The Legion and DC Events. Having shown their potential with
the Great Darkness saga and considering Levitz's role in DC,
the Legion paid them as little mind as they could get away with.
However,
the consequences
of them often had huge impacts.
The retcons
of Superboy and Supergirl have rarely been resolved satisfactorily. Here's another smaller example...
Here's
the most interesting image
of Millennium
The Manhunters are on Earth to prevent
the next generation
of super beings that will inherit something or another... or kick start whatever... or bring
the focus
of the DC Universe to Earth in another silly way...
Anyway, writers had to offer up sacrifices to
the editorial god
of DC Whims. One
of their cast would be a Manhunter. They always had been Manhunters, regardless
of any previous actions.
Levitz parted with Laurel Kent, a move that also conveniently got rid
of a post Crisis Superman link that made DC editorial uncomfortable in
the new regime.
Except ...
that Laurel had been shot and had bled from
the wound. There's always
the terminator argument that suggest that Laurel was a combination
of flesh and steel.
However, that wouldn't match
the power she clearly already had or any attempt to treat her injury. It has been suggested that
the Legion put it's applicants through some more in depth testing, presumably following
the spell in Adventure Comics where it seemed every new member turned out to be a traitor.
But if Laurel Kent was a very unlikely choice, was there another, better option.
Well one
of the Legion members had his origins surrounding androids.
Brin Londo even went around thinking he was one in his Lone Wolf days.Sure, Karth Arn turned out to be an android and to have switched identities with Londo. But what if Londo was an android too?
Whether created by a grieving father after Zuunium radiation poisoned his real son or whether replaced during his long absence at
the hand
of Tyr... could Londo have been a Manhunter waiting to betray
the Legion.