Threeboot: Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroe.Happy Halloween! Wildfire Jack O'Lantern.There were so many things that Paul Levitz did or expanded during his tenure on Legion of Super-Heroes that we can't list everything, so please enjoy what we consider the most important Levitz Legion touches! His newest books include The Bronze Age of DC Comics and Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel. He now teaches and writes on a freelance basis. Inspired by the legend of Superboy, they were founded by Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl under the funding of an eccentric millionaire they had saved named R.J. Paul was an executive at DC and Warner Bros for several years, eventually becoming President and Publisher of DC from 2002-2009. The Legion of Super-Heroes is an inter-galactic team of super-powered teenagers and young adults active in the 30th Century and 31st Century. Of course, he also wrote countless other stories starring Batman, Superman, the Huntress, the Justice Society of America, and Aquaman, as well as many others. He took eleven years off from the Legion in 1989, then came back in 2010 and wrote another 47 Legion issues. As writer he worked with such artistic talents as James Sherman, Mike Grell, Joe Staton, Pat Broderick, Keith Giffen, Steve Lightle, and Greg LaRocque.ĭuring his run Paul Levitz wrote more than 147 Legion of Super-Heroes issues.

He came back in late 1981 for Legion (v2) #284 and this time he stayed on the series an unbelievable eight years. However, this stretch was characterized by various artists and fill-in stories his last story appeared in Superboy/Legion #251 in 1979, but by this point he had already been replaced by Gerry Conway. He attempted to start his run off with a bang, killing off Chemical King and embroiling the Legion in Earthwar.

Paul took over the writing credits on the Legion from Superboy/Legion # 225 in 1977 after Cary Bates and Jim Shooter both moved on from the series. Today is the birthday of incredible Legion of Super-Heroes writer Paul Levitz, born on this date in 1956.

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