LSH v4 #59 annotations: Let's Start Wrapping Up All the Subplots Before It's Too Late!

Annotations for LSH v4 #59:

• On sale 5/24/94
• Legion of Substitute Podcasters episode 707 (May 2, 2022)
• Timeline: Sept 29, 2995

Notes:

• The overarching theme of this issue is: “we need to wrap up all of the subplots this issue because we’re up to End of an Era”
• Page 1: The Khund bomb exploded at the end of the previous issue.
• Page 3 panel 6: notice that in this issue, when we have a transition to a flashback within the story, we are led to the next page (or panel) by someone’s hair. 
• Transition out by Jewel’s hair, transition back with Furball’s hair on page 7 panel 1
• Transition out by Jacques’ hair in page 7 panel 5, back in with Infectious Lass’s hair on page 10 panel 1
• Transition out by Shadow Lass’s hair on page 11 panel 2 and back in on page 12 panel 2
• Transition out by Ayla’s hair on page 16 panel 4, back in on page 17 panel 5
• Page 7 panel 2: Flederweb joined the Heroes of Lallor, who took off so that we don’t have to concern ourselves with them any more.
• Page 7 panels 4-5: Oh, and no need to worry about that Universo subplot anymore, either
• Page 9 panel 5: Oomar is a planet in the Tenth Galaxy, it’s where the addictive Lotus Fruit grows wild (ACT 378)
• Page 12 panel 4: Celeste, formerly made of Green Lantern energy, is now a Darkstar. The Controllers created the Darkstars just like the Oans created the GLs.
• Page 13 panel 4: this flashback follows the end of Legionnaires #16, which came out last week (real publishing time) – recall this issue of LSHv4 came out the same week as last week’s feature Valor #21
• Page 15 panel 2: have to wrap up the “who is Phase from L.E.G.I.O.N.” subplot before Zero Hour renders the answer moot. Recall that in the LSH v4 Annual #1 it was Glorith who sent Tinya back in time and swapped her for the Durlan who later became RJ Brande.
• Page 16 panel 1: Jo leaves for 1994, where he will appear next in L.E.G.I.O.N. #68 – but we’ll get to that later. We will see him – and the SW6 Livewire, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, who left in a time bubble in Legionnaires #16 a couple weeks ago – in the pages of Zero Hour before they return to “End of an Era”.
• Page 19 panel 4: Tyroc has dispatched the Legionnaires to take care of Polestar, which we’ll see in Legionnaires #17 in a little while

It's beginning to look a lot like Zero Hour....

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Cutting down the timeline to just the last few days of story as we get close to Zero Hour. I'm color coding them based on whether the date appeared in the 2995 Sourcebook (yellow), 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. 

Due to the timelines in the stories bouncing between 2995 and 1994 and things happening "simultaneously" 1001 years apart, I'm keeping the events in the order that they happen to the people involved, not strictly chronological by day and year. To make it easier to follow, the 1994 dates will be in red text and anything outside of time (like at the beginning or end of time) will be in blue text.

• Thu 9/28/95: The Legion tries and fails to protect Starfinger III from the Khunds, while fighting the Legion Academy, the Khundish ex-Legionnaires, and the mind-controlled Heroes of Lallor; Polestar leaves for New Earth while the rest of the team go to Weber’s World; Valor finds something strange with Dev-Em; Rond Vidar finds something strange in the time stream (LSHv4 #57); Ayla is growing younger since the battle with Glorith, and to comfort her, Vi reads her a bedtime story (LSHv4 Ann #5).
• Fri 9/29/95: Arriving at Weber’s World, the team tries to stop the Khunds’ bombs from destroying the planet; Dawnstar arrives and meets Wildfire; Firefist kills Veilmist; and after studying at the Infinite Library, Glorith travels to Tharn where she restores Mordru’s powers to help her conquer the universe (LSHv4 #58). Meanwhile, SW6 Brainy & Triad find that Valor has been retconned from history (Valor #13, Legionnaires #16 pages 9-10), so a team of Legionnaires goes back in time to find out what happened (Valor #14, Legionnaires #16 page 10).
• Outside of time: the Legionnaires enter the time stream and crash their Time Bubble (Valor #15); the Legionnaires fight Valor and find out that Lori is Glorith (Valor #16), and then fight Glorith, but Valor succumbs to the effects of his lead poisoning and dies; SW6 Valor appears (Valor #17); Brainiac 5 tells SW6 Valor that he will have to spend another 1000 years in the Phantom Zone in order to save time, and Valor does not take it well (Valor #18), but the presence of Waverider and seeing his fellow Legionnaires vanish changes his mind. Once he accepts his fate, the Legionnaires appear back in their own time and the legend of Valor is restored (Valor #19, Legionnaires #16 page 11). From Vanishing Point, the Linear Men see a timequake affect the 30th century (Valor #20), which causes Dream Girl and Star Boy to appear (Legionnaires #16).
• Fri 9/29/95: The Legionnaires instantly return to their present, unaware of their meeting with Glorith and the Valors (Valor #15-19, Legionnaires #16 page 11); Star Boy, Dream Girl, and Bouncing Boy appear with the Legionnaires and Ferro Lad is long dead, leading Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad – who seem to be the only ones aware that something funny is going on – to take a Time Bubble to figure it out (even though Invisible Kid and Rond Vidar are secretly aware that something’s happening); Polestar appears at New Earth (Legionnaires #16, LSHv4 #59); Rond, SW6 Brainiac 5, and SW6 Invisible Kid arrive on Weber’s World in a time bubble at the same time as with Mon-El, Shadow Lass, and Dev-Em, but they're all too late to prevent the death of Laurel Gand from the Khund bomb; Jo leaves for 1994 to find Tinya (LSHv4 #59).

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