The Legionnaires are sent to stop Dr. Mantis Morlo (he’s the mad & eeeevil type of doctor) from polluting Earth’s atmosphere with his (probably mad and eeeevil) experiments. The Legionnaires better watch out, Dr. Morlo is protected by his Fantastic Hemorrhoids Chemoids!
The Legionnaires are protecting a shipment of the mineral Rejuvium (which has the amazing ability to de-age a person) when they are attacked by Starfinger. Starfinger can project a different energy ray from each finger on his right hand. Starfinger has one other identifying feature:
All the female Legionnaires come down with a previously unknown ‘crimson virus’ which seems incurable. Who could be to blame for this? How about a mysterious individual named Satan Girl?
I won’t lie: I really like the threeboot Legion. There’s no Legion-on-Legion snark in this issue so instead I’ll give some reasons why I think this version of the Legion rocks.