Issue – The Legion of Super Heroes v2 284
Cover Date – February 1982
Title – The Soul-Thief from the Stars
Characters – Blok, Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dawnstar, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Sun Boy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Villain – The Organleggers. Organus
Synopsis – While Timber Wolf undergoes plastic surgery to remove his bestial features, the Legion battles organ thieves and then a creature accidently created during the first battle.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Patl Broderick / Bruce Patterson
Cover – Pat Broderick / Romeo Tanghal
Editor – Mike W. Barr
Reprinted - Legion of Super Heroes – The Great Darkness Saga – Deluxe Edition - 2011
Comment – This story is the first installment or what would become known as t"The Great Darkness Saga". This extended story has sttood up well over the years and has been recently reprinted in a deluxe hardcover edition.
DC had been critized by fans the majority of Legion members and friends were white humans in a supposedly fully integrated 30th century society. So in this story, the crew changes one of their few unique looking characters (Timber Wolf) and writes-out their only member of African descent (Tyroc).
In addition, Karate Kid, who is occasionally, partially Asian, and Princess Projectra are put on leave and Bouncing Boy (the Legion’s only fluffy* character) and Duo Dansel become reservists.
Also, Dr. Gymll, the inspiration for television’s Dr. Gregory House, in introduced.
*search “Gabriel Iglesias”
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