
To further his scheme, Darkseid sends a fire elemental called Brimstone to Earth to defeat the Detroit-based Justice League along with Firestorm and a time-traveling Cosmic Boy. To win the bet, Darkseid sends his minion Glorious Godfrey to Earth, where Godfrey uses the sound of his voice to control people's minds and turn them against Earth's heroes.
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The series also saw the post-Crisis introduction into the DC Universe of Captain Marvel (who was spun off in the miniseries Shazam!: The New Beginning) as well as Wonder Woman, who had been rebooted by DC Comics at the same time Legends was being published.ĭarkseid makes a wager with the mysterious Phantom Stranger that he can turn humanity against its heroes. DeMatteis' comedy/action take on the Justice League, and the villain-based black ops Suicide Squad.

Legends served mainly as a launching pad for several new comic series, including the latter-day Flash title, Keith Giffen and J. It was also the first major DC Universe crossover after the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths.

The six issues of the Legends series could be read as an abbreviated story by themselves, or all 22 chapters could be read as a longer story that included the Legends issues as well as issues from other titles including Batman, Superman, and Secret Origins.

The series was plotted by John Ostrander, scripted by Len Wein, pencilled by John Byrne, and inked by Karl Kesel. Each of the individual crossover/tie-in issues had a Legends Chapter # header added to their trade dress. " Legends" was a comic book crossover story line that ran through a six-issue, self-titled limited series and various other titles published by DC Comics in 19.
