Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: April 22, 2009 Direct Market Date April 22, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Direct Market Date April 22, 2009
Source: Previews, #244

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 496
Editor: Sean Mackiewicz

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The War of the Legions"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (of Earth-1)

Writer: James Shooter
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #355 (1967)

Feature Character(s)

• Adult Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #168)
• Cosmic Man (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #168)
• Saturn Woman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #168)
• Lightning Man (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; no further appearances)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #168)
• Superman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in Superman #195)
• Element Man (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #168)
• Polar Man (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; no further appearances)
• Lex Luthor (30th century descendant of Superman's foe; joins the Legion; no further appearances)
• Mr. Mxyzptlk (30th century descendant of Superman's foe; joins the Legion; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Legion of Super-Villains (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in Action Comics #583)
• Cosmic King (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in Action Comics #583)
• Lightning Lord (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in Action Comics #583)
• Saturn Queen (last appearance in Adventure Comics #354; next appearance in Action Comics #583)
• Beauty Blaze and Echo (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Ferro Man (on a viewscreen)

Comments:
This story is continued from Adventure Comics #354.

Because the Adult Legion comes from a different time-line, so do all the other characters in this story.

Synopsis:
The Legion of Super-Villains, which now includes two new members, Echo and Beauty Blaze, plots to defeat the Super-Heroes by capturing a Legionnaire. When Superman decides to depart for his own time, Brainiac 5 accompanies him to the time-travel lanes, and is captured by the villains moments after the Man of Steel vanishes.

Hours later, the villains announce to the worried Legionnaires that they have abducted Brainiac 5. Envelopes materialize containing different destinations, at which his location will be revealed. Each hero travels to his appointed spot and defeats the Super-Villain waiting for him: Cosmic Man meets Echo at Echo Canyon, Saturn Woman encounters Saturn Queen at the Universe Fair in Metropolis, Lightning Man find his brother, Lightning Lord, in the Metropolis Power Company's power plant, Polar Man battles Beauty Blaze on the island of Java, and Element Man fights Cosmic King in a chemical laboratory.

The Legionnaires learn that Brainiac 5 is being held in the villains' undersea base, and meet there to free their comrade, only to find that the real villains are waiting for them, the heroes having actually battled life-like images.

The Legionnaires are soon overcome, but are saved when two armor-clad figures arrive to rescue them. These prove to be the 30th century descendants of Lex Luthor and Mr. Mxyzptlk, and the grateful heroes accept them as new members.