According to my word - and, of course, my rules." He gives them one hour to try to recapture the Time Bubble from him and to return to their own century, musing, "In the end, destiny proclaims that I shall win, so I need not be petty about it. The villain captures the two heroes and, true to his nature of playing games, he sets up a test for The Trapper, one of the Legion's greatest foes, is a mysterious robed figure who toys with time and the Legion. However, the Time Bubble fails to stop at the Legion's time, instead hurtling through the time stream and finally crashing at the end of time - the domain of the Time Trapper. With the help of a NASA scientist and Cosmic Boy's own magnetic powers, they finally succeed in smashing through the barrier. In issue #3, they decide to return home, but their Time Bubble encounters a barrier in the time stream that forces them to return to 1986.
#RED JUSTICE VS. THE TIME STOPPER SERIES#
The nuclear plot has little to do with either the Legends series or much else. Over the rest of issue #1 and #2, Rokk and Lydda become involved in protecting a NASA experiment to send a nuclear payload into space. I believe it was something created for the purpose of the series, allowing for a protracted storyline about nuclear power.) Lydda wonders if they somehow interfered with the time stream when they travelled to the past and notes that, "it was one of the first time trips after the great Crisis." (This 'peaceful use of nuclear power in Legion history' bit is new as far as I know. The second is that this world uses nuclear power for weapons, not towards peaceful uses and for space travel as in the Legion's history. The first confirms that Superman first appeared as an adult and never had a career as a Superboy. Some research by the two reveals some disturbing details. I'd known him since he was Superboy - and he didn't remember me." As he tells Lydda, "He had no idea who I was. Far more disturbing than his physical injuries, Rokk is shocked when Superman fails to recognize him. Cosmic Boy gets beaten up, but meets the JLA, some Teen Titans, and Superman. Unfortunately for them, they arrive at a time when Darkseid is inciting the public against superheroes. In Cosmic Boy #1, the title hero (real name, Rokk Krin) travels back in time with his girlfriend Night Girl (Lydda Jath) to visit the late 20th Century. This problem was most significant to the Legion, as Superboy was an integral part of their history. John Byrne's version had Clark Kent becoming Superman as an adult - the new DC Universe did not have a Superboy. When the Superman continuity was rebooted, it caused a major problem for the Legion.
At the end of this article, I'll review some of the Legion's history and recommend some issues. Founding members Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad first appeared in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958) in a story where they invited Superboy to try out for membership.įrom those humble beginnings, the Legion evolved first as back up stories, guest-starring and then co-starring with Superboy, eventually taking over Superboy's own comic until eventually earning its own series. Giffen must have done the layouts as the series shows some of the experimentation he was doing with panel grids and extreme closeups.įor those who aren't familiar with the Legion, it is a group of super powered teens set 1,000 years in the future. The miniseries was written by Paul Levitz (regular Legion scribe at the time) and lists Keith Giffen, Ernie Colon, and Bob Smith as artists.
A four issue spin-off miniseries called Cosmic Boy followed his adventures, leading back into the regular titles of Superman and the Legion for an epic battle with the Time Trapper and the death of Superboy. Previously, I reviewed the Legends miniseries and mentioned the brief role played by Cosmic Boy from the Legion of Super Heroes. Superman Comic Books Superman: Special Reports The Death of SuperboyAuthor: Sean Hogan ( updated: January 21, 2002
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