Don’t ask why, it’s a long story. But I’d like a list of all LSH members up to the point where Karate kid or Princess Projectra joined, whoever joined later. Also a list of the Legion of Substitute heros is desirable.
Thanks in advance. Your help with this could save a life!
But I have no idea how it would.
Yee-Gods, I really don’t like the LoS, but I imagine you are my friend the Weasel, & he loves them, so here’s what I got from "The Ency. of Superheros, Jeff Rovin, Facts on File, 1985
Blok, Bouncing Boy, Braniac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dawnstar, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Ferro Lad, Invisible Kid; both first one & second one, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Light Lass, Magnetic Kid, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Queen Projectra, Quislet, Saturn Girl, Sensor Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy (Superman), Supergirl, Tellus, Timberwolf, Tyroc, Ultraboy, White Witch, Wildfire
Honorary Members: Elastic Lad, Insect Queen, Kid Psycho, Pete Ross, Rond Vidar,
Auxiliary Members: R.J. Brande, Marla Latham (adult counselor), Shavaughn Erin (science police officer)
LoSH Polar Boy, Night Girl, Stoneboy, Chlorophyll Kid, Fire-Lad, Color Kid, Antennae Lad, Double-Header, Infectious Lass, Porcupine Pete.
Pete Ross? Where do they come up with these crazy names!
You can get a detailed listing of who was there and and in what issue from Get-a-life-boy’s Legion of Super Heroes site.
BTW, Karate Kid and Princess Projectara joined in Adventure 346 – July 66 cover date. It’s the first issue in the Shooter Era in Get-a-Life Boy’s listing.
Thank you! Thank you!
I have no memory of Ferro Lad…
One of the better references was “The Composite Superman”, a story from World’s Finest #142 (June, 1964). Superman Museum custodian Joe Meach is mopping the floor near a collection of statuettes of the Legion of Superheroes when the display case is struck by lightning. It turns out the statuettes were created using some kind of duplicating ray on the LSH members and when given a large bolt of electricty, the statuettes can transfer the member’s powers to anyone standing nearby.
The statuettes included:
(top row) Braniac 5, Chameleon Boy, Saturn Girl, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Shrinking Violet, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Matter-Eater Lad, Starboy
(bottom row) Element Lad, Light Lass, Ultra-Boy, Triplicate Girl, Elastic Lad (aka Jimmy Olsen), Bouncing Boy, Invisible Kid, Sun Boy, Phantom Girl, Supergirl
The story can be found [http://nightwing.superman.ws/composite_p01.htm]here, though I personally think the copyright issues are murky.
While we’re on the topic, am I the only one who thinks a Legion movie would be totally bitchen?
A high-quality Legion cartoon series would be easier to do and would probably have better results (i.e. more bitchin’) since there are way too many characters with diverse origins to shoehorn into a single 2-hour movie.
If they can handle the large and diverse characters that are/were X-men, they can handle the Legion in a movie.
Get the important characters - Brainiac 5, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Chameleon Boy, Lightning Lad, and Matter-Eater Lad (ok, maybe not Matter-Eater Lad) - in the first movie. Add in Karate Kid and Timberwolf for the second. Probably going to need to add another female or two to keep people happy.
I think it would work. A quality cartoon series would be good, too. And a Justice League movie while we’re at it.
Yes, but X-Men origins are easy.
Q: How did they get their powers?
A: They were born with them. Next!
Wolverine is the only character who actually needs some additional detail because his adamantium skeleton is artificial. Magneto’s Holocaust flashback is used to explain his motives, not his powers. Beyond that, origin explanations are scant.
I’d like to see a Legion cartoon with all of the roster appearing in the first episode, followed by episodes that feature on one or a few members, giving time for origin stories and backgrounds and crap like that.
I think Mon-El should have a big part in the movie/cartoon, but that’s just because I like his costume.
Gasp! A damn shame – he was one of the best legionnaires. Very impressive, especially since
And, of course, Arm-Fall-Off-Boy and Plaid Lad.
The only LSH reference you’ll ever need is the Legion Help File, created by the SDMB’s own cmkeller:
http://omega.animefringe.com/lshhlp/lshhlp.zip
–Cliffy
The Legion, up to the point where Princess Projectra and Karate Kid joined (this list being what was in the comics at the time, not including later retcons):
Lightning Lad
Saturn Girl
Cosmic Boy
Phantom Girl
Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel
Colossal Boy
Chameleon Boy
Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg)
Supergirl
Brainiac 5
Star Boy (not active at time of PP and KK’s joining)
Superboy
Sun Boy
Shrinking Violet
Bouncing Boy (not active at time of PP and KK’s joining)
Ultra Boy
Matter-Eater Lad
Mon-El
Element Lad
Lightning Lass/Light Lass
Dream Girl (not active at time of PP and KK’s joining)
Command Kid (villain, only “joined” that story, never for real)
Dynamo Boy (villain, only “joined” that story, never for real)
Size Lad (villain, only “joined” that story, never for real)
Magnetic Kid (villain, only “joined” that story, never for real)
Blackout Boy (villain, only “joined” that story, never for real)
Princess Projectra
Karate Kid
Ferro Lad
Nemesis Kid (villain, only “joined” that story, never for real)
Honorary Members: Jimmy Olsen/Elastic Lad, Pete Ross, and Kid Psycho.
Already In Use:
Possibly. I think the best format for translation the Legion to action would be as a soap opera. That would allow the producers to start with the origin and a small cast and gradually expand the cast and add complex relationships. It would also introduce super-hero comics to a new demographic.
The first 90 minutes could be a really dramatic role call.
What about the super pets? The only ones that come to mind are Krypto and Proty, but unless I’m mistaken they were some sort of auxiliary members too.
They were:
Krypto, the superdog
Streaky, the supercat
Comet, the superhorse
Beppo, the supermonkey
And there were two Protys. The first gave up its life to revive Lightning Lad.
Thank you, Bryan. I had forgotten all about the others. I thought Proty was the coolest. Did Streaky belong to Supergirl? I’m drawing a blank on Comet and Beppo as far as whose pets they were.