PROTEANS

Class: Extraterrestrials

Known Representatives: James Cullen (Kid Quantum), Proty I, Proty II

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Antares II

First Appearance: Adventure Comics I #308 (May, 1963)

Powers: Proteans had bodies composed of protoplasm had had shapeshifting powers.

History

(Legion of Super-Heroes III #7) - Proteans held a rally in Metropolis, saying that it was not good enough that the U.P. recognized Proteans as sentient, they wanted full citizenship and rights. Their rally attracted a large crowd, with some citizens in favor of the Proteans, and others thinking they’d never be satisfied.

(Legion of Super-Heroes III #9) - Industrialist R.J. Brande had a backalley meeting with a group of Proteans, but was spotted by an interested observer.

(Legion of Super-Heroes III #13) - R.J. Brande had another meeting with the Proteans, this time on his own estates, to discuss the Protean freedom movement. Unknown to them they were being spied on by agents of Leland McCauley. It still rankled McCauley that he was the second richest man in the universe behind R.J. Brande, and he was trying to locate his former pet Protean, who’d been freed when the U.P. made the resolution that Proteans were sentient beings. McCauley knew his former pet knew his business secrets and could get him in a world of trouble if the Protean ever revealed all the illegal activities he was involved in.

Comments: Created by Edmond Hamilton & John Forte.

Proteans appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes III #7, 9, 13 was reprinted in Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #332, 334, 338.

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