Murray, Paul and Al take a look at L.E.G.I.O.N. ’91 #28.
The secret origin of Stealth. Maybe. Or it’s all a fever dream as she gives birth. Having one of Dox’s babies will do that to you.
Murray, Paul and Al take a look at L.E.G.I.O.N. ’91 #28.
The secret origin of Stealth. Maybe. Or it’s all a fever dream as she gives birth. Having one of Dox’s babies will do that to you.
Hi guys
As you say, Giffen at his Giffenest (although I’d reserve that accolade for the DC Comics Presents issue with the Creeper – one of the Crisis Crossovers).
One thing keeps nagging at me. All those references in Strealth’s memories to the code “Use him at your leisure” or “Use him, partake of his seed, whether he will or no!”
I do wonder if that might be why she was drawn to mate with Dox as it’s not far off Dox’s management philosophy with L.E.G.I.O.N.!
This was certainly a confusing issue and it’s almost a relief to hear you guys struggle with it the same way I did. A couple of things worth pointing out based on your conversation:
In terms of Stealth’s age, I think it’s important to note that the story says she was locked up for sixteen years – not that she IS sixteen or had been locked up her whole life. If she was only locked up after they realized her mutation, there’s no reason not to assume she was a child at least when that manifested for the first time. I don’t think Giffen is trying to sell us the idea that Stealth is a teenager.
ALTHOUGH it would be a nice little bonus to her relationship with Dox, as we’ve just established in this issue that they had very similar “upbringings:” locked away and abused for reasons they didn’t fully understand and which had nothing to do with their decisions, before being handed off to the Alliance as collateral. Having her also be much younger than she actually appears would be another link between her and Dox. Turns out these two have quite a bit in common…
On a side note, I realized listening to this that, as of right now, we have the backstory of every L.E.G.I.O.N. founder except Strata, and I don’t think we ever get that. And now I just really wanna know what poor Strata did that the Dryads shipped her off with the Alliance and she never went home.