(SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers. Don't read it before you've read the comics.)
SUEPRMAN #694 (1/10)
"Man of Valor Part One"
ROLL CALL: Chameleon Boy [Control], Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Quislet [Hovercam MTSP02], Sensor Girl
CUTE BOYS: Conner, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El
Mon-El is back, and he's learning to use contractions. He spends some tme on the Kent farm with Conner, Ma, and Krypto. Ma makes Mon a snazzy new tight costume. Mon sends Conner to the Fortress of Solitude on a mysterious mission. Then Mon flies off to Metropolis to rescue Sensor Girl and the Science Police from Bizarro. Mitch turns out to be Matter-Eater Lad, and eats a car to rescue a little girl. Then the Parasite takes way Mon's powers.
So Mitch was Matter-Eater Lad all along. And Wilcox is Sensor Girl. Element Lad is Superboy's chemistry teacher. Tellus is living in the swamp near Smallville. And now I'm doubly-suspicious of everyone in the 21st century.
Look at page 7. Three panels, each showing the woman the Guardian calls "Control." She might be moving around the room as she speaks...but it sure looks like there are three of her. And when the Guardian tells her that Mon-El is not dead, she responds "Mon-El? Of course he isn't." Is she Luornu?
The woman who left her daughter napping in the car...sounds like criminal negligence -- is she a supervillain in disguise?
What about that tractor on the Kent farm? Chameleon Boy in disguise?
According to L3W, the "missing" Legionnaires are Chameleon Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Quislet, Sensor Girl, Tellus, and Tyroc. Are they all in the 21st century on this Espionage Squad mission?
Chameleon Boy: Still unknown, but could be anyone or anything.
Dream Girl: Could be the girl Lori in Conner's school in Smallville.
Element Lad: Conner's chemistry teacher in Smallville.
Matter-Eater Lad: "Mitch" in Metropolis.
Quislet: Still unknown, although Thom seemed to indicate to the birds that he was part of the mission.
Sensor Girl: "Wilcox" in the Science Police, Metropolis. (Incidentally, the way to spot her in armor is that her hair sticks out from under her helmet.)
Tellus: In the swamp in Smallville.
Tyroc: Still unknown.
In addition, we know that Starman is still in the 21st century, and "Control" might be three of Duplicate Damsel's bodies. Historically, Luornu has always been part of the Espionage Squad.
BITS OF LEGIONNAIRE BUSINESS: IMHO, Matter-Eater Lad completely blows his cover as soon as he calls Mon-El "buddy." Mitch is Jonathan Kent's buddy, not Mon-El's.
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WORLD'S FINEST #2 (1/10)
"Book Two: Guardian and Robin"
ROLL CALL: Mon-El mentioned in dialog.
CUTE BOYS: Damian Wayne is still too young, but he can come back in a few years. The two S.P.s he beats up are not un-cute.
Mr. Freeze and the Parasite are trying to out Mon-El in a freeze chamber so Parasite can feed off him. Freeze says, "Once I've finished and you've caught him, Parasite, Mon-El will stay frozen in time, forever young." An interesting parallel to Mon's time in the Phantom Zone.
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Here's hoping Cham's disguise is something AWESOME! (I was betting Krypto, but the tractor idea makes sense too. Maybe he's the Daily Planet Globe?)
But where has Thom been -- I don't recall seeing him in recent JSAs. And is Val still dead, or is he (or another version of him) still around as well?
Wouldn't it be kewl if Cham was someone major, like Lois Lane or Luthor? Wait, I know...that wasn't Jimmy Olsen in Metropolis harbor, it ws Cham!
AFAIK, Thom is still in the 21st century -- we just haven't seen him for a while. Maybe he's hanging out in the swamp with Tellus. However, he might be hiding out having hot mansex with Tyroc while Quislet cheers form the sidelines. I mean, it could happen.
Val died in 52. And When Wilcox was revealed to be Jeckie, she was weeping over him. Don't worry, though -- as they say on Red Dwrf, death isn't the handicap it used to be in the old days. It doesn't set your career back the way it used to.
And I saw somewhere else today that Thom was the one who had the RJ Brande dossier in his hand last time we saw him. (He literally disappeared from JSA with no mention when Johns left.... odd....)
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