The Legionary (Alphonso Giovanni) - hero from Italy

First appearance: Detective Comics #215
(cover-dated January 1955 with an on-sale date of November 28, 1954)



But he played a special part in that story, which we'll discuss later . . .

The Legionary and the others who made up the "Batmen of All Nations" made a return appearance in World's Finest Comics #89 (July-August 1957):




After that, it looks like The Legionary and the other Batman-inspired international heroes were absent from new stories until Roy Thomas made use of them as an international team formed after WWII and inspired by the JSA (not Batman in the post-CoIE continuity):



from Infinity Inc. #34 (January 1987)


from Who's Who Update '87 Vol. 2 (September 1987)

The Legionary also made a cameo appearance in Secret Origins #27 (June 1988):


and even in DC's Millennium event from 1987-1988

panel from Blue Beetle #20 (January 1988)

But when Grant Morrison revived the idea of the Club of Heroes in his Batman run back in 2007, time (and Morrison) were not too kind to the legacy of The Legionary.  

Thanks for the complete recap, Major!  
It's also funny that the Italian national airline is called "Ital Air" instead of the real "Alitalia" (which, btw, has been struggling for years and now would be technically failed if not for State helps with our taxes....) in this cartoon:

Who knows, maybe, if revived by Morrison or other great writers, the Legionary could have been an interesting character, although his costume is not really so practical for fighting crime...

Barry_Allen wrote:Thanks for the complete recap, Major!  
It's also funny that the Italian national airline is called "Ital Air" instead of the real "Alitalia" (which, btw, has been struggling for years and now would be technically failed if not for State helps with our taxes....) in this cartoon:

Who knows, maybe, if revived by Morrison or other great writers, the Legionary could have been an interesting character, although his costume is not really so practical for fighting crime...

I'm assuming they didn't use the real name of the airline because they didn't want it to be viewed as advertising or something.

As for the Legionary being "revived by Morrison or other great writers", we've already seen what Morrison did to the character. Besides, a new Legionary was already introduced a while back. (Don't know if Rebirth may have changed that, however.)

It appears The Legionary (Alphonso Giovanni) did make cameo appearances in Batman: The Brave and the Bold #13 (March 2010)


and more recently in The Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #12.


Not too bad for a dead guy!