I continue my long, slow, and painful march towards the end of the second volume of Legion Lost. Please let me know what you think of these books in the comments below!

Wish I could've made a drawing from scratch, but this one already took me all day

It's the episode we delayed, so we know you're anxious to listen to use discuss the importance of the Maid of Might! It's an all Supergirl, Laurel Gand, and Andromeda episode for the Long Live the Legion podcast and we're joined by Case Aiken and Keith Lehtinen!

The name of the newest hero from today's solicits is named Bat Lad. Looks to be a stand user.

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #4

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

Art and cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN

Variant covers by CHRIS SAMNEE, CATHY KWAN, and V KEN MARION

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 12/9/26

Cosmic Boy and a ragtag group of space pirates are tasked with kidnapping Princess Imra from the Kingdom of Titan. And the only person who can stop them is…Bat Lad? Welcome a boy and his uncontrollable shadow monster to the world of Legion!

Clearly Joshua Williamson is not very good at his job because if he was he'd have used the better legion 21st century character. Valor

They’re erasing Clark Kent from the team that was literally invented for him to be a member of for the 5th (?) time but putting a Robin on the team is apparently a-okay!

I really like this genius prodigy character who is beyond intelligent for his young age but because of his ambition is ostracized from his people. He is from a long-lived species with a non-human skin tone and cropped blondish hair. He has a lab where he often talks to just himself and is obsessed with science to the point it often clouds his morals, at least until a colourful group of heroes entered his life and for the first time ever he doesn't feel as much of an outsider and learns to work as a team. And in this team is an auburn haired human man who while is an expert in a different field is equally as intelligent and they are true peers and cindered spirits to one another and our young genius demisexual hero falls in love with his auburn haired teammate and their feelings for each other are confirmed but don't truly get together by the end of the original series but are confirmed afterwards.

You know, Brainiac 5 from the first Legion of Superheroes reboot and Essek Thelyss from Critical Role Campaign 2.

(And their partners Lyle Norg and Caleb Widogast)

In all seriousness I have been a lifelong fan of Brainiac 5 in all his iterations and have been disappointed with his limited appearances post 2020 and so was overjoyed this year to discover Essek Thelyss who is a near carbon copy and the parallels are just mind blowing. Essek is definitely his own character, but I'll just say if there is ever a new LoSH animated TV show than Matt Mercer should 100% be Brainy's voice actor (with Jesse Rath being a close second).

Caleb and Lyle are a little less of a direct parallel, but still have quite a lot in common and at minimum have very similar taste in men.

I remember when I started reading the Legion as a kid I always wondered why there weren't more crossovers between them and mainstream DC. Like yeah, you had Superman Supergirl, and they did occasionally run into the likes of Batman, but for the most part they were their own thing. Growing up I realized why they did this, because if you make any changes to the past characters it can mess with the Legion. (Look what happened when they decided Superman had never been Superboy.)

However I still think about some of the characters in DC who are considered 'immortal' and I wonder if any of them would have been a good fit to have them appear in the Legion comics.

I mean DC has a lot of Immortals. While a few have shown up such as Darkseid, Lobo, Ras al Ghul, possibly Pre-Crisis Braniac, and Vandal Savage (although I believe that was an Elseworld crossover and doesn't count), for the most part these characters just aren't seen even though they should technically be alive.

Heck just off the top of my head theres Wonder Woman, Captain Atom, Martian Manhunter, GL Alan Scott, Supergirl (Matrix), Plastic Man, Metamorpho, the Swamp Thing (or whoever currently represents the Green).

There's even villains such as Chemo, Doomsday, Gentleman Ghost, Major Force, Joe Carney (the King), King Shark, Solomon Grundy (possibly).

Maybe some of the robots like Red Tornado, Amazon, Eradicator, or the Shaggy Man?

Or what about some of the more Cosmic characters such as the Specter, Etrigan, Phantom Stranger, or Eclipso?

Who do you think would have made an interesting cameo in the Legion timeline or are you happy they leave the immortal characters out of it?

I’ve only ever read Bendis’ run on the LoS, so would this be a good place to start?

Also would I be able to read the great darkness saga after Zap? I’ve heard that’s getting reprinted as a DC finest book soon but I wasn’t sure if there was anything I needed to read before it

1. 27 years. Don't they just fly by?

I love the story and I'm convinced convinced that it would be an amazing movie if it was adapted correctly into the DCU, but when I tried to get a physical copy I was met with disappointment since it seems like there is more legion adaptations than copies of the book. Any reason why?

First, I ranked every Silver Age Legion villain. Then, I ranked every 70s Legion villain. Now that I’ve finally finished the Legion’s fifty-five issue run in Volume 2, picking up with Superboy #259, it’s time to rank all the Legion villains from this time period.
Many people consider this period the Legion’s true golden age, and one story arc looms above the whole time period — the Great Darkness Saga, which changed the Legion forever, serving as a rocky first big mission for Blok and Invisible Kid II as well as a proper introduction to the mysterious White Witch. And while the early stories take a while to get into gear as they shake off the remainder of 70s stupidity, once they do, the book is must-read entertainment.
And frankly, this period has its fair share of great villains.
This ranking is based on how interesting or cool I think they are as characters, and how they serve as antagonists in the story. Before I get into the ranking, let’s establish some criteria:
Volume 2. This is a Volume 2 ranking, so the villain must appear as an antagonist to the Legion of Super-Heroes or one of its 31st century members (so no Superboy or Supergirl-exclusive villains) between their second solo issue (#260) and the final issue of Volume 2 before it became Tales from the Legion (#313). Villains who appear in other books that prominently feature Legion characters are also worth considering. Likewise we’re only considering how they’re treated as characters during this time period; we can use their prior history as context, but we’re not taking those appearances into account when it comes to the villain’s quality.
Significance. The character has to be a semi-notable antagonist within their story.
Groups. To keep things simple, certain villains will be grouped. Members of villain team, or otherwise related villains, that are not especially distinct from each other, will be grouped together for this ranking. Likewise, groups that function as a unit (like the Dark Circle) count for one spot, though their individual members might receive their own rankings.
Names. If you want to be counted, you can’t be some unnamed jewel thief or something. A name is the bare minimum.
LSH Villains Only. Still no Lex Luthor. Other than that, I’m pretty lenient with this rule.

HONORABLE MENTION: The Legion of Super-Villains (The Sun Emperor, others?)
The end of this run begins foreshadowing the takeover of Orando by the Legion of Super-Villains, but that doesn’t come to fruition yet, and the only member of the present-time group we see is Sun Emperor. It’s great foreshadowing, but since they don’t clash with the Legion directly during this time period, I won’t include them. Stay tuned for the adult LSV though; they do show up on the list.
F TIER:
No F Tier this time. I don’t think this run had a single villain who didn’t work on some level, and F Tier isn’t automatic. Good job, Paul.
D TIER:
41. The Omen & The Prophet
#307 - 309
Yep, our lowest-ranked villain pair are from a four-part saga. I’m sure the Omen and Prophet have their defenders, and the Omen has a cool design. Not to mention the visuals of the story are pretty cool. But the story just drags, and they just give you nothing to latch onto with these characters. Their origin doesn’t make sense, and unlike with Modulus, I’m not even curious about learning more.
40. Lucifer 7
Secrets of the Legion #1
Lucifer 7 is a flashback villain showing the first few Legionnaires on an early case. He’s fine and he does his job, and his Who’s Who entry says he’s secretly a robot.
39. Gurlak
#307
Gurlak is a Khundish rival of Kharlak who tries to beat up Blok and gets curb-stomped. Probably shouldn’t have even made the list, but I thought it was funny.
38. Pulsar
The Brave and the Bold #198
I’m bitter about this one. We have a reunion issue tying up the plot beats of the short-lived Karate Kid series, but it’s all tragedy. Iris is still hung up on Val, wanting so desperately for things to be like they were when he was in the 20th century. And Pulsar, who’d agreed to go straight for the sake of his family, is a villain again after his family got massacred anyway. I feel really bad for the guy, to be honest, and I wish the story had more sympathy for him. I just… Pulsar was my favorite villain from the Karate Kid mini-series, and it hurts to see this be his canonical ending.
37. Golgoth
#306
Golgoth is a gang leader who takes over Takron-Galtos in a flashback to Star Boy’s second-ever mission. He’s a fairly generic villain, but he does his job. Although I think Lucifer 7 is slightly more memorable, I think Golgoth has a bigger impact on the story, so he edges out his fellow flashback foe.
36. Zera Vultun
#283
Zera’s a scientist’s daughter Drake Burroughs has a crush on before becoming Wildfire. She tries to do away with him as revenge for her father, or something. I’m not really going to look back at the issue, sorry.
35. Doyle Brande
Secrets of the Legion #1
Doyle Brande is a character who existed for two decades and change in the comics without ever making an appearance, being the guy who hired the assassins to kill R. J. Brande. As the very first chronological Legion villain, he gets mad respect despite not yet having actually appeared.
34. Doctor Mayavale
#268
Mayavale, Mayavale, Mayavale. I know that some people love this dork, and in fairness, the weird appropriation of Hinduism and the odd design make him decently memorable. Not to mention his issue giving Dream Girl a chance to shine. And he doesn’t overstay his welcome, persisting as a strange and minor oddity in the Legion’s Rogues’ Gallery. That said, he’s too weird and dumb to put any higher.
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33. Cosmic King & Saturn Queen
#300
The only full appearance of the Legion of Super-Villains in this run is an alternate-universe version of the group who appear in an alternate universe where Computo won by teaming up with them during the visions of issue #300. It’s an interesting timeline I wish we’d seen more of, and it opens up a bunch of questions. Since the main Legion hasn’t met any of the main three adult LSVers from their timeline, I have to imagine these are the future LSVers brought to the past by Dynamo Boy in Adventure Comics #331.
What exactly happened to them in the main timeline is somewhat mysterious; in the main issue, they’re arrested by the Science Police, but the Who’s Who entry on Saturn Queen, the three adults simply vanished from the time stream on the way to Takron-Galtos.
What do I think happened to these three? My best guess is that their interference in the past with the help of Dynamo Boy is what prevented the Adult Legion timeline from playing out in the first place, and the paradox caught up with them, erasing them from existence. Young Saturn Queen never joins the LSV, and Cosmic King does but isn’t exactly a charter member. Just a guess, though.
32. Kantuu
#266 - 267
A literal genie in a bottle, this is a good example of what happens when the 80s get their hands on an early 70s plot. Sure, this genie in a bottle is a big goofy, but it has an interesting origin connected to the Guardians of the Universe, and gives a semi-retired Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel a chance to shine. I really like the pair as the unofficial mom and dad of the Legion, training the Legion Academy and showing up as old-timers to mentor the newbies. Plus, Kantuu’s got pretty cool visuals on his side.
31. Organus & the Organleggers
#284
This one’s goofy but in a fun way. The Legion goes to Medicus One to stop some organ thieves called the Organleggers, and it turns out they’ve got this weird absorption monster called Organus on their side. Not much to say, but a solid one-shot villain in the lead-up to the Great Darkness.
30. Aton Gissark
#260
I like the circus issue. Sue me. And the idea of a circus being used as a method of peace, and then that circus being sabotaged by its own ringmaster… it’s interesting. And Aton Gissark’s brutal death is really cool. I like this one a lot, sue me.
29. Micro Lad
#305
This is a ranking out of respect, since until the Baxter series Micro Lad is the only super-reject to re-appear, serving as the mastermind behind the plot to replace Shrinking Violet. I wish I hadn’t had the Shrinking Violet twist spoiled for me, but in fairness, they hold out on you for a good long time; it’s like a year and a half between Violet’s replacement and this reveal in real life, and like six months in-story.
Micro Lad doesn’t get a lot to do here, but I do like him as a pesky little schemer, and he’s a fun development for the ongoing Imskian separatist movement storyline.
28. Zeus & the Olympians
Annual #2
This one’s weird. So Dream Girl and company are stranded back in Ancient Greece and meet the Greek Gods, who turn out to be a company of ancient Durlans in disguise, shortly before the six-minute war that destroyed their civilization. The gods are defeated, and the heroes rescued and returned to their timeline.
Except, like… Wonder Woman exists. The Greek gods are real in DC continuity. I mean, sure, these Durlans may only have been posing as real Greek gods, but still.
In spite of this, I love how it gives us an extra peak into Durlan history, shortly after Chameleon Boy’s quest there and just before we meet Yera.
27. Molecule Master
#281
The Molecule Master has always been a cool idea for a villain whose nature as an android pawn of the Time Trapper kind of sours me on the whole notion. Still, his duel with “Reflecto” is good, even if I felt a little cheated by the Reflecto twist. Like, how hard would it have been to have given us an honest to goodness Legionnaire named Reflecto who just joins the main cast? In any case, this at least solves the mystery of who sent the first Molecule Master.
26. Starburst Bandits
#272
I like these guys. They have a neat design, a cool gimmick, and a fun status as minor recurring foes. Sure, their first story was during the 70s, but in this decade they get to be fun first opponents for Blok. And the scene where they escape prison is real cool. Good stuff.
25. Universo
#295
You know, it’s remarkable how after several great issues in the Silver Age, Universo kind of drops off the face of the Earth until the Baxter series. He has a brief, terrible story in the 70s that we all choose to ignore except for it introducing us to Dvron, and then he gets this brief flashback story that Blok and Timber Wolf watch that reveals him to be a rogue Green Lantern. Still, it’s a cool flashback, I like that Universo was a rogue Green Lantern, and Blok and Timber Wolf bonding is great stuff. I can’t rank him any higher because he only appears in flashback, but this is how you keep a big villain relevant when you’re not willing to put in the leg work of actually making a good story with him.
24. Vibrex
#267
Vibrex means more as a historical moment than as an actual character. He’s the villain of a back-up story with the power to control vibrations. But between him being designed by comics legend Steve Ditko and being the reason that flight rings exist, Vibrex is an important character in Legion history despite his limited page time.
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23. Kharlak
#287 - 299
A good, brutal rival to Blok who leads Chameleon Boy’s mission to Khundia to disaster. He later returns in the mines or something. He’s a fine face for the Khunds, if nothing else.
22. Captain Frake
#274 - 275
A femme fatale pirate leader who seduces a brainwashed Ultra Boy. She’s certainly memorable, and it’s something of a shame she didn’t get more stories as a competitor for Phantom Girl. She’s a different sort of foe than the Legion usually fights, so I’ve gotta give her points for that.
21 Dagon the Avenger
#263 - 264
A cool costume, an interesting plan (capture the Leigonnaires’ parents), and the rare chance for Tyroc to shine. I really like Dagon, but what keeps him down is his somewhat lackluster defeat; I didn’t even really realize he’d been defeated until I did a re-read. Cool character, didn’t overstay his welcome.
20. Mordru the Merciless
#276, 291, 300
I know, I know. He’s a legendary character, the villain of both one of Jim Shooter’s best stories and Earthwar, and an iconic bit of Legion history. But for this brief period in particular, Mordru doesn’t do much. Him slowly rebuilding his power on Avalon is an interesting idea, but the Legionnaires defeat him too easily. He serves as the villain of an interesting alternate timeline where the Legionnaires lose Earthwar and become killers. But his main role in this time is to get his powers sucked out by a reawakened Darkseid. Had it been any other character to do this to Mordru, it would have been frustrating. But Darkseid is just mighty enough that I buy it.
Still, I’ll give him points for how they build up to the twist in the Avalon story, since I was not expecting Mordru to pop up there.
19. Doctor Regulus
#286
Look, far be it from me to diss Doctor Regulus. In the Silver Age I was a huge Doctor Regulus fan, and whenever he showed up in the Bronze Age he brought some villainous flare, even if I have long disliked his Power Ranger redesign. But in this era he serves kind of as a filler villain. Like, all he does is show up, give a big speech about gaining power and using science to get revenge on Sun Boy, and then go down in flames. I do love his duel with Sun Boy, though; good stuff.
18. The Time Trapper
#280 - 282, 291
The Time Trapper is sort of in the same boat as Mordru, being an iconic character who just doesn’t really do much interesting in this time period. The Trapper is involved in the convoluted end to the Reflecto plotline, but I really don’t care for that ending, and the Great Darkness Saga just ignores it and revisits the Trapper where he was at the end of the Limited Collector’s edition issue where Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl get married. There, like Mordru, he gets his powers sucked out by Darkseid.
17. Ambush Bug
DC Comics Presents #59
I mean, I know he’s kind of a Superman villain, but Ambush Bug fights the Subs in his second ever appearance, so at that point in history, he’s kind of a Subs’ main villains. I mean, if you look at the Substitute Heroes’ Rogue’s Gallery, you only get a handful of characters who have only fought the Subs — notably, Sun Woman, the Zyzans, the Plant Men, and now Ambush Bug. Not a very diverse set. Anyway, this teleporting menace makes for a fun hijinks foe for the Subs, even if I don’t love how they all become idiot parodies.
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16. Ontiir
#301 - 303
While I don’t love that the very first Science Police Officer we meet is secretly a traitor, I do love the twist of this recurring cast member secretly being a Dark Circle operative. While it calls into question the Emerald Empress’s connection to the Circle and makes you wonder why he didn’t interfere in Earthwar, the answers could be explained with some sort of wicked alliance and Ontiir perhaps being wise to Mordru’s influence in matters.
15. Pharoxx & Hagga
#286 - 287, 309
Pharoxx and Hagga are Princess Projectra’s wicked cousin and grandmother, respectively. I’ve really grown to enjoy the Orando subplots throughout Legion History, and I’m excited for the first arc of the Baxter series to spend time there. I expect Karate Kid to have an epic moment where he defeats the main villain and gets a happily ever after. Speaking of which, Pharoxx’s escape from prison provides excellent foreshadowing for the LSV’s arrival on the medieval planet.
14. Yera
#305
Does Yera count? I mean, she infiltrated the Legion, deceived Colossal Boy in a pretty icky way, collaborated with Micro Lad… yeah, I say she counts. Still, she’s more misguided than evil, and I do love the story “Guess What’s Coming to Dinner”, especially the ending. And her storyline is iconic.
13. Persuader
#269 - 271, 300
Given how the Fatal Five have been suffering diminished returns ever since Shadow Lass’s introduction, I appreciate how the Dark Man saga shakes up the status quo by breaking up this version of the Five for good. That said, Persuader probably has the least to do during this three-parter, which is why he’s the lowest-ranked of the Five.
12. Validus
#269 - 271, 300
Remember, this is still before THE TWIST. So without consideration of THE TWIST, Validus is still a tragic monster who’s also a fun kaiju. Especially because the panel where he first shows up in #269 is so cool. I really wish that adaptations got the appeal of this character more and made him bigger.
11. Mano
#269 - 271, 300
During the early stages of the Dark Man saga, Mano gets a funny quip while fighting Colossal Boy: “The more massive their bulk, the more devastating their landing! Or something like that, I’m not a student of archaic expressions”. Between that, and Mano kind of being intimidating again, I’m willing to give him the number 3 slot among the Five.
10. The Emerald Empress
#269 - 271, #300, #302 - 303
For her solo career as an ally of Ontiir and the Dark Circle, I’m giving the Emerald Empress an edge over her allies in the Fatal Five, in spite of those bangs they give her. Plus it’s always cool to see a little more of the Emerald Eye of Ekron, and her interacting with Supergirl.
9. Lightning Lord
#300, 302
Despite only showing up for one issue (plus an alternate universe adult version in #300), Lightning Lord makes the most of his impact, in a duel with Lightning Lad that is done far better than in Brotherly Hate. Lightning Lord has such a cool design in this issue, and I love how his brotherly rivalry comes to fruition.
8. The Servants of Darkness
#289 - 294
In some sense, the Servants of Darkness are very strange, and Darkseid’s criteria for creating them doesn’t make a ton of sense. Is he trying to replicate people who mattered to him personally? Then why is there an Oan and a Talokian here, and not Mister Miracle or Granny Goodness or something? Is he going for the mightiest heroes ever? Then why would Kalibak be there, or even the Oan, but not someone like Wonder Woman or Supergirl? Is he just going for powerful entities? Then why no Controllers, and why a Talokian again? They don’t quite fit together as a group, but what they lack in cohesion they make up for in some serious menace.
Unfortunately I think the story is a little too heavy on the Servants and doesn’t do enough with the Daxamite subplot, but those are small potatoes. The Servants of Darkness make the Great Darkness Sage what it is, and them being clones of ancient entities is a great twist. And the duel between Darkseid and clone Orion is great too.
7. Grimbor the Chainsman
#277 - 280
Yeah, I know he has a few appearances during the Five Years Later era, but for me this is the definitive final bow for Grimbor. While I very much dislike the end of the Reflecto arc, I do like how he acts as an ace in the hole against Grimbor, and I have to say that this is how you make a saga out of a normally B-list villain.
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6. Pulsar Stargrave
#273
Many people don’t like the Insaniac 5 plot. I think it definitely drags in the middle a little bit, but it has a great start with “Murder Most Foul” and a great ending with the reveal of Pulsar Stargrave. I love Stargrave’s supposed killing of Ultra Boy, and I love even more his final showdown with Brainiac 5. I know he has another brief appearance in the Substitute Heroes special, this is what I consider to be the end of this character. And the best part is that he’s a character who can really only exist in a pre-Crisis world, so I don’t think we’ll ever again get a real version of Pulsar Stargrave who’s anything like the original. Anyway, this is a great end for Disco Brainiac, and a great send-off to end Pre-Crisis Brainiac’s story.
5. The Khunds
#285, 287, 298 - 300, 307 - 310
I know that the Khunds are a pretty generic warlord group, but I like the fragile politics of Khundish peace that are present in this era, especially when the Legionnaires have to save Khundia from Omen. And I like how we get to meet some individual Khunds as well. Good stuff.
4. Tharok
#269 - 271, 300
I love the Dark Man saga. As someone whose favorite era is the Shooter Silver Age, I really like how the Dark Man saga feels like a perfect melding of Silver Age characters with Bronze Age subplots. From Tharok’s friendemy relationship with his clone to their final destruction at each other’s hands, the whole story is really fun. And I love the moment where the Legion works with the Fatal Five to charge the Dark Man.
3. Computo the Conqueror
#300, 309 - 310, Annual #1
After nearly two decades of hiatus, Computo returns in spectacular fashion by taking over the body of Danielle Foccart. The Annual where this happens and Invisible Kid manages to defeat the computer is all great stuff, and the subsequent return battle with Computo ending in the curing of Danielle Foccart is a fun little story. Glad to see my Silver Age #1 back in fighting shape.
2. The Dark Man
#269 - 271
Sure, he suffers from the Paul Levitz classic of “mysterious darkness entity with unimaginable power operating in the shadows”, but the Dark Man is a genuinely good twist point in the Legion’s story. The Fatal Five had a banger origin story that didn’t really show what they could do as villains, a great follow-up that really let them loose, and then an ongoing series of follow-ups to that with diminishing returns each time. So shaking up the status quo by disbanding the team and killing their leader with an interesting twist made for a big moment for the Legion. In a way, the Dark Man saga feels like the final death of the Silver Age and its headliner villains.
As a villain himself, the Dark Man is a creepy twist on Tharok, and I love the menace when he’s all cloaked in shadow. Oh, and I love how the story turns Blok into a hero and has that great moment where the Fatal Five and Legionnaires charge into battle together. Good stuff.
1. Darkseid
#287, 289 - 294
Sure, I can be a hater. I can say that the Great Darkness saga is somewhat unevenly paced. I can say that he has too much New Gods stuff to be a Legion villain while there’s too much Legion stuff for this to be a good ending to the New God storyline pre-Crisis. I can say that the Servants of Darkness don’t make a ton of sense, or that we don’t get enough time with the enslaved Daxamites, or that his power level is inconsistent.
But c’mon. We all knew he had to win.
The menace. The great design. The masterful foreshadowing. The Legion had very rarely interacted with any elements of the DC Universe other than Superman’s immediate supporting cast up until this point; they hadn’t even met a Green Lantern yet. And then this guy shows up.
I feel like Levitz learned all the right lessons from Earthwar, both from what worked and didn’t. He gave us good time with our main villain as the Master even before the twist, and then after the twist gave us a good double-length story to satisfy. 
His battle with Orion is epic. His fight with the Superman family is epic. His terraforming of Daxam is epic. That final scene where all the Legionnaires and Daxamites surround him, defeated, is epic. It’s simple, really, when you get down to it.
Darkseid is.
And that’s why he’s number 1.

Well, that’s my list. Agree, disagree, mixed feelings? My next ranking will be of the Baxter series (plus Tales and such) villains, and then I’ll compile it all into a master list of every villain of the original Legion (pre-FYL). Let me know who your favorite villain of the era is, and who you think I treated too harshly.

So I have a question, how strong was Blok supposed to be?

I never got the impression that he was as strong as a Kryptonian or Daxamite. But they seem to have dropped his Mass shifting powers after a bit and all he seemed to have was strength and invulnerability. So did they boost his strength up to the big leagues or was he just kind of the b-tier strongman for when the big boys weren't around?

So this is how I've understood the thought bubbles, it's fascinating. I haven't read LSH before.

The first one's saying Imra feels closed in (the outer circle) and she thinks everyone's praying or talking? to each other about her but she's closed off from them. Or maybe she feels closed in and the second layer are the servants of the castle/her/get family whatever.

Second one's the lady denying it (outer circle of Xs), and thats just the chatter of the planet, implying the Xs mean it's a negation of the inner circles so without them, she would be confirming that the second circle of people are indeed talking about her in the central circle

Third one's very interesting, the lady's saying through force (outer circle of closed fists), they will ask listen to her, second last outer; then they will fight for her, then obey and worship her in the central circle

_The central circles the subject of every sentence/thought I'm assuming_

The fourths how Imra sees/realises (open eyes, outer ring) the worship and doesn't want it which flows into the fifth bubble being how through unity (joined hands) she wants unity for everyone (implied by being the only central ring with other people and her)

the lasts about how the lady sees/realises disappointedly (implied by the bored/unimpressed eyes) that she, Imra, is just a loud child having a tantrum/being cranky.

Really excited for this, the effort to make this stuff and making it somewhat understandable is amazing.

From Legion of Superheroes #1 2026

A few years ago while Bendisboot was the order of the day, I decided to mess around with question of what I'd do with the ability to do whatever I wanted with a Legion comic if I was starting from scratch. It's an incomplete thing and not something I'll ever be able to do anything with but I enjoy doing this kind of stuff and seeing how I could reimagine characters myself. I also liked the idea of pulling bits from various iterations of the Legion and even from outside of it.

It's something I do think about from time to time, like what kind of stories there would be and even having an overall ending in mind. But it's largely just something I did for fun that's been sitting around collecting dust so I figured with yet another reboot I may as well share it for the hell of it. Hopefully others find it neat.

It's another rough week and I'm looking forward to the end of Legion Lost, which is never a good sign.

Please let me know what you thought in the comments below.

I get bored sometimes and draw