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[[caption-width-right:350:[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And her]] [[HaveAGayOldTime one super boy-friend]].One Super Boy-Friend]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And her]] [[HaveAGayOldTime one super boy-friend]].]]
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* CanonDiscontinuity: Querl's account of Brainiac's final defeat wasn't taken into account by next Superman writers, (although ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'' would recycle the "Brainiac accidentally shrank himself into oblivion" bit), and ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow", wherein that incarnation of Brainiac was beaten for good, features a very different scenario.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: Querl's account of Brainiac's final defeat wasn't taken into account by next later Superman writers, (although ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'' would recycle the "Brainiac accidentally shrank himself into oblivion" bit), and ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow", wherein that incarnation of Brainiac was beaten for good, features a very different scenario.
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** Sun Boy's power is not control upon fire, light and heat. It is "super radiance". In other words, he shines a lot.
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** Sun Boy's power is not control upon of fire, light and heat. It is "super radiance". In other words, he shines a lot.
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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite Imra, Tinya and Luornu being presented as Kara's new friends, Supergirl would not develop a close relationship with any of them, although Saturn Girl would aid Supergirl in stories such like ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #307. It would not be until the ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' 2010 Annual that the four girls would spend time together on panel.
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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite Imra, Tinya and Luornu being presented as Kara's new friends, Supergirl would not develop a close relationship with any of them, although Saturn Girl would aid Supergirl in stories such like ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #307. It would not wouldn't be until the ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' 2010 Annual that the four girls would spend time together on panel.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Brainiac risks his life to give Supergirl a force-field belt right before a meteor crash onto their heads.
-->'''Supergirl:''' ''"Brainiac 5, you saved my life by loaning me your force-shield belt...But you could have lost your own life! Why did you it!"''\\
'''Brainiac 5:''' ''"[...] I'd gladly sacrifice my life to save yours, any time!"''
-->'''Supergirl:''' ''"Brainiac 5, you saved my life by loaning me your force-shield belt...But you could have lost your own life! Why did you it!"''\\
'''Brainiac 5:''' ''"[...] I'd gladly sacrifice my life to save yours, any time!"''
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* HeroicSacrifice: Brainiac risks his life to give Supergirl a force-field belt right before a meteor crash crashes onto their heads.
-->'''Supergirl:'''''"Brainiac Brainiac 5, you saved my life by loaning me your force-shield belt...But you could have lost your own life! Why did you it!"''\\
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-->'''Brainaic 5:''' ''"Then he turned super-swiftly flung the saucer into the path of its own ray...! Then it popped out of existence... reduced in size to nothingness!"''
* PaperThinDisguise: Saturn Girl wears a mere lead face mask when she first greets Supergirl and teases her into guessing her identity. And still, Kara takes several minutes until she realizes that blonde telepath who knows her identity, claims having met her before, and has the same hairstyle, clothes and voice than Saturn Girl is Saturn Girl.
* PaperThinDisguise: Saturn Girl wears a mere lead face mask when she first greets Supergirl and teases her into guessing her identity. And still, Kara takes several minutes until she realizes that blonde telepath who knows her identity, claims having met her before, and has the same hairstyle, clothes and voice than Saturn Girl is Saturn Girl.
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-->'''Brainaic 5:''' ''"Then Then he turned super-swiftly flung the saucer into the path of its own ray...! Then it popped out of existence... reduced in size to nothingness!"''
nothingness!
* PaperThinDisguise: Saturn Girl wears a mere lead face mask when she first greets Supergirl and teases her into guessing her identity. And still, Kara takes several minutes until she realizes that blonde telepath who knows her identity, claimshaving to have met her before, and has the same hairstyle, clothes and voice than as Saturn Girl is Saturn Girl.
* PaperThinDisguise: Saturn Girl wears a mere lead face mask when she first greets Supergirl and teases her into guessing her identity. And still, Kara takes several minutes until she realizes that blonde telepath who knows her identity, claims
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* StatusQuoIsGod: Supergirl takes a Legion belt back to the 20th century, which among other things grants her immunity to kryptonite. Naturally, it gets smashed by a stray rock and breaks.
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* DiggingToChina: Kara digs a tunnel from Metropolis to England to find some old relics.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: King Richard I of England was nicknamed “the Lionheart”, no “Lion-Hearted”.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: King Richard I of England was nicknamed “the Lionheart”, no not “Lion-Hearted”.
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''Supergirl's Three Super Girl-friends!'' is a ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story published in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #276 (May, 1961), written by [[Creator/JerrySiegelAndJoeShuster Jerry Siegel]] and penciled by Creator/JimMooney. It is noteworthy among ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' fans as the story where Supergirl and Brainiac 5 join the Legion and start their decades-long romance.
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''Supergirl's Three Super Girl-friends!'' Girl-Friends!'' is a ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story published in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #276 (May, 1961), written by [[Creator/JerrySiegelAndJoeShuster Jerry Siegel]] and penciled by Creator/JimMooney. It is noteworthy among ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' fans as the story where Supergirl and Brainiac 5 join the Legion and start their decades-long romance.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sun Boy's power is not control upon fire, light and heat. It is "super radiance". In other words, he shines a lot.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Sun Boy's power is not control upon fire, light and heat. It is "super radiance". In other words, he shines alot.lot.
** Phantom Girl is partially invisible when she becomes intangible, a concept which would be ditched by the next ''Legion'' stories.
** Sun Boy's power is not control upon fire, light and heat. It is "super radiance". In other words, he shines a
** Phantom Girl is partially invisible when she becomes intangible, a concept which would be ditched by the next ''Legion'' stories.
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* InventionalWisdom: Brainiac's ship's force-shield has a power button... and a shutdown one, which can incidentally be reached and poked distractedly by Brainiac's pet right before a battle against Superman.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: The story's title was chosen in the early 1960s, when "girlfriend" was still widely used to describe "female acquaintance" rather than almost exclusively "female lover".
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* TimeTravel: Kara travels to the 30th century to join the Legion and then goes back to 1962 to go on her daily life.
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''Supergirl's Three Super Girl-friends!'' is a ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story published in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #276 (May, 1961), written by [[Creator/JerrySiegelAndJoeShuster Jerry Siegel]] and penciled by Creator/JimMooney. It is noteworthy among ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' fans as the story where Supergirl and Brainiac 5 join the Legion and start their decades-long romance.
Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers is grieving about her lack of meaningful female friends when she hears a mysterious mental message stating there are three girls who are yearning for making friends with her. Kara goes to the meeting point and meets Imra Ardeen (Saturn Girl), one of the leaders of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, and the newest recruits Luornu Dungo (Triplicate Girl) and Tinya Wazzo (Phantom Girl). Previously the Legion had tried to recruit Supergirl, but she was disqualified on a technicality. Now they want to give her another chance.
Kara accompanies the three Legionnaires back to the 30th century to undertake a new initiation trial. As she is being introduced to the newest candidates, Kara meets an intriguing, green-skinned boy whose face seems oddly familiar.
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!!Tropes:
* AlliterativeName: Saturn Girl asks Supergirl to meet her at the field near Cranston Creek.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: King Richard I of England was nicknamed “the Lionheart”, no “Lion-Hearted”.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: In Querl Dox's flashback, Superman decides Brainiac attempting to shrink the whole Earth is the last straw and warns the Coluan he will be destroyed if he does not stop his attack. Brainiac ignores his warning, so Superman turns his own shrink ray against him, and Brainiac shrinks himself into nothingness.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Querl's account of Brainiac's final defeat wasn't taken into account by next Superman writers, (although ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'' would recycle the "Brainiac accidentally shrank himself into oblivion" bit), and ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow", wherein that incarnation of Brainiac was beaten for good, features a very different scenario.
* ComplexityAddiction: Brainiac's ship provides a subtler than usual example. His force-field machine has power on and off buttons. You would think one of the most intelligent beings in the galaxy would figure he only needs build one single on/off power button into his device.
* ContinuityNod: Two panels remind readers that the Legion tried to recruit Kara in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #267.
* DeathFromAbove: Right when she is finishing her trial, Kara is almost squashed by a falling massive Kryptonite meteor.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: When Brainiac approaches Earth to miniaturize and steal the whole planet, Superman writes on a meteorite the next message: "If you attack Earth, you'll be destroyed!"
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sun Boy's power is not control upon fire, light and heat. It is "super radiance". In other words, he shines a lot.
* ExpoLabel:
** When Supergirl joins the Legion's meeting, the newest Legionnaires have their codenames and powers written on identifying placards, informing everyone that Shrinking Violet and Bouncing Boy's powers are Super-Shrinking and Super-Bouncing, respectively.
** Brainiac has neatly labeled the controls on his ship (his force-shield machine has written "Force-Shield Controls" on the forefront, and buttons are conveniently labeled "on" and "off"), even though he is the only who uses his equipment.
* {{Excalibur}}: Kara passes her initiation test by finding and digging up the Sword of King Arthur.
* ExtyYearsFromPublication: The Legion takes Kara to the year 2961 so she can finally join the team.
* {{Flashback}}: Before travelling to the future, Supergirl flashes back to her failed former attempt to join the Legion.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite Imra, Tinya and Luornu being presented as Kara's new friends, Supergirl would not develop a close relationship with any of them, although Saturn Girl would aid Supergirl in stories such like ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #307. It would not be until the ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' 2010 Annual that the four girls would spend time together on panel.
* HeroicSacrifice: Brainiac risks his life to give Supergirl a force-field belt right before a meteor crash onto their heads.
-->'''Supergirl:''' ''"Brainiac 5, you saved my life by loaning me your force-shield belt...But you could have lost your own life! Why did you it!"''\\
'''Brainiac 5:''' ''"[...] I'd gladly sacrifice my life to save yours, any time!"''
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Brainiac attacked Earth for the final time, Superman scanned his ship's deck and noticed Brainiac's pet had accidentally turned off the ship's forcefield (notes that Superman knew exactly what that button did because Brainiac had put an unnecessary label on it), and he then caused Brainiac to be hit by his own shrinking ray to get rid of him.
* InTheBlood: Supergirl freaks out when she meets Querl Dox and realizes he resembles Brainiac. Querl confesses he is his great-great-grandson, but the first Brainiac is hated by all his descendants, who have spent ten centuries atoning for his misdeeds.
* InconsistentColoring: Querl's green face is colored blue several times.
* InitiationCeremony: Supergirl must show off her powers in order to join the Legion, so she finds the King Arthur's Sword, Achilles' helmet, and King Richard the Lionheart's shield. Previously she had tunneled through the entire planet, but a random piece of Red Kryptonite ruined her test.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Supergirl is talking to the Legion when suddenly a giant Kryptonite meteor drops down on her.
* KryptoniteProofSuit: Brainiac 5 gives Supergirl a force-field belt which shields her from Kryptonite radiation.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Querl Dox falls for Kara Zor-El as soon as he lays his eyes on her. And he falls ''hard''. She will be his first, great and only love.
* LoveConfession: Before Supergirl goes back to her own time, Brainiac begs her to stay and become his girlfriend. Kara feels very flattered, but she answers she regretfully cannot stay in the 30th century.
* MechanicalHorse: After inducting Supergirl and Brainiac 5 into the Legion, the team hold a celebratory parade wherein the three founding members ride grey robot-horses.
* NoAntagonist: The story has no central villain due to being about Supergirl making new bonds and then having some harmless adventures.
* NotEnoughToBury: According to Querl's account, when Brainiac was struck by his own shrinking ray, he completely disappeared.
-->'''Brainaic 5:''' ''"Then he turned super-swiftly flung the saucer into the path of its own ray...! Then it popped out of existence... reduced in size to nothingness!"''
* PaperThinDisguise: Saturn Girl wears a mere lead face mask when she first greets Supergirl and teases her into guessing her identity. And still, Kara takes several minutes until she realizes that blonde telepath who knows her identity, claims having met her before, and has the same hairstyle, clothes and voice than Saturn Girl is Saturn Girl.
* PublicDomainArtifact: In addition to the Sword in the Stone, Kara finds Achilles' helmet and Richard I the Lionheart's shield.
* RuleOfPerception: When Kara turns on her belt-generated force-field, she is surrounded by a thick white outline which only the readers can see.
* RuleOfThree:
** Supergirl meets three super-heroines who want her to join their super-team.
** Triplicate Girl, who can split herself into three exact duplicates, makes her debut in this story.
** Supergirl finds three long-lost artifacts.
* ShrinkRay: Brainiac's improved shrinking ray can miniaturize entire planets.
* SpeedBlitz: When Superman catches Braniac's ship, he hurls it so fast that it is hit by his own beam.
* ThirdPersonFlashback: Brainiac 5 narrates Braniac's final defeat, which happened ten centuries ago, via a flashback.
* VisibleInvisibility: When Phantom Girl uses her power, her body becomes a white-and-blue stripped outline.
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''Supergirl's Three Super Girl-friends!'' is a ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story published in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #276 (May, 1961), written by [[Creator/JerrySiegelAndJoeShuster Jerry Siegel]] and penciled by Creator/JimMooney. It is noteworthy among ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' fans as the story where Supergirl and Brainiac 5 join the Legion and start their decades-long romance.
Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers is grieving about her lack of meaningful female friends when she hears a mysterious mental message stating there are three girls who are yearning for making friends with her. Kara goes to the meeting point and meets Imra Ardeen (Saturn Girl), one of the leaders of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, and the newest recruits Luornu Dungo (Triplicate Girl) and Tinya Wazzo (Phantom Girl). Previously the Legion had tried to recruit Supergirl, but she was disqualified on a technicality. Now they want to give her another chance.
Kara accompanies the three Legionnaires back to the 30th century to undertake a new initiation trial. As she is being introduced to the newest candidates, Kara meets an intriguing, green-skinned boy whose face seems oddly familiar.
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!!Tropes:
* AlliterativeName: Saturn Girl asks Supergirl to meet her at the field near Cranston Creek.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: King Richard I of England was nicknamed “the Lionheart”, no “Lion-Hearted”.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: In Querl Dox's flashback, Superman decides Brainiac attempting to shrink the whole Earth is the last straw and warns the Coluan he will be destroyed if he does not stop his attack. Brainiac ignores his warning, so Superman turns his own shrink ray against him, and Brainiac shrinks himself into nothingness.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Querl's account of Brainiac's final defeat wasn't taken into account by next Superman writers, (although ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'' would recycle the "Brainiac accidentally shrank himself into oblivion" bit), and ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow", wherein that incarnation of Brainiac was beaten for good, features a very different scenario.
* ComplexityAddiction: Brainiac's ship provides a subtler than usual example. His force-field machine has power on and off buttons. You would think one of the most intelligent beings in the galaxy would figure he only needs build one single on/off power button into his device.
* ContinuityNod: Two panels remind readers that the Legion tried to recruit Kara in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #267.
* DeathFromAbove: Right when she is finishing her trial, Kara is almost squashed by a falling massive Kryptonite meteor.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: When Brainiac approaches Earth to miniaturize and steal the whole planet, Superman writes on a meteorite the next message: "If you attack Earth, you'll be destroyed!"
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sun Boy's power is not control upon fire, light and heat. It is "super radiance". In other words, he shines a lot.
* ExpoLabel:
** When Supergirl joins the Legion's meeting, the newest Legionnaires have their codenames and powers written on identifying placards, informing everyone that Shrinking Violet and Bouncing Boy's powers are Super-Shrinking and Super-Bouncing, respectively.
** Brainiac has neatly labeled the controls on his ship (his force-shield machine has written "Force-Shield Controls" on the forefront, and buttons are conveniently labeled "on" and "off"), even though he is the only who uses his equipment.
* {{Excalibur}}: Kara passes her initiation test by finding and digging up the Sword of King Arthur.
* ExtyYearsFromPublication: The Legion takes Kara to the year 2961 so she can finally join the team.
* {{Flashback}}: Before travelling to the future, Supergirl flashes back to her failed former attempt to join the Legion.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite Imra, Tinya and Luornu being presented as Kara's new friends, Supergirl would not develop a close relationship with any of them, although Saturn Girl would aid Supergirl in stories such like ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #307. It would not be until the ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' 2010 Annual that the four girls would spend time together on panel.
* HeroicSacrifice: Brainiac risks his life to give Supergirl a force-field belt right before a meteor crash onto their heads.
-->'''Supergirl:''' ''"Brainiac 5, you saved my life by loaning me your force-shield belt...But you could have lost your own life! Why did you it!"''\\
'''Brainiac 5:''' ''"[...] I'd gladly sacrifice my life to save yours, any time!"''
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Brainiac attacked Earth for the final time, Superman scanned his ship's deck and noticed Brainiac's pet had accidentally turned off the ship's forcefield (notes that Superman knew exactly what that button did because Brainiac had put an unnecessary label on it), and he then caused Brainiac to be hit by his own shrinking ray to get rid of him.
* InTheBlood: Supergirl freaks out when she meets Querl Dox and realizes he resembles Brainiac. Querl confesses he is his great-great-grandson, but the first Brainiac is hated by all his descendants, who have spent ten centuries atoning for his misdeeds.
* InconsistentColoring: Querl's green face is colored blue several times.
* InitiationCeremony: Supergirl must show off her powers in order to join the Legion, so she finds the King Arthur's Sword, Achilles' helmet, and King Richard the Lionheart's shield. Previously she had tunneled through the entire planet, but a random piece of Red Kryptonite ruined her test.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Supergirl is talking to the Legion when suddenly a giant Kryptonite meteor drops down on her.
* KryptoniteProofSuit: Brainiac 5 gives Supergirl a force-field belt which shields her from Kryptonite radiation.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Querl Dox falls for Kara Zor-El as soon as he lays his eyes on her. And he falls ''hard''. She will be his first, great and only love.
* LoveConfession: Before Supergirl goes back to her own time, Brainiac begs her to stay and become his girlfriend. Kara feels very flattered, but she answers she regretfully cannot stay in the 30th century.
* MechanicalHorse: After inducting Supergirl and Brainiac 5 into the Legion, the team hold a celebratory parade wherein the three founding members ride grey robot-horses.
* NoAntagonist: The story has no central villain due to being about Supergirl making new bonds and then having some harmless adventures.
* NotEnoughToBury: According to Querl's account, when Brainiac was struck by his own shrinking ray, he completely disappeared.
-->'''Brainaic 5:''' ''"Then he turned super-swiftly flung the saucer into the path of its own ray...! Then it popped out of existence... reduced in size to nothingness!"''
* PaperThinDisguise: Saturn Girl wears a mere lead face mask when she first greets Supergirl and teases her into guessing her identity. And still, Kara takes several minutes until she realizes that blonde telepath who knows her identity, claims having met her before, and has the same hairstyle, clothes and voice than Saturn Girl is Saturn Girl.
* PublicDomainArtifact: In addition to the Sword in the Stone, Kara finds Achilles' helmet and Richard I the Lionheart's shield.
* RuleOfPerception: When Kara turns on her belt-generated force-field, she is surrounded by a thick white outline which only the readers can see.
* RuleOfThree:
** Supergirl meets three super-heroines who want her to join their super-team.
** Triplicate Girl, who can split herself into three exact duplicates, makes her debut in this story.
** Supergirl finds three long-lost artifacts.
* ShrinkRay: Brainiac's improved shrinking ray can miniaturize entire planets.
* SpeedBlitz: When Superman catches Braniac's ship, he hurls it so fast that it is hit by his own beam.
* ThirdPersonFlashback: Brainiac 5 narrates Braniac's final defeat, which happened ten centuries ago, via a flashback.
* VisibleInvisibility: When Phantom Girl uses her power, her body becomes a white-and-blue stripped outline.
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