Superboy # 206 Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes

Superboy # 206 Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes. Cover date Jan-Feb 1975. Cover Price .25 cents. "The Legionnaires who haunted Superboy." Story: Cary Bates, Art: Mike Grell.
Smallville USA, in the middle of the 20th century, Superboy has witness on two different occasions, super feats being done separately by two members of the Legion of Super-Heroes. What is surprising about that is these two members are dead. Ferro Lad died several years ago sacrificing himself to stop the sun eater from destroying the earth. Invisible Kid was killed "recently" stopping the mindless Validus. While recording his thoughts on the matter Superboy is visited by Ferro Lad and the Invisible kid. He quickly checks them out to see if they are indeed real. He can find no evidence that they are not who they seem to be. The two tell him that they have know idea of how they are alive but came to the 20th century because they have been inactive for some time and are out of training and condition. They want Superboy to test them. Just them Superboy's emergency alarm goes off and the three heroes go off to find a huge robot rising up out of the ground. The robot takes Superboy out easily. Superboy tells them to escape but they remind Superboy that they have already died in the line of duty and they are prepared to sacrifice themselves again. They take off and invisible kid distracts the robot while Ferro Lad turns has hard as Iron and attacks from behind and destroys the robot. Invisible kid appears and Superboy agrees that they have what it takes to return to the Legion. After retrieving their hidden time bubble the pair return to Legion Headquarters in the 30th century. Just as they are to touch down in the Legion's court yard the time bubble explodes with the two heroes inside.
Mon-El, Saturn Girl, and Brainiac-5 appear and exclaim that the clones could only survive for 48 hours before they exploded. The clones thought that they were the real thing, but they were grown from cells that the originals donated before they died. In fact they have a huge cell bank of cells from all of the legion members. At least they know that a cloned Legionnaire will be as reliable as the original.
Bits of Legionnaire Business:
Roll Call:

• Superboy
• Invisible Kid (Clone)
• Ferro Lad (Clone)
• Mon-El (Leader)
• Saturn Girl
• Brainiac-5

Equipment used

• Flight Ring
• Time Bubble

Rooms in the headquarters

• Courtyard
• Legionnaire Cell Bank

Notes:
Okay  another time travel story from our good friend Cary Bates. I am not going to knock him again for this no in fact I enjoyed this story a lot, I would like to invite Cary Bates to send me a face book message and discuss the finer points of time travel. I can be found on Face Book as Fred Clyde.
Cover: Nice Nick Cardy cover showing Invisible Kid and Ferro Lad coming to Superboy rescue.
Page 3:
Ferro Lad destroys the building before Superboy could, nice display of Ferro Lad's powers.
page 5:
Clark Kent walking a very pretty class mate to school, one question where is Lana?
Page 6:
 Superboy seems confused to find his two dead friends alive in the 20th century. Why? They could of time traveled to the past before they died to have one of the many undocumented Legion adventures. This should of been one of the reasons that came to mind with him being an expert in time travel.
Page 8:
Superboy has a red crisis alarm light bulb in the ceiling of his basement lab.
Page 9:
Nobody questions the appearance of an advanced robot in 20th century smallville?
Page 10:
The robot takes Superboy down quite easily while the 2 under powered heroes do what Superboy cannot, I smell set up.
Page 13:
The legion has a cell bank, wow that is mind boggling. By the way why did not the master in last issue just steal the cell bank and make as many Legion clones as he wanted, it would be much quicker than that breading idea.
Next time: Member Profile on Ferro Lad.