Adventure Comics 328

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Adventure Comics #328
Preboot » Pre-Crisis
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Cover by Curt Swan, George Klein and Ira Schnapp
Story title The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion
Part 2: The Secret of the Legion Rookie
Previous story Adventure Comics #327:The Lone Wolf Legionnaire
Next story Adventure Comics #329:The Bizarro Legion
Publication date November 25, 1964
Cover date January 1965
Creators
Writer(s) Jerry Siegel and Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s) Jim Mooney
Inker(s) Jim Mooney
Letterer(s) David Huffine
Colourist(s) Unknown
Editor(s) Mort Weisinger
Cover artist(s) Curt Swan, George Klein and Ira Schnapp

The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion

Alerted to a bank robbery, the Legionnaires find that another youth has arrived and stopped the criminals by creating a frightening illusion of the getaway car turning into a monster. The youth introduces himself as Command Kid and, though he’s evasive about his origin, the Legion invites him to join anyway. They soon regret this decision as Command Kid behaves arrogantly and upstages his teammates every chance he gets. Feeling demoralized, the Legionnaires express a desire to have greater powers such as Command Kid’s. He gives them each a pill that places them in suspended animation and tells them that when they wake up, they will be just like him .

Part 2: The Secret of the Legion Rookie

However, Saturn Girl and Element Lad, though away on a distant mission, have been monitoring activities at Legion Headquarters and do some checking on their own. They discover that Command Kid is possessed by a demon and secretly plans to turn the Legionnaires into hosts for other demons. Saturn Girl and Element Lad arrive in time to stop him: Element Lad transforms Command Kid’s console into gold, the demon’s weakness. The demon leaves, and the now powerless Command Kid resigns from the Legion.

Roll Call

Legionnaires

Feature roles:

Supporting roles:

Cameos:

Villains

  • Command Kid and an unnamed demon
  • Three bank robbers
  • Three aliens (possibly members of the International Crime Syndicate)
  • Three "villains" who seize the atomic plant

Supporting Characters

  • Bouncing Boy (Legion Reservist)
  • Commissioner Wilson of the Science Police

Other Character

  • A "leading scientist" of Preztor

Notes

First appearances

This issue marks the first appearance of the following characters and recurring key Legion story elements:

  • Command Kid

Places of Interest

  • Preztor (planet) and its Taboo Island
  • Galaxyland (Metropolis amusement park)

Technology

  • The Ancestor Visualizer
  • The Rogue Room (with statues of past Legion enemies, including Molock, Jungle King, and Zaryan)
  • The Celestial Chamber (with models of the Legionnaires' homeworlds)

Reprints

This Legion story has been reprinted in the following:

See also