Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 Annual #6 pgs 34-35
Artist: Eliot R. Brown (All)
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DescriptionI should preface this by saying that as little as a year ago, I would never have even thought about trying to win this page. What changed, you might ask? Well, my wonderful boyfriend, Connor, decided he wanted to start reading through the Legionnaires comics! When he got to this Legion annual, he mentioned that his favourite part of it was this DPS, the schematics of Legion HQ. I thought that was very on-brand for him, but didn't think any more of it until we were reading through another Legion comic a few months later. I remarked that I didn't recognize what part of the Legion HQ they were in, and Connor tabbed out to his desktop, clicked on a file, and PULLED UP AN IMAGE he had saved of this schematic, which he had apparently been referencing as he was reading through the Legionnaires series. And in case you were wondering, that is ABSOLUTELY a marryable offence, in my book.A little after that incredible moment, the original art for the DPS showed up at ComicLink. Where normally I would say "yeah, that's not in the budget" and move on, this time it was a little different. It was Connor's favourite page. He and I came up with a plan: we would pool our budgets (with the plan to split the final cost of the page), and hope that that gave us enough of an edge to win it... and we did!!! Today, in honour of Connor opening his very own CAF account, I am proud to present the schematics for the Legion Headquarters we all know and love from the Reboot era! This piece is just... so far beyond cool. LSH Annual 6 consisted of a framing sequence interspersed with Legion origin stories, profiles on each member, and five pages dedicated to showcasing the Legion's headquarters, equipment, and affiliated buildings. Those five pages were drawn by one Eliot R. Brown, who, from a quick look at CAF, seems to be a go-to artist for when writers wanted to include schematics and diagrams in their comics. I know he certainly knocked this page out of the park. He first drew the HQ schematic on a single piece of artboard, then turned it into a larger stat and pasted it across two pages, which is why it appears as a DPS in the published comic. Both DPS pages have transparent overlays taped to them, onto which Brown pasted the title, legend, and corresponding little numbers. You can see individual scans of both the single-page original art and the double-page pasteup in the additional images. I'd really suggest you take a moment and have a look at how detailed and thought-out these blueprints are. I'm not sure how often the main series artists - Jeff Moy and Lee Moder - would reference this, but Jeff's pretty sure either he or Lee came up with the design, and then Eliot converted it into a proper blueprint. To the best of my knowledge, there have only been three instances of published Legion HQ blueprints in comics - one in the 1982 Annual, this one here, and one done to showcase the new Legion Outpost in Legion: Secret Files #1. This really feels like owning a piece of Legion history. Some fun details I really appreciate: the writers and artists remembered to include rooms for the Athramites (these cute little bug-like aliens who design the Legion's costumes and other equipment), Tenzil Kem the chef gets his own quarters, and Shvaughn Erin, the Legion's liaison to the Science Police, gets her own office, too. Also, you can tell an impressive amount of thought went into deciding how the sleeping/living quarters were divided, since each one could house two Legionnaires. Best friends Chameleon and Invisible Kid share theirs, while the Kinetix/Leviathan suite is the only one to feature a girl/boy pairing - pointing both to Kinetix's outgoing, flirty nature, and her giant crush on the equally giant Leviathan. Shy Shrinking Violet, brusque, xenophobic Andromeda, and curt, unsociable Brainiac 5 are all the sole occupants of their own suites. Brainy's is notably the farthest from any other occupied suite, and the closest to his lab, presumably so he can have as few interpersonal interactions as possible during the walk between them. As of this writeup, the page is tucked safely away in a portfolio, but we've got plans to frame it, and I'll update the additional images once that day comes. Social/Sharing |
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George H 
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 11/1/2025
So cool to see all the thought and planning that went into this! Thanks for sharing and congrats.
Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021
Posted on 11/1/2025
George H wrote:
So cool to see all the thought and planning that went into this! Thanks for sharing and congrats.
Thank you so much!! It's just a delightful page, and I think it really is clear that a lot of thought and care went into the design.
Arthur Chertowsky
Member Since 2008
2 - Posted on 11/1/2025
In the 1970's, the artist, Eliot R. Brown, and I went to the same specialized art high school in Manhattan, The High School of Art & Design, where many students hoped to become professionals in the comic book industry. Several achieved that goal (dreams can come true!), including Eliot, and I always get a kick out of seeing the detailed buildings and objects he designs for various corners of the comic book multiverse, of which this Legion Headquarters is the most impressive example I've seen of Eliot's work. (Margaret, by any chance, are you a time-traveler from the 30th or 31st century, here to give us tantalizing glimpses into the future with your postings of Legion art and your fascinating accompanying essays?)
Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 11/1/2025
Arthur Chertowsky wrote:
In the 1970's, the artist, Eliot R. Brown, and I went to the same specialized art high school in Manhattan, The High School of Art & Design, where many students hoped to become professionals in the comic book industry. Several achieved that goal (dreams can come true!), including Eliot, and I always get a kick out of seeing the detailed buildings and objects he designs for various corners of the comic book multiverse, of which this Legion Headquarters is the most impressive example I've seen of Eliot's work. (Margaret, by any chance, are you a time-traveler from the 30th or 31st century, here to give us tantalizing glimpses into the future with your postings of Legion art and your fascinating accompanying essays?)
Oh wow, that's incredible!! Thank you very much for sharing that you knew Eliot personally. I didn't know until today that doing blueprints and schematics was sort of his "thing", but I think that just makes this pickup all the cooler in hindsight - blueprints like this are what he does, and I agree that this must surely be some of his best work.
And oh, if only I could be a time traveller. If anything, I'm sort of a reverse time traveller - I never lived during the eighties and nineties, but I'm doing my best to pretend that I did by collecting my favourite art from the period! (And thank you for the complement about my little essays - and thanks for taking the time to read them!)
Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003
1 - Posted on 11/1/2025
Nice one.
I thought about bidding on it. Glad you got it!
Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021
Posted on 11/1/2025
Miki Annamanthadoo wrote:
Nice one.
I thought about bidding on it. Glad you got it!
Thanks, Miki!
I guess there's no telling if we would have outbid you or not, but I'm glad we didn't have to find out!
Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 11/1/2025
Truly amazing The details are incredible
Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021
Posted on 11/1/2025
Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy wrote:
Truly amazing The details are incredible
Thanks, Aidan! It's a fun one to spend half an hour getting lost in, every now and then.
Eric B
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 11/2/2025
I remember being wowed by this schematic when it came out, so it is a heartfelt "Big Congrats!" I give you on this win. As to Brainy's suite's location, his lab used to blow up a lot, so it made sense to me that they wouldn't put other legionnaires near it.
Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021
Posted on 11/2/2025
Eric B wrote:
I remember being wowed by this schematic when it came out, so it is a heartfelt "Big Congrats!" I give you on this win. As to Brainy's suite's location, his lab used to blow up a lot, so it made sense to me that they wouldn't put other legionnaires near it.
Well, thank you very much for the big congrats! :) You make a very good point thinking of another reason why Brainy's suite is surrounded by empty ones, too!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 11/2/2025
Best piece of the day! Far better than what I had done in industrial drafting class. You can can see the Legion made the most out of the upside down rocket design. If you are co-habitating, this is a great reminder of the goal of having a dream home.
Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 11/2/2025
Marcus Wai wrote:
Best piece of the day! Far better than what I had done in industrial drafting class. You can can see the Legion made the most out of the upside down rocket design. If you are co-habitating, this is a great reminder of the goal of having a dream home.
Aww, Marcus! Thank you!! It's neat that you took a drafting class, which is certainly an artform unto itself - it's hard to imagine you not surrounded by art at any given moment, digitally or otherwise.
This version of Legion HQ was neat because it blended the classic old rocket ship designs with a new building shape, which looked like an "L" when viewed from above.
And we are, in fact, co-habitating! I appreciate the very sweet perspective that someday we'll have our very own Legion HQ / dream home.
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 11/2/2025
This piece and the story behind it give you both many reasons to celebrate. congrats! One of the coolest references of a fictional comic book headquarters buildings ever! With you already as a Legion expert and your partner as a budding one, all the more merrier! that's going to look amazing on the wall for you both to enjoy for years to come.
Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 11/2/2025
Kavi H wrote:
This piece and the story behind it give you both many reasons to celebrate. congrats! One of the coolest references of a fictional comic book headquarters buildings ever! With you already as a Legion expert and your partner as a budding one, all the more merrier! that's going to look amazing on the wall for you both to enjoy for years to come.
Thank you so much, Kavi! I do think this diagram could rank pretty high on the masterlist of "awesome comic book headquarters blueprints".
I think I got pretty lucky ending up with a partner who was interested in learning more about the Legion! We're definitely looking forward to getting this piece up on the wall so we can just gaze fondly at it every time we walk by.
Connor R. C. Gammon
Member Since 2025
1 - Posted on 11/2/2025
As much as I adore this page, I confess (as you well know) that as much as I profoundly respect Mr. Brown's attention to detail and love of schematics... I cannot wrap my head around the baffling nature of the architecture of this building. Not necessarily his fault, but still ;)
Margaret Leigh
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 11/2/2025
Connor R. C. Gammon wrote:
As much as I adore this page, I confess (as you well know) that as much as I profoundly respect Mr. Brown's attention to detail and love of schematics... I cannot wrap my head around the baffling nature of the architecture of this building. Not necessarily his fault, but still ;)
Oh yes, I well remember you puzzling over why and how the building is laid out the way it is! I think it becomes a little more bearable if you remember they all have flight rings, so their feet wouldn't get tired from walking back and forth between the two wings all day.
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