Osgood Peabody wrote:
Here are some notable developments that took place this month...

Over in Adventure Comics, the LSH finally discovered the existence of the Substitute Legion in "The Legionnaire's Super-Contest":

image

As I recall, Stone Boy is offered the Legion membership, after he quits early in his audition for a self-sacrificing reason.  

At one level, I am okay with this, and understood even when I was 10 that the creators were making the point that "winning" can consist of living up to a high moral code.  On the other hand, I also understood at age 10 that Stone Boy was the lamest super-hero ever created (only the eventual emergence of Arm-Fall-Off Boy, another Legion creation, keeps him from holding down the #1 spot on the lamest ever list) and that this was really like getting a participation medal, which is more about feeling good than actually accomplishing anything. 


Last Edited By: Yossarian Oct 21 13 11:43 AM. Edited 2 times.