A number of people read Jim Shooter's first Mordru story which referred to the Legion of Super-Heroes first battle with the wizard. Apparently many of these people then spent years looking for the first story which did not exist. Now, I propose a thought experiment: what do we know about the first battle with Mordru?
To begin with, Mon-El helped, so it was after Imra developed her first cure for lead poisoning. We also know it was before Shady joined. We know they somehow discovered that airlessness would stop him.
We know some other things too. It wasn't an "Unknown Tale of Nemesis Kid," because that would have been a short fight: "Gee, NK, the big guy in the hat seemed pretty tough before you developed those earth generation and terrforming powers." Actually, Nememsis Kid would be incredibly useful. Not only can he beat one opponent, but the powers he gets to do so will tell you what you need to do to beat the guy. They should have kept him around. So what if he was a Khund spy? Nobody's perfect. Besides, they could feed him false intelligence and keep an eye on him.
Anyway, we know he was pretty goddam tough because once they stopped him, they didn't stick him in jail. They kept him in the headquarters.
What else?
Posted by Mike Chary at March 19, 2005 11:43 PM