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|story_title=Earth-Man's Choice
|story_title=???
 
 
|previous=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 2|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #2]]: The Scream Heard 'Cross the Universe
 
|previous=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 2|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #2]]: The Scream Heard 'Cross the Universe
|next=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 4|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #4]]
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|next=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v6 4|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v6 #4]]: That Which is Purest Among You
 
|publication_date=[[July 21]], [[Legion Publication History/2010|2010]]
 
|publication_date=[[July 21]], [[Legion Publication History/2010|2010]]
 
|cover_date=September 2010
 
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|colorists=[[Hi-Fi]]
 
|colorists=[[Hi-Fi]]
 
|editors=[[Brian Cunningham]], [[Sean Ryan]]
 
|editors=[[Brian Cunningham]], [[Sean Ryan]]
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==???==
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==Earth-Man's Choice==
 
===Synopsis===
 
===Synopsis===
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(30 pages/132 panels)
  
  
===Key Quotes and Catchphrases
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===Key Quotes and Catchphrases===
  
  
  
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===Roll Call===
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====Legionnaires====
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*[[Brainiac 5/Preboot#Retroboot|Brainiac 5]] (18 panels)
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*[[Colossal Boy/Preboot#Retroboot|Colossal Boy]] (12 panels)
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*[[Cosmic Boy/Preboot#Retroboot|Cosmic Boy]] (6 panels)
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*[[Earth-Man]] (cover, 57 panels)
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*[[Element Lad/Preboot#Retroboot|Element Lad]] (6 panels)
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*[[Invisible Kid/Jacques Foccart/Preboot#Retroboot|Invisible Kid (Jacques Foccart)]] (5 panels)
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*[[Lightning Lad/Preboot#Retroboot|Lightning Lad]] (14 panels)
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*[[Lightning Lass/Preboot#Retroboot|Lightning Lass]] (5 panels)
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*[[Phantom Girl/Preboot#Retroboot|Phantom Girl]] (8 panels, 1 as illusion)
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*[[Saturn Girl/Preboot#Retroboot|Saturn Girl]] (13 panels)
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*[[Sensor Girl/Preboot#Retroboot|Sensor Girl]] (8 panels, 1 as illusion)
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*[[Shadow Lass/Preboot#Retroboot|Shadow Lass]] (9 panels)
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*[[Sun Boy/Preboot#Retroboot|Sun Boy]] (cover, 6 panels)
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*[[Tellus/Preboot#Retroboot|Tellus]] (7 panels, 1 as illusion)
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*[[Tyroc/Preboot#Retroboot|Tyroc]] (16 panels)
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*[[Ultra Boy/Preboot#Retroboot|Ultra Boy]] (10 panels, 1 as illusion)
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*[[Wildfire/Preboot#Retroboot|Wildfire]] (4 panels, empty costume only)
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<!--=====Cameos=====-->
  
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====Villains====
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*[[Darkseid/Preboot#Retroboot|Darkseid]] (1 panel, as statue)
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*[[Saturn Queen/Preboot#Retroboot|Saturn Queen]] (27 panels, 1 on viewscreen)
  
==Roll Call==
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====Supporting Characters====
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*[[Preem Aven]] (6 panels)
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*[[Rene Jacques Brande/Preboot#Retroboot|R.J. Brande]] (mentioned in 2 panels)
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*[[Dyogene]] (1 panel)
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*[[Harmonia Li]] (4 panels)
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*Graym and Garridan Ranzz (mentioned in 5 panels)
  
===Legionnaires===
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====Other Characters====
*[[Brainiac 5/Lightning Saga|Brainiac 5]] (? panels)
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*Titanian refugees (3 panels)
*[[Colossal Boy/Lightning Saga|Colossal Boy]] (? panels)
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**Rinas and her mother (1 panel)
*[[Cosmic Boy/Lightning Saga|Cosmic Boy]] (? panels)
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*Refugee relief workers (2 panels)
*[[Chameleon Boy/Lightning Saga|Chameleon Boy]] (? panels)
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*Durlan devotees to R.J. Brande (5 panels)
*[[Dawnstar/Lightning Saga|Dawnstar]] (? panels)
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*Newscaster (1 panel, on viewscreen)
*[[Dream Girl/Lightning Saga|Dream Girl]] (? panels)
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*Sentient lifeforms of the planet Ozifer (cover, 26 panels)
*[[Earth-Man]] (cover, ? panels)
 
*[[Gates/Lightning Saga|Gates]] (? panels)
 
*[[Invisible Kid II/Lightning Saga|Invisible Kid II]] (? panels, ? invisible)
 
*[[Lightning Lad/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lad]] (? panels)
 
*[[Lightning Lass/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lass]] (? panels)
 
*[[Mon-El/Lightning Saga|Mon-El]] (? panels)
 
*[[Phantom Girl/Lightning Saga|Phantom Girl]] (? panels)
 
*[[Saturn Girl/Lightning Saga|Saturn Girl]] (? panels)
 
*[[Shadow Lass/Lightning Saga|Shadow Lass]] (? panels)
 
*[[Sun Boy/Lightning Saga|Sun Boy]] (cover, ? panels)
 
*[[Tyroc/Lightning Saga|Tyroc]] (? panels)
 
*[[Ultra Boy/Lightning Saga|Ultra Boy]] (? panels)
 
*[[Wildfire/Lightning Saga|Wildfire]] (? panels, ? as disembodied energy)
 
  
====Cameos====
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====Planets and Settings====
*[[Polar Boy/Lightning Saga|Polar Boy]] (? panels)
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*[[Avalon/Preboot#Retroboot|Avalon]] (1 panel)
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*[[Earth/Preboot#Retroboot|Earth]] (27 panels)
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**Legion HQ mission monitor room (16 panels)
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**Unidentified location of Durlans (5 panels)
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**Painted Desert refugee camp (6 panels)
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*Legion cruiser (10 panels)
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*Legion time bubble (6 panels)
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*[[Ozifer]] (53 panels)
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*[[Titan/Preboot#Retroboot|Titan]], orbit around its former location (36 panels)
  
===Villains===
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====Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff====
*[[Saturn Queen/Lightning Saga|Saturn Queen]] (? panels)
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*Legion cruisers (3)
*[[Nemesis Kid/Lightning Saga|Nemesis Kid]] (? panels)
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*Legion Flight Rings
*[[Darkseid/Lightning Saga|Darkseid]] (mentioned) (? panels)
 
*[[Lightning Lord/Lightning Saga|Lightning Lord]] (? panels)
 
 
 
===Supporting Characters===
 
*Graym and Garridan Ranzz (? panel)
 
*[[Gigi Cusimano/Lightning Saga|Gigi Cusimano]] (? panels)
 
*[[R.J Brande/Lightning Saga|R.J Brande]] (? panels)
 
 
 
===Other Characters===
 
*Durlan space travellers (? panels)
 
*Citizens of Earth (? panels)
 
*Twin nurses at Winathian medical center (? panels)
 
*Citizens of Winath (? panels)
 
*Science Police officers (? panels)
 
 
 
===Planets and Settings===
 
*[[Daxam/Lightning Saga|Daxam]] (? panels)
 
*[[Earth/Lightning Saga|Earth]] (? panels)
 
**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
 
*Legion Time Bubble
 
*Green Lantern Power Ring
 
*Green Lantern Power Ring
*Green Lantern Power Battery
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*Mission monitor board
  
===Alien Wildlife===
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====Alien Wildlife====
  
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
 
===Errors and Oddities===
 
===Errors and Oddities===
 
  
 
===Easter Eggs===
 
===Easter Eggs===
 
  
 
===First appearances===
 
===First appearances===
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*Ozifer and its sentient lifeforms
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<!--===Reboot Reference Kit===-->
  
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===Other===
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*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]].
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*Saturn Queen mentions that Tyroc "took [his] people away from Earth when they didn't understand [[Marzal]]."
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*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]]
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*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].
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*We learn that Lightning Lad has a photographic memory for maps and map images
  
===Reboot Reference Kit===
 
 
===Other===
 
  
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==Solicitation==
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'''THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3'''
  
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''On sale JULY 21''<br>
'''THE LEGION #9'''''
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''40 pg, FC, $3.99 US''<br>
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''Written by PAUL LEVITZ''<br>
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''Art and cover by YILDIRAY CINAR & WAYNE FAUCHER''<br>
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''1:10 Variant cover by JIM LEE''
  
''Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; art by Stephen DeStefano; cover by Olivier Coipel and Lanning.''
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''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?''
  
''Apparition is en route to Earth to reunite with long-lost husband Ultra Boy and introduce him to the baby son he's never met. Unfortunately, the spacecraft she's traveling in has gone on the fritz, she uncovers a mystery that means imminent trouble for the Legion and Earth, and travel companion-turned-babysitter Timber Wolf finds bringing up this baby is more than he bargained for.''
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''Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.''
  
''32 pages, $2.50, in stores on June 26.''==>
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''Variant Cover will be in stores One Week Later, 7/28/10.''
  
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==Images==
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===Cover artwork===
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<gallery>
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File:LSHv6-03BW.jpg|Penciled artwork by Yildiray Çinar
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File:LSHv6-03Solicit.jpg|By Yildiray Çinar, Wayne Faucher, and Hi-Fi
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File:LSHv6-03A.jpg|By Yildiray Çinar, Wayne Faucher, and Hi-Fi
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File:LSHv6-03B.jpg|By Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair
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</gallery>
  
 
==Reprints==
 
==Reprints==
'''???''' has not yet been reprinted
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'''Earth-Man's Choice''' has not yet been reprinted
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*Announcements
 
*Announcements
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*Previews
 
*Previews
**[http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/06/17/saturn-girl-faces-a-grim-future/ Saturn Girl faces a grim future]
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**[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=5846 Comic Book Resources]
**[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=5493&disp=table Comic Book Resources]
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**[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
 
*Reviews and Discussion
**[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=2360 Comic Book Resources]
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**[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]
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**[http://www.comixtreme.com/content.php?472-Legion-of-Super-Heroes-3 Comixtreme]
**[http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/reviews/losh2_review Cosmic Book News]
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**[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]
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**[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]
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**[http://ifanboy.com/comics/dc_comics/iMAY100155/legion_of_super_heroes/3 iFanboy]
**[http://comics.ign.com/articles/110/1101512p1.html IGN]
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**[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]
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**[http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/47689.htm/ Major Spoilers]
**[http://legionabstract.blogspot.com/2010/06/legion-of-super-heroes-2-review.html Legion Abstract]
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**[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]
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**[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/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]]
 
*[[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]]
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*[[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]]
 
*[[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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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

Villains

Supporting Characters

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

Reprints

Earth-Man's Choice has not yet been reprinted

See also

  • Announcements


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