LSH v4 #47 Annotations: Last Rites for the Legion

Annotations for LSH v4 #47

• On sale 7/20/93
• It's OK, I'm a Senator: https://itsokimasenator.livejournal.com/23408.html
• Legion of Substitute Podcasters episode 660 (June 7, 2021)
• Timeline: August 2, 2995

Notes:

• Cover: The Legion's tie-in with The Walking Dead (pre-dating that book)
• Page 4 panel 4: zombie Beast Boy (of the Heroes of Lallor)
• Page 6 panel 3: zombie Nemesis Kid, Zaryan and Dr Regulus (who was not dead the last time we saw him)
• Page 12 panel 6: zombie Jungle King
• Page 15: pour one out for another dead Legionnaire – RIP Firefist. He has the second shortest Legion tenure, just a few hours longer than Bloodclaw.

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Cutting down the timeline to just the last few entries since it was getting so long. I'm color coding them based on whether the date appeared in the 2995 Sourcebook (yellow; text in yellow is as written in the Sourcebook), it's a confirmed date that was given in the comic (green), or an estimated date based on keeping track of events and days (cyan). Bold text is something new added this issue. Italics are unknown dates.

• Wed 7/29/95: Jacques and Drura join the team; Mysa is possessed, and goes to Tharn to confront Mordru (LSH v4 #43), but she is defeated and is absorbed into Mordru. Using this power, he raises armies of the dead in a number of worlds in both UP and Khund space. The Legion agrees to help the Khunds, but they insist that the Legion take on four new Khundish members (LSH v4 #44).
• Sun 8/2/95: The Legion fights Mordru’s zombies on Sklar, Talus, Trom, and in space (LSH v4 #45). On Talus, the Legionnaires fight their own dead, and new Khund Legionnaire Bloodclaw is killed before the team halts Mordru’s magics on the planet. Jan fights the dead Trommites on Pasnic (LSH v4 #46). The Legionnaires bring the fight to Mordru on Tharn, losing the Khund Firefist in the process (LSH v4 #47).