Legion of Super-Heroes v6 3

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

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