Legion of Super-Heroes #2 March 2005

The children of Naltor (Dream Girl‘s home planet) cannot sleep. Brainiac 5 deduces that the Public Service, which all under-agers are plugged into, is being used by Naltor’s elders to keep them from sleeping. Naltorians can view further into the future while sleeping than they can while awake. The elders have seen visions of a war in the near future where many of their children will be killed on the front lines. The elders thought they were sparing the Naltorian youth from the grief of knowing their fate. What do the Legionnaires do?

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Superboy starring The Legion of Super-Heroes #216 April 1976

A satellite has fallen back to Earth. Unlike most satellites that are filled with electronics and doodads and such this one is packed with stolen jewels. Have you ever noticed that when stuff falls back to Earth it never falls in an uninhabited place where retrieval is simple? Well, this satellite lands on the island nation of Marzal which is inhabited by isolationist black people. Yup. Read on my friends.

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Adventure Comics #332 May 1965

A space whale with little wings is flying around the solar system gobbling up metal objects. HE MUST BE STOPPED. Lighting Lad tries to stop the ‘Super-Moby Dick of Space’ but is poisoned by his own reflected lightning bolts and looses an arm. More after the break.

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Legion of Super-Heroes #66 March 1995

My first post on the Zero Hour (Archie) Legion. This is a ‘recruitment drive’ issue where some recruits are actually recruited while some are thrust upon the Legion.

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Adventure Comics #314 Nov. 1963

Alaktor (your typical mad scientist) pretends to try out for a spot in the Legion. His ulterior motive is to sneak into the clubhouse, steal a time bubble and travel through time recruiting three of history’s biggest assholes. It’s all very ‘Big & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’-like.

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