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| Publisher |
DC |
| Published | June 1983 |
The Future Is Forever!, script by Keith Giffen (plot) and Paul Levitz (plot, script), pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Larry Mahlstedt. As most of the Legion gathers for a celebration ceremony, Mon-El and Shadow Lass fend off a Khund attack on the Science Asteroid while Brainiac 5 and Rond Vidar, at the Time Institute, are trying to help a patient tortured by visions of several alternate futures. The Future Is Forever: First Vision, script by Keith Giffen (plot) and Paul Levitz (plot, script), art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Superboy's Legionnaire friends arrive just in time to foil Lex Luthor's latest plot; Later, Superboy surprises them by resigning, saying that he needs to protect Earth in his own time to honor an oath made to his dying father. The Future Is Forever: Second Vision, script by Keith Giffen (plot) and Paul Levitz (plot, script), pencils by Howard Bender, inks by Frank Giacoia; Computo teams up with the Legion of Super-Villains to kill seven Legionnaires. The Legion of Substitute Heroes joins the Legion to replace the fallen members. The Future Is Forever: Third Vision--Adult Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Keith Giffen (plot) and Paul Levitz (plot, script), pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Dan Adkins. The Future Is Forever: Fourth Vision, script by Keith Giffen (plot) and Paul Levitz (plot, script), art by Dave Cockrum. The Future Is Forever: Fifth Vision, script by Keith Giffen (plot) and Paul Levitz (plot, script), art by James Sherman. The Future Is Forever: Sixth Vision, script by Keith Giffen (plot) and Paul Levitz (plot, script), pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dick Giordano. Cover by Carmine Infantino & Bob Oksner (Supergirl), Paris Cullins (Invisible Kid), George Perez (Colossal Boy), Joe Kubert (Dawnstar), Kurt Schaffenberger (Superboy), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Sun Boy), Don Heck (White Witch), Jim Aparo (Karate Kid), Jan Duursema (Queen Projectra), Gene Colan & Frank Giacoia (Timber Wolf), Dave Cockrum (Phantom Girl), Walt Simonson (Blok), George Tuska & Mike DeCarlo (Star Boy), Jim Sherman (Dream Girl), Howard Chaykin (Brainiac 5), Curt Swan (Ultra Boy), Howard Bender & Dave Hunt (Wildfire), Keith Giffen & Larry Mahlstedt (Cosmic Boy), Keith Giffen & Dan Adkins (Proty), Dick Giordano (Saturn Girl), Larry Mahlstedt & Keith Giffen (Lightning Lad), Gil Kane (Mon-El), Trevor Von Eeden (Element Lad), Joe Orlando (Chameleon Boy), Ross Andru & Romeo Tanghal (Shadow Lass), Ernie Colon (Duo Damsel) and Joe Staton (Bouncing Boy) The cover of this book was a part of a contest. Readers could try to identify the artist who drew each character. The reader that guessed the most correctly won an autographed page of Giffen/Mahlstedt art from this issue. The contest winner was David C. Zimmerman of St. Louis, MO. Second-prize winners won a Legion poster. Cover credits are credited as revealed in the letter column for Legion of Super-Heroes #306 (December 1983). 1st cameo appearance of Garfield the cat in standard comic books (see image) Cameo crossover appearance of Spider-Man (cameo) Pages 1-5, 12, 18-20, 26, 27, 33, 34, 41, 42, 48-55. The last two pages are a double spread illustration featuring active, reserve and honorary Legion members, supporting characters, and Spider-Man, Garfield (from the daily comic strip), Batman (shadow), Lenny and Squiggy (from the TV series Laverne and Shirley), writer Paul Levitz, penciller Keith Giffen, inker Larry Mahlstedt, and editor Karen Berger.
