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Legion of Super-Heroes v6 #3
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Story title	Earth-Man's Choice
Previous story	Legion of Super-Heroes v6 #2: The Scream Heard 'Cross the Universe
Next story	Legion of Super-Heroes v6 #4: That Which is Purest Among You
Publication date	July 21, 2010
Cover date	September 2010

Creators

Writer(s)	Paul Levitz
Penciller(s)	Yildiray Çinar, Francis Portela
Inker(s)	Wayne Faucher, Francis Portela
Letterer(s)	Sal Cipriano
Colourist(s)	Hi-Fi
Editor(s)	Brian Cunningham, Sean Ryan
Cover artist(s)	Primary: Yildiray Çinar, Wayne Faucher, Hi-Fi, Variant: Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair

Earth-Man's Choice

Synopsis

(30 pages/132 panels)

Key Quotes and Catchphrases

Roll Call

Legionnaires

Brainiac 5 (18 panels)
Colossal Boy (12 panels)
Cosmic Boy (6 panels)
Earth-Man (cover, 57 panels)
Element Lad (6 panels)
Invisible Kid (Jacques Foccart) (5 panels)
Lightning Lad (14 panels)
Lightning Lass (5 panels)
Phantom Girl (8 panels, 1 as illusion)
Saturn Girl (13 panels)
Sensor Girl (8 panels, 1 as illusion)
Shadow Lass (9 panels)
Sun Boy (cover, 6 panels)
Tellus (7 panels, 1 as illusion)
Tyroc (16 panels)
Ultra Boy (10 panels, 1 as illusion)
Wildfire (4 panels, empty costume only)

Villains

Darkseid (1 panel, as statue)
Saturn Queen (27 panels, 1 on viewscreen)

Supporting Characters

Preem Aven (6 panels)
R.J. Brande (mentioned in 2 panels)
Dyogene (1 panel)
Harmonia Li (4 panels)
Graym and Garridan Ranzz (mentioned in 5 panels)

Other Characters

Titanian refugees (3 panels)
- Rinas and her mother (1 panel)
Refugee relief workers (2 panels)
Durlan devotees to R.J. Brande (5 panels)
Newscaster (1 panel, on viewscreen)
Sentient lifeforms of the planet Ozifer (cover, 26 panels)

Planets and Settings

Avalon (1 panel)
Earth (27 panels)
- Legion HQ mission monitor room (16 panels)
- Unidentified location of Durlans (5 panels)
- Painted Desert refugee camp (6 panels)
Legion cruiser (10 panels)
Legion time bubble (6 panels)
Ozifer (53 panels)
Titan, orbit around its former location (36 panels)

Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff

Legion cruisers (3)
Legion Flight Rings
Legion Time Bubble
Green Lantern Power Ring
Mission monitor board

Alien Wildlife

Notes

Errors and Oddities

Easter Eggs

First appearances

Ozifer and its sentient lifeforms

Other

According to Saturn Queen, her people migrated to Titan and met the Lanothians, who were already there. The Lanothians arrived there as part of the events in Adventure Comics #514.
Saturn Queen mentions that Tyroc "took [his] people away from Earth when they didn't understand Marzal."
Avalon has been seen before in Legion of Super-Heroes v2 #276 and briefly in Legion of Super-Heroes v2 #291
Phantom Girl makes reference to the Brothers Grimm story of the Goose Girl. Full text of the story can be found here, and a description of the tale and later revisions here.
We learn that Lightning Lad has a photographic memory for maps and map images

Solicitation

THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3

On sale JULY 21
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art and cover by YILDIRAY CINAR & WAYNE FAUCHER
1:10 Variant cover by JIM LEE

The xenophobic Earth-Man was once the Legion’s most despised foe, but now he’s forced to join their ranks! But can his Legion teammates – particularly his one-time torture victim Sun Boy – let bygones be bygones so quickly?

Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

Variant Cover will be in stores One Week Later, 7/28/10.

Images

Cover artwork

Penciled artwork by Yildiray Çinar
By Yildiray Çinar, Wayne Faucher, and Hi-Fi
By Yildiray Çinar, Wayne Faucher, and Hi-Fi
By Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair

Reprints

Earth-Man's Choice has not yet been reprinted

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-|next=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 4|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #4]]
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-==???==
+==Earth-Man's Choice==
 ===Synopsis===
+(30 pages/132 panels)
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-==Roll Call==
-===Legionnaires===
+===Roll Call===
-*[[Brainiac 5/Lightning Saga|Brainiac 5]] (? panels)
+====Legionnaires====
-*[[Colossal Boy/Lightning Saga|Colossal Boy]] (? panels)
+*[[Brainiac 5/Preboot#Retroboot|Brainiac 5]] (18 panels)
-*[[Cosmic Boy/Lightning Saga|Cosmic Boy]] (? panels)
+*[[Colossal Boy/Preboot#Retroboot|Colossal Boy]] (12 panels)
-*[[Chameleon Boy/Lightning Saga|Chameleon Boy]] (? panels)
+*[[Cosmic Boy/Preboot#Retroboot|Cosmic Boy]] (6 panels)
-*[[Dawnstar/Lightning Saga|Dawnstar]] (? panels)
+*[[Earth-Man]] (cover, 57 panels)
-*[[Dream Girl/Lightning Saga|Dream Girl]] (? panels)
+*[[Element Lad/Preboot#Retroboot|Element Lad]] (6 panels)
-*[[Earth-Man]] (cover, ? panels)
+*[[Invisible Kid/Jacques Foccart/Preboot#Retroboot|Invisible Kid (Jacques Foccart)]] (5 panels)
-*[[Gates/Lightning Saga|Gates]] (? panels)
+*[[Lightning Lad/Preboot#Retroboot|Lightning Lad]] (14 panels)
-*[[Invisible Kid II/Lightning Saga|Invisible Kid II]] (? panels, ? invisible)
+*[[Lightning Lass/Preboot#Retroboot|Lightning Lass]] (5 panels)
-*[[Lightning Lad/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lad]] (? panels)
+*[[Phantom Girl/Preboot#Retroboot|Phantom Girl]] (8 panels, 1 as illusion)
-*[[Lightning Lass/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lass]] (? panels)
+*[[Saturn Girl/Preboot#Retroboot|Saturn Girl]] (13 panels)
-*[[Mon-El/Lightning Saga|Mon-El]] (? panels)
+*[[Sensor Girl/Preboot#Retroboot|Sensor Girl]] (8 panels, 1 as illusion)
-*[[Phantom Girl/Lightning Saga|Phantom Girl]] (? panels)
+*[[Shadow Lass/Preboot#Retroboot|Shadow Lass]] (9 panels)
-*[[Saturn Girl/Lightning Saga|Saturn Girl]] (? panels)
+*[[Sun Boy/Preboot#Retroboot|Sun Boy]] (cover, 6 panels)
-*[[Shadow Lass/Lightning Saga|Shadow Lass]] (? panels)
+*[[Tellus/Preboot#Retroboot|Tellus]] (7 panels, 1 as illusion)
-*[[Sun Boy/Lightning Saga|Sun Boy]] (cover, ? panels)
+*[[Tyroc/Preboot#Retroboot|Tyroc]] (16 panels)
-*[[Tyroc/Lightning Saga|Tyroc]] (? panels)
+*[[Ultra Boy/Preboot#Retroboot|Ultra Boy]] (10 panels, 1 as illusion)
-*[[Ultra Boy/Lightning Saga|Ultra Boy]] (? panels)
+*[[Wildfire/Preboot#Retroboot|Wildfire]] (4 panels, empty costume only)
-*[[Wildfire/Lightning Saga|Wildfire]] (? panels, ? as disembodied energy)
+<!--=====Cameos=====-->
-====Cameos====
+====Villains====
-*[[Polar Boy/Lightning Saga|Polar Boy]] (? panels)
+*[[Darkseid/Preboot#Retroboot|Darkseid]] (1 panel, as statue)
+*[[Saturn Queen/Preboot#Retroboot|Saturn Queen]] (27 panels, 1 on viewscreen)
-===Villains===
+====Supporting Characters====
-*[[Saturn Queen/Lightning Saga|Saturn Queen]] (? panels)
+*[[Preem Aven]] (6 panels)
-*[[Nemesis Kid/Lightning Saga|Nemesis Kid]] (? panels)
+*[[Rene Jacques Brande/Preboot#Retroboot|R.J. Brande]] (mentioned in 2 panels)
-*[[Darkseid/Lightning Saga|Darkseid]] (mentioned) (? panels)
+*[[Dyogene]] (1 panel)
-*[[Lightning Lord/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lord]] (? panels)
+*[[Harmonia Li]] (4 panels)
+*Graym and Garridan Ranzz (mentioned in 5 panels)
-===Supporting Characters===
+====Other Characters====
-*Graym and Garridan Ranzz (? panel)
+*Titanian refugees (3 panels)
-*[[Gigi Cusimano/Lightning Saga|Gigi Cusimano]] (? panels)
+**Rinas and her mother (1 panel)
-*[[R.J Brande/Lightning Saga|R.J Brande]] (? panels)
+*Refugee relief workers (2 panels)
+*Durlan devotees to R.J. Brande (5 panels)
+*Newscaster (1 panel, on viewscreen)
+*Sentient lifeforms of the planet Ozifer (cover, 26 panels)
-===Other Characters===
+====Planets and Settings====
-*Durlan space travellers (? panels)
+*[[Avalon/Preboot#Retroboot|Avalon]] (1 panel)
-*Citizens of Earth (? panels)
+*[[Earth/Preboot#Retroboot|Earth]] (27 panels)
-*Twin nurses at Winathian medical center (? panels)
+**Legion HQ mission monitor room (16 panels)
-*Citizens of Winath (? panels)
+**Unidentified location of Durlans (5 panels)
-*Science Police officers (? panels)
+**Painted Desert refugee camp (6 panels)
+*Legion cruiser (10 panels)
+*Legion time bubble (6 panels)
+*[[Ozifer]] (53 panels)
+*[[Titan/Preboot#Retroboot|Titan]], orbit around its former location (36 panels)
-===Planets and Settings===
+====Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff====
-*[[Daxam/Lightning Saga|Daxam]] (? panels)
+*Legion cruisers (3)
-*[[Earth/Lightning Saga|Earth]] (? panels)
+*Legion Flight Rings
-**Legion Headquarters (? panels)
-***Mission monitor room (? panels)
-***Medilab (? panels)
-***Earth-Man's quarters (? panels)
-**Painted Desert refugee camp (? panels)
-*[[Naltor/Lightning Saga|Naltor]] (? panels)
-*[[Tharr/Lightning Saga|Tharr]] (? panels)
-*The Timestream (? panels)
-*[[Titan/Lightning Saga|Titan]] (? panels)
-**Graym and Garridan Ranzz's school (? panels)
-**Orbit around it's former location (? panels)
-*[[Winath/Lightning Saga|Winath]] (? panels)
-===Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff===
-*Brainac 5's flying platform
-*Legion Flight Ring
 *Legion Time Bubble
 *Green Lantern Power Ring
-*Green Lantern Power Battery
+*Mission monitor board
-===Alien Wildlife===
+====Alien Wildlife====
 ==Notes==
+===Errors and Oddities===
+===Easter Eggs===
-===Errors and Oddities===
+===First appearances===
+*Ozifer and its sentient lifeforms
+<!--===Reboot Reference Kit===-->
+===Other===
+*According to Saturn Queen, her people migrated to Titan and met the Lanothians, who were already there. The Lanothians arrived there as part of the events in [[Adventure Comics 514|''Adventure Comics'' #514]].
+*Saturn Queen mentions that Tyroc "took [his] people away from Earth when they didn't understand [[Marzal]]."
+*Avalon has been seen before in [[Legion of Super-Heroes v2 276|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v2 #276]] and briefly in [[Legion of Super-Heroes v2 291|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v2 #291]]
+*Phantom Girl makes reference to the Brothers Grimm story of the Goose Girl. Full text of the story can be found [http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm089.html here], and a description of the tale and later revisions [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goose_Girl here].
+*We learn that Lightning Lad has a photographic memory for maps and map images
-===Easter Eggs===
+==Solicitation==
+'''THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3'''
-===First appearances===
+''On sale JULY 21''<br>
+''40 pg, FC, $3.99 US''<br>
+''Written by PAUL LEVITZ''<br>
+''Art and cover by YILDIRAY CINAR & WAYNE FAUCHER''<br>
+''1:10 Variant cover by JIM LEE''
+''The xenophobic Earth-Man was once the Legion’s most despised foe, but now he’s forced to join their ranks! But can his Legion teammates – particularly his one-time torture victim Sun Boy – let bygones be bygones so quickly?''
-===Reboot Reference Kit===
+''Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.''
-===Other===
+''Variant Cover will be in stores One Week Later, 7/28/10.''
+==Images==
+===Cover artwork===
+<gallery>
+File:LSHv6-03BW.jpg|Penciled artwork by Yildiray Çinar
+File:LSHv6-03Solicit.jpg|By Yildiray Çinar, Wayne Faucher, and Hi-Fi
+File:LSHv6-03A.jpg|By Yildiray Çinar, Wayne Faucher, and Hi-Fi
+File:LSHv6-03B.jpg|By Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair
+</gallery>
 ==Reprints==
-'''???''' has not yet been reprinted
+'''Earth-Man's Choice''' has not yet been reprinted
 ==See also==
 *Announcements
 *Previews
-**[http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/06/17/saturn-girl-faces-a-grim-future/ Saturn Girl faces a grim future]
+**[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=5846 Comic Book Resources]
-**[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=5493&disp=table Comic Book Resources]
-**[http://www.comixology.com/previews/APR100185/Legion-of-Super-Heroes-2 Comixology]
-**[http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=36067 Newsarama]
 *Reviews and Discussion
-**[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=2360 Comic Book Resources]
+**[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=2479 Comic Book Resources]
-**[http://www.comixtreme.com/content.php?293-Legion-of-Super-Heroes-2 Comixtreme]
+**[http://www.comixtreme.com/content.php?472-Legion-of-Super-Heroes-3 Comixtreme]
-**[http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/reviews/losh2_review Cosmic Book News]
+**[http://comicsnexus.insidepulse.com/2010/07/23/10-thoughts-review-legion-of-superheroes-3-with-paul-levitz-yildiray-cinar-and-francis-portela/ Cosmic Nexus]
-**[http://sakerslsh.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-of-23-june-2010.html Get-A-Life Boy's LSH Blog]
+**[http://sakerslsh.blogspot.com/2010/07/week-of-21-july-2010.html Get-A-Life-Boy's LSH Blog]
-**[http://ifanboy.com/reviews/JimBilly4/dc_comics/legion_of_super_heroes/2 iFanboy]
+**[http://ifanboy.com/comics/dc_comics/iMAY100155/legion_of_super_heroes/3 iFanboy]
-**[http://comics.ign.com/articles/110/1101512p1.html IGN]
+**[http://legionabstract.blogspot.com/2010/07/legion-of-super-heroes-3-review.html Legion Abstract]
-**[http://www.joblo.com/comics-reviewed-avengers-legion-of-superheroes-and-more JobLo]
+**[http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/47689.htm/ Major Spoilers]
-**[http://legionabstract.blogspot.com/2010/06/legion-of-super-heroes-2-review.html Legion Abstract]
+**[http://dangermart.blogspot.com/2010/07/legion-of-super-heroes-3-review.html Too Dangerous for a Girl]
-**[http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/43504.htm/ Major Spoilers]
+**[http://weeklycomicbookreview.com/2010/07/21/the-legion-of-super-heroes-3-review/ Weekly Comic Book Review]
-**[http://dangermart.blogspot.com/2010/06/legion-of-super-heroes-2-review.html Too Dangerous for a Girl!]
 *[[Legion Publication History/2010-|Legion Publication History - Other issues published in 2010]]
 *[[Legion Publication History/Series/Legion of Super-Heroes v6|Legion Publication History - Other issues of ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6]]
-*[[Chronology/Lightning Saga|Lightning Saga Chronology]]
+*[[Chronology/Retroboot|Retroboot Chronology]]
 *[[Legion Publication History/Index/Series#Legion of Super-Heroes v6|Quick index of links to other ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 issues]]
-[[Category:Lightning Saga issues]]
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