TALES OF THE LEGION #315 September 1984 We're up to the next issue of the newsstand series Tales of the Legion. This is the second part of "The Trial Of Ontiir," the resolution of a story that appeared nearly a year before this. SYNOPSIS: Sun Boy, Supergirl and Brainiac 5 bust in on the Dark Circle's trial of … Continue reading Reviews Of Old Comics: Tales Of The Legion #315
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Review Of Old Comics: New Teen Titans #38
New Teen Titans #38 January 1984 There's a pattern here at Reviews Of Old Comics that I try to do DC one week, Marvel the next, an Independent comic the third, and then I repeat. Unfortunately, that pattern does not always hold when I go through my comics and find something that I remember as a … Continue reading Review Of Old Comics: New Teen Titans #38
Reviews Of Old Comics: Tales Of The Legion #314
TALES OF THE LEGION #314 August 1984 I was having trouble deciding which way to go with the reviews of old Legion comics, so thanks to a few people on the Legion of Substitute Podcasters Facebook page, I decided to go with the next issue of the newsstand series, which with this issue became Tales of … Continue reading Reviews Of Old Comics: Tales Of The Legion #314
Reviews Of Old Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes #313
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #313 July 1984 Did you think I'd forgotten about my reviews of the Legion of Super-Heroes comics that made me fall in love with the Legion? Well, I didn't, I was just caught up in getting things up on the site. Nevertheless, we get to the end of the Legion's first series … Continue reading Reviews Of Old Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes #313
Reviews Of Old Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes #312
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #312 June 1984 I know the frequency of Old Comics Reviews has been a little sparse in recent months, but my duties here at Needless Essentials generally keep me from going into my collection for something older that I can review. Because I go so into detail on the synopses for these comics, … Continue reading Reviews Of Old Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes #312
Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #311
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #311 May 1984 There's not been a return to my series reviewing the Legion comics as I started reading them for over a month, primarily because of our October Halloween celebration, although I was sorely tempted to do a review of the Ghost of Ferro Lad story from an old Adventure Comics, … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #311
Reviews Of Old(ish) Comics: Zatanna: Everyday Magic
ZATANNA: EVERYDAY MAGIC 2003 In honor of Halloween Month here at Needless Essentials, I chose to review an old comic that's not quite as old as I would normally consider reviewing for this semi-regular feature. For this, we go back just 11 years, which for some of you may seem like a long time ago, … Continue reading Reviews Of Old(ish) Comics: Zatanna: Everyday Magic
Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #310
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #310 April 1984 It's been awhile since I continued these sequential reviews of old Legion comics from the 1980s. This was an especially hard storyline to get through, but let's save that for the review, shall we? SYNOPSIS: Omen has arrived on Khundia after the Legion has defeated his Prophet, but only with … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #310
Reviews of Old Comics: Zero Hour #0
Zero Hour #0 September 1994 The 1990s was a boom time for the comics industry. Comics sales were regularly in the hundreds of thousands, spurred on by a speculator market that had come from the sports card market looking for cheap investments to turn into large returns. With high profits and a plethora of talent, the era should … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Zero Hour #0
Reviews of Old Comics: Adventure Comics #342
Adventure Comics #342 March 1966 In Reviews of Old Comics, I've made a habit of reviewing comics from the 80's and 90's but I decided that I wanted to review an issue with more vintage, and decide to go with one I remember very fondly, where the Legion actually expels a member for SYNOPSIS: At Legion HQ, … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Adventure Comics #342
