Review: «Legion of Super-Heroes» (Vol. 4) #1
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Date: November 1989
Writers: Keith Giffen, Tom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum, Al Gordon
Pencils: Keith Giffen
Inks: Al Gordon
Colors: Tom McCraw
My first taste of what became known by the Legion fandom as the TMK run—so called because of its chief writers, Tom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum, and Keith Giffen—came somewhat accidentally. I’d been reading and enjoying the reboot Legion as a teenager and, not knowing anything about the franchise’s history, reached the very logical conclusion that its story began with issue #1 of the title they’d called home. Fortunately for me, my father, an avid DC comics collector, still had that issue within easy reach, so I pulled the issue in question out and immediately realized I had no idea what was going on.
As I would eventually learn, I was not the only one to feel that way. The first issue of Legion of Super-Heroes‘ fourth volume is both dense and unfamiliar. As the first bit of text notes, it is five years later, and things have changed quite a bit, not only in the world the Legion inhabits, but also in the very way their story is told. There are no action set pieces or super-heroics. There is arguably no real plot—at least not any with a beginning, middle, or ending. Most importantly, there is no Legion.
Chasing Sheep 