Superboy's Legion

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Superboy's Legion #1-2
Elseworlds » Other
SuperboysLegion1.jpg
Cover to Superboy's Legion #1
Art by Davis, Farmer & the Hories
Issues Superboy's Legion #1-2
Publication dates #1: 21 February, 2001
#2: 28 March 2001
Creators
Writer(s) Mark Farmer
Penciller(s) Alan Davis
Inker(s) Mark Farmer
Letterer(s) Pat Prentice
Colourist(s) Richard and Tanya Horie
Editor(s) Mike McAvennie
Cover artist(s) Alan Davis (pencils)
Mark Farmer (inks)
Richard and Tanya Horie (colours)
John Roshell (logo design)

Superboy's Legion is a two-issue "Prestige Format" Elseworlds miniseries in which Superboy is R.J. Brande's son and one of the original three founders of the Legion, with Cosmic Boy and Saturn Girl.

Superboy's Legion #1

Superboy's Legion #2

Notes

  • With a few exceptions, the designs for this series are heavily based on the early Adventure Comics Legion designs, including the costumes for the Legionnaires themselves.
  • The designs would later be reused for the young Legion/Fatal Five cameo in Justice League: Another Nail #3, also drawn by Davis (although the adult Ultra Boy therein is based on the post-Zero Hour Ultra Boy design).

Publication

Solicitations

Standard solicits

SUPERBOY'S LEGION #1

Written by Mark Farmer; Art and cover by Alan Davis and Farmer

The Last Son of Krypton arrives on Earth in the 30th century and is found by billionaire R.J. Brande. As "Kal" grows up with dreams about super-heroes of a millennium ago, he decides to find other super-powered teens like himself and form a Legion of Super-Heroes! For more information, see the feature article. Prestige Format.

Full Color, 48 pages. | (1 OF 2) | $5.95 | ELSEWORLDS. | In stores February 21.

SUPERBOY'S LEGION #2

Written by Mark Farmer; Art and cover by Alan Davis and Farmer

When the Legion suffers defeat at the hands of the Fatal Five, a devastated Superboy may well give up on the dream that inspired him to form his own Legion of Super-Heroes. Even worse, the villains' abduction of Brainiac 5 leads to their invasion of the planet Colu, whose super-intelligent beings can provide untold power to the Fatal Five's leader, a man who's already been secretly influencing the 30th-century universe for over a thousand years! Prestige Format.

Full Color, 48 pages. | (2 OF 2) | $5.95 | ELSEWORLDS. | In stores March 28.

Expanded solicit/Feature article

SUPERBOY'S LEGION

A rocketship blasts away from an exploding planet just in time. Inside the ship, the last survivor of an entire civilization sleeps. His destination: 20th-century Earth. Only the Kryptonian ship veers off-course, enduring a thousand-year journey into the 30th century, where it ends up being discovered by billionaire industrialist R.J. Brande.

The story of the Last Son of Krypton takes a different, yet somehow familiar twist in SUPERBOY'S LEGION, a 2-issue Elseworlds miniseries in the Prestige Format from the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE NAIL creative team of writer/inker Mark Farmer and penciller Alan Davis (The Avengers). Brande's now adopted son, "Kal," grows up an impetuous teenager with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Alone and without purpose, Kal is regarded by many as a childish boy who dreams about the super-heroes who protected Earth a millennium ago. But certain events prompt young Kal to turn those dreams into reality, as he decides to find other unique teens like himself and form a Legion of Super-Heroes! Unfortunately, their first mission may turn into a nightmare for the young group of heroes, as unseen forces enter the equation and look to strengthen their grip on a universe they already control!

SUPERBOY'S LEGION is supported with house and trade ads.

SUPERBOY'S LEGION is a 2-issue Elseworlds miniseries in the Prestige Format, edited by Mike McAvennie. The 48-page issue #1 arrives in comic-book stores February 21 with a cover price of $5.95 U.S.

NB: The above has been edited to remove Legion Lost v1 #12-related material. See that page for the relevant section

Images

Cover artwork

Reprints

DC Comics Presents: Superboy's Legion #1
Elseworlds » Other
Reprint
DCCP-SuperboysLegion.jpg
Cover to DCCP: Superboy's Legion #1
Art by Davis, Farmer & the Hories
Issues Superboy's Legion #1-2
Publication date October 19, 2011
Cover date December 2011

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"Superboy's Legion" has been reprinted once, in the DC Comics Presents series of 100-page reprints, as DC Comics Presents: Superboy's Legion #1.

Reprint solicitations

DC COMICS PRESENTS: SUPERBOY'S LEGION #1

Written by MARK FARMER; Art and cover by ALAN DAVIS and MARK FARMER

A rocketship blasts away from an exploding planet and into the 30th century, where its passenger grows up to become Superboy, founder of The Legion of Super-Heroes! Reprinting the two-issue miniseries!

DC Universe • 96pg • Color • $7.99 US • On Sale October 19, 2011

Reprint cover artwork

See also