Or – “Bruce Banner Malibu Barbie, Anyone?”
Astute Spoilerites may have noticed that at the very bottom of each Hero History, tucked under the seemingly endless links, there’s a coming attraction for the next episode. It’s my old-school television roots showing… In any case, the last Hero History promised a little bit a Tinya in your life, and I was well into gathering my research for her story, when something happened. Something important, something that caused an immediate change in plans. In order to explain the significance of this event, I need to tell you the story of “The Hero History That Did Not Want To Be Told.” Many weeks ago, I broke down my outline of Legionnaires and the order in which I wanted to indoctrinate them to their moment in the sun. Way back in March, I completed my Sun Boy history, and turned to the next hero in rotation… only to find that I didn’t own her last appearance. But of course, I WORK in a comic store, so this shouldn’t be too hard, right? Nope. The issue was neither in our back issue bins or in the storage area we call the cave. I asked Deon to order me the collected TPB, but it’s out of print. I then went to my second line of the defense, a fellow comic store owner in Lawrence. No dice. Having checked my friendly local comic book shop, I went to Mile High Comics online. Out of stock. Then, wonder of wonders, I found a copy on Ebay…
…only to lose the auction at the last minute. Another ray of hope came when a new agent came to my team in June, and he, a fellow comic fan, mentioned in passing that he had a copy…
…but when he went to find it, he found that his home had been broken into and many of his comics stolen, including the one I needed. Yesterday, I spent SIX hours in the comic shops of Kansas City, only to find my efforts in vain. This issue was destined to evade me. Last night, I bumped into an old friend online, and lo and behold, she had the issue, and within twenty minutes had given me the images I needed. After all this folderal, I felt that I must immediately put together her much-delayed and seemingly cursed Hero History before a catastrophic hard drive failure or a plague of locusts struck. She joined the team on a lark, and soon made herself beloved amongst her fellows, standing by the team in one of their darkest hours, and dying like she lived, as a champion of hope. This, then, is your Major Spoilers history of Candi Pyponte-Le Parc III of Xanthu… Monstress!
More After the Jump >>
