Legion: Secret Files #1 (story #2)

Legion: Secret Files #1 cover

Date:

 January 1998

Title:

 “Guided Tour” (3 pages)

Credits:

 Tom McCraw (Writer) • Jeffrey Moy (Penciller) • Philip Moy (Inker) • Pat Brosseau (Letterer [assumed; uncredited]) • Tom McCraw (Colorist [assumed; uncredited]) • Phil Jiminez (Cover) • Patrick Martin (Cover Colors) • KC Carlson (Editor) • Frank Berrios (Assistant Editor)

Plot:

 Several of the Legionnaires get a first taste of the new secondary headquarters, the mobile Legion Outpost.  Chuck Taine and Dyrk Magz look at the various facilities on the Outpost.

CHANGE HISTORY
Date of Change
Content of Change
09/04/98
 Posted
10/01/98
 Change history begun
04/21/99
 Updates to real names
10/06/99
 Typo fixes
Unified to a single file
10/25/99
 Tracking updates from Legion of Super-Heroes: The Beginning of Tomorrow
11/05/99
 Tracking updates from The Flash #114
02/01/00
 Tracking updates from Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2
02/29/00
 Tracking updates from Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze #1
05/03/00
 Change history corrected
06/14/00
 Tracking updates from Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze #4

12/05/01

 Typo correction

12/10/01

 Tracking format change
01/08/04
 Tracking updates and corrections to 1998Q1 issues
Removed footnote

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Character and Object Tracking

     

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes
Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg) Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
XS (Jenni Ognatz) Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Element Lad (Jan Arrah) Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Monstress (Candi Pyponte-Le Parc III) Legion: Secret Files #1 (story #2) Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Live Wire (Garth Ranzz) Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)

Supporting Characters
Koko Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Chuck Taine Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Dyrk Magz Legionnaires #< > Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)

Locations
Main meeting room, Legion Outpost None < >
Mission Monitor room, Legion Outpost None Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Legion Outpost (footnote #1) None Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Docking bay wing 3 (of 4), Legion Outpost None Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Guest quarters (#29 of 40 shown), Legion Outpost None < >
Brainiac 5’s lab, Legion Outpost None < >
Arboretum deck, Legion Outpost None Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Mess hall, Legion Outpost None Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Medical lab (#2), Legion Outpost None < >
Multifunctional training deck (gymnasium), Legion Outpost None Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Antenna Array, Legion Outpost None < >
 
Hall of Heroes, Legion Outpost No appearance; mention only
Recreational Room 1, Legion Outpost No appearance; mention only
Equipment/Storage Bay #22 of 35, Legion Outpost No appearance; mention only
VR Room, Legion Outpost No appearance; mention only
Detention Cells, Legion Outpost No appearance; mention only
Main Generator, Legion Outpost No appearance; mention only

Technology
Holographic projection table < > < >
Omnicom Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Mission monitor controls Adventures in the DC Universe #10 < >
Mark-459 cruiser Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
Medical lab equipment Adventures in the DC Universe #10 < >
Levitating furniture Adventures in the DC Universe #10 Legion of Super-Heroes v4#100 (story #3)
 
Logos:
     Legion of Super-Heroes

One-shot or Untracked Items:
     Circuitry sensors
     Gymnasium equipment
     Unspecified research equipment in Brainiac 5’s lab
     Antigravitational magnetic turbines
1. Only listed as a separate location when seen externally like in this story.
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Analysis Notes
37:1 Eventually to be known as “Outpost Allon” (named for deceased Legionnaire Gim Allon, aka Leviathan), the station is not yet named in this story.
37:5 Dyrk’s comment explains Brainy’s difficulties in 37:3
38-39 The presentation of a headquarters layout has a long tradition in superhero team comics.
Note that the shape of the Legion Outpost is that of a rocket ship with fins.  This is a reference to the Silver Age Legion clubhouse, an inverted yellow rocketship with red fins.
Main Generator: “Jornaian electron syrups” is clear technobabble.
Antenna Array: There doesn’t seem to be any significance to the 2,437 cable-vid channels, other than that “247” is embedded in the number.  Note that “cable-vid” is an anachronistic term, inapplicable for a mobile station like the Legion Outpost (i.e., there is no cable to connect to).
Dorm Room, Mess Hall: Neither of the limit numbers (40 or 55) should be taken as either a limit on eventual Legion membership or as a goal.  Guests and allies of the Legion might occupy such spaces at times.
Brainiac 5’s Lab: The lab can be jettisoned due to Brainiac 5’s propensity towards laboratory explosions and other activities which would be especially dangerous in a deep space situation.
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