Superman & Batman: Generations III #7
Superman & Batman: Generations III #4 cover

Date:

 September 2003

Title:

 “Century 26: History Lesson”
(Cover Title: “The 26th Century!”)

Plot:

In the year 2525, after fending off a Parademon attack, Superman, Batman, and Lara visit the site of the old Kent home and dig up Saturn Girl’s corpse.  And in the time stream, Lana and Lois are being taken somewhere, unable to control the time sphere.

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

Credits:

 John Byrne (Writer) • John Byrne (Artist) • John Byrne (Letterer) • Alex Sinclair (Colorist / Separator) • Ivan Cohen (Associate Editor) • Mike Carlin (Editor) • John Byrne (Cover)

CHANGE HISTORY
Date of Change
Content of Change
12/22/03
 Posted
12/23/03
 Tracking corrections

Character and Object Tracking

       

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen)
 No actual appearance; costume appears on Lara’s corpse only
 
Superman (Clark Kent / Kal-El) Previous Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #4		 Next Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #11
Lara (Lara Wayne) None in Legion books Next Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #11
Appears also as a corpse, following Superman & Batman: Generations III #11
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
 Previous Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #1		 Next Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #11

Villains
Parademons
 No appearance; mention only
DeSaad
 No appearance; dialogue only

Supporting Characters
Lana Lang
 Previous Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #1		 Next Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #9
Lois Lane
 Previous Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #1		 Next Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #9

Locations
Smallville (2525) (Kent homestead)
 Previous Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #4		 Next Legion appearance:
      Superman & Batman: Generations III #9

Technology
Legion Time Sphere
 Superman & Batman: Generations III #1 Superman & Batman: Generations III #9
 
One-shot or Untracked Items:
     hologram generator
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Analysis Notes
General Only pages 19:3-20:2 and 22 are covered here.
This is an Elseworlds story.  Continuity is only tracked within this “universe”, that depicted in the three (to date) Generations series.
Each issue of this series occurs about 100 years after the previous one, tied to year xx25.  The theory behind that being that Superman was 29 years old in his first appearance in 1939 (29 being his stated age throughout the Silver Age), and thus 1925 is when he was 15, the right age for joining the Legion.  This issue occurs in 2525.
19:4 As will be seen in Superman & Batman: Generations III #7, this is not Saturn Girl.  Instead it is Lara’s corpse, disguised to appear to be Saturn Girl.
22 Based on the dialogue in Superman & Batman: Generations III #9, about six minutes has passed since Superman & Batman: Generations III #1.
22:1 Dialogue is from DeSaad.
22:3 “Red”: the girl’s don’t know each other’s names yet.
22:4
 Coloring error: Lois is clutching a lever here, but it is colored like her skin.
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Appearance Counts

Character Name

Cover

Panels / Speaking
Heroes
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen) 0 / 0
 
Superman (Clark Kent / Kal-El) X 4 / 4
Lara (Lara Wayne) 3 / 2
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
 2 / 2
Villains
DeSaad
 0 / 1
Supporting Characters
Lana Lang 3 / 3
Lois Lane
 4 / 3
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