More Brainiac and the Legion of Superhero news

March is going to be a great month for me, I can just tell. With four issues of some main stream comics coming out dealing with the Legion of Superheroes, my time is going to be consumed with Legion goodness.

First off we have the Aventure Comics issue that I talked about last post. Here is the summery;

ADVENTURE COMICS ships twice this month as this spring’s Superman event “Brainiac & The Legion of Super-Heroes” starts with a prologue in #8 and reaches a boiling point in #9!
Starting way back in “The Lightning Saga,” various clues have been planted about a group of Legionnaires undercover in the 21st century. Who are they and why are they here? And what does their mission have to do with the fate of New Krypton? James Robinson (SUPERMAN) and Julián López (WORLD’S FINEST) may have an answer or two!
Meanwhile, in a tale of the 31st century by Sterling Gates (SUPERGIRL) and Clayton Henry (ADVENTURE COMICS), the Legion of Super-Heroes infiltrates a hidden Legion of Super-Villains base! The horrifying plans Brainiac 5 discovers inside will alter Superman’s life – FOREVER!
Plus, in the co-feature by Eric Trautmann (ACTION COMICS) and newcomer Pier Gallo, learn more about General Lane’s Human Defense Corps – Earth’s best line of defense against the looming Kryptonian threat!


Hmm, the whole little part about Brainiac Five finding something that could change Superman's life forever is pretty interesting. And I do want to know what the hell those Legionaries are doing in the past, besides hanging out with the Science Police and Superboy.

Part number one of the saga though is really Superman: : Last Stand of New Krypton # 1 where Brainiac comes to New Krypton to reclaim that which was stolen from him, Kandor. Zod though has a plan.. though I'm a little scared to see what it is. Here is the summery.

The new Superman crossover event “Brainiac & The Legion of Super-Heroes” begins here, in this first issue of a 3-part miniseries! It’s New Krypton’s worst nightmare as Brainiac attacks the planet, determined to recapture the city of Kandor! But General Zod has been waiting for this moment since Brainiac first attacked Old Krypton – he has a plan to save his people, but at the cost of Earth and the future as we know it! So it’s up to Superman, Supergirl, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes to stop the two madmen before they destroy everything!

He must have some kind of omaga level weapon in order to repel Brainiac, but at the cost of Earth. We know the Legion will step up to help though, if the Future as they know it is at stake.

The second part of the Brainiac and the Legion of Superheroes takes place in Supergirl #51. Fresh after the death of Lana, even Supergirl can't be cut a break. Here is the summery;

“Brainiac & The Legion of Super-Heroes” Part 2! Amidst Brainiac’s assault on New Krypton, General Zod has brandished the Legion of Super-Heroes terrorists and imprisoned them! Superboy will do his best to free them, but he’ll have to go through Supergirl first! That’s right, it’s the Super-battle of the sexes you’ve been waiting for! Poor Ma Kent is going to be so disappointed in them…

Heh. Supergirl is going to trash Superboy, but not without Superboy giving it his all. Though I think Brainiac Five is going to help them all in the end.

The third part takes Superman back to the comic he belongs in; Superman #698 has Superman and Mon-El taking the fight to Brainiac's Ship and showing him what's up. Here is the summery;

“Brainiac & The Legion of Super-Heroes” Part 3! Superman is trapped on Brainiac’s ship while New Krypton burns! Mon-El will need to call upon all the skills he’s learned in the last year if he’s going to have a chance of freeing the Man of Steel! Plus, what secret about Brainiac will the duo learn that may help turn the tide?

Oh goodness, this should be great. I can't wait to see what is going to take place in the final battle. But that isn't the only good think going on in March there is also....

Blackest Night #8
Green Lantern # 52
Green Lantern Corp # 46
First Wave # 1 (featureing the Spirit)

And many more... I can not wait.

Brainiac and the Legion of Superheroes

Finally, with the coming of Adventure Comics #7, the Legion of Superheroes get the cover they deserve. And with the upcoming arc in the Adventure/Action/Superman comics, thing should be good. Even Supergirl will get a taste of the action which makes me wonder, will we get some Supergirl/Brainiac Five action out of this comic? After what happened resently in Cry For Justice, with Freddy and Supergirl, I do hope so. Supergirl just isn't herself without Brainy there for her. I do hope though that it is the two-boot Brainy, instead of the 1st Legion, because I can't tell how old Brainy is in that incarnation. If they bring them together though I wouldn't mind. It would be great.



And Superboy-Prime as a Red Lantern is going to be pretty fun. But what is up with the Brainiac in the lower right corner? He doesn't look right to me, but we'll soon find out won't we? I hope so.

I just think its funny that Superboy got pushed into a corner of his own comic by his rival, Superboy-Prime. It's great.

Till next time.

Future Perfect: Chapter Two

Welcome to Chapter Two of Future Perfect, where I decide to make things very darker.I do not own DC comic books, nor the characters.

Chapter Two

Mission Time!

Supergirl

My dreams were different this time. Instead of dreaming of the upcoming battle like I had been for weeks, I instead had a peaceful dream. I was seating on a hilltop back home, with Brainiac 5 sitting right beside me. Instead of wearing his normal uniform he was wearing a dark blue sweater and blue jeans. I realized that we were on Kal’s farm and I wondered why we were even here at all. Why was Brainy here?

“Will you be coming back to the Legion?” He asked, looking at me. I plopped his ball cap back on his head and realized that his hair was longer. It looked better on him then the short look he had now. “After I figure out a way to get back?”

“Yeah, of course. Clark will be a little upset with me, but I owe you guys my life. And besides, the world doesn’t exactly like me coming back. Did you read the newspaper?”

“Yes, and it wasn’t true. Earth does need Supergirl, no matter how much they think to the contrary. They may just not be ready for you in this time.”

I gave him a bright smile, and wrapped one arm around him in a hug. He went stiff in my grip, but smiled slightly anyway. “Now come on, Brainy. Lets go and have some fun. Your in the 21st century so you might as well have fun!”

As the dream ended and I awoke to consiness, I had a feeling that these dreams were getting a little out of hand. I mean, my last dream told me that I was going to the future. Did this dream tell me that Brainiac 5 and me were going to get stuck in the 21st century for a while, and I just might want to come back to the Future? I sat up in bed and stretched, feeling much better than I did yesterday. Or what ever day it was. I found out that my room had its own private bathroom, and laying by the bathtub was a new uniform. Seem they really had everything prepared for me to stay in this time. Pretty nice of them.

After taking a shower and getting dressed, I made my way to the common room. Everyone was already up and talking to one another, looking short of like the Justice League on a day off. When I came into the room, wearing my new uniform, Tinya came over to me.

“Good morning! The new uniform looks great on you.”

“Thanks.”

“Its time to introduce you to the rest of the Legion,” came Imra’s voice from beside me. “Today will be your first official day on the Legion and so I will be showing you around.”

The rest of the Legionnaires stood up and slowly made a crowd around me. Their were at least eight of them their, the rest had to be on mission or leave. They introduced themselves one by one; Shrinking Violet (Salu), Cosmic Boy (Grim), Dream Girl (Nara), Element Lad (Jan), Spark (Ayla), Star Boy (Thom), Sun Boy (Dirk), and Triplicate Girl (Luornu). They were all so friendly, and sweet that I almost felt like I belonged here. Then I realized Brainy wasn’t there, so I looked over at Imra.

“Oh, Brainy is still asleep. He’s been up for the last few days preparing for the conflict.”

I smiled slightly. Figured the big brain was a workaholic, and maybe a little bit of a insomniac. Weren’t they all? I sat down at one of the tables and Comic Boy came over to me. “Is good to have another from the house of El fighting on our side in this coming conflict.”

“I’m just glad to be of help, even though I have the strangest feeling you might have done better by just asking Superman to help you.”

“Brainiac 5 said that it was your time to directly influence the future. Superman had his time, and no doubt he will again. This may be your only time.”

I was about to say something when a alarm went off loudly in the room. A warning bell. A holographic image of Brainy appeared in front of us. It looked like he just woke up. “We’re getting an Omega level message. I’ll patch it through.”

His image was replace with an image of a dark-haired woman with green skin, looking scared for her life. Despite the burning ruins behind her and the sounds of laser blast that went off around her, she had to get her message out. “Legion! Colu is under attack by some kind of machine race, they are destroying everything they can! Also, they are using the confusion to distract most people from the fact that they are drilling into the planet, setting charges. Please, get here quickly! Colu depends on you!”

The image cut out, being replaced with a grim looking Brainiac 5. “We have a mission. Supergirl, Cosmic Boy, Lighting Lad, Saturn Girl, Star Boy and Timberwolf will come with me on this mission. Head to the tele-pad right away.”

The image flickered away, and we all jumped up. So much for my grand tour, but then again I wasn’t complaining. Rather get this mission over with so we could stop Imperix and I could go home. Try to salvage my super-heroine reputation. I followed Saturn Girl as we flew down hallways. She was saying something to Cosmic Boy about how strange it was that Brainy was coming along with us.

“It is his home world. If it were mine, I’d do the same.”

So Colu was his home world? No wondered he seemed so grim when he talked to us after the message. I let the thought of ’what if it were my world getting destroyed’ go though my head. It was already destroyed, so I promised myself I wouldn’t let it happen to Colu.

We reached the tele-pad with in seconds. Brainiac 5 was typing something into the computer before he turned to us. He still looked tired, but there was a quiet determination in his eyes. It made him look… kind of cute. Intense may be the better word. He pressed a key down and the gate burst into life. A blue ring of energy showing little of what was beyond formed behind him, glowing brightly.

“We’ll be entering a battle zone, so be prepared. Our first priority is to stop those charges without setting them off. The planet’s core must not be damaged, because it could begin a chain reaction that will destroy the entire planet. Second is defeating the invading army. We’ll deal with it as soon as the bombs are disarmed. Ready?”

“Lets go,” Lighting Lad said, his fist sparking white. I liked his eagerness. Brainiac 5 nodded and jumped into the gate. I followed right behind but I wasn’t prepared for what I saw beyond the portal. Destruction and death unlike I had ever seen before, bodies laid all around my feet. Brainy shivered in front of me, trying his best to hide his emotions I bet. I reached over and put a hand on his shoulder, he turned to me.

“We’ll stop this, I promise.”

He nodded, and as soon as the others joined us we hurried down towards the heart of the battle. Using my X-ray vision I could tell exactly were the drilling was taking place. Deep in the heart of the heart of the planet, they had already set the charges! I told the others and we dived towards to drills. We were, I knew we would be, expected.

Brainiac 5

It was hard for me to focus on the battle, my mind was moving faster then it ever had before. I had to save my home, that was the one thought that kept me focused. Supergirl pushed into the line first, using her heat vision to cut a path into their line for us. Lighting Lad moved in next, and he was being supported by Cosmic Boy. I dived into the battle before suddenly I found myself some where else. A empty white space, with a scarlet robbed man in front of me.

“The Time Trapper,” I muttered, and the figure chuckled. It seemed that no matter how many times we destroyed this villain, someone else always took his place. Maybe the power to control time was too strong of a lure. Or maybe they start out wanting to do good and get corrupted by the power. What ever the reason, I stood my ground in front of the Time Trapper and waited.

“Brainiac 5, it is a pleasure to see you.” The Time Trapper had a different quality to his voice now. It contained no anger or spite, just a quite calm. “How do you like returning to your home world?”

“Its under attack.”

“Oh, I thought you might find it interesting. Your people always had a knack for avoiding being attacked, despite how advance they are. It is about time they suffer.”

“So this invasion was your doing?”

He looked at me, and I shivered. They was something unsettling about him, and something familiar. It was like I knew this person from someone, but with his hood covering his head I couldn’t tell who he was. “Of course it was my doing. Your sins are coming to haunt them. Observe.”

He made a image appear before me of the battle going on in Colu, and of the Drill that was drilling in the crust of the planet. But it had stopped, and the charges were set. They were set to go off in exactly five minutes. That wasn’t enough time to get the people to safety, let alone the Legionnaires that had came with me. The Time Trapper seemed to smile at me and he said;

“You will watch them die, from the safety of this little nexus of calm. You will pay for your sins, and your people will die for them.”

Supergirl

We had zero time to save everyone, and pretty soon it became apparent to me that the only thing we could do was save ourselves. I went to tell Brainy, but he wasn’t anywhere to be seen. Not even with my X-ray vision. It was like he had been erased from existence. We couldn’t leave without him, so I dived into the drill hole. No other way, I had to get rid of these bombs.

“Supergirl,” came Saturn Girl’s voice inside my head. It surprised me for a second, and I crashed into a drill. “Sorry, but you have less than two minutes to disarm the bombs.”

Rubbing my head as I took off, I sped up. Soon I was near the core, where the bombs were laying neatly around it in a ring. The heat was incredible, but I knew what had to be done. Quickly I grabbed the bombs, and took them up with me into space. They exploded nicely and safely, so I turned my attention to the planet bellow. To my horror, a green mist was expanding across the planet. I dived back to the others.

“What is going on?”

“According to the scanners, it’s a virus that was created to kill Coluians. Its
spreading too fast,” Cosmic Boy cussed under his breath. “We can’t stop it.”

“We have to try,” I told him, and I returned to the ground. “Shrinking Violet, open up a gate to Legion HQ. We’re going to get as many Coluians as we can through the gate before the virus reaches us.”

Her voice came back from the transmitter distorted, but clear enough for me to understand. “Got it Supergirl. Prepare for gate in three, two, one.”

A blue energy gate appeared before me and I began to grab Coluians and almost literality throw them into the portal. Most went in willingly, but some were a little bit more stubborn. Those I threw in. Saturn Girl helped to keep the people calm, sending telepathic waves of soothing thought. I tried to use my x-ray vision to find Brainy, but no matter where I looked, he wasn’t there. Where the hell was he?

“Supergirl!” Brainiac 5’s voice came over the transmitter, loud and clear. He seemed scared, and perhaps worried, but he was trying to hold it out of his voice. “Head through the gate, and get the others to come with you. I’ll be there in a second.”

“But Brainy-”

“Just go!”

I bit my lip, but I did what he told me. I gathered the others and as soon as we got the last of the survivors we could, we headed through the gate. It took a few minutes to wait, floating back and forth until I was ready to go through the gate after Brainiac 5. But then he reappeared, landing outside the gate in a heap.

“Got exposed,” he said, muttering as he looked up at us. “Only a little, but enough to make me sick. Colu though won’t survive.”

“The readings are coming in,” Shrinking Violet said, and her expression changed to horror. “The planet is caving in on itself.”

“Just incase something would happen to our people that we couldn’t survive, we had a back up plan. A mass of dark matter was planted deep inside the crust of the planet, the size of basketball. When activated, it would create a black hole effect and destroyed the planet and all the people on it.”

“But why?”

“We had to do it,” Brainy said, standing up. He wobbled slightly as he stood, before he leaned against a computer consul.

“You need to head to medical,” Cosmic Boy said, helping him stand. Brainy pushed him away though, and looked frustrated.

“I can get there myself. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll head there now.”

I watched him walk off, before I looked at the readings from the planet. I was beginning to realize that this Legion of Superheroes and this time really, was far more cut-throat then my time. People here were so ready to deal with the destruction of their entire civilization that… it was a little scary. But… I guessed that was what the Legion was for. So they wouldn’t have to make such hard decisions.

Brainiac 5

As I made my way to Medical, I ran over the last few minutes on Colu over and over again in my head. Despite what I said, there was no dark matter implanted into the crust. At least by the government of Colu. As I watched my people suffer from strange machines and then by a virus the invaders unleashed , the Time Trapper gave me a choice. I could either let my people suffer and die, or put them out of their misery. He offered me a sealed ball of dark matter, and I could feel him smiling at me.

“You know what to do.”

And so, left with no other less pleasing solution, I did it. I put the sell of dark matter into the core where the bombs had been, and set it to go off. As soon as I was through the gate, I set it off. The planet caved into itself and destroyed the majority of my people. The only ones that were left were those who were off planet, or rescued by the Legion. My calculations put the number at only a thousand survivors.

And it was all my fault.

Future Perfect: Chapter One

(I promised a review of LOSH #1 but its coming)

Welcome to FUTURE PERFECT chapter one! If anyone of you know a thing about the Legion comics, then you know about how much fun the Legion is. Just read and enjoy the fun! If you have any questions about the story line or characters just note me. I’ll be happy to answer any of the questions you have. Oh yeah, it’s a Supergirl/Brainiac Five coupling.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters contained with in this fan fiction. They belong to DC and those who created them. I just borrowed the characters. Please don’t sue.

Chapter one
What Dreams May Come

Supergirl
Things were crumbling apart around me, the tower was being destroyed around me. Large chunks of the ceiling fell passed me, and I prayed so hard to have my power back. Being the last daughter of Krypton stuck on a planet with a red sun really sucked. I am Kara Zor-El, Supergirl, and I was stuck in the same old dream again.
“Move it Supergirl,” came a voice, and a man with lighting shooting out of his arms came flying back towards me. “Use your flight ring and hurry up!”
I took off after him, memorizing his features. Red hair and a lighting scar running across his left cheek, he was wearing a suit to match his abilities. We dived through crumbling passage ways, and through open ports. Suddenly we were out in the open, fighting against a wave of machines that were being led by Imperix. My skin crawled when I saw him, and he grinned at me. Before he could slam a wave of energy into me, a green skinned man tackled me, getting me out of the waves before they could hit me.
“Be more careful will you,” he said, helping me up. He was hansom, in a strange short of way, but his face was familiar in a creepy short of way. “The red sun robbed you of your power, but it shouldn’t have robbed you of your common sense.”
“Oh haha, Mr. I’m more intelligent than you. Maybe you should find a way to turn the sun back yellow.”
He gave me a grim short of smile and shook his head. He quickly moved me out of the way of another attack before he put up his shield around us. “Imperix made sure to mask what ever technique he used to turn the sun red from me. Knew I would think up a situation too quickly, and he couldn’t risk you getting your powers back.”
I rolled my eyes, looking up at the red sun. I really hated this dream, and this had been the seventh time I had it. Didn’t that mean, by human standards, that it would come true? I sighed and looked back at the man. He was watching Imperix, while we went unnoticed by the alien invaders. Green skin, green eyes and blonde hair framing his head nicely. Then I realized that he had three dots on his forehead in a pattern I knew all too well. Brainiac’s symbol, but why would he be helping me? It didn’t make sense. I heard the force wall begin to give way, and I prepared myself for the next sound to come.
“Kara!”
I was suddenly woken by Kal-El’s strong arms shaking me, and I forced myself to shake the dream away. Kal looked at me in concern but slowly I moved his hands away from me. “Its that dream again, the one with Imperix and the green skin man. Though I think I know who he is now.”
“Who?”
“He’s Brainiac, though it doesn’t make any sense. Why would he try to save me?”
Kal looked troubled for a second before he sat down on the side of my bed. He looked to be in deep though, which is honestly a look I don’t see very often on his face. Then he turned to me. “Have you ever heard of the Legion of Superheroes?”
“Uh, not really. You never really talked about it.”
“The Legion of Superheroes exist is the 31st century as a peace-keeping organization. Its original founding members once visited me when I was younger and helped me figure out what I wanted to do. One of their members is called Brainiac-”
“So he really was a member! How in the world do-”
“Kara, he is called Brainiac 5, and he isn’t even related to Brainiac. Brainiac is a computer construct, not organic like Brainiac 5 is. Now he’s his own person.”
“Why didn’t you tell me about him before,” I said, leaning over to him. “You know, after I had the dream at least four different times.”
“I didn’t think I needed to worry about telling you, but I think the time was right. And who knows, this might mean you’ll meet them.”
I shook my head, knowing that they were just dreams. Besides, why would I want to end up in a future where the sun is red and Imperix is destroying everything? I didn’t say anything though and began to push my cusion out of the room.
“If you don’t mind, I would like to get dressed now, Kal-El.”
“Alright, alright, I’ll see you are breakfast.”
I closed the door behind him, and leaned against the door. What in the world was I going to do if I kept on having these dreams? Slowly though, I decided to move away from those thoughts and get ready. What ever today had in store, it defiantly didn’t have the Future in it. All that I wanted to do was eat breakfast.
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“Do you think anything is going to happen today?”
Lana Lang sat beside me on the swing, going back in forth in the swing, she gave me a look. “I like it when its peaceful like this.”
“I find it boring.”
“Be careful what you wish for, you might just-”
A sudden shock wave hit us and suddenly a wave of energy appeared in front of me. So much for a boring day. I was caught off guard though when a hand grabbed me and suddenly pull me into the disk of energy. The pain was unbelievable. For a moment I saw nothing but blackness before suddenly a light emerged in my line of sight. That sight expanded into a man standing in front of me, looking at me in concern. I recognized him immediately as being the same lighting scar man from my dreams. I screamed and pushed him away, before I gave a good look at the sky. Oops, still a yellow sun. I watched as the man was grabbed out of the sky and I smiled shyly.
“Sorry about that.”
“She is defiantly related to Superman,” came a chilling familiar voice, and I looked to see the green skin man. He turn his eyes to mine and smiled slightly. “At least she managed not to kill you, Lighting Lad. You were a little too close to her.”
“I was only seeing if she was alright. More than you were doing, Brainy.”
He rolled his eyes. “I knew she would be fine when she came through the time gate, but you couldn’t see that.”
“Who are you?”
I knew the answer, but I chose to ask the question anyway. Brainiac 5 gave me a reassuring look before he turned to the blond haired woman. From her looks, but mostly due to the Saturn on her shirt I knew that this had to be Saturn Girl. One of the founders of the Legion of Superheroes. She turned to me and said,
“I am Imra, Saturn Girl of the Legion of Superheroes. We summoned you here so,” she gave the green skinned man a look, “ungracefully because we need your help.”
“Historical records states that you fought in the Imperix Wars. Well, Imperix is returning to this time, and we need someone who fought him before on our side.”
I stood up, brushing off my pants off as I did. “Why didn’t you just get Superman or Wonder woman? Why me?”
The Lighting user, Lighting Lad, came over. “I asked Brainy the same thing but he just said something about dealing with parallel versions dealing the Legions before or something like that.”
I blinked at him and then looked at Brainiac 5. He looked at me like he suddenly remembered something, or perhaps realized something. “Kara Zor-El, we need you to help us. Without you this war is going to go badly for the United Planets. We will lose this war.”
“Like I was really going to say no to Kal-El’s old friends. Honestly. Besides, I’ve been having dreams about this for weeks.”
“You’ve been having dreams,” Saturn Girl asked, and I nodded. “Dream Girl must have been preparing you for this.”
“Oh well, where’s your hideout?”
“Your in it.”
I stood in a magnificent room, a room kind of like a hall of memories mixed with a reception room. It was done in marble and steel, giving it a futuristic feel. Pictures of the Legionnaires adorned the walls, showing some of their adventures. A picture of Superman and the Legion caught my attention.
“Superman came with us on many of our harder missions. When he left for the last time a few years ago, he promised that he would come back if we needed him.”
I turned to Saturn Girl as a few more Legionnaires joined us. One man looked like an animal with bright red eyes and animal fur covering his body. He didn’t look un friendly though. Another was a girl with long black hair and a ghost on her outfits front. Her had drug along with her a orange skinned boy, with antenna sticking out of his forehead. He held out his hand to me and I shook it.
“Hi Supergirl, I’m Cham. Resident shape shifter of the Legion. That’s Phantom Girl and Timber Wolf.”
“Tinya Wazzo,” Phantom Girl said, flashing a pretty smile. “I’m a big fan of your adventures!”
“Thanks,” I said, not completely sure how to act around them. Yeah, they were teenagers like I was, but to them I was long dead. It felt kind of strange.
“I’m Brin Lando,” Timber Wolf said, nodding. I gave him a smile that seem to put him at ease. At least he seemed less intense.
“I should show you to your room,” Saturn Girl said, taking my arm. As we began to walk away I heard Tinya say to Brainy;
“Hey, are you alright?”
“Yes.”
“You look a little pale.”
“Nothing really, I just remembered something that perhaps I would have been better off not knowing.”
Better off not knowing? That idea made my skin crawl so in refection I rubbed my arms. Saturn Girl led me up two levels of stairs up to the living/recreation level. As we passes door after door I noticed symbols were on the doors instead of names or numbers. A lighting bolt for Lighting Lad, a Saturn for Imra, a Ghost for Tinya, and a ever shifting symbol for Chameleon Boy. He, I knew that was what Cham stood for.
Finally we reached a door were a gold ‘S’ was engraved on the door. I smiled, “My room?”
“Yes. We had known for a week that Brainy was going to bring you to the present so we had time to prepare your room.”
She opened the door and I gasped. It was almost and exact replica of my room back in the 21st century, just a few added bonuses. A better computer for one. I gave Imra a quick hug of appreciation.
“Thanks so much, it wasn’t really necessary though.”
“Brainiac 5 didn’t say how long this conflict is going to last so I thought it would be nice if had something ‘homely’ to come back to after battles.”
I grinned, and she closed the door. ‘Time for some sleep,’ she said and let me get use to this new room. I sat down on the bed, and allowed the tiredness I had been feeling since the sudden leap to the future set in. At least I could get some sleep.

Brainiac 5

Memories, I’ve always found, were a strange but interesting center for focus day to day. And lately, that was all my mind was focusing on. Ever since the strange sudden return of the original Supergirl, my life had been in chaos. Memories that had been locked away for years came rushing to the surface, pushing me almost to the brink of a mental break down. And then I found the message written for me by Supergirl.
‘Querl, Imperix is coming. Get me from the past so I can help. Please, I’m sorry for everything. But the time has come for Supergirl and the Legion to rise again.” ~ Supergirl
As I felt memories play with my mind, I began to realize that maybe these memories were beneficial to the Legion. Perhaps I could help change the tide of the coming war by summoning an old friend from the past. But I couldn’t tell them about my memories, nor what had happened in the past.
Messing with what was meant to be could be very dangerous. I had learned that before.
I went to the Lab, it was the only place that I felt truly comfortable in the whole Legion Headquarters. Going through notes and plans, I found my mind once again falling into the same line of thought.
She had died.
It had been one thousand years since her death and yet, the Infinite Crisis had caused the timelines to change. Our time line had been restored and so had she. Did this prove the existences of some kind of higher power that showed some kindness towards us? Illogical I know, but perhaps it was just the sudden memory return playing my mind.
Shaking my head, I heard the door open. Saturn Girl was strolling in with a plate of food. “You’ve been in the lab all week, Brainy. You need to take care of yourself.”
“I am taking care of myself. You need to make Supergirl feel welcome.”
She set the plate down in front of me and leaned against the desk. She had this amazing way of reading me, even if I kept my mind closed to her. She had known me long enough to know inventively what I was feeling. “She’s resting. And you need to do that yourself, to prepare for the coming conflict.”
“I’ll be fine just tell me something.”
“Anything.”
“Do you remember last year when I had that sudden melt down?”
She nodded at me, her violet eyes sudden filled with concern. Always so feeling, I found it strangely too human for even me to understand. But her race was always filled with empathy towards other races. “Of course I do. It was on-”
“The twenty third of April. Do you remember anything in the 20th century that might correspond with that date?”
“No, but why ask?”
“Oh, its nothing. I was just wondering about something. Thanks for the meal, I’ll eat it shortly then get some sleep. Why don’t you go and rest yourself, you’ll need it just as much as I will.”
After she left, and sighed and turned to the plate. Perhaps this was for the best, but maybe not. I would find out soon enough if following my mind and heart would be enough to save the United Planets in the end.

Confessions of a Comic Book Nerd.

Back when I was a little girl I wasn’t much of a comic book reader, but I was really into some of the more boyish things that were on TV. Such things that were on were Power Rangers, Transformers: Beast Wars/Beast Machines, Beetle Borgs and such other things. The one comic I did read when I was younger was the Sonic the Hedgehog Comics that were being published way back then. Every week when we went to the Kroger’s I would go to the magazines and read every Sonic Comic that came out so far. It was really fun, but eventually we stop going as often and I lost touch with the story line. I’m not even sure what was the last comic I read from that old comic…
I lost interest in comics for a long time but I did follow a lot of the cartoons that came out about superheroes, like Batman. Batman was by far my favorite growing up just because of all the episodes (Superman was okay, Justice League was cool, and I did watch Spiderman) but I didn’t get into comics again for a long time. Then came 9/11, which lead me to the library.
Apparently DC and Marvel had come out with these comics that used their characters to help deal with the pain. When I opened up the DC one I read a story about a little boy who had lost his father in the towers, and a woman named Raven helped him. When I read her I couldn’t help but wonder more about her and I began to research her. She was apart of the Teen Titans, and what else my research uncovered she was the daughter of a demon. At once my interest was up and I followed the cartoon that came out faithfully.
When the show got canceled (like all good shows I like do), I tried to find something else to watch. The show I ended up watching next lead me back into the comics I love now; The Legion of Superheroes. The show caught my attention from the first episode, since it had a young Superman and a strange descendent of Brainiac. Oh, I loved Brainiac Five and it was love for him that brought me back into comics.
Legion of Superheroes was canceled after the ending of season two, much to my dislike, but I wanted more about this group of heroes. Then I joined the Navy, and my interest stayed. When I got to my current base, I found the area had a lot of comic book stores and I began to buy up as many of them as I could. Any to deal with the Legion, and other Superheroes that began to catch my attention, like Green Lantern Corps (I only read that because of Blackest Night but I fell in love with Guy.)
Currently I read Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Blackest Night, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Booster Gold, Supergirl, World of New Krypton, and a few more. I also enjoy reading old Legion issues from the 1980’s and before and after that time. Anything to do with Supergirl/Brainiac Five is good for me. It makes me feel warm and happy inside, and that kind of feeling is hard for me to find in this place. More to come later.

Next Time: A Review of a issue #1 from the 1989 Legion of Superheroes