A Legion of My Own Legionnaires Annual #2 Writers: Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, Tom McCraw Penciller: Jeffrey Moy Inker: W.C. Carani Colorist: Tom McCraw * Superhero comics inherently present a challenge for those who are interested but don't know where to start. With decades of monthly storytelling and the most popular characters appearing in multiple books at once, most heroes and villains have so much backstory that it's nearly impossible to prepare one's self before diving in. Most comics diehards had to go through an uncomfortable period where we were making sense of things the best we could until we found our footing. But even within that, there are concepts that are daunting even for the most experienced of us. The Legion of Super-Heroes fall firmly into that category. In fact, they may belong at the top of the list. The Legion were introduced in Adventure Comics in 1958 as a group of teenage heroes from the 30th centry who had been inspired by Superboy. They traveled bac...
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