Intergalactic Vigilante Squadron: Reagan's Alien Threat/Common Enemy

Intentional Ambivalence: Paul's Apologist Adaptation

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?
—Nietzsche, The Gay Science, Section 125, tr. Walter Kaufmann

"The nations of the world will have to unite, for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of the Earth must someday make a common front against attack by people from other planets." -- General Douglas MacArthur, New York Times, October 8, 1955.

Inside we will find the jungle campfire of childhood fantasy and learn that every Stanley has his Dr. Livingstone. Superman has both Clark and Kal-El. Founded on an elaborate deception, several well-known and alien personae reveal the real purpose behind intervention: to save the savior. They are the Interplanetary Vigilantes--no...wait! Are they the

INTERGALACTIC VIGILANTE SQUADRON?

OK, so who is the Intergalactic Vigilante Squadron?

The answer is nobody special, though Overstreet might have you think differently. While it's not illegal to sell a book of data that's public knowledge, it is illegal to copy someone else's version of that data. So some mapmakers put in fake streets so that they can tell if someone is using their map, there are fake entries in the phone book, and there are fake entries in Overstreet. Volume 16 (1986-87) was the first to have a notation for "Adventure Comics" 237, ten issues prior to the Legion's first appearance, saying "1st Intergalactic Viglante Squadron [Legion tryout]". Well, the IVS did appear in that book, but I've been told by people who have the issue that it's not a Legion tryout, it's fake info planted there in case anyone tries to copy the data. Don't add it to your anal retentive lists.

-Michael Grabois (January 7, 2002) http://lsh.0catch.com/lsh/lshcoll012.htm

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