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LEGIONNAIRES

LEGIONNAIRES #0 October 1994 [$1.50] Cover Credits: Jeffrey Moy (pencils); Karl Story (inks)

Story: "Close Encounters" (24 Pages)

Credits: Mark Waid and Tom McCraw (plot); Tom McCraw (script); Jeffrey Moy (pencils); Ron Boyd (inks); Pat Brosseau (letters); Tom McCraw (colors); K.C. Carlson (edits)

Feature Characters: Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn), Live Wire (Garth Ranzz), Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen); Apparition (Tinya Wazzo; first post-Zero Hour appearance; last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #102/2), Triad (Luornu Durgo; both join the Legion of Super-Heroes)

Guest Stars: Gim Allon (last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 4 #6/4; a Science Police lieutenant), Kid Quantum (James Cullen; a contender in the annual planetary championship competition on Xanthu; in between flashbacks in #60), Jenni Ognats (last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 4 #6/2), Chameleon, Querl Dox (in between panels of flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #77), Lyle Norg (last in flashback in #66; first post-Zero Hour appearance of all; all chosen as their world's representative in the Legion of Super-Heroes)

Supporting Characters: R.J. Brande (next in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #77); GiGi Cusimano (last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 4 #6/4; a U.P. officer; next in Showcase '95 #6/3), Rond Vidar (Querl Dox's lab assistant; first post-Zero Hour appearance of both; latter next in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #77); Ambassador Winema Wazzo (first post-Zero Hour appearance; Tinya's mother and the ambassador of Bgtzl; last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #102/2)

Villains: Roderick Doyle, Jando; President Jeanne Chu

Guest Appearances: Atmos, Star Boy (first post-Zero Hour appearance of both; contenders in the annual planetary championship on Xanthu; both next in flashback in #60)

Other Characters: Javan (first appearance; the President's secretary); Stu, Jai (first appearance of both; two of Gim's fellow SP officers); Prefect Ericson, Prefect Davido (first appearance of both)

Comment: As a result of Zero Hour, the entire pre-Zero Hour 30th Century continuity was completely obliterated, and the post-Zero Hour issues of Legion of Super-Heroes and Legionnaires presents the redefined history of the superteam of the future beginning with the formation of the team in Legion of Super-Heroes #0.

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