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The Great Darkness Saga
From Legion of Super-Heroes vol.2 290-294
(4 regular issues and a last double sized issue)
Written by Paul Levitz. Art by Keith Giffen
DC let this TPB go out of print but if there is any justice in the world it will get an absolute edition
It all begins with the Legion on a regular mission trying to find someone who has caused criminal damage of a museum.
Cosmic Boy takes a team to the Tower of London. It turns out more magical artifacts have gone walkabouts so they think they can use Excalibur as bait for the theif. You may remember Supergirl found it during her Legion tryouts. The legion fail and King Arthur's Sword is stolen.
Meanwhile Lighting Lad is unwell
and there is a legion leader election underway
The field team are sent to the site of another possible robbery, this time on Talok VII. They lose the artifact but capture one of the theives.
It turns out that the theif they captured is Shadow Lass' ancestor Lydea Mallor. (who appeared in L.E.G.I.O.N, daughter of Lyrissa Mallor). Meanwhile Darkseid resurrects Mordru in Avalon. Legion get on with business
On the trail of the servents of the darkess we see Takron Galtos has been destroyed and the prisoners are free. Mon-El and Ultra Boy try and contain the situation. They find another servant
Lightning Lad is still out...
So lets get this straight. They are facing a villain who they have already guessed is in a whole new league and Superboy skips town...okay.
The servants are going after magic doers so what do we think is wrong when they meet nura's sister the White Witch
Stick Figure Invisible Kid always makes me LOL
Part 3 opens with the passing mention that Dream Girl won the leadership contest and so they go to Socerers World. It's the Magic Kingdom! They find more servants...this is getting a bit repetitive now!
Garth wakes up and thows himself into his work, the legion founders do DNA tests on the servants with startling results
The people of sorcerer's world don't believe the legionnaires and they go to the battle dream girl prophecises they will lose.
Brainiac 5 ups his force sheild to hold up the servants but its untested against such force.
The forces of evil vacate the world, Wildfire gets a new suit and Dream Girl is suitably proud of herself
Part 4 opens with Mon-El conveniently comatose and white witch drained of magic. There are a few pages of legionnaire confusion which are useless in the plot.
All legionnaires and reservists are called in to battle. So what was the point of Superboy leaving again?!
meanwhile the legion fight the servants:
Shocker.
Brainy deducts it is the legendary Darkseid who had been considered a myth previously. Finally the legion sends for the Subs and the retired legionnaires.
Darkseid deduces that the white witch is getting more powers from an unknown source.
With Highfather gone Orion turns to dust but he provided enough of distraction
He leaves a prophecy that the purest of them will decend in darkness...which turns up later down the line.
Phew!
Cosmic Boy takes a team to the Tower of London. It turns out more magical artifacts have gone walkabouts so they think they can use Excalibur as bait for the theif. You may remember Supergirl found it during her Legion tryouts. The legion fail and King Arthur's Sword is stolen.
Meanwhile Lighting Lad is unwell
and there is a legion leader election underway
The field team are sent to the site of another possible robbery, this time on Talok VII. They lose the artifact but capture one of the theives.
It turns out that the theif they captured is Shadow Lass' ancestor Lydea Mallor. (who appeared in L.E.G.I.O.N, daughter of Lyrissa Mallor). Meanwhile Darkseid resurrects Mordru in Avalon. Legion get on with business
On the trail of the servents of the darkess we see Takron Galtos has been destroyed and the prisoners are free. Mon-El and Ultra Boy try and contain the situation. They find another servant
Lightning Lad is still out...
So lets get this straight. They are facing a villain who they have already guessed is in a whole new league and Superboy skips town...okay.
The servants are going after magic doers so what do we think is wrong when they meet nura's sister the White Witch
Stick Figure Invisible Kid always makes me LOL
Part 3 opens with the passing mention that Dream Girl won the leadership contest and so they go to Socerers World. It's the Magic Kingdom! They find more servants...this is getting a bit repetitive now!
Garth wakes up and thows himself into his work, the legion founders do DNA tests on the servants with startling results
The people of sorcerer's world don't believe the legionnaires and they go to the battle dream girl prophecises they will lose.
Brainiac 5 ups his force sheild to hold up the servants but its untested against such force.
The forces of evil vacate the world, Wildfire gets a new suit and Dream Girl is suitably proud of herself
Part 4 opens with Mon-El conveniently comatose and white witch drained of magic. There are a few pages of legionnaire confusion which are useless in the plot.
All legionnaires and reservists are called in to battle. So what was the point of Superboy leaving again?!
meanwhile the legion fight the servants:
Shocker.
Brainy deducts it is the legendary Darkseid who had been considered a myth previously. Finally the legion sends for the Subs and the retired legionnaires.
Darkseid deduces that the white witch is getting more powers from an unknown source.
With Highfather gone Orion turns to dust but he provided enough of distraction
He leaves a prophecy that the purest of them will decend in darkness...which turns up later down the line.
Phew!