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Newsstand Cover
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Date:
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March 1995 |
Title:
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“It’s My Party and I’ll Fight
if I Want To” |
Plot:
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In space, a L.E.G.I.O.N. ship gets attacked by those it is pursuing —
aliens hunting the last Vuldarians — and is destroyed. On
Earth, amidst the opening of the theme bar Warriors, Brainiac 5 appears,
gets handed a beer, and disappears, returning to the 30th century.
Only scenes featuring Legion of Super-Heroes characters are
dealt with here.
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Credits:
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Beau Smith (Head Waiter [Writer]) • Phil Jimenez (Maitre’d
[Penciller]) • John Stokes / Dan Davis (Bartenders [Inkers]) •
Gene D’Angelo (Bus Boy [Letterer]) • Albert De Guzman (Bouncer
[Colors]) • Eddie Berganza (Hay Check Girl [Editor]) • Brad
Gorby (Designer of Warriors) • Phil Jimenez / Tom McCraw (“Bar
Brawl” Cover) • Phil Jimenez / Dan Davis / Mark Chiarello
(“Nighthawks” cover) |
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CHANGE HISTORY
| Date of Change |
Content of Change |
| 09/02/99 |
Posted |
| 06/29/00 |
Tracking correction |
| 07/24/00 |
Format correction |
| 09/25/02 |
Added alternate cover
Added Cover notes
Added Appearance Counts and associated Notes items |
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Tinted cells and text indicate missing or incomplete
information. |
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Character and Object Tracking
Name
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Previous Appearance
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Next Appearance
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Heroes
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| Davroth |
R.E.B.E.L.S. #< > |
R.E.B.E.L.S. #< > |
| Ammon Haak |
R.E.B.E.L.S. #< > |
R.E.B.E.L.S. #< > |
| Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) |
Appears during < > |
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| Green Lantern IV (Kyle Rayner) |
None in Legion books |
Next Legion appearance:
The
Final Night #< > |
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One-Shot or Untracked Heroes:
Nuklon
(Albert Rothstein)|
Obsidian
(Todd Rice)
Stanley’s
Monster
Hawkman
III (Katar Hol) |
Villains
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| Lyrl Dox |
No appearance; mention only |
Supporting Characters
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| Arisia |
None in Legion books |
None in Legion books |
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One-shot or Untracked Characters:
unnamed
L.E.G.I.O.N. officer
unnamed
cameraman
Woody
Woodpecker |
Locations
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| Cairn |
No appearance; mention only |
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| Warriors |
None |
None in Legion books |
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One-shot or Untracked Locations:
unnamed
planet near the Khundian border |
Alien Races and Creatures
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| Khunds |
No appearance; mention only |
Technology
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| L.E.G.I.O.N. cruiser |
R.E.B.E.L.S. #< > |
R.E.B.E.L.S. #< > |
| L.E.G.I.O.N. escape pod |
< > |
< > |
| Brainiac 5’s time machine |
Appears during < > |
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One-shot or Untracked Items:
Tormock
ships
mug
of draft beer |
Analysis Notes
| Cover |
There were two variant covers for this issue. The
most commonly seen had a cardstock cover which opened both left and right
like a pair of doors to reveal the mass of characters who appeared at
the opening of Warriors. The lesser known cover was an based on
Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting “Nighthawks” (which is
probably better known by the version of it done by Gottfried Helnwein
as “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”). Although the official
credit in this issue is for “Nighthawks”, there is more fun
(or weirdness) in the mappings of Superman to James Dean, Lobo as Humphrey
Bogart, Artemis as Marilyn Monroe, and Warrior as Elvis Presley. |
| 8:1 |
The Dox referred to here is Lyrl Dox, who had usurped the
reins of L.E.G.I.O.N. from his father using mind-control techniques. |
| Dialogue is from Ammon Hakk. |
| 8:2 |
The character with long hair is Davroth, who has powers
of flight. The one with a mohawk is Ammon Haak, a super-strong Khund.
Both are members of the second-string L.E.G.I.O.N. team dubbed R.E.C.R.U.I.T.S. |
| 8:3 |
The craft being pursued have apparently turned around. |
| 8:3-4 |
These ships belong to the Tormocks, a race genetically
similar to the Vuldarians. Guy Gardner is half-Vuldarian, and the
Tormocks are out to kill him. |
| Naggz is presumably Sol. |
| 8:5 |
Dialogue is from Davroth. |
| 8:6 |
Cairn is the home base for L.E.G.I.O.N. |
| 15 |
This scene takes place in < >,
between < > and < >. |
| 15:3 |
The two standing immediately behind Brainiac 5 are Nuklon
and Obsidian, former members of Infinity, Inc. and then-current members
of the Justice League. |
| 15:4 |
The man in the baseball cap is a cameraman covering the
event, but is probably also a friend of penciller Phil Jimenez, since
there seem to be a number of such real-life people sprinkled throughout
the issue. The pink-haired creature (more clearly seen in 15:6)
is the monster from the “Stanley and His Monster” strip. |
| 15:5 |
The character next to Nuklon is the post-Zero Hour
Hawkman. |