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|image=[[File:LegionWorlds1.jpg|250px]]
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|story_title=You are here: [[Earth/Post-Zero Hour|Earth]]
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|caption=Cover, by John Cassaday.
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|previous=[[Legion Lost 12|''Legion Lost'' #12: First & Last]]
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|story_title=You Are Here: [[Earth/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Earth]]
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|previous=[[Legion Lost v1 12|''Legion Lost'' v1 #12: First & Last]]
 
|next=[[#The Earth Spins|Story 2: The Earth Spins]]<br />(M'Onel) [[The Legion 1|''The Legion'' #1]]
 
|next=[[#The Earth Spins|Story 2: The Earth Spins]]<br />(M'Onel) [[The Legion 1|''The Legion'' #1]]
 
|publication_date=[[April 19]], [[Legion_Publication_History/1999-2001#2001|2001]]
 
|publication_date=[[April 19]], [[Legion_Publication_History/1999-2001#2001|2001]]
 
|cover_date=June 2001
 
|cover_date=June 2001
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|writers=[[Dan Abnett]] and [[Andy Lanning]] ([[DnA]])
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|writers=[[Dan Abnett]] and [[Andy Lanning]]
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|penciller=[[Yvel Guichet]]
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|pencillers=Yvel Guichet
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|inker=[[Dexter Vines]]
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|inkers=Dexter Vines
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|letterer=[[Comicraft]]
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|letterers=Comicraft
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|colorist=[[Tom McCraw]]
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|colorists=[[Tom McCraw]]<br>Digital Chameleon (seperations)
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|separations=[[Digital Chameleon]]
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|editors=[[Mike McAvennie]]
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|editor=[[Mike McAvennie]]
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|cover_artists=John Cassaday
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|cover_artists=[[John Cassaday]]
 
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==You are here: Earth==
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==You Are Here: Earth==
 
:''Set "a year to the day" after [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 125|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v4 #125]].''
 
:''Set "a year to the day" after [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 125|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v4 #125]].''
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[[M'Onel]] fights an upgraded [[Tharok/Post-Zero Hour|Tharok]] in rapid decent towards [[Earth/Post-Zero Hour|Earth]]'s surface. When he finally stops him in [[Metropolis/Post-Zero Hour|Metropolis]], a small drone detaches and rockets away, but he stops it with a shot of freeze-breath, and [[Science Police/Post-Zero Hour|Science Police]] arrive to contain Tharok.
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===Synopsis===
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[[M'Onel]] fights an upgraded [[Tharok/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Tharok]] in rapid decent towards [[Earth/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Earth]]'s surface. When he finally stops him in [[Metropolis/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Metropolis]], a small drone detaches and rockets away, but he stops it with a shot of freeze-breath, and [[Science Police/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Science Police]] arrive to contain Tharok.
  
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Following a report on the fight, ''The Earth Spins'' interviews President [[Leland McCauley/Post-Zero Hour|Leland McCauley]], who promises to make repairs, points out the rebuilding work on Earth since the Blight, and says that he has no regrets on disbanding the [[Legion of Super-Heroes/Post-Zero Hour|Legion]] "with honours" after the events of ''[[Widening Rifts]]''. In response to a question on M'Onel, he says M'On is like a son to him.
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Following a report on the fight, ''The Earth Spins'' interviews President [[Leland McCauley/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Leland McCauley]], who promises to make repairs, points out the rebuilding work on Earth since the Blight, and says that he has no regrets on disbanding the [[Legion of Super-Heroes/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Legion]] "with honours" after the events of ''[[Widening Rifts]]''. In response to a question on M'Onel, he says M'On is like a son to him.
  
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M'Onel, watching, thinks how he hates it when McCauley lies. [[Shvaughn Erin/Post-Zero Hour|Shvaughn Erin]] then calls him to ask for help in the investigation into the "Tharok incursion", but a chance encounter with [[Kinetix]] once there depresses him over how lonely he feels. Shvaughn tells him he still has friends, one of whom is right in front of him, and to come and help like he promised.
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M'Onel, watching, thinks how he hates it when McCauley lies. [[Shvaughn Erin/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Shvaughn Erin]] then calls him to ask for help in the investigation into the "Tharok incursion", but a chance encounter with [[Kinetix]] once there depresses him over how lonely he feels. Shvaughn tells him he still has friends, one of whom is right in front of him, and to come and help like he promised.
  
 
What is causing problems is the now-defrosted drone, which M'Onel theorises Tharok was just a delivery vehicle for, on behalf of whoever upgraded him. It then infects the system, and then a Science Police officer, who starts babbling about "[[Robotica]]". M'Onel gets Shvaughn to purge the system at all costs, and then destroys the drone with his heat vision. The infected officer then drops dead.
 
What is causing problems is the now-defrosted drone, which M'Onel theorises Tharok was just a delivery vehicle for, on behalf of whoever upgraded him. It then infects the system, and then a Science Police officer, who starts babbling about "[[Robotica]]". M'Onel gets Shvaughn to purge the system at all costs, and then destroys the drone with his heat vision. The infected officer then drops dead.
  
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M'Onel then goes to confront McCauley over the apparent downplaying of the Robotican menace. McCauley brushes him off, but his henchman [[Computo/Post-Zero Hour|Venge]] tells him M'Onel was right to be concerned. M'Onel then leaves to visit [[Legion Memorial Plaza]] for the anniversary of the loss of half the Legion in the Rift. There, he meets [[Triad]], who had been running [[Brande Industries]] for the previous year.  
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M'Onel then goes to confront McCauley over the apparent downplaying of the Robotican menace. McCauley brushes him off, but his henchman [[Computo/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour|Venge]] tells him M'Onel was right to be concerned. M'Onel then leaves to visit [[Legion Memorial Plaza]] for the anniversary of the loss of half the Legion in the Rift. There, he meets [[Triad]], who had been running [[Brande Industries]] for the previous year.  
  
 
After hugging, Triad starts telling M'Onel that she wants to talk to him about "the things that really matter." He feigns ignorance of what she means, and quickly flies off in response to an alert.
 
After hugging, Triad starts telling M'Onel that she wants to talk to him about "the things that really matter." He feigns ignorance of what she means, and quickly flies off in response to an alert.
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The alert turns out to be a Robotican advance scout. While fighting it, M'Onel thinks about his history as Valor, and whether Luornu was right to implicitly suggest revealing himself as the planet-seeder. He finally destroys it, and upon telling the controller to send the U.P. navy to contain the debris, he is informed of another deep-space incursion.
 
The alert turns out to be a Robotican advance scout. While fighting it, M'Onel thinks about his history as Valor, and whether Luornu was right to implicitly suggest revealing himself as the planet-seeder. He finally destroys it, and upon telling the controller to send the U.P. navy to contain the debris, he is informed of another deep-space incursion.
  
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Thinking it's the prelude to a full-scale invasion, he is shocked and delighted when, instead, he sees the [[Legion Outpost/Post-Zero Hour#Second Outpost|Legion Outpost]] come through a hole in space.
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Thinking it's the prelude to a full-scale invasion, he is shocked and delighted when, instead, he sees the [[Legion Outpost/Reboot#Post-Zero Hour#Second Outpost|Legion Outpost]] come through a hole in space.
 
:''Continued directly in [[The Legion 1|''The Legion'' #1]]''
 
:''Continued directly in [[The Legion 1|''The Legion'' #1]]''
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===Roll Call===
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====Legionnaires====
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*[[Triad]]
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====Oversight Watch====
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*[[M'Onel]]
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====Villains====
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*"[[Ra's al-Ghul|President Leland McCauley]]"
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====Other characters====
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*[[Shvaughn Erin/Reboot|S.P. Lt. Shvaughn Erin]]
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*[[Kinetix|S.P. Officer Zoe Saugin]]
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====Planets and Settings====
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*[[Earth/Reboot|Earth]]
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**[[Metropolis/Reboot|Metropolis]]
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====Organisations====
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*[[United Planets/Reboot|United Planets]]
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*[[Science Police/Reboot|Science Police]]
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====Technology, gadgets, etc====
  
 
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|caption=''The Earth Spins'', by [[Olivier Coipel]]
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|caption=Panels from ''The Earth Spins'', by Olivier Coipel et al.
 
|story_title=The Earth Spins
 
|story_title=The Earth Spins
 
|previous=[[#You are here: Earth|Story 1: You are here: Earth]]
 
|previous=[[#You are here: Earth|Story 1: You are here: Earth]]
 
|next=(publication) [[Legion Worlds 2|''Legion Worlds'' #2: You are here: Winath]]<br />(Triad) [[The Legion 1|''The Legion'' #1]]
 
|next=(publication) [[Legion Worlds 2|''Legion Worlds'' #2: You are here: Winath]]<br />(Triad) [[The Legion 1|''The Legion'' #1]]
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|writer=Dan Abnett
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|writers=[[Dan Abnett]]
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|penciller=[[Olivier Coipel]]
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|pencillers=[[Olivier Coipel]]
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|inker=Andy Lanning
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|inkers=[[Andy Lanning]]
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|letterer=Comicraft
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|letterers=Comicraft
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|colorist=Tom McCraw
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|colorists=[[Tom McCraw]]<br>Digital Chameleon (seperations)
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|separations=Digital Chameleon
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|editors=[[Mike McAvennie]]
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|editor=Mike McAvennie
 
}}
 
}}
 
==The Earth Spins==
 
==The Earth Spins==
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===Synopsis===
 
After leaving M'Onel, Triad returns to her apartment, where she watches the news, including profiles of Tharok, M'Onel and the Legion, but when they reach the Rift Disaster and McCauley's eulogy of the Legion starts, they start link-hopping, going through two pro-McCauley pieces, a piece on the Robotican threat and an apparent pandemic on [[Vyrga]] before giving up and switching to music.
 
After leaving M'Onel, Triad returns to her apartment, where she watches the news, including profiles of Tharok, M'Onel and the Legion, but when they reach the Rift Disaster and McCauley's eulogy of the Legion starts, they start link-hopping, going through two pro-McCauley pieces, a piece on the Robotican threat and an apparent pandemic on [[Vyrga]] before giving up and switching to music.
  
 
With the three of her angry, tired and depressed respectively, Triad-Purple launches on a rant about McCauley, before Neutral stops her with a reminder that "The walls have ears." Purple retorts that McCauley knows how they feel about him and heads off to get ready for bed. Neutral spends a moment comforting Orange before following with a reminder to Orange that "I need our sleep". After Neutral has gone, the computer flags up an item that Luornu may find interesting - Orange plays it, and instantly yells for her sisters to come, screaming "THEY'RE BACK!" as the news reports that it appears that the Lost Legionnaires have returned.
 
With the three of her angry, tired and depressed respectively, Triad-Purple launches on a rant about McCauley, before Neutral stops her with a reminder that "The walls have ears." Purple retorts that McCauley knows how they feel about him and heads off to get ready for bed. Neutral spends a moment comforting Orange before following with a reminder to Orange that "I need our sleep". After Neutral has gone, the computer flags up an item that Luornu may find interesting - Orange plays it, and instantly yells for her sisters to come, screaming "THEY'RE BACK!" as the news reports that it appears that the Lost Legionnaires have returned.
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===Roll Call===
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====Legionnaires====
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*[[Triad]]
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==Solicitations==
 
==Solicitations==
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''Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; art by Yvel Guichet and Dexter Vines; cover by John Cassaday.''
 
''Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; art by Yvel Guichet and Dexter Vines; cover by John Cassaday.''
  
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''A new miniseries starring the 31st Century's greatest heroes begins! On "Earth," the Legion has been disbanded, and M'Onel prepares for an inevitable war while battling an amped-up Tharok of the Fatal Five! For more information, see the feature article.''
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''A new miniseries starring the 31st Century's greatest heroes begins! On "Earth," the Legion has been disbanded, and M'Onel prepares for an inevitable war while battling an amped-up Tharok of the Fatal Five! For more information, see the feature article.''
  
 
''48 pages, $3.95, arrives in stores on April 18 [2001].''
 
''48 pages, $3.95, arrives in stores on April 18 [2001].''
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'''LEGION WORLDS'''
 
'''LEGION WORLDS'''
  
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''In last year's fast-paced, shocking and twist-filled maxiseries, LEGION LOST, we followed eleven missing Legionnaires as they desperately struggled to find their way home. But what of the remaining Legionnaires who were not lost? What has happened in the year that has passed, and how will these other heroes react when they learn their missing teammates may not be dead after all?''
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''In last year's fast-paced, shocking and twist-filled maxiseries, LEGION LOST, we followed eleven missing Legionnaires as they desperately struggled to find their way home. But what of the remaining Legionnaires who were not lost? What has happened in the year that has passed, and how will these other heroes react when they learn their missing teammates may not be dead after all?''
  
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''The answers are found in LEGION WORLDS, a 6-issue miniseries written by the LEGION LOST writing team of Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, and showcasing covers by the fan-favorite artist of PLANETARY, John Cassaday. Each issue of LEGION WORLDS is 48 pages (with ads) and leads with a 30-page story focusing on different Legion planets and team members, drawn by different artistic teams that include: Yvel Guichet (BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN) & Dexter Vines, Enrique Breccia (Heavy Metal), Paul Rivoche (BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE), Duncan Rouleau (ACTION COMICS), Kilian Plunkett (UNKNOWN SOLDIER), and Steve Dillon (PREACHER, Punisher) & Andy Lanning (WONDER WOMAN). Each issue also contains eight pages of backup material — either a short story or Legion Profile Pages — making LEGION WORLDS a perfect jump-on point for new readers looking for a crash course on the 30th century's greatest heroes. LEGION WORLDS also sets the stage for an ongoing Legion title set to debut later this year!''
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''The answers are found in LEGION WORLDS, a 6-issue miniseries written by the LEGION LOST writing team of Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, and showcasing covers by the fan-favorite artist of PLANETARY, John Cassaday. Each issue of LEGION WORLDS is 48 pages (with ads) and leads with a 30-page story focusing on different Legion planets and team members, drawn by different artistic teams that include: Yvel Guichet (BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN) & Dexter Vines, Enrique Breccia (Heavy Metal), Paul Rivoche (BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE), Duncan Rouleau (ACTION COMICS), Kilian Plunkett (UNKNOWN SOLDIER), and Steve Dillon (PREACHER, Punisher) & Andy Lanning (WONDER WOMAN). Each issue also contains eight pages of backup material — either a short story or Legion Profile Pages — making LEGION WORLDS a perfect jump-on point for new readers looking for a crash course on the 30th century's greatest heroes. LEGION WORLDS also sets the stage for an ongoing Legion title set to debut later this year!''
  
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''With LEGION WORLDS #1 — "Earth," illustrated by Guichet & Vines — we learn that the Legion has disbanded, and Leland McCauley is now the President of Earth and in control of a depleted United Planets. The Stargates, the interstellar mode of transportation, are now gone — and former Legionnaire M'Onel contemplates how it's affecting the rest of the galaxy. M'Onel encounters other Legionnaires, such as Kinetix and Triad, during the one-year anniversary of their comrades' disappearance — but as he battles an amped-up Tharok of the Fatal Five, several warning signs signal that a war between Earth and an invading robot-like race may be inevitable.''
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''With LEGION WORLDS #1 — "Earth," illustrated by Guichet & Vines — we learn that the Legion has disbanded, and Leland McCauley is now the President of Earth and in control of a depleted United Planets. The Stargates, the interstellar mode of transportation, are now gone — and former Legionnaire M'Onel contemplates how it's affecting the rest of the galaxy. M'Onel encounters other Legionnaires, such as Kinetix and Triad, during the one-year anniversary of their comrades' disappearance — but as he battles an amped-up Tharok of the Fatal Five, several warning signs signal that a war between Earth and an invading robot-like race may be inevitable.''
  
 
''Future issues of LEGION WORLDS will focus on five other planets — Winath, Braal, Xanthu, Rimbor, plus a new planet called Steeple — and star a number of other Legionnaires such as Spark, Cosmic Boy, XS, Star Boy, Apparition, Karate Kid, Ferro, and many more favorites!''
 
''Future issues of LEGION WORLDS will focus on five other planets — Winath, Braal, Xanthu, Rimbor, plus a new planet called Steeple — and star a number of other Legionnaires such as Spark, Cosmic Boy, XS, Star Boy, Apparition, Karate Kid, Ferro, and many more favorites!''
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''This project is supported with house and trade ads.''
 
''This project is supported with house and trade ads.''
  
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''LEGION WORLDS is a 6-issue miniseries edited by Mike McAvennie. Issue #1 arrives in comic-book stores April 18. Each issue is 48-pages with a cover price of $3.95 U.S.''
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''LEGION WORLDS is a 6-issue miniseries edited by Mike McAvennie. Issue #1 arrives in comic-book stores April 18. Each issue is 48-pages with a cover price of $3.95 U.S.''
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==Images==
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===Cover artwork===
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<gallery>
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File:LegionWorlds1-Solicit.jpg|Solicitation art
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File:LegionWorlds1-Promo.jpg|Early promotional art, showing the trade dress
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File:LegionWorlds1.jpg|Published cover
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</gallery>
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===Interior artwork===
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<gallery>
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File:LegionWorlds1-pg1BW.jpg|Page 1 (B&W art only)
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File:LegionWorlds1-pg2BW.jpg|Page 2 (B&W art only)
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File:LegionWorlds1-pg3BW.jpg|Page 3 (B&W art only)
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File:LegionWorlds1-pg4BW.jpg|Page 4 (B&W art only)
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</gallery>
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==Reprints==
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'''You are here: Earth''' and '''The Earth Spins''' have been reprinted in:
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<gallery>
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File:LegionWorldsTPB.jpg|''[[Legion Worlds]]'' TPB (2013)
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</gallery>
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==See also==
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*[[Legion Worlds]]
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*[[Legion Publication History/1999-2001|Legion Publication History - Other issues published (late) 1999-2001]]
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*[[Legion Publication History/Series/Legion Worlds|Legion Publication History - Other issues of ''Legion Worlds'']]
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*[[Chronology/Reboot/Post-Zero Hour|Post-Zero Hour Chronology]]
  
 
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|next_continuity2=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Legion Worlds 3#On the Net|''Legion Worlds'' #3: On the Net]]
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|prev_series=[[Legion Lost v1 12|''Legion Lost'' v1 #12]]
 
|next_series=[[Legion Worlds 2|''Legion Worlds'' #2]]
 
|next_series=[[Legion Worlds 2|''Legion Worlds'' #2]]
 
|prev_publication=[[Superboy's Legion|''Superboy's Legion'' #2]]
 
|prev_publication=[[Superboy's Legion|''Superboy's Legion'' #2]]

Latest revision as of 09:06, 11 December 2012

Legion Worlds #1
Story 1
Reboot » Post-Zero Hour
LegionWorlds1.jpg
Cover, by John Cassaday.
Story title You Are Here: Earth
Previous story Legion Lost v1 #12: First & Last
Next story Story 2: The Earth Spins
(M'Onel) The Legion #1
Publication date April 19, 2001
Cover date June 2001
Creators
Writer(s) Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA)
Penciller Yvel Guichet
Inker Dexter Vines
Letterer Comicraft
Colourist Tom McCraw
Separations Digital Chameleon
Editor Mike McAvennie
Cover artist(s) John Cassaday

You Are Here: Earth

Set "a year to the day" after Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #125.

Synopsis

M'Onel fights an upgraded Tharok in rapid decent towards Earth's surface. When he finally stops him in Metropolis, a small drone detaches and rockets away, but he stops it with a shot of freeze-breath, and Science Police arrive to contain Tharok.

Following a report on the fight, The Earth Spins interviews President Leland McCauley, who promises to make repairs, points out the rebuilding work on Earth since the Blight, and says that he has no regrets on disbanding the Legion "with honours" after the events of Widening Rifts. In response to a question on M'Onel, he says M'On is like a son to him.

M'Onel, watching, thinks how he hates it when McCauley lies. Shvaughn Erin then calls him to ask for help in the investigation into the "Tharok incursion", but a chance encounter with Kinetix once there depresses him over how lonely he feels. Shvaughn tells him he still has friends, one of whom is right in front of him, and to come and help like he promised.

What is causing problems is the now-defrosted drone, which M'Onel theorises Tharok was just a delivery vehicle for, on behalf of whoever upgraded him. It then infects the system, and then a Science Police officer, who starts babbling about "Robotica". M'Onel gets Shvaughn to purge the system at all costs, and then destroys the drone with his heat vision. The infected officer then drops dead.

M'Onel then goes to confront McCauley over the apparent downplaying of the Robotican menace. McCauley brushes him off, but his henchman Venge tells him M'Onel was right to be concerned. M'Onel then leaves to visit Legion Memorial Plaza for the anniversary of the loss of half the Legion in the Rift. There, he meets Triad, who had been running Brande Industries for the previous year.

After hugging, Triad starts telling M'Onel that she wants to talk to him about "the things that really matter." He feigns ignorance of what she means, and quickly flies off in response to an alert.

The alert turns out to be a Robotican advance scout. While fighting it, M'Onel thinks about his history as Valor, and whether Luornu was right to implicitly suggest revealing himself as the planet-seeder. He finally destroys it, and upon telling the controller to send the U.P. navy to contain the debris, he is informed of another deep-space incursion.

Thinking it's the prelude to a full-scale invasion, he is shocked and delighted when, instead, he sees the Legion Outpost come through a hole in space.

Continued directly in The Legion #1

Roll Call

Legionnaires

Oversight Watch

Villains

Other characters

Planets and Settings

Organisations

Technology, gadgets, etc

Legion Worlds #1
Story 2
Reboot » Post-Zero Hour
LW1EarthSpins.jpg
Panels from The Earth Spins, by Olivier Coipel et al.
Story title The Earth Spins
Previous story Story 1: You are here: Earth
Next story (publication) Legion Worlds #2: You are here: Winath
(Triad) The Legion #1
Creators
Writer Dan Abnett
Penciller Olivier Coipel
Inker Andy Lanning
Letterer Comicraft
Colourist Tom McCraw
Separations Digital Chameleon
Editor Mike McAvennie

The Earth Spins

Synopsis

After leaving M'Onel, Triad returns to her apartment, where she watches the news, including profiles of Tharok, M'Onel and the Legion, but when they reach the Rift Disaster and McCauley's eulogy of the Legion starts, they start link-hopping, going through two pro-McCauley pieces, a piece on the Robotican threat and an apparent pandemic on Vyrga before giving up and switching to music.

With the three of her angry, tired and depressed respectively, Triad-Purple launches on a rant about McCauley, before Neutral stops her with a reminder that "The walls have ears." Purple retorts that McCauley knows how they feel about him and heads off to get ready for bed. Neutral spends a moment comforting Orange before following with a reminder to Orange that "I need our sleep". After Neutral has gone, the computer flags up an item that Luornu may find interesting - Orange plays it, and instantly yells for her sisters to come, screaming "THEY'RE BACK!" as the news reports that it appears that the Lost Legionnaires have returned.

Roll Call

Legionnaires


Solicitations

Standard solicit

LEGION WORLDS #1

Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; art by Yvel Guichet and Dexter Vines; cover by John Cassaday.

A new miniseries starring the 31st Century's greatest heroes begins! On "Earth," the Legion has been disbanded, and M'Onel prepares for an inevitable war while battling an amped-up Tharok of the Fatal Five! For more information, see the feature article.

48 pages, $3.95, arrives in stores on April 18 [2001].

Feature article/expanded solicit

The Legion found? LEGION WORLDS

In last year's fast-paced, shocking and twist-filled maxiseries, LEGION LOST, we followed eleven missing Legionnaires as they desperately struggled to find their way home. But what of the remaining Legionnaires who were not lost? What has happened in the year that has passed, and how will these other heroes react when they learn their missing teammates may not be dead after all?

The answers are found in LEGION WORLDS, a 6-issue miniseries written by the LEGION LOST writing team of Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, and showcasing covers by the fan-favorite artist of PLANETARY, John Cassaday. Each issue of LEGION WORLDS is 48 pages (with ads) and leads with a 30-page story focusing on different Legion planets and team members, drawn by different artistic teams that include: Yvel Guichet (BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN) & Dexter Vines, Enrique Breccia (Heavy Metal), Paul Rivoche (BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE), Duncan Rouleau (ACTION COMICS), Kilian Plunkett (UNKNOWN SOLDIER), and Steve Dillon (PREACHER, Punisher) & Andy Lanning (WONDER WOMAN). Each issue also contains eight pages of backup material — either a short story or Legion Profile Pages — making LEGION WORLDS a perfect jump-on point for new readers looking for a crash course on the 30th century's greatest heroes. LEGION WORLDS also sets the stage for an ongoing Legion title set to debut later this year!

With LEGION WORLDS #1 — "Earth," illustrated by Guichet & Vines — we learn that the Legion has disbanded, and Leland McCauley is now the President of Earth and in control of a depleted United Planets. The Stargates, the interstellar mode of transportation, are now gone — and former Legionnaire M'Onel contemplates how it's affecting the rest of the galaxy. M'Onel encounters other Legionnaires, such as Kinetix and Triad, during the one-year anniversary of their comrades' disappearance — but as he battles an amped-up Tharok of the Fatal Five, several warning signs signal that a war between Earth and an invading robot-like race may be inevitable.

Future issues of LEGION WORLDS will focus on five other planets — Winath, Braal, Xanthu, Rimbor, plus a new planet called Steeple — and star a number of other Legionnaires such as Spark, Cosmic Boy, XS, Star Boy, Apparition, Karate Kid, Ferro, and many more favorites!

This project is supported with house and trade ads.

LEGION WORLDS is a 6-issue miniseries edited by Mike McAvennie. Issue #1 arrives in comic-book stores April 18. Each issue is 48-pages with a cover price of $3.95 U.S.

Images

Cover artwork

  • Solicitation art

  • Early promotional art, showing the trade dress

  • Published cover

Interior artwork

  • Page 1 (B&W art only)

  • Page 2 (B&W art only)

  • Page 3 (B&W art only)

  • Page 4 (B&W art only)

Reprints

You are here: Earth and The Earth Spins have been reprinted in:

See also

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You Are Here: Earth
Legion Worlds #2: You Are Here - Winath 
By continuity
Story 2: The Earth Spins

The Earth Spins
Story 1: You are here: Earth 
By continuity
Legion Worlds #3: On the Net

Legion Lost v1 #12 
By series
Legion Worlds #2

Superboy's Legion #2 
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Starman v2 #79
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