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Slack Issues #1: Classic Comic Book Review – The Great Darkness Saga! Welcome to a very special holiday edition of THN where we’re celebrating Thanksgiving the only way we know how: by giving away the first episode of our new Patreon exclusive, classic comic book review show: Slack Issues! In this first Slack Issues episode, we’re discussing the most important Legion of Super-Heroes story of all time: THE GREAT DARKNESS SAGA! Better brush up on your Interlac nerds because you’re about to learn more about the Legion then you may have ever cared to know…
Required Reading (comics we mentioned in this episode):
- DC Comics Presents #59, 1983
- The Brave and the Bold Vol 1 35, 1st Wand of Mentachem
- Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #3, RJ Brande revealed as Chameleon Boy’s dad
- Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 2 287, Chameleon Boy F’s up
- Adventure Comics Vol 1 327, Timber Wolf thinks he’s an android (he’s not)
- Superboy #216, Origin of Tyroc
- Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 2 Annual #3, Saturn Girl gives birth
- Adventure Comics Vol 1 365, Fatal Five attack Talok VIII
- L.E.G.I.O.N. vol 1
- Superboy vol 1 #89, Meet Mon-El, then he gets lead poisoning
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #7, Death of Supergirl
- Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 4 66, 1st appearance of Andromeda
Soundtrack for this episode:
- Godzilla March BreakBeat by DJ RX-78, Soundcloud.com
- Remember by Mike Spawn (featuring Matt)
- Fear and Magic by Gnoll
All music in this episode is 100% free-use, royalty-free, or used with the express permission of the artist, and all of those other fun words that mean we didn’t infringe on any copyrights!
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Excelsior!
