Nov. '86 - Legion of Super-Heroes # 28

I am a big Legion fan; have been for a long time. 'The Great Darkness Saga' was the first storyline I read that I thought was truly an epic. I like the Paul Levitz run on the title and enjoyed the '5 Year Later' title done by Keith Giffen. It's a shame that the Legion has had to go through so many reboots in the last few years. I'm not sure they've ever gained anything by doing the reboots. I don't think it got DC any more readers to the title. It probably cost them some of the long-time readers who found it tougher and tougher to like the title. I am enjoying the current run by Mark Waid although I wonder where he's going with Supergirl showing up.

One of the great things about the Legion during the 80's was the letter column. Since the fans were so dedicated, the letters column was intelligent and Paul Levitzs always answered the letters with honesty. This issue he admitted creating new villains wasn't his strong suit. It was refreshing to see that kind of response - sort of behind the scenes info.

This issue was a trip to Star Boy's home world. We find out that his world has a planetary champion - one hero who is given anything he wants to serve his world. It was interesting because the reader was used to Earth which had over 30 heroes on it with the Legion; rarely did we see what other planets did to keep heroes at home.

So Atmos, the current champion, had disappeared. The Legion was called in to try and find out what happened to him. Unable to locate him, Star Boy was drafted to replace Atmos and become his planet's new champion. Adding to the situation was his relationship with Dream Girl which was having its difficulties. These difficulties were added to when he decided to stay on his planet.