Legion of Super-Heroes v2 305

The Legion of Super-Heroes #305 Preboot » Pre-Crisis Cover artwork by Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt Story title Violet's Story Previous story The Legion of Super-Heroes v2 #304: Siege Perilous Next story The Legion of Super-Heroes v2 #306: Born Under A Lucky Star Publication date August 18, 1983 Cover date November 1983 Creators Writer(s) Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen Penciller(s) Keith Giffen Inker(s) Larry Mahlstedt Letterer(s) John Costanza Colourist(s) Carl Gafford Editor(s) Karen Berger Cover artist(s) Keith Giffen, Larry Mahlstedt

Violet's Story

Story Synopsis

A Legion cruiser arrives in orbit around the planet Imsk. Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy and Element Lad summon Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet to the bridge and reveal that their mission was a ruse as they ambush the pair and spray Violet with Cancelite, a chemical that cancels the shape-changing power of Durlans. It shouldn’t affect Violet since she isn’t a Durlan, but she tearfully admits that she is a Durlan, and therefore not Shrinking Violet.

Back at Legion HQ on Earth, Wildfire is sparring, rather roughly and effectively with Timber Wolf, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy, while Phantom Girl and Shadow Lass trade catty comments about Wildfire’s failed relationship with Dawnstar and team leader Dream Girl’s relationship with Star Boy.

We return to Imsk where Brainiac 5 is using a psych-probe on the sedated fake Violet reveals that she is a Durlan actress named Yera who was hired to impersonate Violet by three Imskians who claimed that Violet was with them while she was sick. She took the job to prove that she’s a real actress with talents beyond shapeshifting. Element Lad tries to apologize to Colossal Boy afterwards, saying that they felt it was necessary to keep him in the dark as to not tip off Yera. Colossal Boy understands, but still pops Element Lad in the nose for making him “the last to know.”

Elsewhere, on a planet that looks medieval (Orando), a man with long flowing red hair brushes by an old man into a village which he promptly destroys with a flash of fire and heat, just as a warning of who he represents.

On Imsk, Shrinking Violet is visiting the populace as a returning hero, and is secretly approached by an Imskian woman named Marlu who chastises Yera for coming to Imsk, and takes her to meet the others through a series of tubes that the Legionnaires and Science Police can’t follow. Marlu takes Yera to Liberation Headquarters, which looks to be better organized than anyone suspected. They capture Yera and take her to the three men that hired her who then reveal that the real Shrinking Violet has been kidnapped and tortured to steal Legion and United Planets secrets from her brain.

Cut to Starhaven, near the galactic core, Dawnstar takes part in a private ceremony to start her search for a soul-mate and flies off, crying over having to lose Wildfire’s love.

Back on Imsk what we thought was Yera turns out to be Chameleon Boy who breaks free of the restraints and leads the Legion to the Liberation Headquarters, where they make short work of the separatists, thanks to Colossal Boy’s rage and Brainiac neutralizing the leaders’ size changing powers to capture them. The Science Police mop up and take the rescued and medically critical Shrinking Violet away for months of recovery.

In an epilogue, Colossal Boy confronts a recovering Yera and realizes that he fell in love with Yera, not Violet, and decides to honor and continue their marriage.

Roll Call

Legionnaires

• Brainiac 5 (? panels)
• Chameleon Boy (? panels)
• Colossal Boy (? panels)
• Dawnstar (? panels)
• Element Lad (? panels)
• Mon-El (? panels)
• Phantom Girl (? panels)
• Shadow Lass (? panels)
• Shrinking Violet (? panels)
• Star Boy (? panels)
• Timber Wolf (? panels)
• Ultra Boy (? panels)
• Wildfire (? panels)

Villains

• Micro Lad (? panels)
• Sun Emperor (? panels)

Supporting Characters

• Gigi Cusimano (? panels)
• Mist-Rider (? panels)
• Moonwalker (? panels)
• Shvaughn Erin (? panels)
• Yera Allon (? panels)

Reprints

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See also

• Announcements
• Previews
• Reviews and Discussion

• Legion Publication History - Other issues published in 1983-1986
• Legion Publication History - Other issues of Legion of Super-Heroes v2
• Pre-Crisis Chronology
• Quick index of links to other Legion of Super-Heroes v2 issues

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