Legends: The Collection

Collects Legends (1986 DC) #1-6. Written by by John Ostrander and Len Wein. Art by John Byrne & Karl Kesel. The villainous Darkseid has a scheme. With his vast resources, he will cause the people of Earth to despise and rebel against their heroes. Then he will be able to conquer the planet. That is unless the heroes of Earth can reunite into the greatest incarnation of the Justice League ever seen. This storyline helped relaunch the DC Universe in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earhts and leads directly into Justice League America (1987-96) #1, Suicide Squad (1987-1992 1st Series) #1, Flash (1987- 2nd Series) #1, and Shazam The New Beginning (1987) #1. Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

John Ostrander is a comics writer who co-created the science fiction series Grimjack with artist Timothy Truman. With his late wife, Kim Yale, he wrote DC's SUICIDE SQUAD and MARTIAN MANHUNTER. With artist Tom Mandrake, he wrote a lengthy run of DC's THE SPECTRE. Ostrander has also written for Marvel Comics and Warp Graphics' Elfquest series.