DC Universe: Legacies

schedule	Monthly
limited	y
publisher	DC Comics
startmo	May
startyr	2010
endmo	March
endyr	2011
issues	10
writers	Len Wein
artists	Andy Kubert (#1–2) Joe Kubert (#1–2) J. G. Jones (#1) J. H. Williams III (#2) Scott Kolins (#2–10) José Luis García-López (#3–4) Dave Gibbons (#3–4) Scott Koblish (#5) Walter Simonson (#5)> George Pérez (#5–6) Jerry Ordway (#6–8) Brian Bolland (#7) Dan Jurgens (#7–8) Bill Sienkiewicz (#9) Jesus Saiz (#9–10) Gary Frank (#10) Karl Story (#10)
pencillers	Tom Derenick Scott Kolins Jesus Saiz
inkers	Scott Kolins Robin Riggs Karl Story
letterers	Rob Leigh
colorists	Mike Atiyeh Tom Chu
tpb	Hardcover
isbn	978-1-4012-3133-0
tpb1	Softcover
isbn1	1401231330
subcat	DC Comics
sort	DC Universe: Legacies

DC Universe: Legacies is a 2010–2011 ten-issue comic book limited series written by Len Wein and published by DC Comics. It details the perspective of an admirer of superheroes in the DC Universe from the Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Modern eras of comic books.

Plot summary

Retiree Paul Lincoln recounts his following of superheroes through the past decades, narrating the story.

Issue 1: "In the Beginning..."

In the 1940s, Paul and his friend Jimmy live in Metropolis, collecting protection money in Suicide Slum. Paul happens upon strange mask-wearing crime-fighters taking down rival mobsters. The original Atom gives Paul a business card for shouting a warning, and Paul decides to get honest work. In hopes of convincing Jimmy, Paul shows him a magazine of the Justice Society of America (JSA).[1]

Co-features

1) 'Reflection' – A reporter and a photographer are getting the story about Doctor Fate, the Spectre, and Zatara, while trying to figure out whether magic are fact or fiction.[1]

2) 'Reaction' – The Dummy challenges the Seven Soldiers of Victory: Vigilante, TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite, Shining Knight, Stripesy and Star-Spangled Kid, Crimson Avenger, and Wing.[2]

3) 'Resurgence' – The Challengers of the Unknown, Sea Devils, and Cave Carson team-up against the Volcano Man.[3]

4) 'Remembrance' – Jeb Stuart of the Haunted Tank, the Losers, Gravedigger, Mademoiselle Marie, and the Unknown Soldier attends a reunion in the 1970s where they celebrate the fallen soldier, Sgt. Rock, who had died in World War II.[4]

5) 'Resistance' – Adam Strange teams-up with fellow space adventurers Tommy Tomorrow, Captain Comet, and Space Ranger.[5]

6) 'Revision' – A young Clark Kent is approached by the Legion of Super-Heroes to join their team, but versions of the Legion from multiple points further in the future arrive, asking Clark for his help. A fight breaks out as to which Legion will recruit Clark first. Clark rebukes the multiple Legions, returning his Legion flight ring. He notes that the ring means something special to each Legionnaire, and requests that the Legionnaires return when they can tell him what that special thing is.[6]

7) 'Reunion' – The Atom (Ray Palmer) helps Professor Hyatt with his invention, the time pool, and a mystery gold coin dating to the Arthurian period. The Atom enters the time pool, where he witnesses King Arthur, Shining Knight, Silent Knight, Merlin, and Etrigan the Demon battle Morgaine le Fey and her demonic knights.[7]

8) 'Revelation' – A dairy woman and others who had been kidnapped by the forces of Apokolips are rescued by the New Genesis hero Orion, who explains his story about the New Gods.[8]

9) 'Resurrection' – The wizard Shazam tells the story of Captain Marvel, the Marvel Family, and Black Adam.[9]

10) 'Redemption' – The legacy of the Blue Beetle in his last moments before his death in Countdown to Infinite Crisis.[10]

DC Universe: Legacies

Plot summary

Issue 1: "In the Beginning..."

Issue 2: "The Golden Age"

Issue 3: "Powers & Abilities!"

Issue 4: "The Next Generation!"

Issue 5: "Crisis!"

Issue 6: "Aftermath!"

Issue 7: "Doomsday!"

Issue 8: "Parallel Lives!"

Issue 9: "Knight After Knight"

Issue 10: "Truth and Consequences"

Co-features

See also

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