Legion Clubhouse #121: Prelude to the Beginning of the Coming of The Great Darkness

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Stephen Schleicher

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🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Who is the grey-skinned beauty that has awakened after a 1,000 years of sleep? Plus, we finally say goodbye to Princess Projectra. Or do we?

In the city of Metropolis, in the 30th Century, there exists one of the most amazing clubs of all time! Its members are teen-aged youths, each possessing on special super-powers! The club members have vowed to use their fantastic power to battle crime... This rocket-shaped building is the Legion Clubhouse!

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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #287
"Save The Suicide Squad"
May 1982
w: Paul Levitz
a: Keith Giffen

The Espionage Squad encounters... The Khund!

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"Prologue To Darkness"
May 1982
w: Paul Levitz
a: Pat Broderick

Is Shadow Lass the next Legionnaire to fall?

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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #288
"The Legionnaire's Made For Burning!"
June 1982
w: Paul Levitz
a: Keith Giffen

A mission of mercy to extract captured Legionnaires!

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0:00.0	They were the heroes from the future. Teenagers protecting the universe from those that
0:08.2	would sow the seeds of chaos. Each had unique powers and abilities. And though they often
0:14.9	had their differences, they came together to save the day as the Legion of superheroes.
0:21.4	Now you can be a part of their adventures and learn the history of the future in the
0:26.8	Legion Clubhouse. This week on the Legion Clubhouse we're getting rid of two Legion
0:32.8	hairs. It's gonna be great. Legion of superheroes number 287, save the suicide squad.
0:41.0	Publish May 1982, written by Paul Levis with art by Keith Giffin, Synopsis. The espionage
0:48.4	squad encounters the CUNED.
0:51.4	Is this the first time a suicide squad has been around before this, right? The name
0:58.4	the suicide squad? Yeah, yeah. DC actually had a suicide squad book back in showcase
1:05.6	in the 60s, I want to say.
1:07.1	I couldn't remember when they showed up or not. I know a lot more attention has been
1:10.7	placed on the suicide squad since, you know, the last couple of movies, one of them,
1:15.0	an Academy-a-nominated movie. And actually a winner if I'm not mistaken. So yeah, the
1:22.0	Academy Award-winning suicide squad.
1:24.2	Yeah, for music.
1:25.2	I think that was first for music.
1:26.2	He was from Make Up and First for Sh.
1:29.9	The first version of DC's suicide squad was September of 59 in Brave in the Bold. And
1:35.3	then the one that the movie is based on debuted in 87 after the crisis on Infidilist
1:41.4	as part of the Legends crossover. Yeah, so this is a little bit ahead of that in 82.
1:49.1	Save the suicide squad. We have to cross out the espionage squad because obviously they
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