1097 - Adventure Comics 373 - The Tornado Twins!

Index Number – 1097 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 373
Cover Date – October 1968
Title – The Tornado Twins
Characters – Brainiac 5, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Phantom Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy
Synopsis – Don and Dawn Allen show up the Legion with their speed-powered crime-fighting feats and refuse offers of membership. Then on Flash Day, they reveal themselves to be direct descendents of Barry Allen, who were given temporary abilities to promote the memorial.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Win Mortimer
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
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Comments – Chronicler’s Error: The Allens will later be revealed as the children of Barry and Iris Allen, conceived after they moved to the 30th century and before Barry died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Dawn and Don will become the parents of XS, a future Legionnaire, and Impulse / Kid Flash, the contemporary hero.