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Cover: Lee Moder & Ron Boyd

Legion of Super-Heroes: The Beginning of Tomorrow #[nn]

Oct 1999 · DC · 17.95 USD; 27.75 CAD
“Time and Chance”

"Time and Chance" marks a pivotal moment in the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Beginning of Tomorrow series, as the team races to uncover the mastermind behind the assassination attempt on R. J. Brande—just before Kid Quantum’s funeral. Written by Mark Waid, Tom McCraw, and Tom Peyer, with art by Jeffrey Moy and inks by Ron Boyd, the issue delivers emotional stakes and high tension, culminating in XS narrowly preventing a deadly bomb in the coffin. Meanwhile, Mano’s grief over the destruction of his homeworld Angtu leads to a devastating act of vengeance, setting a haunting tone for the series. The cover, by Lee Moder and Ron Boyd, captures the gravity of the moment.

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writer Mark Waid · writer, colorist Tom McCraw · writer Tom Peyer · artist Jeffrey Moy · inker Ron Boyd · letterer Pat Brosseau · cover Lee Moder, Ron Boyd

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writer Mark Waid
writer, colorist Tom McCraw
writer Tom Peyer
inker Ron Boyd
letterer Pat Brosseau
cover pencils Lee Moder
cover inks Ron Boyd

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The Legionnaires track down the person who ordered the assassination attempt on R. J. Brande before Kid Quantum's funeral. At the funeral, XS saves everyone from a bomb in the coffin. Elsewhere, blaming someone named McCauley for the deaths of all the of the other people on his homeworld of Angtu, Mano obliterates his dead planet.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).