Difference between revisions of "Adventure Comics 306"

From Legion Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
m
 
(6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{issue
 
{{issue
−
|era_color=#ff8080
+
|era=precrisis
−
|issue=''Adventure Comics'' #306
+
|series=Adventure Comics|issue_no=306
−
|image=[[Image:Adventure306.jpg|250px]]
+
|image=[[File:Adventure306.jpg|250px]]
 
|caption=Cover by [[Curt Swan]], [[George Klein]] and [[Ira Schnapp]]
 
|caption=Cover by [[Curt Swan]], [[George Klein]] and [[Ira Schnapp]]
−
|era=Pre-Crisis
+
|story_title=The Legion of Substitute Heroes!
−
|story_title=The Legion of Substitute Heroes
+
|previous=[[Adventure Comics 305|''Adventure Comics'' #305]]: The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!
−
|previous=[[Adventure Comics 305|''Adventure Comics'' #305]]:The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire
+
|next=[[Adventure Comics 307|''Adventure Comics'' #307]]: The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!
−
|next=[[Adventure Comics 307|''Adventure Comics'' #307]]:The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero
 
 
|publication_date=[[January 31]], [[Legion_Publication_History/1950-1964#1963|1963]]
 
|publication_date=[[January 31]], [[Legion_Publication_History/1950-1964#1963|1963]]
 
|cover_date=March 1963
 
|cover_date=March 1963
−
|series_color=#ff6f59
+
|writer=[[Edmond Hamilton]]
−
|writers=[[Edmond Hamilton]] and [[Mort Weisinger]]
+
|penciller=[[John Forte]]
−
|pencillers=[[John Forte]]
+
|inker=John Forte
−
|inkers=[[John Forte]]
+
|letterer=[[Joe Letterese]]
−
|letterers=[[Joe Letterese]]
+
|colorists=???
−
|colorists=Unknown
+
|editor=[[Mort Weisinger]]
−
|editors=[[Mort Weisinger]]
+
|cover_artists=[[Curt Swan]], [[George Klein]], [[Ira Schnapp]]
−
|cover_artists=[[Curt Swan]], [[George Klein]] and [[Ira Schnapp]]
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
__TOC__
 
__TOC__
−
==The Legion of Substitute Heroes==
+
==The Legion of Substitute Heroes!==
  
−
===Plot Synopsis===
+
===Synopsis===
−
[[Polar Boy/Pre-Crisis|Polar Boy]], a.k.a. Brek Bannin of the planet Tharr, arrives on earth to fulfill his life’s ambition: to join the [[Legion of Super-Heroes/Pre-Crisis|Legion of Super-Heroes]].  But after he demonstrates his ability to create freezing temperatures, the Legionnaires decide that his power might disable them at a critical moment and reject him.  Despondent, Polar Boy wanders the Avenue of Heroes until he meets Night Girl, also a recently rejected applicant. [[Night Girl|Night Girl]] tells him that her scientist father gave her super-strength on her sun-less world, but when exposed to earth’s direct sunlight, she loses her power.  Rather than face an uncertain future, Polar Boy proposes that they form their own club – a [[Legion of Substitute Heroes|Legion of Substitute Heroes]] – to assist the regular Legion when needed.  Night Girl introduces him to three other rejects: [[Stone Boy|Stone Boy]], who can turn himself into solid stone; [[Fire Lad|Fire Lad]], who can exhale fire; and [[Chlorophyll Kid|Chlorophyll Kid]], who can make plants grow super-fast.
+
[[Polar Boy/Pre-Crisis|Polar Boy]], a.k.a. Brek Bannin of the planet Tharr, arrives on earth to fulfill his life’s ambition: to join the [[Legion of Super-Heroes/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Legion of Super-Heroes]].  But after he demonstrates his ability to create freezing temperatures, the Legionnaires decide that his power might disable them at a critical moment and reject him.  Despondent, Polar Boy wanders the Avenue of Heroes until he meets Night Girl, also a recently rejected applicant. [[Night Girl/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Night Girl]] tells him that her scientist father gave her super-strength on her sun-less world, but when exposed to earth’s direct sunlight, she loses her power.  Rather than face an uncertain future, Polar Boy proposes that they form their own club – a [[Legion of Substitute Heroes/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Legion of Substitute Heroes]] – to assist the regular Legion when needed.  Night Girl introduces him to three other rejects: [[Stone Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Stone Boy]], who can turn himself into solid stone; [[Fire Lad/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Fire Lad]], who can exhale fire; and [[Chlorophyll Kid/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Chlorophyll Kid]], who can make plants grow super-fast.
  
−
The members of the newly formed club vow to use their powers for good, dig a headquarters in the side of a mountain, and set up a monitor system to alert them to disasters. But when they respond to two such emergencies, they find the Legion has already beaten them. When the Legion turns down their offer for help on a third case – to battle robot ships in space – the Substitutes lose faith. But as they consider disbanding, they notice strange seeds drifting down from the sky. Chlorophyll Kid uses his power to make one seed grow – but it grows into a tree-like man that attacks them. The Subs defeat the alien and destroy the rest of the seeds. They then learn that the seeds came from a hostile planet; they also discover that the robot ships the Legion is battling in space were sent by the same world as a diversion.
+
The members of the newly formed club vow to use their powers for good, dig a headquarters in the side of a mountain, and set up a monitor system to alert them to disasters. But when they respond to two such emergencies, they find the Legion has already beaten them. When the Legion turns down their offer for help on a third case – to battle robot ships in space – the Substitutes lose faith. But as they consider disbanding, they notice strange seeds drifting down from the sky. Chlorophyll Kid uses his power to make one seed grow – but it grows into a tree-like man that attacks them. The Subs defeat the alien and destroy the rest of the seeds. They then learn that the seeds came from a hostile planet; they also discover that the robot ships the Legion is battling in space were sent by the same world as a diversion.
  
−
The Subs travel to the alien world, where they spy on a race of intelligent tree men, who have built a missile launcher to send their seeds to earth. Stone Boy distracts the guards while the others seek to destroy the missile launcher. Night Girl’s initial effort fails when the sun rises and she loses her strength, but Polar Boy and Fire Lad use their powers to create an opening in the building. Chlorophyll Kid causes the seeds inside to grow into tree men, creating a literal population explosion that destroys the building.
+
The Subs travel to the alien world, where they spy on a race of intelligent tree men, who have built a missile launcher to send their seeds to earth. Stone Boy distracts the guards while the others seek to destroy the missile launcher. Night Girl’s initial effort fails when the sun rises and she loses her strength, but Polar Boy and Fire Lad use their powers to create an opening in the building. Chlorophyll Kid causes the seeds inside to grow into tree men, creating a literal population explosion that destroys the building.
  
−
On earth, the Legionnaires are given a parade to celebrate their victory over the robot ships. Only the Substitutes know they foiled the real invasion, but they’ve proved to themselves that they have what it takes to be heroes, too.
+
On earth, the Legionnaires are given a parade to celebrate their victory over the robot ships. Only the Substitutes know they foiled the real invasion, but they’ve proved to themselves that they have what it takes to be heroes, too.
  
 
===Key Quotes and Catchphrases===
 
===Key Quotes and Catchphrases===
Line 35: Line 33:
 
===Critique===
 
===Critique===
  
−
==Roll Call==
+
===Roll Call===
  
−
===Legion of Substitute Heroes===
+
====Substitute Heroes====
−
''Featured roles:''
+
*Chlorophyll Kid
−
*Chlorophyll Kid (first appearance)
+
*Fire Lad
−
*Fire Lad (first appearance)
+
*Night Girl
−
*Night Girl (first appearance)
+
*Polar Boy
−
*Polar Boy (first appearance)
+
*Stone Boy
−
*Stone Boy (first appearance)
 
  
−
===Legionnaires===
+
====Legionnaires====
−
''Supporting roles:''
+
*[[Bouncing Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Bouncing Boy]]
−
*[[Bouncing Boy/Pre-Crisis|Bouncing Boy]]
+
*[[Brainiac 5/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Brainiac 5]]
−
*[[Brainiac 5/Pre-Crisis|Brainiac 5]]
+
*[[Colossal Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Colossal Boy]]
−
*[[Colossal Boy/Pre-Crisis|Colossal Boy]]
+
*[[Saturn Girl/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Saturn Girl]]
−
*[[Saturn Girl/Pre-Crisis|Saturn Girl]]
+
*[[Sun Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Sun Boy]]
−
*[[Sun Boy/Pre-Crisis|Sun Boy]]
 
  
−
''Cameos:''
+
=====Cameos=====
−
*[[Chameleon Boy/Pre-Crisis|Chameleon Boy]]
+
*[[Chameleon Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Chameleon Boy]]
−
*[[Cosmic Boy/Pre-Crisis|Cosmic Boy]]
+
*[[Cosmic Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Cosmic Boy]]
−
*[[Shrinking Violet/Pre-Crisis|Shrinking Violet]]
+
*[[Shrinking Violet/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Shrinking Violet]]
  
−
===Villains===
+
====Villains====
 
*An unnamed race of tree men
 
*An unnamed race of tree men
 
*Two criminal scientists
 
*Two criminal scientists
  
−
===Supporting Characters===
+
====Supporting characters====
 
None
 
None
  
−
===Other Characters===
+
====Other characters====
 
*Night Girl’s father (flashback)
 
*Night Girl’s father (flashback)
 
*Chlorophyll Kid’s mother (flashback)
 
*Chlorophyll Kid’s mother (flashback)
 
*Stone Boy’s mother (flashback)
 
*Stone Boy’s mother (flashback)
  
−
===Planets and Settings===
+
====Planets and Settings====
 
*Tharr (Polar Boy’s home world)
 
*Tharr (Polar Boy’s home world)
 
*Kathoon (Night Girl’s home world; name not revealed)
 
*Kathoon (Night Girl’s home world; name not revealed)
Line 81: Line 77:
 
*The Substitutes’ Warning Wall Monitor (similar to the Legion’s Mission Monitor Board)
 
*The Substitutes’ Warning Wall Monitor (similar to the Legion’s Mission Monitor Board)
  
−
===Alien Wildlife===
+
====Alien Wildlife====
 
*Four sea monsters
 
*Four sea monsters
  
Line 87: Line 83:
  
 
===Errors and Oddities===
 
===Errors and Oddities===
 +
*Polar Boy is listed as Polar Lad on the cover.
 +
*Fire Lad is not listed on the cover.
  
 
===First appearances===
 
===First appearances===
 
This issue marks the first appearance of the following characters and recurring key Legion story elements:
 
This issue marks the first appearance of the following characters and recurring key Legion story elements:
 +
*The Legion of Substitute Heroes
 +
**Chlorophyll Kid
 +
**Fire Lad
 +
**Night Girl
 +
**Polar Boy
 +
**Stone Boy
  
 
===Powers and abilities===
 
===Powers and abilities===
Line 95: Line 99:
 
===Reboot Reference Kit===
 
===Reboot Reference Kit===
  
−
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
+
 
−
|-
 
−
| bgcolor="#8080ff" width="80"|'''Post-Crisis'''
 
−
| xxx
 
−
|-
 
−
| bgcolor="#cc99ff" width="80"|'''Glorithverse'''
 
−
| xxx
 
−
|-
 
−
| bgcolor="#5be85b" width="80"|'''Post-Zero Hour'''
 
−
| xxx
 
−
|-
 
−
| bgcolor="#96a02c" width="80"|'''Post-Infinite Crisis'''
 
−
| xxx
 
−
|-
 
−
| bgcolor="#ffe25f" width="80"|'''DCAU'''
 
−
| xxx
 
−
|-
 
−
| bgcolor="#ffb84f" width="80"|'''LSH cartoon'''
 
−
| xxx
 
−
|}
 
  
 
===Retcon Alert===
 
===Retcon Alert===
Line 128: Line 113:
  
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
−
Image:DCSpecialBlueRibbonDigest01.jpg|[[DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest 1|''DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest'' #1]] (March/April 1980)
+
File:DCSpecialBlueRibbonDigest01.jpg|[[DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest 1|''DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest'' #1]] (March/April 1980)
−
Image:Adventure500.jpg|[[Adventure Comics 500|''Adventure Comics'' #500]] (June 1983)
+
File:Adventure500.jpg|[[Adventure Comics 500|''Adventure Comics'' #500]] (June 1983)
−
Image:LSHArchives02.jpg|[[Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol 2|''Legion of Super-Heroes Archives'' Volume 2]] (1992)
+
File:LSHArchives02.jpg|[[Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol 2|''Legion of Super-Heroes Archives'' Volume 2]] (1992)
−
Image:ShowcasePresentsLSH1.jpg|[[Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1|''Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes'' Vol. 1]] (2007)
+
File:ShowcasePresentsLSH1.jpg|[[Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1|''Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes'' Vol. 1]] (2007)
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
Line 137: Line 122:
 
*[[Legion Publication History/1950-1964|Legion Publication History - Other issues published 1950-1964]]
 
*[[Legion Publication History/1950-1964|Legion Publication History - Other issues published 1950-1964]]
 
*[[Legion Publication History/Series/Adventure Comics|Legion Publication History - Other issues of ''Adventure Comics'']]
 
*[[Legion Publication History/Series/Adventure Comics|Legion Publication History - Other issues of ''Adventure Comics'']]
−
*[[Chronology/Pre-Crisis|Pre-Crisis Chronology]]
+
*[[Chronology/Preboot/Pre-Crisis|Pre-Crisis Chronology]]
 
*[[Legion Publication History/Index/Series#Adventure Comics|Quick index of links to other ''Adventure Comics'' issues]]
 
*[[Legion Publication History/Index/Series#Adventure Comics|Quick index of links to other ''Adventure Comics'' issues]]
  
−
[[Category:Pre-Crisis issues]]
+
 
 +
{{Prevnext
 +
|era=precrisis
 +
|series=Adventure Comics
 +
|issue_no=306
 +
|prev_continuity=[[Adventure Comics 305|''Adventure Comics'' #305]]
 +
|next_continuity=[[Adventure Comics 307|''Adventure Comics'' #307]]
 +
|prev_series=[[Adventure Comics 305|''Adventure Comics'' #305]]
 +
|next_series=[[Adventure Comics 307|''Adventure Comics'' #307]]
 +
|prev_publication=[[Adventure Comics 305|''Adventure Comics'' #305]]
 +
|next_publication=[[Adventure Comics 307|''Adventure Comics'' #307]]
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
[[Category:Adventure Comics (Pre-Crisis) issues]]

Latest revision as of 11:30, 26 October 2012

Adventure Comics #306
Preboot » Pre-Crisis
Adventure306.jpg
Cover by Curt Swan, George Klein and Ira Schnapp
Story title The Legion of Substitute Heroes!
Previous story Adventure Comics #305: The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!
Next story Adventure Comics #307: The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!
Publication date January 31, 1963
Cover date March 1963
Creators
Writer Edmond Hamilton
Penciller John Forte
Inker John Forte
Letterer Joe Letterese
Colourist(s) ???
Editor Mort Weisinger
Cover artist(s) Curt Swan, George Klein, Ira Schnapp

The Legion of Substitute Heroes!

Synopsis

Polar Boy, a.k.a. Brek Bannin of the planet Tharr, arrives on earth to fulfill his life’s ambition: to join the Legion of Super-Heroes. But after he demonstrates his ability to create freezing temperatures, the Legionnaires decide that his power might disable them at a critical moment and reject him. Despondent, Polar Boy wanders the Avenue of Heroes until he meets Night Girl, also a recently rejected applicant. Night Girl tells him that her scientist father gave her super-strength on her sun-less world, but when exposed to earth’s direct sunlight, she loses her power. Rather than face an uncertain future, Polar Boy proposes that they form their own club – a Legion of Substitute Heroes – to assist the regular Legion when needed. Night Girl introduces him to three other rejects: Stone Boy, who can turn himself into solid stone; Fire Lad, who can exhale fire; and Chlorophyll Kid, who can make plants grow super-fast.

The members of the newly formed club vow to use their powers for good, dig a headquarters in the side of a mountain, and set up a monitor system to alert them to disasters. But when they respond to two such emergencies, they find the Legion has already beaten them. When the Legion turns down their offer for help on a third case – to battle robot ships in space – the Substitutes lose faith. But as they consider disbanding, they notice strange seeds drifting down from the sky. Chlorophyll Kid uses his power to make one seed grow – but it grows into a tree-like man that attacks them. The Subs defeat the alien and destroy the rest of the seeds. They then learn that the seeds came from a hostile planet; they also discover that the robot ships the Legion is battling in space were sent by the same world as a diversion.

The Subs travel to the alien world, where they spy on a race of intelligent tree men, who have built a missile launcher to send their seeds to earth. Stone Boy distracts the guards while the others seek to destroy the missile launcher. Night Girl’s initial effort fails when the sun rises and she loses her strength, but Polar Boy and Fire Lad use their powers to create an opening in the building. Chlorophyll Kid causes the seeds inside to grow into tree men, creating a literal population explosion that destroys the building.

On earth, the Legionnaires are given a parade to celebrate their victory over the robot ships. Only the Substitutes know they foiled the real invasion, but they’ve proved to themselves that they have what it takes to be heroes, too.

Key Quotes and Catchphrases

Critique

Roll Call

Substitute Heroes

  • Chlorophyll Kid
  • Fire Lad
  • Night Girl
  • Polar Boy
  • Stone Boy

Legionnaires

Cameos

Villains

  • An unnamed race of tree men
  • Two criminal scientists

Supporting characters

None

Other characters

  • Night Girl’s father (flashback)
  • Chlorophyll Kid’s mother (flashback)
  • Stone Boy’s mother (flashback)

Planets and Settings

  • Tharr (Polar Boy’s home world)
  • Kathoon (Night Girl’s home world; name not revealed)
  • Zwen (Stone Boy’s home world; name not revealed)
  • The Substitutes’ mountain headquarters
  • The unnamed home world of the tree men
  • The Ocean Research Laboratory of earth

Technology, Gadgets, and Other Neat Stuff

  • The Substitutes’ Warning Wall Monitor (similar to the Legion’s Mission Monitor Board)

Alien Wildlife

  • Four sea monsters

Notes

Errors and Oddities

  • Polar Boy is listed as Polar Lad on the cover.
  • Fire Lad is not listed on the cover.

First appearances

This issue marks the first appearance of the following characters and recurring key Legion story elements:

  • The Legion of Substitute Heroes
    • Chlorophyll Kid
    • Fire Lad
    • Night Girl
    • Polar Boy
    • Stone Boy

Powers and abilities

Reboot Reference Kit

Retcon Alert

Other

Other stories in this issue

There is an additional story that does not feature the Legion - "The 5th Dimensional High-School"

Reprints

This Legion story has been reprinted in the following:

See also


« Previous    Next »Adventure Comics #306
Adventure Comics #305 
By continuity
Adventure Comics #307

Adventure Comics #305 
By series
Adventure Comics #307

Adventure Comics #305 
By publication
Adventure Comics #307
Retrieved from "https://www.legionwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Adventure_Comics_306&oldid=22883"