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|story_title=The Shape of Death
 
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|previous=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 7|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #7]]: Inquiring Minds
 
|previous=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 7|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #7]]: Inquiring Minds
|next=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 9|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #9]]: ???
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|next=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 9|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #9]]: ''Prisoners of Durla''
 
|publication_date=[[December 22]], [[Legion Publication History/2010|2010]]
 
|publication_date=[[December 22]], [[Legion Publication History/2010|2010]]
 
|cover_date=February 2011
 
|cover_date=February 2011
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__TOC__
 
__TOC__
 
==The Shape of Death==
 
==The Shape of Death==
(? pages/? panels)
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(30 pages/128 panels)
 
===Synopsis===
 
===Synopsis===
  
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===Legionnaires===
 
===Legionnaires===
*[[Brainiac 5/Lightning Saga|Brainiac 5]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Brainiac 5/Lightning Saga|Brainiac 5]] (cover, 3 panels)
*[[Chameleon Girl/Lightning Saga|Chameleon Girl]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Chameleon Boy/Lightning Saga|Chameleon Boy]] (2 panels)
*[[Colossal Boy/Lightning Saga|Colossal Boy]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Colossal Boy/Lightning Saga|Colossal Boy]] (cover, 25 panels)
*[[Cosmic Boy/Lightning Saga|Cosmic Boy]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Cosmic Boy/Lightning Saga|Cosmic Boy]] (cover, 29 panels)
*[[Dawnstar/Lightning Saga|Dawnstar]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Dawnstar/Lightning Saga|Dawnstar]] (cover, 3 panels)
*[[Dream Girl/Lightning Saga|Dream Girl]] (? panels)
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*[[Dream Girl/Lightning Saga|Dream Girl]] (33 panels)
*[[Phantom Girl/Lightning Saga|Phantom Girl]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Earth-Man]] (cover, 18 panels)
*[[Quislet/Lightning Saga|Quislet]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Element Lad/Lightning Saga|Element Lad]] (cover, 10 panels)
*[[Shrinking Violet/Lightning Saga|Shrinking Violet]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Invisible Kid/Jacques Foccart/Lightning Saga|Invisible Kid]] (7 panels, 1 invisible)
*[[Tellus/Lightning Saga|Tellus]] (cover,? panels)
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*[[Phantom Girl/Lightning Saga|Phantom Girl]] (cover, 8 panels)
*[[Timber Wolf/Lightning Saga|Timber Wolf]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Shadow Lass/Lightning Saga|Shadow Lass]] (10 panels)
*[[Tyroc/Lightning Saga|Tyroc]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Tellus/Lightning Saga|Tellus]] (cover, 11 panels)
*[[Wildfire/Lightning Saga|Wildfire]] (cover, ? panels)
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*[[Wildfire/Lightning Saga|Wildfire]] (cover, 4 panels as disembodied energy)
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*[[Chameleon Boy/Lightning Saga|Chameleon Boy]] (? panels)
 
*[[Earth-Man]] (cover, ? panels)
 
*[[Gates/Lightning Saga|Gates]] (? panels)
 
*[[Invisible Kid II/Lightning Saga|Invisible Kid II]] (? panels, ? invisible)
 
*[[Lightning Lad/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lad]] (? panels)
 
*[[Lightning Lass/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lass]] (? panels)
 
*[[Mon-El/Lightning Saga|Mon-El]] (? panels)
 
*[[Saturn Girl/Lightning Saga|Saturn Girl]] (? panels)
 
*[[Shadow Lass/Lightning Saga|Shadow Lass]] (? panels)
 
*[[Sun Boy/Lightning Saga|Sun Boy]] (cover, ? panels)
 
*[[Ultra Boy/Lightning Saga|Ultra Boy]] (? panels)
 
-->
 
  
 
====Cameos====
 
====Cameos====
 
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*[[Chameleon Girl/Lightning Saga|Chameleon Girl]] (cover only)
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*[[Ferro Lad/Lightning Saga|Ferro Lad]] (1 panel, as statue)
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*[[Gates/Lightning Saga|Gates]] (5 panels, voting results)
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*[[Karate Kid/Val Armorr/Lightning Saga|Karate Kid I]] (1 panel, as statue)
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*[[Karate Kid/Myg/Lightning Saga|Karate Kid II]] (1 panel, as statue)
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*[[Lightning Lad/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lad]] (5 panels, voting results)
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*[[Lightning Lass/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lass]] (5 panels, voting results)
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*[[Mon-El/Lightning Saga|Mon-El]] (cover, as silhouette, 7 panels, hologram and voting results)
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*[[Polar Boy/Lightning Saga|Polar Boy]] (5 panels, voting results)
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*[[Quislet/Lightning Saga|Quislet]] (cover, 6 panels, monitor board symbol and voting results)
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*[[Saturn Girl/Lightning Saga|Saturn Girl]] (5 panels, voting results)
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*[[Sensor Girl/Lightning Saga|Sensor Girl]] (6 panels, monitor board symbol and voting results)
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*[[Shrinking Violet/Lightning Saga|Shrinking Violet]] (cover, 5 panels, voting results)
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*[[Sun Boy/Lightning Saga|Sun Boy]] (6 panels, monitor board symbol and voting results)
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*[[Tyroc/Lightning Saga|Tyroc]] (cover, 6 panels, monitor board symbol and voting results)
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*[[Timber Wolf/Lightning Saga|Timber Wolf]] (cover, 6 panels, monitor board symbol and voting results)
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*[[Ultra Boy/Lightning Saga|Ultra Boy]] (6 panels, monitor board symbol and voting results)
  
 
===Villains===
 
===Villains===
*Unnamed Durlan terrorists (? panels)
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*Durlan terrorist impersonating Science Police Chief Zendak (21 panels)
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*Unnamed Durlan terrorists (44 panels)
  
 
===Supporting Characters===
 
===Supporting Characters===
*Pheebs (? panels)
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*[[Dr. Gym'll/Lightning Saga|Dr. Gym'll]] (2 panels)
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*[[Gigi Cusimano/Lightning Saga|Gigi Cusimano]] (6 panels)
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*Pheebs (19 panels)
  
 
===Other Characters===
 
===Other Characters===
 
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*Unnamed hospital staff (4 panels)
  
 
===Planets and Settings===
 
===Planets and Settings===
<!--*[[Daxam/Lightning Saga|Daxam]] (? panels)
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*[[Earth/Lightning Saga|Earth]] (115 panels)
*[[Earth/Lightning Saga|Earth]] (? panels)
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**Brande estate in Kerguelen Islands (65 panels)
**Legion Headquarters (? panels)
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**Legion Headquarters (50 panels)
***Mission monitor room (? panels)
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*[[Medicus One/Lightning Saga|Medicus One]] (13 panels)
***Medilab (? panels)
 
***Earth-Man's quarters (? panels)
 
**Painted Desert refugee camp (? panels)
 
*[[Naltor/Lightning Saga|Naltor]] (? panels)
 
*[[Tharr/Lightning Saga|Tharr]] (? panels)
 
*The Timestream (? panels)
 
*[[Titan/Lightning Saga|Titan]] (? panels)
 
**Graym and Garridan Ranzz's school (? panels)
 
**Orbit around it's former location (? panels)
 
*[[Winath/Lightning Saga|Winath]] (? panels)-->
 
 
 
  
 
===Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff===
 
===Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff===
<!--*Brainac 5's flying platform
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*Antigrav gurney
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*Cancellite
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*Holographic communicator/projector
 
*Legion Flight Ring
 
*Legion Flight Ring
 
*Legion Time Bubble
 
*Legion Time Bubble
*Green Lantern Power Ring
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*Mission monitor board
*Green Lantern Power Battery-->
 
  
 
===Alien Wildlife===
 
===Alien Wildlife===
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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*Reviews and Discussion
 
*Reviews and Discussion
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**[http://legionabstract.blogspot.com/2010/12/legion-of-super-heroes-8-review.html Legion Abstract]
  
  
*[[Legion Publication History/2010-|Legion Publication History - Other issues published in 2010]]
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*[[Legion Publication History/2010|Legion Publication History - Other issues published in 2010]]
 
*[[Legion Publication History/Series/Legion of Super-Heroes v6|Legion Publication History - Other issues of ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6]]
 
*[[Legion Publication History/Series/Legion of Super-Heroes v6|Legion Publication History - Other issues of ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6]]
 
*[[Chronology/Lightning Saga|Lightning Saga Chronology]]
 
*[[Chronology/Lightning Saga|Lightning Saga Chronology]]
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Legion of Super-Heroes v6 #8
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Story title The Shape of Death
Previous story Legion of Super-Heroes v6 #7: Inquiring Minds
Next story Legion of Super-Heroes v6 #9: Prisoners of Durla
Publication date December 22, 2010
Cover date February 2011
Creators
Writer(s) Paul Levitz
Penciller(s) Yildiray Çinar, Daniel HDR
Inker(s) Wayne Faucher
Letterer(s) Sal Cipriano
Colourist(s) Hi-Fi
Editor(s) Brian Cunningham, Sean Ryan
Cover artist(s) Yildiray Çinar, Wayne Faucher, Hi-Fi

The Shape of Death

(30 pages/128 panels)

Synopsis

Key Quotes and Catchphrases

Roll Call

Legionnaires

Cameos

Villains

  • Durlan terrorist impersonating Science Police Chief Zendak (21 panels)
  • Unnamed Durlan terrorists (44 panels)

Supporting Characters

Other Characters

  • Unnamed hospital staff (4 panels)

Planets and Settings

  • Earth (115 panels)
    • Brande estate in Kerguelen Islands (65 panels)
    • Legion Headquarters (50 panels)
  • Medicus One (13 panels)

Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff

  • Antigrav gurney
  • Cancellite
  • Holographic communicator/projector
  • Legion Flight Ring
  • Legion Time Bubble
  • Mission monitor board

Alien Wildlife

Notes

Errors and Oddities

Easter Eggs

First appearances

Reboot Reference Kit

Other

Solicitation

THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #8

On sale DECEMBER 22
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art and cover by YILDIRAY CINAR & WAYNE FAUCHER

As votes come in from across the galaxy for the next Legion leader, Chameleon Boy enlists Yera in the hunt for their fellow shape-shifting Durlans, convinced that more are at work to destroy the United Planets.

Reprints

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