Legion of Substitute Podcasters

Colossal Boy meets two new faces with names we’ve heard before.  Supergirl enjoys a soda with the girls.  Brainiac 5’s plans come to fruition despite protests from Element Lad.  Dream Girl is back … or is she?

We go all the way back to 2009 to hear about the first appearance of the Heroes of Lallor. But before we go there, a little bit of This Week in Legion History.

With Tony Bedard joining the writing team, the Legion discovers just how much Lightning Lad has sold them out to United Planets interests.  Supergirl ingratiates herself on the Legion as giants from Big City go on a planet-wide scavenger hunt.  Brainiac 5’s plan to revive Dream Girl picks up speed.  Element Lad and Star Boy show that they are not halfwits, after all.  And an out of sorts Cosmic Bo...

All is almost lost! The heroes are stretched to their limits. Nothing can be done to reignite the sun. You know how these guys are, though. We also yada yada Parallax: Emerald Night #1, where hope and maybe redemption can be found.

Science Police Officer Reep Daggle is secretly undercover legionnaire, Chameleon.  When a racketeer is killed in his cell, it’s up to officer Daggle (and your podcasters from the future) to solve his murder.

The Legion faces Mysa! How does that work out for Kinetix? Plus, the Legion gets a new leader!

The triptych covers are complete.  Move over Brainiac 5 and Cosmic Boy as Supergirl comes out on top?!  This week the focus is Legion of Super-heroes volume 5, issue 18.  The podcasters from the future are joined by Adam Crouch from the Legion Outpost podcast.  Adam discusses original art he purchased from this very issue.  Oh yes, and the Legion fight more robots.

The Subs hang out on day 2 of The Final Night. It’s The Antepenultimate Night! Bring on the Sun Eater Stoppers!

The Legion battle more robots as they work in a not at all effective partnership with the UP science police.  A legionnaire infiltrates the SP and Supergirl is invited to join the Legion.  Lightning Lass is unimpressed as Kara Zor-El is embraced by Invisible Kid and others in the team.  Brainiac 5 comes up with an interesting if somewhat morbid solution to there not being enough Legion rings to pr...

It’s time for a Final Night crossover, and this one brings back a short-lived Silver Age Legion character. Here’s our first look at the reboot version of Ferro Lad: Ferro!

Derek has been busy reading Infinite Crisis in preparation for this episode.  Brent links in “52”.  As Alexander Luthor’s multiversal petridish explodes it thrusts young Kara Zor-el 1001 years into the future. With a time jump and a new title, Supergirl and the Legion of Super-heroes burst onto the Metropolis scene.  Only problem is while they remember her from history, she thinks it is all a drea...

The sun is going to be eaten by the improbably named Sun Eater. The heroes get together to stop it!

Special guest Mo Walker joins Derek and Brent as they and some Legion teens explore the notion of Crisis.  A mysterious stranger lurks among the teens and has a very strong resemblance to a few past LSH characters.  The teens recount a story of the silver age LSH meeting Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan and Alan Scott and the Flashes, Jay Garrick and Barry Allen.  In a second story the Secret Society of...

The Subs take a look at some of the lead-in stories to Final Night. Showcase 96 #10, Preview to Final Night, and Sergio Aragones Destroys DC.

The kids grow up a bit as the UP invite them into a partnership.  Atom Girl settles the score with Invisible Kid and invites him for a drink!  Lightning Lad assumes the leadership of the Legion.  Brainy, Cos and Sun Boy are all off the table.  Reflecto makes an appearance, but perhaps not a Reflecto we have seen before.  Amanda Conner continues to draw the letter column with lots of chuckles provi...

Legionnaires get stuck in the past and meet Superman!

So the Earth is Dead, and there’s this new Captain Marvel who will eventually become a Legionnaire. How? Let’s all take the first step together!

Cosmic Boy, Brainiac 5 and … Sun Boy defeat the elusive Praetor Lemnos and his hoards of agents of Terra Firma.  Parallels are drawn between these Otherspace  grandchildren of criminals and Derek and Brent’s own convict history in Terra Australis.  As the issue closes Brainiac 5, like Mr Freeze before him, visits his love in a cryotube as he  continues to search for a way to save Dream Girl....

It’s time for a Legends of the Dead Earth Annual. This one features Wildfire leading a Legion in the 75th century. The issue leads to a discussion of themed Annuals, how well they work and what they ultimately mean. We also get one of the more controversial Stump the Subs questions in a while (I think they’re still talking about it in our group thread while I post this).

The Threeboot keeps getting wilder as total war against Terra Firma is about to break out.  Lightning lad and Saturn Girl almost kiss.  Projectra and Brin Londo do kiss.  The public service becomes Legion Channel One.  Karate Kid observes “You can lead a Rimborian to water, but you can’t make him think!”   And look out Elysian, it’s Atom Girl “bursting” onto the scene.

The Legion is back after their time as the Emerald Legion, but some of their members are missing, and another is laid to rest.

Brent and Derek deal with the aftermath of Elysian’s attack on Legion headquarters.  Saturn Girl has no thoughts on the matters at hand and Brainy’s are just not smart enough.   Sno Cone, the colourist, breaks loose exploring the United Planets in this issue.  Trippy Ttrxl is both a maths teacher’s and a surrealist’s dreamscape.  Dormir is a planet of lightburst inklings, notions and cloudy, yet f...

The Emerald Legion tries to make their mark on the world, and a bunch of Legionnaires grow soul patches. We can’t decide which is worse. Derek from the Future joins us to discuss the issue which proclaims No Future!

Emerald Vi takes over the Legion, and she’s got plans!

Derek is back.  He and Brent discuss the Threeboot Legion’s appearance in JSA Classified #1 and #2 as part of Power Girl’s Power Trip storyline by Johns, Conner and Palmiotti.  Was Power Girl once a Legionnaire?  Is she Superman’s cousin?   Why have the Legion founders come back to the 21st Century? Who is Andromeda?  Is Praetor Lemnos the shadowy figure in the background?   All will be revealed …...