A bad buddy cop movie, lovers in dangerous times, and yet another retelling of Superboy meeting the Legion for the first time... we look at Adventure Comics #3 & 4 and Superman: Secret Origin #2
Adventure Comics #3 or #506 We're going to be jumping around a little bit this week, moving from the backups in Adventure Comics to yet another retelling of the first time Clark met the Legion in Superman: Secret Origin. Hope there's no whiplash as I'm trying to cover these in (kinda) publishing order. This 10-page Legion tale was written by Geoff Johns and Michael Shoemaker and drawn by Clayton Henry. We're on Tharr this issue, Polar Boy's home world, and also the hottest planet in the universe. People are lounging by a pool, at what appears to be a resort, and Sun Boy is being Sun Boy. Which means, of course, that he's hitting on a couple of women. Sun Boy pulls Polar Boy into his efforts and the two women sitting at the bar immediately start ripping poor Brek apart. They ask him if he started the "Legion of Rejects" and wonder if he's subbing for someone right now. Polar Boy is more than a little upset. After all, he not only joined the Legion, ...