Duel in New York City

The Duel in New York City was a failed invasion of New York City, New York that occurred on June 24, 1957. It marked the beginning of the decades-long conflict between the future Legion 5, and the Eviltie Empire.

The Eviltie Empire had been established 7 years prior, and their Zurg, Erkhon Stardom, was interested in conquering new territory. Around April of 1957, he became interested in beginning a colony on Earth, starting with New York. He, with 30 of his soldiers, arrived on Earth on June 6, 1957. Stardom began building and programming robots to serve him in the battle. These were called Zurg-Bots.

The invasion was launched on June 24th. Stardom ordered his soldiers to attack local businesses to cause chaos and confusion. After a while, the citizens were in fear, and the NYPD was unable to stop the Evilties. Stardom proclaimed himself Zurg of New York and demanded that New Yorkers bow down to him. While doing this, he noticed a boy that he had attacked days earlier running to his burning apartment room.

The boy, Thomas "Tommy" Konju, noticed Stardom staring at him and turned to face him. After mocking Konju, the two dueled. Konju defeated Stardom, impaling him in the side, using Stardom's sword. Realizing that he would be defeated, Stardom called for a retreat of all Eviltie forces. He and his soldiers boarded the rocket ship they had arrived in and left before they could be stopped by police.

Prelude
Erkhon Stardom, a former Nazi soldier and advisor to Adolf Hitler established the Eviltie Empire in 1950 as a continuation of Nazi Germany. He had managed to get former Nazi soldiers, as well as new recruits from Earth as well as other planets to join, and on April 3rd of that year, launched a rocket he had built into space, with himself and his troops on board. After invading Yyteir, the capital of Terin in 1954, the Evilties began a period of rapid expansion, known as the Expansion Era. By April of 1957, Stardom had become interested in conquering Earth. After thinking of multiple locations for the invasion, including London, Moscow, Chicago, and Boston, Stardom decided to start with New York City in the United States.