The Kingdom #1

The Kingdom #1 cover

Date:

 February 1999

Title:

 “Never Ending Slaughter”

Plot:

 When Gog travels back in time to kill Superman on the day of his child’s birth, Earth’s heroes rally to the defense.

Only scenes featuring Legion of Super-Heroes characters are dealt with here.

Credits:

 Mark Waid (Writer) • Ariel Olivetti (Artist) • Phil Felix (Letterer) • John Kalisz (Colorist) • Tony Bedard (Associate Editor) • Dan Raspler (Editor) • Ariel Olivetti (Cover)

CHANGE HISTORY
Date of Change
Content of Change
03/01/00
 Posted
07/21/01
 Tracking update from Starman v2 #79
Format revision
Fixed typo
Added Appearance Counts and Notes items pertaining to them

Tinted cells and text indicate missing or incomplete information.

Character and Object Tracking

       

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes
Starman VIII (“Danny Blaine” / Thom Kallor) (footnote #1) <Kingdom Come #4> Starman v2 #79
Phoebus (Dirk Morgna?) <Kingdom Come #4> None to date
Red Tornado III (Zoe Saugin?) <Kingdom Come #4> None to date
 
One-shot or Unnamed Heroes:
     Manotaur (Randy), Trix, Nightstar (Mar’i Grayson), Ray II (Ray Terrill), Dr. Fate, Batman (Bruce Wayne), Zatara II, Green Lantern IV (Jennifer-Lynn Hayden), Bulletwoman, Avia, Darkstar (Robert Long), Flash II (Wally West), Hawkman, Green Lantern I (Alan Scott), Steel (John Henry Irons), Powerman, Power Woman (Karen Starr), Tornado, Atlas, Waverider (Matthew Ryder), Hunter, Matt Ryder, Liri Lee

Villains
Gog (William) None in Legion books None in Legion books

Supporting Characters
Jonathan Kent None None in Legion books

Locations
One-shot or Untracked Locations:
     unnamed city
     Batcave (21st century/Earth-Kingdom)
     Earth (21st century/Earth-Kingdom)
     Paradise Island (21st century/Earth-Kingdom)

Technology
One-shot or Untracked Items:
     Gog’s staff
1. Although Starman VIII and Thom Kallor have been shown to be the same person, the details of the path between Star Boy and Starman is unknown, and they are thus tracked separately.
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Analysis Notes
General Only 14:1 and 21-38 are covered here.
This story occurs some time in the mid-21st century, after the events depicted in Kingdom Come.
14:1 These characters are Manotaur (a former member of the Titans), Trix (based on H.R. Giger designs), Nightstar (the daughter of Nightwing and Starfire), Starman VIII, and Phoebus.  Starman’s identity is “Danny Blaine,” but Starman v2 #50 revealed that to be an alias that Star Boy (Thom Kallor) will eventually use.
Phoebus (“It means ‘Sun God,’” to quote from Disney) was always seen in Kingdom Come in the company of Starman and thus may have a Legion connection; Dirk Morgna (Sun Boy) would seem an appropriate choice.
21:4 As seen in 23:5, the red solar halo is from Starman.
23:4 This counts as an appearance for Starman.
24:2 The three characters in the center here are Zatara II (son of Zatana and John Constantine), Green Lantern IV, and Bullet Girl.
24:2-4 These count as appearances for Starman.
28:3 The characters seen here are Darkstar (son of Donna Troy and Terry Long), Flash III, Hawkman, Avia (of the Titans; daughter of Scott Free and Big Barda), Nightstar, Steel (with a Batman motif), Jade, Bulletwoman, Green Lantern I, Dr. Fate, Powerman (originally a Superman robot), Power Woman, Zatara II, Red Tornado, Ray, Atlas, Tornado, and Starman VIII.
As with Phoebus, Tornado was always seen in Kingdom Come in conjunction with Starman, leading to a possible Legion connection  Although she is ostensibly Red Tornado’s apprentice, the general appearance and power set could equate easily to Kinetix (and becoming the apprentice to an elemental would work well with her characterization, too).
32:3 The power effect here is different from that used by Star Boy.  It may not be a gravity power.
37:1 The characters seen here are Avia, Ray, Starman VIII, Nightstar (boots), Batman, Waverider, Hunter, Matt Ryder, Superman, Wonder Woman, Liri Lee, Hawkman, Steel, Powerman, Power Woman, and Darkstar.
General This issue was reprinted in The Kingdom trade paperback collection.
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Appearance Counts

Character Name

Cover

Panels / Speaking
Heroes
Starman VIII (Danny Blaine / Thom Kallor) 15 / 4
 
Phoebus (Dirk Morgna?) 1 / 0
Tornado (Zoe Saugin?) 1 / 0
Villains
Gog (William) 2 / 1
Supporting Characters
Jonathan Kent
2 / 0
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