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Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 20

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL. 4 #20

Cover Date: July 1991
Cover Price: $1.75

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks: Al Gordon (signed)
Colors: Tom McCraw


Feature: "Communiqué: Strictest Security" (1 Pages)


Credits:

Tom Bierbaum and Mary Bierbaum (script)
Dan Raspler (edits)

Feature Character(s):

Supreme Council of the Ruling Caste

Comment(s):

This is a communiqué from the Dominion Supreme Council of the Ruling Caste to Pinnacle Command and Political Ministry, giving Pinnacle Command full authority and full responsibility to extinguish the Earth uprising by any means neccesary.


 

Story: [Venado Bay] (22 Pages)

Credits:

PlotKeith Giffen, Al Gordon, Tom McCraw, Tom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum
StoryTom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum
PencilsKeith Giffen
InksAl Gordon
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingDan Raspler

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes:
Cham (last in Adventures of Superman #478; next in issue #22/2)
Rokk Krinn (last in Adventures of Superman #478; also in flashback in between Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #63 and issue #1; next in issue #22/2)
Querl Dox (last in issue #18)
Ayla Ranzz (in between issue #18 and #27)
Bounty (in between issue #18 and #23/2)
Celeste Rockfish (last in issue #15)
Kent Shakespeare (last in issue #18)
Kono (in between issue #18 and #22/2)
Laurel Gand (last in Adventures of Superman #478; also disguised as Celeste in this story; next in #23/2)
Mysa Nal (in between issue #18 and #43)
Tenzil Kem (in between issue #14 and #27)
Vi (last in Adventures of Superman #478; also in flashback in between Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #63 and issue #1; next in issue #27)
Devlin O'Ryan (last in issue #18)

Supporting Character(s):

Jo Nah
Loomis (in between issue #15 and #27; also in flashback preceding issue #1)
Lydda Jath (in between issue #13 and #27)
Sun Boy (in between flashback and main story in issue #28)
Jacques Foccart (in between issue #18 and #23)
Ulu Vakk (last in Legion of Substitute Heroes Special #1; next in issue #26)
Dag Wentim (last in Legion of Substitute Heroes Special #1; next in issue #26)
Drura Sehpt (in between issue #16 and #29)
King Jonn (in between issue #17 and #29)
Anton Relnic (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #62; next in issue #29)
Shvaughn Erin (in between issue #18 and #31)
Ivy (in between issue #13 and #37)
Circe (next in issue #23/2)

Villain(s):

Dominators:
The Dominion Ambassador to Earth
Pinnacle Command (first appearance; commander of the Flagship Pinnacle)
The Dominion Senior Attache (dies)
The crew of Reaver III (first appearance)
Earthgov
Tayla Wellington (behind the scenes; sends Anton Relnic a communiqué; next in issue #29)

Guest Appearance(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes:
Invisible Kid (SW6) (Lyle Norg; first appearance; last in flashback in issue #25)
Brainiac 5 (SW6) (Querl Dox; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Colossal Boy (SW6) (Gim Allon; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Cosmic Boy (SW6) (Rokk Krinn; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Element Lad (SW6) (Jan Arrah; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Ferro Lad (SW6) (Andrew Nolan; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Laurel Gand (SW6) (Laurel Gand; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Light Lass (SW6) (Ayla Ranzz; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Lightning Lad (SW6) (Garth Ranzz; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Matter-Eater Lad (SW6) (Tenzil Kem; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Phantom Girl (SW6) (Tinya Wazzo; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Saturn Girl (SW6) (Imra Ardeen; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Shrinking Violet (SW6) (Salu Digby; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Sun Boy (SW6) (Dirk Morgna; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Triplicate Girl (SW6) (Luornu Durgo; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)
Ultra Boy (SW6) (Ultra Boy; behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #25)

Other Character(s):

Science Police Earth (including officers of Brisbane; Chief Tong of Beijing, Captain Steinhelper of the Essen presinct; many including the Brisbane officers revolt against the Dominion and die in this story)
Mr. Christie (first appearance; a former soldier of the Imskian army)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman
Amethyst
Char Burrane, Jr. (reported dead)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:
Earth
Unidentified Space Sector(s):
Braal-13 (in flashback)
Venado Bay
Quarantine
Weber's World

Comment(s):

Lydda Jath receives a message from the Ranzz's announcing the birth of their twin daughters Dacey and Doritt Ranzz.

Solicitation:

Rokk Krinn must recount his experience at Venado Bay. Meanwhile, the situation on Earth grows tense, and Legionnaires are sent to help the underground movement there, which is led by former Legionnaire Jacques Foccart.


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Feature: "Comparative Texts" (1 Pages)
"McCauley Omnicom: How History Is Being Written in the United Planets"
"A U.P. Service"

Credits:

Tom Bierbaum and Mary Bierbaum (script)
Dan Raspler (edits)


Comment(s):

This is two different texts on the Venado Bay incident. "Venado Bay", an excerpt from Imskian Horizons, a popular secondary history text on Imsk and "Bay of Blood", an excerpt from Causes and Effects, a secondary history text published by the New Dawn Coalition and in limited distribution throughout the U.P.