It’s time for a Final Night crossover, and this one brings back a short-lived Silver Age Legion character. Here’s our first look at the reboot version of Ferro Lad: Ferro!
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Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 17 – 1001 Years Later
Derek has been busy reading Infinite Crisis in preparation for this episode. Brent links in “52”. As Alexander Luthor’s multiversal petridish explodes it thrusts young Kara Zor-el 1001 years into the future.
With a time jump and a new title, Supergirl and the Legion of Super-heroes burst onto the Metropolis scene. Only problem is while they remember her from history, she thinks it is all a dream.
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Episode 819 – Event Theatre: Final Night #1
The sun is going to be eaten by the improbably named Sun Eater. The heroes get together to stop it!
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Tomorrow’s Heroes Today Episode 16 – In Ancient Times
Special guest Mo Walker joins Derek and Brent as they and some Legion teens explore the notion of Crisis.
A mysterious stranger lurks among the teens and has a very strong resemblance to a few past LSH characters. The teens recount a story of the silver age LSH meeting Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan and Alan Scott and the Flashes, Jay Garrick and Barry Allen.
In a second story the Secret Society of Super Villains meet Karate Kid and the LSH. Finally the Crisis on Infinite Earths hits and Sensor Girls and Quislet among others interfere with the Anti Monitor’s cosmic cannon. None of this happened you say? Hmm … perhaps not.
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Episode 818 – Prelude to Final Night
The Subs take a look at some of the lead-in stories to Final Night. Showcase 96 #10, Preview to Final Night, and Sergio Aragones Destroys DC.
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Tomorrow’s Heroes Today Episode 15 – So Far So Good
The kids grow up a bit as the UP invite them into a partnership. Atom Girl settles the score with Invisible Kid and invites him for a drink! Lightning Lad assumes the leadership of the Legion. Brainy, Cos and Sun Boy are all off the table. Reflecto makes an appearance, but perhaps not a Reflecto we have seen before. Amanda Conner continues to draw the letter column with lots of chuckles provided by her and Mark Waid.
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Episode 817 – Legion of Super Heroes #85: Metropolis Now!
Legionnaires get stuck in the past and meet Superman!
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Episode 816 – Shazam! Annual 1: True Believers
So the Earth is Dead, and there’s this new Captain Marvel who will eventually become a Legionnaire.
How? Let’s all take the first step together!
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Tomorrow’s Heroes Today Episode 14 – We Won the War!
Cosmic Boy, Brainiac 5 and … Sun Boy defeat the elusive Praetor Lemnos and his hoards of agents of Terra Firma. Parallels are drawn between these Otherspace grandchildren of criminals and Derek and Brent’s own convict history in Terra Australis. As the issue closes Brainiac 5, like Mr Freeze before him, visits his love in a cryotube as he continues to search for a way to save Dream Girl. We also discuss a series of flashbacks appearing in a backup story where Nura gets serious foreboding of her own demise. The comical Legion Outpost letter column returns and is drawn by guest artist, Amanda Conner!
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Episode 815 – Legion of Super Heroes Annual #7 – The Last Legionnaire
It’s time for a Legends of the Dead Earth Annual. This one features Wildfire leading a Legion in the 75th century. The issue leads to a discussion of themed Annuals, how well they work and what they ultimately mean. We also get one of the more controversial Stump the Subs questions in a while (I think they’re still talking about it in our group thread while I post this).
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