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THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3
On sale JULY 21 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art and cover by YILDIRAY CINAR & WAYNE FAUCHER
1:10 Variant cover by JIM LEE
The xenophobic Earth-Man was once the Legion’s most despised foe, but now he’s forced to join their ranks! But can his Legion teammates – particularly his one-time torture victim Sun Boy – let bygones be bygones so quickly?
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ADVENTURE COMICS #516
On sale JULY 14 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Co-Feature written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by KEVIN SHARPE & WAYNE FAUCHER
Co-Feature art by MAHMUD ASRAR
Cover by SCOTT CLARK & DAVID BEATY
ADVENTURE COMICS returns to its historical numbering with this issue just in time for Paul Levitz to retell the Legion’s origins! Everything begins on a somber note reflecting on the past with “The Last Will and Testament of R.J. Brande”!
Also, this issue begins an all-new co-feature starring The Atom, which continues the story begun in this month’s BRIGHTEST DAY: THE ATOM SPECIAL #1 as Jeff Lemire (SWEET TOOTH) launches Ray Palmer into an exciting new adventure smack-dab in the middle of the DCU.



R.E.B.E.L.S #18
On sale JULY 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by TONY BEDARD
Art by CLAUDE ST. AUBIN & SCOTT HANNA
Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY
“The Sons of Brainiac” story begins here! At long last, series star Vril Dox confronts his father, the Superman villain Brainiac! To make matters worse, Vril must also stop his own son Lyrl from destroying their home planet of Colu!



R.E.B.E.L.S: STRANGE COMPANIONS TP
On sale August 18 • 128 pg, B&W, $14.99 US
Written by tony bedard • Art by andy clarke, claude st. aubin & others • cover by andy clarke
Vril Dox learns that one planet could hold the key to Starro’s further conquest. Meanwhile, the Omega Men, Adam Strange and Captain Comet heed Dox’s call to arms to stop Starro’s intergalactic starfish fleet. Collecting R.E.B.E.L.S #7-9 and R.E.B.E.L.S ANNUAL #1!



SUPERMAN: MON-EL VOL. 2 – MAN OF VALOR HC
On sale September 15 • 224 pg, FC, $24.99 US
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by FERNANDO DAGNINO, BERNARD CHANG, JAVIER PINA & others
Cover by CAFU
With The Man of Steel away on New Krypton, it’s up to Mon-El to face off against Bizarro and General Lane in this new hardcover collecting SUPERMAN #692-697, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #14, SUPERMAN SECRET FILES 2009 #1 and ADVENTURE COMICS #11. Plus, Mon-El debuts his new Superman–inspired costume in this collection guest-starring Superboy, The Legion of Super-Heroes and others. And when Superman returns to Earth, will Mon-El give up his duty as protector of a city he’s grown to love?

Whoa-- ABSORBANCY BOY is *joining* the team??!?!? This is a big deal...! I demand Drura in, STAT!!

CRAP. LSH is going to be $4???

I wonder where Quake Kid is these days?

FANTASTIC art on that LSH cover! :swoon:

Not sure about the new costume for Sun Boy however. Why mess with perfection? I'll reserve judgement til I get a better look though.

Great to see the Legion fighting a big, scary monster too. I was just thinking about how they don't do enough of that these days. In fact, when was the last one? Does Tangleweb count? If not ... the Super Moby Dick of Space?

:Snore: on the Adventure cover though. We get it. Rokk, Imra and Garth founded this team. Move on! (This kinda seems like one of those info issues for new-reader though so I'll let them slide this time.)

Another Jim Lee variant!! Maybe they'll all link up to form one big image of the entire Legion membership!!

Looking at it positively, if the new art team are changing costume designs then we may get rid of some of the Gary Frank abominations. We can but hope.

Incidentally, how do you pronounce Faucher?

Love that LSH cover!

Though I often tire of the Founders, this issue does indeed exist to bring in new fans so I'm glad they'll get a dose of Legion history here! Plus: original numbering! Kewl!

It also is 40 pg,

Which I can live with.

If Adventure is getting its historical numbering, then why not the Legion?

The original Legion title (v2) reached #325 before it became reprints
V3 reached 63
V4 reached 125
V5 reached 50
V6 is now at 3

plus the Legion's on-going title was also:
Legion Lost 12 issues
Legion Worlds 6 issues
Legion 38 issues

I think August's Legion of Super-Heroes should be #623

What does anyone else think?

It would have been cool to at least have it continue Paul's last run with #1 being #64 instead.

Are all the issues of the new Legion series going to be extra sized? I didn't notice it until just now, but all three solicited issues are extra-sized. The first issue is natually bigger (like all #1 issues are) at 48 pages. And then issues #2 and #3 are both 40 pages.

I really liked it when Waid's Legion started off as extra-sized. So yay for more Legion pages each month!

That would be really cool... if the series were just picking up from directly after the Magic Wars.

Updated...fyi.

So, C2E2 had a FANTASTIC Yildiray Legionnaires poster, which of course I completely failed to photo or otherwise document. (I AM a lame-o, I admit it). In my defense, keeping track of a 7-year old at his first con was more on my mind. (He had a GREAT time, btw.) But I DID get a good look at the Sun Boy outfit, and I really liked it. It's really the classic design, with a few extras that make it a bit more...robust I guess you could say. The classic costume always looked very flimsy, pixieish I guess, because of the collar and shoulders. Yildiray's version keeps those elements, but toughens them up a bit. I sure hope we see this poster/image out there soon, because it is fantastic! Yildiray's art is so expressive and dynamic, with amazing foreground to background depth of field and contrast. It pleasantly reminded me of the most dynamic aspects of Grell's and Sherman's art.

Did you notice whether any other Legionnaires get new costumes?

Not in my opinion. I the Frank designs.

And I want to see this C2E2 poster someone mentioned STAT! There has to be a pic of it floating around the web somewhere. Onward Legion soldiers!

I like the Sun Boy redesign rather a lot from that one image actually! I do agree his original costume is a classic, but it did need something to modernise it a bit....I think this does that without really fundamentally changing it.

I am not WILD about Earth-Man joining, though it might make for some good interactions with Cham and Gates...but it seems a bit of a retread of the Andromeda/White Triangle story, and really I don't know if the Legion can afford to *lose* any NEW villains....

(yeah I know he's been around since like forever, but he is functionally new)

isn't happy that Earth Man is joining the Legion!

Hmm... was it specified exactly *how* Double-Header was killed?

It occurs to me that if he was ripped in half or something, the two halves might be able to survive independently. Earth Man would've effectively just sped up his reproductive process!

I predict Earthman's induction will be a temporary arrangement, like when those 4 Khunds joined up a while back. Basically just a device for creating dissension in the ranks and increasing drama.

I like it. What happens when the enemy you created by rejection is included?Does he stop being the enemy? Isn't this what he always really wanted? Great questions to raise.

He'll join (or be forced to join more like it) only to meet a dramatic end a few issues later.
That way Levitz gets to kill a "Legionnaire" early on, thereby getting that goal out of his system and then moving on after that.

I'd hate to see Earth Man get killed off.. he's a good villain. I just hope he doesn't get get redeemed and join the Legion for good.

There are other worthy candidates that would do great on the team..

Cinars Legion covers are very dynamic. The covers to Legion 2 and 3 are great.