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    Legion of Super-Heroes #272

    Legion of Super-Heroes » Legion of Super-Heroes #272 - The Secret Origin of Blok! released by DC Comics on February 1981.

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    The Secret Origin of Blok! last edited by cbishop on 03/19/24 11:13AM View full history

    Wildfire and Dawnstar are testing four Legion Academy recruits to see which will join the Legion. As former enemy Blok recounts his origin, the team is called to recapture the escaped Starburst Raiders.

    The Legion of Super-Heroes are having tryouts for potential new members and they have four applicants to test: Crystal Kid, Nightwind, Lamprey and Blok. Dawnstar, Wildfire and Sun Boy head the tryout process and inbetween trials, Blok shares his origin with the other applicants. Before too long, the Legion are called to assist in a prison outbreak and the Legion decides this is a good time to gauge the applicants. The only one to do well and defeat those breaking out was Blok, so he is invited to join the Legion of Super-Heroes. He readily accepts.

    The Dial "H" For Hero previews continues in Adventure Comics #479.

    Crreated by fans for this issue's Dial "H" For Hero preview:

    Chris King:

    • Chris' clothes, designed by Eric Daniel, age 14, Chuktowaga, NY.
    • Megaboy, created by David Cason, age 11, Lagrange, GA.
    • The Moth, created by Danny Vozzo, age 17, Brooklyn, NY.

    Vicki Grant:

    • Futura, created by Jim Simpers, age 15, Newark, DE.
    • Sunspot, created by Shawn Sherman, age unknown, S. Roxanna, IL.
    • Vicki's clothes, designed by Douglas Cunningham, age 15, Dayton, OH.

    Villains:

    • The Flying Buttress, created by Steve Mattson, age 20*, Portland, OR. (*age is listed as 17 in Adventure Comics #479)
    • G.L.U.N.K. (Galactic Logistic Unit for Navigation and Knowledge), created by Richard Morrissey, age 26, Framingham, MA. (shown, but not identified or credited until AC #479)
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