Contents
“Once Upon a Time…!” -- 22 pages
- script by Len Wein
- story by John Ostrander
- pencils by John Byrne
- inks by Karl Kesel
- Darkseid decides to discredit Earth’s super-heroes (to eliminate their inspirational effect)
- introduces G. Gordon Godfrey, a psychologist who rails on TV against the super-heroes
- Firstorm battles Brimstone, then retrieves the Justice League of America to help (while he was away, Cosmic Boy intervenes)
- Flash (Wally West) struggles with his identity in the wake of his mentor’s death (in Crisis on Infinite Earths)
- Captain Marvel battles Macro-Man, who is apparently killed by the hero’s lightning bolt, leading Billy Batson to vow not to transform into Captain Marvel again
- introduces Amanda Waller and her Task Force X (which would become Suicide Squad)
Additional Images
The first page of Legends #1 (Nov 1986).
The second page of Legends #1 (Nov 1986).
See It in Context on the Continuity Pages:
New Gods: Legends (1986)
Legends was a follow-up to Crisis on Infinite Earths, which had eliminated DC’s system of multiple universes and replaced it with a single one with a new timeline. Written by John Ostrander and Len Wein,… [more]
