LSH v4 #48 annotations: Mordru Triumphant

  Annotations for LSH v4 #48

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• Legion of Substitute Podcasters episode 664 (July 5, 2021)
• Timeline: August 2-4, 2995

Notes:

• Page 10 panel 8: The Heroes of Lallor were last seen in LSH v3 #62 as a group, here we see Duplicate Boy and Life Lass in the foreground, and Gas Girl as a cloud and Evolvo Lad with the big head.
• We learned via one of the Omnicom pages back in LSH v4 #8 (Laurel’s story) that Somi Gan was a Colonel on Lallor in the United Resistance Militia to King Jonn’s High Commander, but here she is back in costume.
• Pages 21-22: Tom said that he and Mary were surprised by the presence of these pages. “Then on page 21, we get two new pages they surprised us with that writes the Khundish Legionnaires out of the Legion and shows that Firefist isn’t actually dead. I’m grateful they let us dialogue those pages because we were at least able to come up with some explanations and make it all a little more consistent with the rest of the story than it might otherwise have been.”
• Jonn Jonzz is present because Dave Cockrum drew him as an Easter Egg on Mars when Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel got married, back in SBOY 200.

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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). The dead on Talus are defeated, but during the fight Timber Wolf returns to the 30th century with Jamm (LSH v4 Ann #4). With the help of Devlin O’Ryan and the spirit of Amethyst, Mordru and Mysa are separated and Mordru is defeated (LSH v4 #48). 
• Mon 8/3/95: Jamm takes the Legionnaires on a prodigious trip before being returned to his own time (LSH v4 Ann #4).
• Tues 8/4/95: The Legion leaves Tharn for Khundish space, where Flederweb and Veilmist are forced to rejoin the Khundish forces. Jan recovers on Pasnic, while Amethyst and Mysa ponder the future (LSH v4 #48).
• Fri 8/7/95: the SW6 Legionnaires spend the weekend at the Atlantis Dome on New Earth (Legionnaires #7)
• Sat 8/8/95: the SW6 Legionnaires encounter the race of Devil-Fish in the Atlantis Dome (Legionnaires #7)
• Sun 8/9/95: the SW6 Legionnaires leave the Atlantis dome on New Earth (Legionnaires #7).