solar measurements. In reality, it was the storage capsule of stolen and then missing "Zigel Jewels." According to a death-bed confession, the crooks had hidden the jewels in the satellite a day before it was launched, expecting to crash it within a week. Instead, they were apprehended, and the jewels stayed in orbit nearly sixty years. However, the satellite had crashed earlier in the week on the remote island of Marzal, so the Legionnaires are assigned to retrieve them.

Who's Who: Tyroc

Tyroc
by Russell & Siskoid 

Real Name: Tyroc (Troy Stewart is given as his real name in Who's Who, but was never used in any story)

Super-Power(s): Super voice that allows him "to do miracles," such as causing explosions, creating force-field bubbles, and boomeranging space-crafts back to where they came from
Planet of Origin: Earth

Legion Seniority: Tyroc joined as Legionnaire #29, between Wildfire and Dawnstar.

Happy Birthday, Phantom Girl!

According to the 1976 DC Calendar, today will be the birthday of Tinya Wazzo, better known throughout the galaxy as Phantom Girl.

Phantom Girl  was the first new member of the Legion of Super-Heroes after the three founders opened the group to new members. She served with distinction for the entire sixteen years the Legion existed. She was killed sometime between the end of the Magic Wars and the beginning of Five Years Later.

Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #16

The Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #16 (Nov, 1985)

title: "Baptism"

writer: Paul Levitz

artist: Steve Lightle

inker: Bob Smith

letterer: John Costanza

colorist: Carl Gafford

editor: Karen Berger
cover: Steve Lightle (signed)
reviewer: Russell "Bilingual Boy" Burbage

Mission Monitor Board:  
Brainiac 5, Element Lad, Polar Boy, Magnetic Kid, Sensor Girl, Tellus, Quislet; cameos of others at Graym Ranzz' baptism ceremony

Guests: 
Circadia Senius, Rond Vidar, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Shvaughn Erin

Opponents: 
unnamed terrorists and hypnotized SP officers

Superboy Meets Mon-El

According to the 1976 DC Calendar, April 20 is the day that Superboy first met Mon-El. Seeing as how today is MONday, April 20, we here at Legion of Super-Bloggers thought we would commemorate one of the greatest bromances in the history of comics.

The LSB Round Robins have already profiled SUPERBOY #89 (you can read our review here). So we aren't going to go over the particulars of their initial meeting here. However, there are two panels in particular we want to re-present for you:

Art Institute of Zwen: Peter Vale

Go onto Deviant Art and browse "Legion of Super-Heroes." You will find all sorts of Legion goodness (and some weirdness). That is how I first came across Peter Vale, the "pen" name of artist Pedro Vale, Jr.

Here's an absolutely fabulous work of Legionnaire Tyroc vs Marvel villain Songbird. Check out the details!

There's also quite a few illustrations of Zatanna, Superman, and former Legionnaire Supergirl.