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Darkstars #12 pg 6 (Featuring L.E.G.I.O.N.)

Artists: Mitch Byrd (Penciller) , Ken Branch (Inker)

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Darkstars #12 pg 6 (Featuring L.E.G.I.O.N.) Comic Art

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Title:	Darkstars #12 pg 6 (Featuring L.E.G.I.O.N.)
Artist:	Mitch Byrd (Penciller)
Artist:	Ken Branch (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	75
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	12/4/2025
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Here's another L.E.G.I.O.N.-heavy page from a non-LE.G.I.O.N. title! This is part of the 1993 "Trinity" crossover series, which was spread between issues from Green Lantern, L.E.G.I.O.N., and Darkstars. As the godlike Triarch continue their destructive terraforming of Maltus, Vril Dox pulls an ace out of his sleeve - a Controller who, inspired by Maltusian mythology about the Triach, created three beings in their image and gave them life. They turned on him (in keeping with their programming to make them act like the actual Triarch of legend), and fled to the far corners of the galaxy until they deemed it was the right time to return to Maltus and remake it anew. The hope is that by revealing to the Triarch that they're artificial creations and not actual gods, it will convince them to stop their rampage, but I get the feeling that's not going to go over so well.

I will admit I'm not very familiar with the Darkstars, so I won't embarrass myself by trying to name all of them appearing on this page, but in terms of L.E.G.I.O.N. members, we've got Vril Dox, Stealth, Strata, and R.E.C.R.U.I.T.S. Lydea Mallor and Borb Borbb. It's also my first page with Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and Kilowog on it, which is pretty awesome. Although I might not know any of the Darkstars in panel one, I love the amount of detail given to the lizard-like member, and how the artists rendered the shiny bits of their armour. The backdrop of destroyed buildings and rubble has some great details to it, too - check out those exposed bits of rebar at the bottom of panel four!

Finally, I have to admit, part of the reason I was very excited when this page came up for sale is that my boyfriend and I share a bit of an inside joke about panel two. Normally, Vril is drawn with the L.E.G.I.O.N. symbol filling in the circle on his chest, and his suit very shaded-in, because it's dark blue. But with the way he's drawn in panel two, with his suit left white and the circle left empty, the joke is that on the coloured page he's fine, but on the original art, he looks like he's got a hell of a Power Girl cosplay going on!

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/4/2025

I have to admit. He does rock the cleavage well.

Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 12/4/2025

Marcus Wai wrote:

I have to admit. He does rock the cleavage well.

Doesn't he, though? ;P

Alberto Gonzalez
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/4/2025

No idea who that dinosaur looking character is in that first panel, but he's awesome!! Beautiful page!!!

Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021

Posted on 12/4/2025

Alberto Gonzalez wrote:

No idea who that dinosaur looking character is in that first panel, but he's awesome!! Beautiful page!!!

Thanks, Alberto!! As a Legion-focused collector, it's always fun to get a Legion-y page that still features some neat non-Legion characters.

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 12/5/2025

Haha nice Power Girl cosplay Vril ;-) - I also lack knowledge about Darkstars , but you found a nice Legion character heavy page from it plus two Green Lanterns!

Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 12/5/2025

Kavi H wrote:

Haha nice Power Girl cosplay Vril ;-) - I also lack knowledge about Darkstars , but you found a nice Legion character heavy page from it plus two Green Lanterns!

I mean, doesn't everyone want to look like Power Girl, deep down? ;)

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