Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes #9
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1990
On Sale Date: May 15, 1990 Shipping Date May 15, 1990
Source: Previews, #15

Shipping Date May 15, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #179

Shipping Date May 17, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #17

Direct Market Date May 17, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #149

Copyright Date May 15, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Michael Eury

Title: (Laurel's Story)
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Tom Bierbaum
Writer: Mary Bierbaum
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Penciller: Paris Cullins
Inker: Robert Lewis
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Tom J. McCraw

Reprinted In:
Legion of Super-Heroes:Five Years Later Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #8; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #10)
• Laurel Gand (in flashback to her origin and induction into the Legion; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1)
• Saturn Girl (during the induction of Brainiac 5 and Laurel Gand; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Secret Origins #42)
• Cosmic Boy (during the induction of Brainiac 5 and Laurel Gand; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Secret Origins #49)
• Phantom Girl (during the induction of Brainiac 5 and Laurel Gand; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Secret Origins #42)
• Triplicate Girl (also called Triad in this story; during the induction of Brainiac 5 and Laurel Gand; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Secret Origins #42)
• Chameleon Boy (during the induction of Brainiac 5 and Laurel Gand; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Secret Origins #42)
• Brainiac 5 (during his induction in the Legion; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #42)

Supporting Character(s)

• Vi (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #10)
• Dirk Morgna (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #6; no further appearances)
• Bouncing Boy (during the induction of Brainiac 5 and Laurel Gand; last appearance in Secret Origins #49; next appearance in Secret Origins #49)

Villain(s)

• Roxxas (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #6; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #10)
• Doyle Brand (in flashback; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #8; no further appearances)
• Zaryan and his gang (in flashback; last appearance in Secret Origins #42; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Laurel Gand's parents (die in flashback; no further appearances)
• Eltro Gand (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #3)
• Westerner (Timothy Santoza; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; no further appearances)
• A young boy (murdered by Roxxas; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (during the induction of Brainiac 5 and Laurel Gand; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Secret Origins #42)
• Sun Boy (during the induction of Brainiac 5 and Laurel Gand; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #37)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Ferro Lad (as a statue)
• Invisible Kid (as a statue)
• Kid Quantum (as a statue)

Comments:
Laurel claims to be the ninth member of the Legion. Brainiac 5 was inducted at the same time. Bouncing Boy is present at the Legion tryouts, but he is not likely a member at this point. Sun Boy is shown at Laurel's first meeting with the Legion which indicates that he was a member. By process of elimination this means that that first eight Legionnaires in post-Crisis continuity were: Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Triplicate Girl, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, and Sun Boy. In pre-Crisis continuity, Sun Boy joined the team after Brainiac 5 and Supergirl, while Invisible Kid was already a member. Later stories contradict this order with the insertion of Kid Quantum.

A Kid Quantum statue appears on Winath making this the first mention of the character.

The flashback in this story is partially a reworking of the story in which the pre-Crisis Supergirl joined the Legion.

Synopsis:
Roxxas reviews a recording on the history of Laurel Gand. Laurel grew up on an outpost of Daxam which was attacked by Khunds. Her parents were killed, but Laurel managed to activate the outpost's defenses in time to destroy most of the Khund fleet. She was branded an enemy of the Khunds who sent assassins to kill her.

Laurel sought refuge on Earth where she eventually joined the Legion of Super-Heroes. During her induction trials, Laurel met Brainiac 5 and began a romance with him.