Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga

Official Name	The Great Darkness Saga
Storyline Aliases	Great Darkness Saga
Universe	Earth-One
Locations	30th Century; Earth; California; London; Metropolis; Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters; Takron-Galtos; Zerox; Daxam; Apokolips
Characters
Heroes	Legion of Super-Heroes
Villains	Darkseid; Servants of Darkness
Titles	Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)
Collected	Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga
Creators	Paul Levitz · Keith Giffen
Issue Began	Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 2 #290 (August, 1982)
Issue Ended	Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 2 #294 (December, 1982)

The Great Darkness Saga is a Legion of Super-Heroes storyline written by Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen, with illustrations by Giffen. It was published in Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) and leads into The Curse. The story deals with Darkseid in the 30th Century.

Issues

• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #290
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #291
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #292
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #293
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #294
  

Trivia

• The Post-Zero Hour Legion also met Darkseid in an event called Foundations.

Recommended Reading

• Legion of Super-Heroes Recommended Reading
  • Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
  • Adventure Comics (Volume 2)
  • The Legion (Volume 1)
  • Legion Lost (Volume 2)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 5)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 7)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 8)
  • Legionnaires (Volume 1)
  • Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
  • Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)

Links and References

Darkseid versus the Legion of Super-Heroes Having survived into the 30th Century, Darkseid has occasionally come into conflict with the Legion of Super-Heroes. This has happened twice to the Legion of Pre-Zero Hour continuity during both the events of Great Darkness Saga and The Quiet Darkness, and the Post-Zero Hour Legion met him during Legion: Foundations. Great Darkness Saga Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #290 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #291 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #292 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #293 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #294 The Quiet Darkness Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) #21 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) #22 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) #23 • Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) #24 Legion: Foundations The Legion #25 • The Legion #26 • The Legion #27 • The Legion #28 • The Legion #29 • The Legion #30

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