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Normally, I wait for Scott to handle this, but apparently he is MIA. So, let's list December's Legion-related books...

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THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #49

Written by Jim Shooter, art and cover by Frances Manapul and John Livesay.

Timber Wolf goes berserk! A Legion Espionage Squad risks death to explore the heavily defended Intruder Planet. Lightning Lad finds comfort in the arms ofŠthe president? Meanwhile, Phantom Girl is catastrophically injured, and she'll never be the same again! All this, and the beginning of the Universal Annihilation War!

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 31.




FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4

Written by Geoff Johns, art by George Perez and Scott Koblish, covers by Perez.

Lightning strikes again in the DC Universe! The Crisis of the 31st Century continues as a great hero falls and another returns to help Superman and the Legion combat the murderous Superboy-Prime! Meanwhile, the Time Trapper makes his move against the three Legion founders, Polar Boy's bizarre mission comes to an end and Superman makes a shocking discovery that will redefine the terms of this war.

40 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 24.




DC COMICS CLASSICS LIBRARY: THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES -- THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FERRO LAD HC

Written by Jim Shooter, art by Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff and George Klein, cover by Swan and Klein.

Collecting Adventure Comics #346, 347, 352, 353 and 357! The Legion battles both the Fatal Five and the Sun Eater -- and only the ultimate sacrifice can save Ferro Lad's friends!

128 pages, $39.99, in stores on Feb. 18.




JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #22

Written by Geoff Johns and Alex Ross, art by Ross and Dale Eaglesham/Nathan Massengill, cover by Ross, variant cover by Eaglesham/Massengill.

Concluding the sequel to Kingdom Come and featuring several pages of painted interiors by Alex Ross! The Justice Society have had their greatest wishes granted, but at what deadly price? As war breaks out among the Justice Society, the cost of Gog's watchful eye comes to light. But removing Gog from Earth will cost more than they could ever imagine. This finale will leave the Justice Society torn apart...and see a new team rise out of the ashes!

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 31.




AMBUSH BUG: YEAR NONE #6

Written by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, art by Giffen and Al Milgrom, cover by Darwyn Cooke.

The last issue takes readers deep into the mind of Ambush Bug. The other 21 pages will be just as exciting.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 24.




JUSTICE VOL. 3 TP

Written by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross, art by Doug Braithwaite and Ross, cover by Ross.

The final volume of the lushly illustrated maxi-series, featuring issues #9-12, is now available in trade paperback! The Super-Villains' plot to exploit the innocent thickens as the heroes discover that it may even affect their comrades! Guest-starring Black Adam, The Marvel Family, Doom Patrol, The Metal Men, The Titans, Supergirl and more!

160 pages, $14.99, in stores on Jan. 7.




JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE LIGHTNING SAGA TP

Written by Brad Meltzer and Geoff Johns, art by Ed Benes, Shane Davis, Dale Eaglesham, Jim Lee, Adam Kubert, George Pérez and others, cover by Alex Ross.

Two super-teams join forces in this volume collecting Justice League of America #0 and #8-12 and Justice Society of America #5-6! The JLA has discovered the presence of several members of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the present!

224 pages, $12.99, in stores on Jan. 21.

The last issue of Ambush Bug: Year None is worth getting for that Cooke cover alone...

KICK HER BUTT, IMRA ):0!!!

whoa....#49 and it leads to Universal Annihiliation War? Jim leaves at #50 or later?

Princess Projectra? is that her screaming at Imra? this is the second cover that we barely did recognize Projectra.

I hope much later... And I find this whole war very yummy...

"Universal Annihiliation" is this another way of saying Crisis as in Final Crisis?

is the threeboot universe really going to be annihilated?

Koko!

Well, I trust Shooter to stick to his original plan that his arc won’t connect to Final Crisis in any way.

Another gorgeous FJM cover. If you really want to imagine things, the “mirror, mirror” imagery could mean the inexplicable behaviors of Projectra and Saturn Girl are linked.

”Timber Wolf goes beserk.”

And it’s not only the girls acting funny now. Are those claw marks on Jeckie’s ribs? If those two were to duke it out, Brin would go down, imo.

"Lightning Lad finds comfort in the arms of … the president?"

Zounds, what the heck took them so long? They should be married with two kids by now. (Or is this just another example of the lunatic behavior going on?)

“Phantom Girl is catastrophically injured, and she'll never be the same again!"

Tinya stuck in phantom form?


Ye gads, that LO3W cover is absolutely ghastly. Johnsboot Brainy looks like he needs some of Thom Kallor's medications.

Speaking of Johnsboot Thom Kallor, I hope he creates a big black hole and gets sucked into it.

Egads, I had no idea that was Projectra. I thought it was Imra facing some "Dark Saturn Girl" entity. That would explain her brain transplant manoeuver when she was snogging with Jo in the pantry.

Why is it always Tinya who again has to be messed around with? She's already died once in one incarnation of her character, then there was the whole Imra impersonation of Tinya and there was also the whole Phase phase. Leave her be!

She's boring. They have to do something with her.

Wow Irma looks great!!! I really like 3Boot Irma.

RE: Phantom Girl -- as long as she doesn't turn into a charred-husk, ghosty, half-Carggian single mother with 3 bodies and a convoluted non-connection to a present-day DCU storyline, I would consider ourselves lucky. And she's not boring, she's classic!

The dude's disquised himself as a woman this time.

The return of Vidar.

Throw in Adventure #350 and #351 and they could have called it "The Complete Life and Death of Ferro Lad."

Stay classy Tinya.

All bleached out like that, Projectra looks like a really pale Tasmia, more than herself. If Timber Wolf indeed flips out, those two are the most likely to end in blows afterwards, as Imra will be the one expected to shut him down, and Jeckie will be the one to react most extremely to that.

Things seem to be moving along, at least. Both on the action plotline and in the character advancement. Hopefully the build-up has some interesting payoff, in both cases. The Waid run (and the Ultimates, and Heroes, and...) left me a bit leery of long-running storylines that end with a limp whimpering non-resolution.

Gosh, Brainy just looks wrong with his hair out of control. Yes, fine, metaphor for his disheveled mental state, but I still hate it. And why does he have cat-man-face? Did he become part Kzinti recently? Was he auditioning for the role of Vincent in Beauty & the Beast? Botox-of-space experiment gone horribly awry?

LO3W #3 (Cosmic Boy cover) has just been postponed to 12/3/08, so the chances #4 (Brainy cover) is gong to ship in the same month are now very, very slim.

That was my first thought.

Shades of Kitty Pryde!

"Universal Annihilation"??? Sounds like a red herring! (Please...) Looks like the main series will tie-in to Lo3W.

Pleased that JSA is finally wrapping up, a bit interested in how the return of a sane 'Johnsboot' Thom would affect Lo3W too.

And is that Dark Saturn Girl? Or a Jeckie/Tasmia hybrid?

She is.
3Boots version is the worst, too.
MOST of the 3boot Legion is boring.
Tinya and Jecka are the worst, though.
Add Ayla, Tasmia, Lu and Imra to that 'worst' list!
Sad.

Actually, didn't that happen to her in the reboot? And only merging with Phase let her become solid again.

I think Tinya will lose her armpits in some horrible accident and become the 3boot Atmos!

tinya will lose the Y in her name and become TINA

Or she could lose the A and become 'Tiny!' A new friend for Atom Girl!

Or she'll lose the T and become 'Inya'- after gaining Jericho-like powers!