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It's the series finale, the first and final battle between the Blue Flame and the Legion, and a shallow dive into the run in general... let's look at Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #16 and Paul Levitz's Legion comeback!

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  Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #16 I remember, way back in the late 70s and early 80s, having numerous conversations with a fellow comic book fan over which body part was the hardest to draw. We finally agreed that hands flummoxed numerous big name comic artists. For example, if you look at his earliest work, John Byrne really struggled with making hands look realistic. Then, in the 90s, when I saw how many artists avoided drawing feet, I started to reconsider my decision. This cover confirms my original theory. Hands are tough. For a quick recap, all you need to know is that the Legion is battling the Legion of Super-Villains on a mysterious planet called Utopia. The LSV's leader, Saturn Queen, working with a new villain I'm calling the Blue Flame but has never been given an actual name in the comics, is focusing their energies on Earth-Man, to try to turn him back towards villainy. "Endings" is written by Paul Levitz with art by Daniel HDR & Marc Deering. W...
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The battle heats up on Utopia, Adventure Comics ends with one of their worst stories, and no one seems to care about anything making sense! We look at Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #15 & Adventure Comics #529

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Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #15 It's the penultimate issue of volume 6 and one of the shortest Legion series on record. Before we stumble to the finish line, let's recap a little bit. The Legion of Super-Villains are trying to destroy planets so this being called "The Blue Flame" can wreak havoc and end all goodness. There have been fights. Some good. Some bad. The Legion is now trying to get to Utopia, one of these good planets, so they can save it from destruction. Harmonia Li, who just showed that she has wind powers (and has been alive for a long time), wants to use Star Boy's suit (which is connected to the multiverse) to get there. "False Victory" is brought to you by writer Paul Levitz and artists Yildiray Cinar and Jonathan Glapion. We begin with a bunch of Legionnaires floating in space. Harmonia has started speaking like an Oan and Star Boy is blinding trusting that she knows what she's doing. Which leads to a simple question - why ar...
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We go to Utopia, Star Boy recovers very quickly, Wildfire loses another suit, and Chemical King is still a jerk. Let's take a look at Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #14 & Adventure Comics #528

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  Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #14 Whenever people ask me why the Legion has struggled with gaining new readers, I think this version of the book might be the perfect encapsulation of the problems. We're on reboot number 4 here and the book doesn't even get to run a year and a half before DC shuts everything down and starts over... kinda... Instead of looking to the future, the Legion, once again, wallows around in its past. There's no breaking new ground. They're just calling back to yesterday. But only a certain yesterday. If it's the wrong yesterday, not the "real" Legion, then it's ignored or treated with contempt. So you're ready to piss off a whole group of Legion fans.  Finally, even when pretending to cater to the middle-aged fans who want their "real" Legion to come back, you've got to come up with numerous plot lines that will piss them off again and again. This is what killed 5YL. And Reboot. And Threeboot. And this on...
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The LSV destroys Colu and Comet Queen becomes a tragic hero. And we get some actual Legion teamwork! Let's take a look at Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #13 & Adventure Comics #527

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Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #13 Welcome back - I hope everyone's had a great week and is ready to continue our deep dive into the Legion versus the Legion of Super-Villains. To recap, the LSV is on Colu and trying to figure out where a planet they want to destroy is located. That's all you need to know... "False Hopes" is brought to you by writer Paul Levitz and artists Yildiray Cinar and Jonathan Glapion. We begin on the 1,000 Mirror Lake on Colu, where Element Lad is facing off against Immortus. We finally get a little background into our villain. He was built on Zuun and has a body of self-regenerating inertron. Jan can't take handle this new threat. As he puts it, Immortus is generating inertron faster than he can stop him. So he generates oxygen and white phosporus and creates a big explosion. That's just like high school chemistry class! Immortus magically disappears and a bleeding Jan tells Invisible Kid (who I guess was hiding this whole time) th...
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The battle starts to heat up between the Legion and the Legion! The Academy students become immoral thugs. XS is back, and no one will be happy about it. Let's look at Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #12 & Adventure Comics #526

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Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #12 Welcome back as we continue looking at the final storyline of volume 6... which is very weird to say, considering this title didn't even last two years before everything in the DC universe was ripped apart and rebooted... kinda... The recap: The Legion of Super-Villains is back, led by Saturn Queen, as she wants to destroy the four planets that symbolize good in the universe. They've already blown up the Rock of Eternity and now they're on Colu, which has gone silent. Dawnstar is flying around, searching for a blue energy force that put her in a coma. Brainiac 5 is both sexist and a horrible teammate... but at least he's trying to save Star Boy. Anything else, we'll get to it as we go. "False Trails" is written by Paul Levitz with Yildiray Cinar and Jonathan Glapion on art. We begin on Rimbor, where Lightning Lord and Atta, LSV members who are tasked with finding new members, are seeing just what Stegus, a...
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