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|issue=''Adventure Comics'' #311
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|caption=Cover by [[Curt Swan]], [[George Klein]] and [[Ira Schnapp]]
 
|caption=Cover by [[Curt Swan]], [[George Klein]] and [[Ira Schnapp]]
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|era=Pre-Crisis
 
 
|story_title=The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires<br>Part 2: The Duel of the Legions
 
|story_title=The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires<br>Part 2: The Duel of the Legions
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|previous=[[Adventure Comics 310|''Adventure Comics'' #310]]:The Doom of the Super-Heroes
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|previous=[[Adventure Comics 310|''Adventure Comics'' #310]]: The Doom of the Super-Heroes
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|next=[[Adventure Comics 312|''Adventure Comics'' #312]]:The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires
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|next=[[Adventure Comics 312|''Adventure Comics'' #312]]: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires
 
|publication_date=[[June 27]], [[Legion_Publication_History/1950-1964#1963|1963]]
 
|publication_date=[[June 27]], [[Legion_Publication_History/1950-1964#1963|1963]]
 
|cover_date=August 1963
 
|cover_date=August 1963
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|writer=[[Edmond Hamilton]]
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|writers=[[Edmond Hamilton]] and [[Mort Weisinger]]
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|penciller=[[John Forte]]
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|pencillers=[[John Forte]]
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|inker=John Forte
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|inkers=[[John Forte]]
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|letterers=[[Joe Letterese]] (Part 1)<br />[[Milton Snapinn]] (Part 2)
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|letterers=[[Joe Letterese]] and [[Milton Snapinn]] (Part 2 only)
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|colorists=???
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|colorists=Unknown
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|editor=[[Mort Weisinger]]
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|editors=[[Mort Weisinger]]
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|cover_artists=[[Curt Swan]], [[George Klein]], [[Ira Schnapp]]
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|cover_artists=[[Curt Swan]], [[George Klein]] and [[Ira Schnapp]]
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==The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires==
 
==The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires==
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While the [[Legionnaires/Pre-Crisis|Legionnaires]] respond to a distress signal from a distant space sector, the secret [[Legion of Substitute Heroes]] encounter an alien machine that attempts to drill rare ores from the earth. After stopping the machine, they alert the Legionnaires, but when the super-heroes return to earth, they belittle the Subs and reject their offer of assistance. The Subs again try to prove their worth by building defensive robots to ward off further invaders, but the Legionnaires respond by ordering the Subs to disband. When the Subs refuse to comply, the Legionnaires send one of their own defensive robots to ransack the Subs’ headquarters. As they escape, the Subs declare war on the Legion.
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===Synopsis===
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====Part 1====
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While the [[Legionnaires/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Legionnaires]] respond to a distress signal from a distant space sector, the secret [[Legion of Substitute Heroes]] encounter an alien machine that attempts to drill rare ores from the earth. After stopping the machine, they alert the Legionnaires, but when the super-heroes return to earth, they belittle the Subs and reject their offer of assistance. The Subs again try to prove their worth by building defensive robots to ward off further invaders, but the Legionnaires respond by ordering the Subs to disband. When the Subs refuse to comply, the Legionnaires send one of their own defensive robots to ransack the Subs’ headquarters. As they escape, the Subs declare war on the Legion.
  
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==Part 2: The Duel of the Legions==
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====Part 2: The Duel of the Legions====
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The Subs set up headquarters in an abandoned alien city deep inside the moon. [[Night Girl/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Night Girl]] sneaks away, however, and returns to earth to confront [[Cosmic Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Cosmic Boy]], with whom she is secretly in love. She tries to persuade Cos to make peace with the other Legionnaires on her behalf. Cos pretends to go along, but secretly tracks her as she returns to the moon. The Legionnaires arrive on the moon and send a caterpillar-like defense machine to attack the Subs; when it returns with what appears to be [[Stone Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Stone Boy]]’s remains, the Legionnaires think the rest of the Subs have also been killed and leave. Unknown to them, the Subs have fooled them by configuring one of the alien statues in the city to look like Stone Boy.
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After next tricking the Legionnaires into leaving earth for awhile, the Subs return to earth to find that the defensive machines the Legionnaires are building are really mining machines – which confirms [[Polar Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Polar Boy]]’s suspicion that these Legionnaires are really imposters. Sure enough: the Legionnaires return and reveal themselves to be aliens from the planet [[Zyzan]], who lured the real Legionnaires away and trapped them in a space warp while the aliens tried to loot earth’s minerals. Deducing that the aliens can’t stand cold, Polar Boy hits them with his freezing power. The Subs escort the aliens back to their own world and free the Legionnaires, who remain none the wiser.
  
 
===Key Quotes and Catchphrases===
 
===Key Quotes and Catchphrases===
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===Critique===
 
===Critique===
  
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==Roll Call==
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===Roll Call===
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====Substitute Heroes====
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*[[Chlorophyll Kid/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Chlorophyll Kid]]
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*[[Fire Lad/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Fire Lad]]
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*[[Night Girl/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Night Girl]]
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*[[Polar Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Polar Boy]]
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*[[Stone Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Stone Boy]]
  
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In order of appearance:
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====Legionnaires====
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=====Cameos=====
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*[[Bouncing Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Bouncing Boy]]
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*[[Brainiac 5/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Brainiac 5]]
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*[[Chameleon Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Chameleon Boy]]
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*[[Cosmic Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Cosmic Boy]]
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*[[Saturn Girl/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Saturn Girl]]
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*[[Sun Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Sun Boy]]
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*Legionnaires shown on the Subs’ slide projection:
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**[[Colossal Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Colossal Boy]]
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**[[Element Lad/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Element Lad]]
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**[[Invisible Kid/Lyle Norg/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Invisible Kid]]
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**[[Lightning Lass/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Lightning Lass]]
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**[[Shrinking Violet/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Shrinking Violet]]
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**[[Star Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Star Boy]]
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**[[Superboy/Kal-El/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Superboy]]
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**[[Duo Damsel/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Triplicate Girl]]
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**[[Ultra Boy/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Ultra Boy]]
  
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===Legionnaires===
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====Villains====
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*Aliens from the planet Zyzan (impersonate Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Sun Boy for most of this story)
  
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===Villains===
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====Supporting characters====
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None
  
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===Supporting Characters===
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====Other characters====
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None
  
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===Other Characters===
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====Planets and Settings====
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*[[Zyzan]] (no appearance)
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===Planets and Settings===
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*[[Xalla]] (no appearance)
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*[[Hrynak]] (no appearance)
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===Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff===
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*[[Space Sector Z-4437-3N]]
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*Unnamed city inside the moon
  
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====Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff====
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*A time-mirror from the planet Xalla (shows people what they will look like when they are older)
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*A plant from the planet Hrynak that will grow into a living animal.
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*A force vortex and other mining devices of Zyzan.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
  
 
===Errors and Oddities===
 
===Errors and Oddities===
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*The cover falsely suggests that Superboy and several other Legionnaires appear in this story; they do not, except for a one-panel projection, as mentioned above.
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*Likewise, it makes no sense for the Subs to declare war on the Legionnaires who do not appear in the story. If it was their intent to declare war on the entire Legion, some members are missing from the projection: [[Supergirl/Kara Zor-El/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Supergirl]], [[Mon-El/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Mon-El]], [[Matter-Eater Lad/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Matter-Eater Lad]], and [[Phantom Girl/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Phantom Girl]].
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*Polar Boy accuses the Legionnaires of plotting to conquer earth before there is any indication that they plan to do so.
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*Stone Boy is shown sleeping (in stone form) on monitor duty!
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*Stone Boy’s “knowledge of minerals” suggests that perhaps mineralogy is his hobby.
  
 
===First appearances===
 
===First appearances===
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===Retcon Alert===
 
===Retcon Alert===
  
 
===Other===
 
===Other===
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==Other stories in this issue==
 
==Other stories in this issue==
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Image:Adventure500.jpg|[[Adventure Comics 500|''Adventure Comics'' #500]] ( June 1983)
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File:Adventure500.jpg|[[Adventure Comics 500|''Adventure Comics'' #500]] ( June 1983)
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Image:LSHArchives02.jpg|[[Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol 2|''Legion of Super-Heroes Archives'' Volume 2]] (1992)
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File:LSHArchives02.jpg|[[Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol 2|''Legion of Super-Heroes Archives'' Volume 2]] (1992)
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Image:ShowcasePresentsLSH1.jpg|[[Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1|''Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes'' Vol. 1]] (2007)
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File:ShowcasePresentsLSH1.jpg|[[Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1|''Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes'' Vol. 1]] (2007)
 
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*[[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'']]
 
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*[[Legion Publication History/Index/Series#Adventure Comics|Quick index of links to other ''Adventure Comics'' issues]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:37, 26 October 2012

Adventure Comics #311
Preboot » Pre-Crisis
Adventure311.jpg
Cover by Curt Swan, George Klein and Ira Schnapp
Story title The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires
Part 2: The Duel of the Legions
Previous story Adventure Comics #310: The Doom of the Super-Heroes
Next story Adventure Comics #312: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires
Publication date June 27, 1963
Cover date August 1963
Creators
Writer Edmond Hamilton
Penciller John Forte
Inker John Forte
Letterer(s) Joe Letterese (Part 1)
Milton Snapinn (Part 2)
Colourist(s) ???
Editor Mort Weisinger
Cover artist(s) Curt Swan, George Klein, Ira Schnapp

The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires

Synopsis

Part 1

While the Legionnaires respond to a distress signal from a distant space sector, the secret Legion of Substitute Heroes encounter an alien machine that attempts to drill rare ores from the earth. After stopping the machine, they alert the Legionnaires, but when the super-heroes return to earth, they belittle the Subs and reject their offer of assistance. The Subs again try to prove their worth by building defensive robots to ward off further invaders, but the Legionnaires respond by ordering the Subs to disband. When the Subs refuse to comply, the Legionnaires send one of their own defensive robots to ransack the Subs’ headquarters. As they escape, the Subs declare war on the Legion.

Part 2: The Duel of the Legions

The Subs set up headquarters in an abandoned alien city deep inside the moon. Night Girl sneaks away, however, and returns to earth to confront Cosmic Boy, with whom she is secretly in love. She tries to persuade Cos to make peace with the other Legionnaires on her behalf. Cos pretends to go along, but secretly tracks her as she returns to the moon. The Legionnaires arrive on the moon and send a caterpillar-like defense machine to attack the Subs; when it returns with what appears to be Stone Boy’s remains, the Legionnaires think the rest of the Subs have also been killed and leave. Unknown to them, the Subs have fooled them by configuring one of the alien statues in the city to look like Stone Boy.

After next tricking the Legionnaires into leaving earth for awhile, the Subs return to earth to find that the defensive machines the Legionnaires are building are really mining machines – which confirms Polar Boy’s suspicion that these Legionnaires are really imposters. Sure enough: the Legionnaires return and reveal themselves to be aliens from the planet Zyzan, who lured the real Legionnaires away and trapped them in a space warp while the aliens tried to loot earth’s minerals. Deducing that the aliens can’t stand cold, Polar Boy hits them with his freezing power. The Subs escort the aliens back to their own world and free the Legionnaires, who remain none the wiser.

Key Quotes and Catchphrases

Critique

Roll Call

Substitute Heroes

Legionnaires

Cameos

Villains

  • Aliens from the planet Zyzan (impersonate Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Sun Boy for most of this story)

Supporting characters

None

Other characters

None

Planets and Settings

Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff

  • A time-mirror from the planet Xalla (shows people what they will look like when they are older)
  • A plant from the planet Hrynak that will grow into a living animal.
  • A force vortex and other mining devices of Zyzan.

Notes

Errors and Oddities

  • The cover falsely suggests that Superboy and several other Legionnaires appear in this story; they do not, except for a one-panel projection, as mentioned above.
  • Likewise, it makes no sense for the Subs to declare war on the Legionnaires who do not appear in the story. If it was their intent to declare war on the entire Legion, some members are missing from the projection: Supergirl, Mon-El, Matter-Eater Lad, and Phantom Girl.
  • Polar Boy accuses the Legionnaires of plotting to conquer earth before there is any indication that they plan to do so.
  • Stone Boy is shown sleeping (in stone form) on monitor duty!
  • Stone Boy’s “knowledge of minerals” suggests that perhaps mineralogy is his hobby.

First appearances

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

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 - "Smallville's War Against Superbaby"

Reprints

This Legion story has been reprinted in the following:

See also


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