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Cover Credits |
Artist: John L. Byrne |
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Comic Title: Legends #2
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1986
On Sale Date:
September 25, 1986 Newsstand Date September 25, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #31
Newsstand Date September 25, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #100
Shipping Date September 2, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #100
Shipping Date September 2, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #31
Shipping Date September 2, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #110
Copyright Date September 2, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Gold
Story |
Title: "Breach of Faith"
Pages: 22
Crossover Event:
Legends
Plotter: John Ostrander
Scripter: Len Wein
Penciller: John L. Byrne
Inker: Karl Kesel
Letterer: Steve Haynie
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko
Reprinted In:
Legends:The Collection TPB (1993)
Legends 30th Anniversary Edition TPB (2016)
Feature Character(s)
- Firestorm (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #55)
- Captain Marvel (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Cosmic Boy (appears in flashback in Cosmic Boy #1 between pages 9 and 20; last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Cosmic Boy #1)
- Superman (last appearance in Cosmic Boy #1; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #570; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Guy Gardner (last appearance in Green Lantern Corps #207; next appearance in Legends #4)
- Blue Beetle (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Blue Beetle #8; next appearance in Blue Beetle #9)
- Teen Titans (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Flash (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Changeling (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Legends #3)
Guest Star(s)
- Rick Flag (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Justice League (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #258)
- Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #258)
- Elongated Man (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #258)
- Vibe (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #258)
- Steel (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #258)
- Gypsy (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #258)
- Vixen (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #258)
Supporting Character(s)
- Martin Stein (behind-the-scenes; merged with Firestorm; last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #55)
- Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #569; next appearance in Batman #403)
Villain(s)
- Darkseid (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #55)
- Glorious Godfrey (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Cosmic Boy #1)
- Brimstone (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #55)
- DeSaad (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Doctor Bedlam (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Warlord Annual #6)
- Macro-Man (as a corpse; last appearance in Legends #1; no further appearances)
- Granny Goodness (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1; next appearance in Action Comics #586)
- Deadshot (last appearance in Legends #1; next appearance in Legends #3)
- A gang of crooks (no further appearances)
- Wheeler (a drug dealer; no further appearances)
- Professor Ivo (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Justice League of America #258)
Guest Appearance(s)
- Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #570; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Phantom Stranger (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Action Comics #585; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Bronze Tiger (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Suicide Squad #38; next appearance in Legends #3)
- Ronald Reagan (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Young All-Stars #4; next appearance in Legends #3)
- George Bush (next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #62)
Other Character(s)
- Gwyneth Tate (a Whiz-TV reporter; next appearance in Cosmic Boy #1)
- Kirkland (a Gotham City police officer; no further appearances)
- An airplane pilot (no further appearances)
- Several angry mobs (no further appearances)
Comments:
This story is continued from Legends #1 and continues in Legends #3.
Synopsis:
Following a battle between Captain Marvel and Macro-Man in which Macro-Man is killed, G. Gordon Godfrey convinces the public that super-heroes are a menace. Doctor Bedlam, who was secretly animating Macro-Man, returns to Apokolips where Darkseid is behind the plan to turn the public against the heroes.
The Justice League, joined by Firestorm and Cosmic Boy, are defeated by Brimstone and buried in rubble. When Cosmic Boy is able to free himself, the JLA is gone, so he goes to Titans Tower to recuperate.
Batman, Robin, Blue Beetle, and Guy Gardner are all caught in the wave of anti-hero sentiment while stopping crimes and making rescues. Robin is even beaten by an angry mob, while Blue Beetle is wounded by police. Finally with Superman at his side in the White House, the President bows to public pressure and issues an executive order calling for super-heroes to cease all activity.
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