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Legion of Super-Heroes: An Eye for an Eye Paperback – December 5, 2007

by Paul Levitz (Author), Keith Giffen (Author), Steve Lightle (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
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  1. Print length
    151 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Dc Comics
  4. Publication date
    December 5, 2007
  5. Grade level
    7 - 9
  6. Dimensions
    6.7 x 0.36 x 10.2 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1401215696
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1401215699
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Nathan Neuharth
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Legion of Super-heroes tales ever written
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2017
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One of the best Legion of Super-heroes tales ever written. It's up there with the Great Darkness Saga and five years later. LSV vs LSH. Epic and personal. Very fun and brutal read.
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The Modren Man
5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Legion Tale
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2013
In 1984, Paul Levitz and Keith Griffen began work on the Legion's first number one ever. Produced especially for the Direct Market, they hit it out of the ballpark big time. This volume collects 1-6 of that series.

The plot is rich and complex, but not too smart of its own good. A group of villains have banded together with a dark pact to each kill a member of the Legion. They take over the planet Orando, capture the rulers (former Legion members Princess Projectra and Karate Kid.) A group of Legionaires follow the villains and a major battle occurs. What happens next is a dark and chilling tale involving revenge, excitement and pain. You see, not ever member of the Legion will make it out alive.

Issues 6 is a spotlight issues on Lightning Lass and is drawn by Joe Orlando. It deals with the aftermath of the first five issues.

While this may be a little daunting for the newcomer, Levitz does his best to give essential information while avoiding constant "as you know" info dumps. I would recommend anyone new to the Legion start with the Great Darkness Saga and the Curse. This makes a kick ass follow up to those.
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I. Lozada
4.0 out of 5 stars Same great story, weaker printing than when I first read it.
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2013
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If you go back as far as I do with Legion, you remember that these stories began the direct market relaunch, which meant better papers, better ink, and a far brighter visual experience, despite this dark storyline. About a year later, the stories were reprinted in the mass market comic and didn't look as good. This reprinting of the Legion of Super Villains war has the feel of the second printing, unfortunately. While the story still holds up, DC didn't do right by the legacy of the title.
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J McNee
4.0 out of 5 stars Lightle's Legion
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
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Nice reproduction of 80s Legion of Superheroes run.
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Ron Shifley
2.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality print job.
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2014
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Great collection. Poor quality paper that it is printed on in comparison to other Legion archive collection books and even the original comics that were released 25 years ago. That is too bad, because this is a collection of one of Levitz's most enduring Legion stories.
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Dr. Kevin M. Derby
4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting Story With Epic Plot and Character Growth
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2011
As was noted in the excellent earlier review, "Eye for an Eye" is not for newcomers to the Legion of Superheroes. The Legion is the closest thing DC Comics has to Russian epics like "War and Peace" and "The Red Wheel." There are dozens of characters, epic plots, tons of worlds, constantly changing relationships, numerous plot threads and endless back stories.

This work is a collection of comics from the mid 1980s when DC started backing away from the traditional marketplace (such as convenience stores) and moving to other outlets such as comic stores. There is an excellent introduction here by Paul Levitz explaining the changes in the marketplace and how this allowed more mature content--including a good deal more violence--into Legion stories.

This work contains a central plot thread of the Legion of Supervillains reforming and looking to kill the heroes. There are moments of touching sacrifice, stunning retribution and epic battles--but there also tender and solid moments of character growth included as well. The art by Keith Giffen is excellent. While not for beginners, "Eye for an Eye" is an exciting tale that will appeal to most Legion fans.
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Kid Kyoto
3.0 out of 5 stars Cool story but not for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2010
In 1984 the Legion of Super-Heroes was one of DC's top selling books. So, along with the New Teen Titans it was chosen for an experiment - DC created a new book with better paper, better printing and a higher price tag. Meanwhile the normal, newsstand version continued, eventually becoming a reprint for the deluxe book.

Eye for an Eye reprints the first 6 issues of the deluxe edition. It's a great story with the entire Legion of Super-Heroes and their rivals the aptly-named Legion of Super-Villains. There are epic battles, betrayals, teleporting planets, heroic sacrifice and gorgeous art by Steven Lighte and Keith Giffen.

The problem is this story ran concurrently with the newsstand book so there are constant references to other events that are not included, or even summarized here. Wildfire and Invisible Kid disappear halfway through, if you want to know why you need to track down a 25 year old copy of Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Between pages the entire team has an adventure involving Darkseid and Mordru and Saturn Girl has a baby. But to know how that went you need a copy of the 1984 Legion Annual. And of course the story itself has more than 50 heroes and villains but at least they include some old Who's Who guides to tell you about them.

So add a star if you're a Legion expert but otherwise this is not a good place to start.
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