Hourman #21
Hourman #21 cover

Date:

 December 2000

Title:

 “Maybe I’m Amazo”
(Cover Title: “It’s Psycho-Therapy Time for Hourman”)

Plot:

 After L.E.G.I.O.N. rescued Snapper Carr from the Khunds — unfortunately only after they had severed his hands — Vril Dox restores Snapper’s hands, although without his teleportation powers. Then Hourman comes through time to rescue Snapper, connected to a limp Amazo

Only scenes dealing with Legion-related characters are dealt with here.

Credits:

 Tom Peyer (Writer) • Rags Morales (Penciller) • Dave Meikis / Mark Propst (Inkers) • John Kalisz (Colorist) • Kurt Hathaway (Letterer) • Tony Bedard (Editor) • Rags Morales / Brian Stelfreeze (Cover)

CHANGE HISTORY
Date of Change
Content of Change
02/01/01
 Posted
04/05/01
 Revised tracking for Snapper Carr
Added footnote

Tinted cells and text indicate missing or incomplete information.

Character and Object Tracking

         

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes
Snapper Carr (footnote #1) Hourman #20 None in Legion books
Vril Dox II < > < >
Hourman III (“Ty”) None in Legion books None in Legion books

Villains
Amazo None in Legion books Next Legion appearance:
     Hourman #1 (as a future version with Legion components)

Supporting Characters
Snapper Carr Hourman #20 None in Legion books

Locations
L.E.G.I.O.N. headquarters, Cairn < > < >
Vril Dox’s lab, L.E.G.I.O.N. headquarters < > < >

Alien Races and Creatures
Khunds No appearance; mention only

Technology
One-shot or Untracked Items:
     assorted equipment in Vril Dox’s lab
     giant nanites
1. This story details the end of Snapper Carr’s career as a hero, after his time with the Blasters but before being paired with Hourman for this series, so he is listed as a Hero.
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Analysis Notes
General Only pages 20-22 are dealt with here.
The stated gist of this scene is that Amazo sent Snapper Carr back in time — based on the body seen in Hourman #20, only Snapper’s mind was sent — to relive the details of how he lost his teleportation powers.  While the presence of Snapper’s future mind and then Hourman and Amazo would seem to cause paradox, since this scene has never been shown before, Hourman and Amazo’s appearance may not be paradoxical, and the timestream is sturdy enough to withstand what amounts to little more than non-sequiturs on Snapper’s part, so long as his future mind doesn’t change his past self’s actions in any significant way.
This portion of Snapper Carr’s story occurs between his appearance with the Blasters in Valor #< > and Lyrl Dox’s takeover of L.E.G.I.O.N. in L.E.G.I.O.N. ’< > #< >.  Until those issues are analyzed, exact placement cannot be done.
20:1 The planet is presumably Cairn.  The time is a couple years prior, for Snapper, anyway.
21:1-3 This seems to be taking the overused concept of nanites to a bit of an extreme.
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