The Legion is debating adding some new members to their ranks with the departure of Projectra and Karate Kid and where else to look but to the Legion Academy, the training ground of many of the members of the Legion.

At this writing the Legion Academy’s student body consists of Shadow Kid, Power Boy, Crystal Kid, Nightwind, Lamprey, Laurel Kent, Comet Queen, Urk, and Magnetic Kid.     Since both Shadow Kid and Magnetic Kid duplicate current Legionnaires powers (Shadow Lass and Cosmic Boy) both are ineligible for promotion, the others however are eager for the chance to move up to the big leagues.

Joining the Academy,   Invisible Kid II and White Witch appear for a few lessons in how to be a Legionnaire since they were both elected to membership on the fly.   Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel stress the need for teamwork which is key in an organization like the Legion.   Acknowledging their powers are not the strongest, but they are each pieces of the whole and everyone’s powers, when used properly can be an asset to the Legion.   The students soon get a test as a few animals break out of the Metropolis Zoo.   The students manage to subdue the creatures, but the egos tend to get in the way of good clean teamwork.

The lady academy members seem to be especially cliquish here on whether or not Wildfire is a great Legionnaire or a bag of hot air.   Lamprey and Nightwind worship Wildfire as he told his origin story to them and they know what he has been through, the more brash Laurel Kent and newbie Comet Queen however view him as arrogant and a pain in the ass.   It is up to the White Witch and Invisible Kid to teach the students a lesson in humility as White Witch shows each of the students a sad scene outside.     Dawnstar is leaving the Legion to go on her Great Tour of the Galaxy as is her people’s custom.   At the end of this Grand Tour, she will find her mate.   Wildfire begs her not to go, but as Dawnstar cannot see a future with Wildfire due to the inability to be close physically, she leaves.     Wildfire purposely explodes his suit in frustration.

The active members meet to confer regarding promoting any of the Academy Members, based on the data they have at their fingertips, it is decided that none of the Legion Academy members are ready for the duty of being a Legionnaire.   As we see statues of the previously fallen Legionnaires, Star Boy makes a poignant observation.

 

“Better no new Legionnaire.. than another dead one.”   – Star Boy

In the next issue we discover where Chameleon Boy, Element Lad, and Brainiac Five have gone as they managed to get Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet on a cruiser due to Imsk needing Violet right away.

As you can tell, this does not go well for Shrinking Violet at all…   lets peek in and see what happened, shall we?

In orbit above Imsk, Shrinking Violet’s home planet, the Legion try to confine Colossal Boy and then spray “Violet” with a gas called Cancellite, created by Supergirl.   Cancellite cancels the powers of Durlans temporarily.   After being sprayed, the real Violet would be able to demonstrate her ability to grow or shrink…   “Violet” is unable to do so…

 

Talk about your interracial marriages eh?   You did get that while in the Himalayas Colossal Boy and “Violet” secretly married, right?   Well, they did.   Colossal Boy, the good Jewish boy of the Legion is now married to a Durlan who betrayed one of his teammates, but unintentionally.

Yera is a Durlan actress and was tired of being accused that her only talent was her shape changing.   She longed to prove herself as a true actress and when the Imskian Underground contacted her she jumped at the chance to assume the role, having been told that Shrinking Violet was on vacation.     Yera vowed not to betray the Legion or their secrets, but swore than she would become Shrinking Violet even amongst those who know her best.

When Shrinking Violet returns to Imsk, the Underground finds her and they kidnap her back to their headquarters.

The real Violet, missing since she got back from the Nullport mission, had been trapped in a Sens-Tank all this time, her knowledge of UP military and Legion secrets being sapped from her over a period of months.

You could almost argue this was a fate worse than death.

The Legion does not take this well to say the least, and Chameleon Boy then reveals that he was the Yera that the Underground captured.   The rebels laugh him off saying that the cell he is in is impervious to Durlans escaping…well remember this folks, not all Durlans are created the same.

Cham easily breaks the bag and thanks to the radioactive material that Brainy sprayed Cham with the other Legionnaires were able to burst in and demolish the rebels and rescue Shrinking Violet.     While the real Violet is taken into Dr. Gym’ll’s care, Colossal Boy is left to deal with his wife.   After Yera says that she understands if Colossal Boy wants to divorce her, he says no, he fell in love with Yera and they are married.   Then the horrible thought hits him.. .what does he tell his mom?

We get a revisit of Star Boy’s origin as he and Wildfire discuss the results of the Legion election.   Star Boy hoping that Dream Girl is not elected leader again as he has missed having Nura to himself again, Wildfire dashes that saying that Dreamy has done a great job as leader and as the Legionnaires watch the votes come in in a neck to neck race to the end.

Star Boy constantly laments that he is the unluckiest Legionnaire, being the 13th member inducted to the Legion, having had his original Superboy level powers taken away to just the ability to make things super-heavy, being expelled from the Legion for killing an ex-boyfriend of Dream Girl, Kenz Nuhor, being forced to join the Substitute Heroes, having to rejoin the Legion under false pretenses as Sir Prize, and now being relegated to a fourth banana Deputy Leader under Dream Girl as the first two Legionnaires declined the job.

Wildfire counters that his life sucks even more as his life long love Dawnstar has recently flown out of his life, perhaps forever.

As the two pessimists commiserate, the Legion election results roll in.

Element Lad is voted in as Leader, finally as a write-in vote due to his work in finding and rescuing Shrinking Violet, Dream Girl is his deputy leader.

Next Up:   Omen and Prophet!   Honeymoons!   Family Dinners! and a Resurrection!   More Legion up next!

 

 

 

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