Legends

    (DC, 1986-1987)
™ and ©1986 DC Comics, Inc.

On the cold world of Apokolips, the evil Darkseid had just quashed another rebellion. Still, he felt uneasy. In turning toward Earth, he saw always the same heroes that rose to defeat him time and time again. It was time, he thought, to put an end to them. This time, he would attack not the heroes, but the very ideals—the legends—themselves.

Darkseid sent Doctor Bedlam and Glorious Godfrey to Earth. There, they quickly engineered it so that Billy Batson (a.k.a. Shazam) would accidentally murder a super-villain, and accordingly become so ashamed that he would abandon his super-hero identity. At the same time, “Dr. G. Gordon Godfrey” appeared on television to whip the public into an anti-super-hero frenzy.

This series crossed over through countless DC titles in 1986 as it served as the birthplace for the new Suicide Squad and the revamped Justice League (not “…of America”).
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Issues from this title are available as part of 3 sets
  • 1
    #1
    Nov 1986
    Cover: $0.75
    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
    1st appearance of Amanda Waller; 1st appearance of Brimstone
    34 copies from $4.00
  • 2
    #2
    Dec 1986
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
    33 copies from $0.75
  • 2/NS
    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by John Byrne
    Dec 1986
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
    1 copy for $3.98
  • 3
    #3
    Jan 1987
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
    1st appearance of Suicide Squad; 1st Appearance of Suicide Squad (modern); Death of Blockbuster (Mark Desmond)
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  • 3/NS
    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by John Byrne
    Jan 1987
    Cover: $0.75
    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
    1st appearance of Suicide Squad; 1st Appearance of Suicide Squad (modern); Death of Blockbuster (Mark Desmond)
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 4
    #4
    Feb 1987
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
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  • 4/NS
    #4 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by John Byrne
    Feb 1987
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
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  • 5
    #5
    Mar 1987
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
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    #5 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by John Byrne
    Mar 1987
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
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  • 6
    #6
    Apr 1987
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
    1st appearance of Justice League
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  • 6/NS
    #6 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by John Byrne
    Apr 1987
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein  ·  A: John Byrne
    1st appearance of Justice League
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  • Bk 1
    Book #1
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    W: John Ostrander, Len Wein, Mike Gold  ·  A: John Byrne
    Collects series; Introduction by Mike Gold
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