The Legion Clubhouse

Is someone getting married, or is this the ol’ bait and switch? The untold origin of Colossal Boy awaits! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL 3 #39 “The One That Got Away” October 1987 - On Sale June 16, 1987 w: Paul Levitz a: Greg LaRocque/Curt Swan It’s the untold history of Colossal Boy! LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL 3 ANNUAL #3 “There’s No Substitute For The Real Thing” October 1987 - On Sale June 30, 1987 w: Paul Levitz a: Greg LaRocque/Mike DeCarlo/Arne Starr Must there be a Legion of Substitute Heroes?

This week on the show, an encore presentation of our interview with Bill Schelly, the author of Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) OTTO BINDER: THE LIFE AND WORK OF A COMIC BOOK AND SCIENCE FICTION VISIONARY by Bill Schelly Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary chronicles the career of Otto Binder, from pulp magazine author to writer of Supergirl, Captain Marvel, and Superman comics. As the originator of the first sentient robot in literature (“I, Robot,” published in Amazing Stories in 1939 and predating Isaac Asimov’s collection of the same name), Binder’s effect on science fiction was profound. Within the world of comic books, he created or co-created much of the Superman universe, including Smallville; Krypto, Superboy’s dog; Supergirl; and the villain Braniac. Binder is also credited with writing many of the first “Bizarro” storylines for DC Comics, as well as for being the main writer for the Captain Marvel comics. In later years, Binder expanded from comic books into pure science writing, publishing dozens of books and articles on the subject of satellites and space travel as well as UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Comic book historian Bill Schelly tells the tale of Otto Binder through comic panels, personal letters, and interviews with Binder’s own family and friends. Schelly weaves together Binder’s professional successes and personal tragedies, including the death of Binder’s only daughter and his wife’s struggle with mental illness. A touching and human story, Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary is a biography that is both meticulously researched and beautifully told, keeping alive Binder’s spirit of scientific curiosity and whimsy. You can purchase this book via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3Zry1P7

It’s the knock-down, drag-out fight you’ve waited your entire life for! Or did you? And what does it say about “the ultimate sacrifice.” In the city of Metropolis, in the 30th Century, there exists one of the most amazing clubs of all time! Its members are teen-aged youths, each possessing on special super-powers! The club members have vowed to use their fantastic power to battle crime... This rocket-shaped building is the Legion Clubhouse! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) ACTION COMICS #591 “Past Imperfect” August 1987 - On Sale May 5, 1987 w: John Byrne a: John Byrne/Keith Williams It’s Superman vs. Superboy, with the fate of all reality in the balance! LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL 3 #38 “The Greatest Hero Of Them All” September 1987 - On Sale May 19, 1987 w: Paul Levitz a: Greg LaRocque/Mike DeCarlo/Arne Starr A Legionnaire makes the Ultimate Sacrifice… but you’ll never believe who!

The truth revealed in a shocking - SHOCKING - revelation that let’s us know everything we’ve ever known is wrong! WRONG! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL 3 #37 “A Twist In Time” August 1987 - On Sale April 14, 1987 w: Paul Levitz a: Greg LaRocque/Mike DeCarlo/Arne Starr History knows that Superman became a hero as an adult. So who IS Superboy? SUPERMAN VOL 2 #8 “Future Shock” August 1987 - On Sale April 21, 1987 w: John Byrne a: John Byrne/Karl Kesel The Legion meets an old friend… for the very first time!

Doom! DOOM! DOOOOOOOOOM! That’s right, it’s election time... AGAIN! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) COSMIC BOY #4 “Time Without End” March 1987 - On Sale December 2, 1986 w: Paul Levitz a: Keith Giffen/Ernie Colón Get ready for a showdown… at the end of time! LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL 3 #36 “Peace, Quiet and Impending Doom!” July 1987 - On Sale March 17, 1987 w: Paul Levitz a: Greg LaRocque/Mike DeCarlo/Arne Starr Superboy is gone. How can the Legion survive as their very history unravels around them?