Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes #8
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1990
On Sale Date: April 10, 1990 Shipping Date April 10, 1990
Source: Previews, #14

Shipping Date April 10, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #178

Copyright Date April 10, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Michael Eury

Title: (The Origin of the Legion of Super-Heroes)
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Tom Bierbaum
Writer: Mary Bierbaum
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Penciller: Chris Sprouse
Inker: Alan Gordon
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Tom J. McCraw

Reprinted In:
Legion of Super-Heroes:Five Years Later Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #7; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #9)
• Reep Daggle (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #7; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #10)
• Rokk Krinn (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #7; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #10)
• Laurel Gand (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #7; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #10)
• Saturn Girl (in flashback to the formation and early days of the team; last appearance in Secret Origins #25; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)
• Lightning Lad (in flashback to the formation and early days of the team; last appearance in Secret Origins #25; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rond Vidar (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #7; no further appearances)
• Marla Latham (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #1; no further appearances)
• R. J. Brande (during the formation and early days of the team; last appearance in Secret Origins #25; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)

Villain(s)

• Khunds (next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #12)
• Doyle Brand (aka Theg; a smuggler and Brande's brother-in-law; in flashback; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #9)
• A representative from Grykk (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lauren Gand (Laurel's daughter; no further appearances)
• Englenna (Lauren's nanny; no further appearances)
• Tayla and several spaceport workers (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Zhay (Theg's sister and Reep's mother; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Liggt (Reep's brother; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Ji (Theg's sister; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Lt. Zoltorus (a Science Police officer; no further appearances)
• Chief Wilson (in flashback to the early days of the team; first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (during the formation and early days of the team; last appearance in Secret Origins #25; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)
• Cosmic Boy (during the formation and early days of the team; last appearance in Secret Origins #25; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)
• R. J. Brande (during his arrival in the 30th Century; last appearance in L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 #9; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #8)
• Marla Latham (during Brande's arrival in the 30th Century; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #25)
• Reep Daggle (in flashback to his birth; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #8)
• Marla Latham (during the recruitment of Chameleon Boy; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #8; next appearance in Secret Origins #42)
• Marla Latham (during the formation and early days of the team; last appearance in Secret Origins #25; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #8)
• Chameleon Boy (during his recruitment; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #8; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39)
• R. J. Brande (in flashback to Reep's birth; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #8; next appearance in Secret Origins #25)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Lar Gand (in images studied by Brande)
• Triplicate Girl (in flashback to her induction)
• Phantom Girl (in flashback to her induction)

Synopsis:
Marla Latham receives a message from Reep indicating that his mission to retrieve Mysa was a success. Marla then reflects on his first meeting with Reep's father. Marla was working at Metropolis Spaceport when a Durlan mysteriously appeared. He saves the Durlan from racist dock workers, then helps to smuggle him back to Durla. The Durlan has no memories, and due political conditions on Durla, he is trapped there for ten years. The Durlan mated with the sister of the smuggler, Theg, who gave birth to Reep and Liggt. The Durlan and Theg then escapes Durla.

The Durlan now calls himself Rene Jacques Brande. Theg became Doyle. Together they started a successful business creating artificial stars. R.J. recruited Marla who did not know at the time that he was the Durlan. R.J. later bought out Doyle which led to bad blood. R.J.'s memories of the 20th Century also began to manifest.

When Doyle tried to have R.J. assassinated, Brande was saved by three teens. He financed and encouraged them to become the Legion. Later, Brande had Marla recruit his son Reep for the team.

Back in the present, Rokk and Rond Vidar watch Laurel Gand defeat some Khunds. Rokk then learns that Laurel and Rond have an infant daughter, Lauren.