Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga

by Levitz, Paul; Swan, Curt; Giffen, Keith; Broderick, Pat

• ISBN13: 9781779527769
• ISBN10: 1779527764
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-09-24
• Publisher: DC Comics
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Summary

The godlike Darkseid emerges in the 30th century with an ingenious plot to finally conquer the universe in  Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen's timeless Legion of Super-Heroes epic!

Using his faithful minions to acquire all of the mystic artifacts of the time, Darkseid gains mental control over a race of three billion all-powerful beings.

Now, as their universe teeters on the edge of Armageddon, the Legion of Super-Heroes amass their own army of every champion who ever held the status of Legionnaire to stand against the Dark Lord and his invincible soldiers.

But as the Legion suffers defeat after defeat, they realize that salvation and victory rest in the hands of a mysterious baby that has aged into adulthood before their very eyes!

This is the perfect edition of the classic Levitz storyline that was decades ahead of its time and still stands as one of DC's most enthralling superhero tales!

Author Biography

Paul Levitz entered comics in 1971 as editor of The Comic Reader, the first comics newszine, which won two Best Fanzine Comic Art Fan Awards. He has received the Inkpot Award and the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award and serves on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund board. Levitz is known for his writing, including an acclaimed run on the Legion of Super-Heroes, a series to which he's returned. On staff from 1973, Levitz was DC's youngest editor ever, ultimately becoming publisher in 1989 and president and publisher from 2002 to 2009.