Supergirl and the Legion of Super-heroes #36 - DC

Well, it looks like this issue is the swan song, for our team-up with Supergirl on this Legion series. But all is not lost, because next issue, Jim Shooter takes over the creative reigns of the Legion. He seems to have a passion for the Legion, and hopefully he'll bring some new ideas to the table with him. I'm really looking forward to seeing what he can do with this group, which has been around for so long. I love these guys. But anyways, this storyline, the Quest for Cosmic Boy, seems to have been necessary for the leaving of Supergirl. Everything that has happened in the last 6 or so issues, has been carefully orchestrated by Brainiac 5. Supergirl was sent to the Gobi Rainforest so that she could purposefully come in contact with Evolvo-lad. She was supposed to see his machine, that he was peering back in to the past with, so she could see all the turmoil that was going on in her current time-line, and she would feel guilty and beg to go back. When Saturn Girl goes back to confront Brainy, she finds him sleeping, so she enters his mind. She discovers what Brainy has known for months, that Dream Girl has been existing in his consciousness. All of this drama has been for a few reasons. Brainy wanted to clear Cosmic Boys name. Plus he was afraid that Mekt and his group of Wanderers were going to cause a threat to Legion hierarchy. In the process he turned Tenzil Kem in to an ally. He also wanted to correct the mistake the Legion made when Drake Burroughs first trying to join. In the process his energies improved Timber Wolf. And finally he felt he had to achieve his true duty to Supergirl. And that was returning her to her own era. So the issue ends with Dream Girl in Brainy's arms, and Lightning Lad as the new leader of the Legion. So the stage has been set, and now Jim Shooter can come in with a clean slate. Well . . . all except for the thing with Cosmic Boy. But we'll see what he has in mind for him. It should be the beginning of a new era for our favorite team of future heroes. Long live the Legion!