The Legion Clubhouse #010: Dead - Not Dead
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Stephen Schleicher
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🗓️ 15 June 2017
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Legion Clubhouse, Element Lad joins the team and Action Comics #308 features the return of a dead Legionnaire... or does it?
In the city of Metropolis, in the 30th Century, there exists one of the most amazing clubs of all time! It's members are teen-aged youths, each possessing on special super-powers! The club members have vowed to use their fantastic power to battle crime... This rocket shaped building is the Legion Clubhouse!
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Adventure Comics #307
The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero
April 1963
w: Edmond Hamilton
a: John Forte
With the space pirate known as Roxxas on the loose, looting various planets, the Legion of Super-Heroes decides to take on one more new member before tackling the criminal. After the typical number of "dud" heroes, the Legion agrees to select Mystery Lad, who only reveals the true nature of his powers to Saturn Girl in secret.
The Legion accepts him on Saturn Girl's say so, and Mystery Lad joins the group on their quest to stop Roxxas. During their battle, Mystery Lad exhibits different supposed abilities that keep the other Legion members missing. However, when Roxxas recognizes Mystery Lad for what he can really do - Change the properties of matter - Mystery Lad decides to turn himself over to Roxxas so nobody else gets hurt. However, when "Mystery Boy" refuses to turn objects into gold for Roxxas, he changes the gas aboard the ship into a toxic one that threatens to kill him. Roxxas and his goons, wearing space helmets manage to avoid the effects of the gas and try to make their escape. However, they are captured by the Legion who manage to arrive just in time to save Mystery Lad's life. In the aftermath of their adventure, Mystery Lad is accepted into the Legion, and rechristened Element Lad. -via DC Wikia
Adventure Comics #308
The Return of Lightning Lad!
May 1963
w:Edmond Hamilton
a: John Forte
While draping a ceremonial cape on the grave of the recently deceased Lightning Lad, the Legion of Super-Heroes is shocked when Lightning Lad seemingly rises from his coffin, alive and well. After recharging his apparent lost powers, Lightning Lad rejoins the Legion. However, on their daily routine of missions, each of the Legion members (including Chameleon Boy's new pet Proty) begin to suspect that the person aiding them is not their Lightning Lad.
After busting up some alien criminals, the Legion figures out the truth, that this is not really Lightning Lad at all, but his twin sister disguised as him. She reveals that she took the body of her brother to a planet where there is perpetual lightning as a suitable resting place and decided to take his place to continue his heroic tradition in his place. With the truth revealed, the Legion accepts her into their team and she is rechristened as Lightning Lass. - via DCWikia
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| 0:00.0 | They were the heroes from the future. Teenagers protecting the universe from those that would |
| 0:08.3 | sow the seeds of chaos. Each had unique powers and abilities. And though they often had their |
| 0:15.3 | differences, they came together to save the day as the Legion of superheroes. Now you can |
| 0:22.6 | be a part of their adventures and learn the history of the future in the Legion Clubhouse. |
| 0:29.6 | Have you noticed how many of the Legionnaires were pink? I guess I haven't really given it much |
| 0:35.6 | thought only because paper fades over time so they could all be wearing red and just as faded. |
| 0:43.4 | We got a terrific boy. Right. Saturn Girl wears a red pink kind of a scarlet pink costume. |
| 0:50.5 | And of course we need a new hero in this episode who is wearing hot pink. Hot pink and white, |
| 0:57.3 | which actually looks pretty phenomenal. Adventure Comics No. 307, the secret power of the |
| 1:05.6 | mystery superhero. Published April 1963, written by Edmund Hamilton with art by John Forte. |
| 1:13.3 | What is the terrible secret of mystery lad? And what does he have to do with the space pirate |
| 1:20.2 | Roxas? I have no idea how to pronounce that. Matthew, we have bikers from outer space. |
| 1:26.0 | That's how I fell for the leader of the space pack. The space, the space pirate guys, the space |
| 1:35.9 | motorcycle gang is led by a guy called Roxas or Rochas. If you want to go with an alternate |
| 1:43.5 | pronunciation. People say Rochas, but I look at that and I'm like Roxas, you know, like, |
| 1:48.6 | yeah, Roxon, you know, you got the Roxon corporation. Roxon. Yeah. |
| 1:54.4 | What's interesting is this is his first appearance, but it is his not his last appearance. |
| 2:00.0 | I think at this point, we've got writers like Edmund Hamilton who are sitting around going, |
| 2:06.1 | you know what, these characters may have a life going forward in the future. And Roxas |
| 2:13.8 | does appear at least four more times in Legion history. Yes, Roxas appears in actually a very |
| 2:22.4 | important element lad issue way down the line under Mike Grel. And I don't remember who would |
| 2:30.6 | be writing at that point. But also if you get further down the line, the disavowed volume four |
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