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Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... #1031049 11/06/23 05:40 PM
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OP Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,639 Liberty City	...but they turned out to be Super-Heroes who invited him to join their super-hero club, but the he was rejected because his powers turned out not to be super enough? I'm talking, of course, about the Galactons from Superman #223! Attached Images Last edited by Eryk Davis Ester; 11/06/23 05:42 PM.

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... Eryk Davis Ester #1031056 11/07/23 02:30 AM
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razsolo Legionnaire! R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,767	I had to look this story up online after I saw this post, and it's interesting to see some convoluted superdickery from Kara for a change!

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... Eryk Davis Ester #1031064 11/07/23 07:53 AM
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OP Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,639 Liberty City	""Convolluted" is definitely the word for it! It feels like they just scrambled together a bunch of other stories. The fact that the first third of it is basically an Adv. 247 homage surprised me, as I'd never heard of it before randomly stumbling across it yesterday l.

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... Eryk Davis Ester #1031065 11/07/23 08:56 AM
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Ann Hebistand Nowhere Girl Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,379	"Galactons" is a cool name. Also, it makes me think of the final iteration of Super Friends, "The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians." Still "Fickles" to my friends.

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... Eryk Davis Ester #1031066 11/07/23 09:53 AM
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thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,845 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M...	Shame. I'm sure Kal would have looked good in his matching tasselled outfit. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... Eryk Davis Ester #1031068 11/07/23 08:48 PM
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stile86 Wanderer Joined: May 2013 Posts: 7,256 Melbourne Australia	I looked it up too and - yeah, it's a bit weird. That first part with all three gals each saying hello to Superman in his Clark Kent identity is an obvious homage to ADV 247 as you said EDE, but then it really goes off in a different direction. Very convoluted plot.

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... stile86 #1031089 11/09/23 02:32 AM
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Comics_Archeology Substitute C Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 194	Originally Posted by stile86 Very convoluted plot. By Silver Age standards? Not that much. It's bizarre enough to warrant a full review, though... thanks for the inspiration EDE, I'll post a link when I get around reviewing it. My retrospective of the pre-Crisis Legion: http://comicsarcheology.com/index.php/legion-of-super-heroes-retrospective/

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... thoth lad #1031090 11/09/23 02:38 AM
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Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,055	Originally Posted by thoth lad Shame. I'm sure Kal would have looked good in his matching tasselled outfit. Blue and yellow were already taken, so his would have had to be red, to go with the theme. Still, my favorite puffy-sleeve Superman look remains Byrne's design for Kryptonian fashion being used for his 'Krypton Man' look. Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... Eryk Davis Ester #1031091 11/09/23 08:05 AM
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Gaseous Lad Legionnaire! G Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,276 Maryland	I'm sure Clark is thanking "Here we go again..." Interested in the Post-Zero Hour Reboot Legion? Check out: The Reboot Legion Timeline Fan Fiction: The Legion of Super-Heroes v4.1 (continuing the reboot from issue 126!) on LW or here (external)

Re: Hey, remember that time three strangers showed up knowing Clark Kent's secret identity... Gaseous Lad #1031109 11/09/23 04:47 PM
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stile86 Wanderer Joined: May 2013 Posts: 7,256 Melbourne Australia	Originally Posted by Set Originally Posted by thoth lad Shame. I'm sure Kal would have looked good in his matching tasselled outfit. Blue and yellow were already taken, so his would have had to be red, to go with the theme. Surely there must have been some time in the 60s when there was a perhaps imaginary story with Supes wearing tassels? Can't find one though. Maybe his groovy son back in those 60s Superman/Batman's sons stories. Originally Posted by Set Still, my favorite puffy-sleeve Superman look remains Byrne's design for Kryptonian fashion being used for his 'Krypton Man' look. Yeah I thought the Krypton Man outfit was pretty good. Ordway was it? (Based on Byrne's Kryptonian design) Originally Posted by Gaseous Lad I'm sure Clark is thanking "Here we go again..." Absolutely. Had to be triggering some memories for him.