Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Superboy # 209 Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes "Hero For A Day"

"Hero For A Day" Written by Cary Bates and Art by Mike Grell.

   Sun boy, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Cosmic Boy and Wildfire welcome Flynt Brojj to Legion headquarters. Flynt won a day at the Legion Headquarters by raising the most money for the United Planets charity drive. Sun Boy and Cosmic Boy lift Flynt up and fly him inside, there Saturn Girl gives him his own flight ring to use for the day. It is a little big on the smallish teenager, but he is beaming with pride. Out of all of the wondrous things in the Legion headquarters to show Flynt first they bring him to the Parcel Receiving Dock. Where they show them a transporter that is connected to the Federal Postal satellite orbiting earth. The parcels are screened and then beamed down to headquarters. But one of the packages turns out to be a Tulvian Witch wolf, the deadliest beast in the solar system. Sun boy and Cosmic Boy grab Flynt and hightail it out of there. watching from a window they start to tell Flynt that the witch wolf gives off invisible poisonous radiation, but Flynt already new that, and that the three of them may already be fatally stricken. Flynt tries to be brave as the other Members show up stating that one of their enemies must of found out the wave length of their postal teleportation channel and used that information to beam a Witch Wolf into the headquarters. The radiation is spreading every second there is no wall thick enough to stop it soon the rays will seep out of the room through the citadel and contaminate the rest of metropolis. They decide to reset the teleportation controls to beam the brute to a deserted asteroid, but the wolf will be ready for them so they decide to go one at a time. Cosmic boy tries first but once in the room he tries to use his magnetic powers on the controls but they are turn back on him. Wildfire is about to go next when Flynt drops his flight ring without noticing. Wildfires blasts are hurtled back at him. While that is happening Flynt can not believe what he sees. He tries to tell Sun boy what he sees but the hot head cuts him off just as Shrinking violet is making her attempt. She finds her powers are being reversed and she is enlarging to her normal height hitting her head and blacking out while doing so. Saturn Girl arrives and tells Sun Boy that Mon-El and the others are minutes away. Sun Boy is just about to go in when Flynt rushes the door. Sun Boy goes to stop him when Saturn Girl hold him back and tells him they must let Flynt go inside. Flynt enters the wolf's cage and the Witch wolf suddenly disappears, Flynt plan worked the spell is broken. Saturn Girl explains that she telepathically picked up Flynt's thoughts  so she knew he had the solution. All this time they were fighting an empty cage, the wolf was never there they were victims of a mass hypnotic spell. The hypnotic spell was tied to the Flight Rings, and when Flynt dropped his he was able to see through the spell. There is no radiation poison, it was all done with the power of suggestion. Wildfire says their next mission is to find out who almost suggested them to death, Sun Boy say that they still have an honored guest to entertain. Saturn Girl and Shrinking Violet start the entertainment by each giving him a great big kiss.

Bits of Legionnaires Business
Roll Call:
  • Saturn Girl
  • Sun Boy
  • Cosmic Boy
  • Wild Fire
  • Shrinking Violet
  • Star Boy
First App.
  •  Flynt Brojj
Rooms in the headquarters
  •  Parcel receiving dock
Legion Equipment
  •  Legion Flight Rings
Notes:
Page: 1
  •  We meet Flynt Brojj a charter named after 2 real life Legion fans
Page 2:
  •  I smell plot device when Saturn girl gives Flynt the smallest ring they have and it is still too big.
  • Parcel receiving dock, come on at least take him to the monitor room.
Page 5:
  • Plot device paid off when Flynt drops the Ring.
Page 8:
  • Flynt saves the day, and what does he get, a three some with Saturn girl and Violet, at least that is how I read it.
Nice tribute to 2 fans by making them a character in one of stories, not sure how flattering it is to be portrayed as a short nerdish looking character, but nice to see fans getting noticed.
 

1 comment:

  1. I completely love the detail and the trouble you too to write this, what a star (boy)!

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