The Adult Legion
"The Adult Legion" | |
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Publisher | DC Comics |
Publication date | March – April 1967 |
Genre | |
Title(s) | Adventure Comics #354-355 |
Main character(s) | Legion of Super-Heroes Superman Legion of Super-Villains |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Jim Shooter |
Penciller(s) | Curt Swan |
Inker(s) | George Klein |
Editor(s) | Mort Weisinger |
"The Adult Legion" is a comic book story arc published by American company DC Comics, presented in Adventure Comics #354-355 (March–April 1967). It was written by Jim Shooter, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein. The story arc features one of Superman's encounters with the Legion of Super-Heroes as adults, and foreshadows several plot twists which occur in the years that follow.
The story arc includes the first reference to Brin Londo as
Plot
The team is perplexed when their headquarters is breached, with everything in the lab, arsenal and spaceport hangar destroyed. After two more break-ins, the saboteur is captured and revealed as Douglas Nolan, Ferro Lad’s twin brother who shares his mutant power to transmute his body into iron. The Legion soon comes to realize that he was acting under the mental control of
Superman returns to the 20th century, after which the Super-Villains kidnap Brainiac 5. The Legionnaires seemingly avoid a series of traps, but are later captured by Echo, Saturn Queen,
Aftermath
For years, subsequent Legion storylines were consistent with the Adult Legion tale's vision of the future. Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel are married,[2] soon followed by Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl.[3] Lone Wolf becomes Timber Wolf and joins the Legion,[4] and Chemical King dies preventing World War VII.[5] It is eventually revealed that the Adult Legion depicted in this story inhabits a parallel Earth,[6] freeing writers to ignore the story.
References
- ^ The cover of Adventure Comics #354 (March 1967) contains the first reference to Quantum Queen (of the Wanderers).
- ^ Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #200 (January/February 1974)
- ^ All-New Collectors' Edition #C-55 (1978)
- ^ Adventure Comics #372 (September 1968)
- ^ Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #228 (June 1977)
- ^ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #300 (June 1983)