And here we are three more stories into the Legion and the seeds being sown for one of their most successful tales ever.

 

In #287, Chameleon Boy leads an Espionage Squad mission to the home planet of the Khunds, Khundia. There, Cham, Timber Wolf, and Shrinking Violet go under cover and wind up in the gladiator games. On Khundia, like in so many sci-fi tropes, the strong lead and the weak serve. The Legionnaires get involved in a battle with a Khund named Kharlak who is a cyborg Khund made for fighting in the games.

Back on Earth, Lightning Lad is furious that Chameleon Boy has left and taken Legionnaires with them. Light Lass however confides in her sister-in-law, Saturn Girl about her fears regarding what may happen to Timber Wolf in this mission. Saturn Girl agrees to go after Chameleon Boy’s team.

The three Legionnaires on Khundia are holding their own for the most part, but even they cannot stop a planet. The Legionnaires decide on retreat and manage to get picked up by Saturn Girl and Colossal Boy in a cruiser, however, before the Legionnaires can escape the Khundish ships, the cruiser is destroyed by the Khunds.

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