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Post by EdoBosnar on May 12, 2022 11:37:19 GMT -5
Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl and Shadow Lass because, together with Night Girl from the Substitutes, I've always wanted them to be the germ of a spin-off or break-away team of Legionnaires that would roam the galaxy in a spaceship as roving heroes for hire and have swashbuckling adventures (And I've wanted something like that ever since that story arc in which Ultra Boy was presumed dead but actually had amnesia and fell in with a band of space pirates).
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2022 13:16:34 GMT -5
The third, Phantom Girl, makes my list solely on her sexy Dave Cockrum redesign (I'm a sucker for ponytails and bellbottoms). I was just posting about the Imperial Guard from X-Men over in the "Photocopy" heroes thread (which I've been enjoying quite a bit!), but this brings to mind how Cockrum emulated the look again in his design for PG's equivalent, Astra:
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2022 13:23:11 GMT -5
Love how Invisible Kid’s super power is described as ‘super-invisibility’, as opposed to, you know, just plain old regular invisibility… "It's like...how much more invisible could he be? And the answer is none. None more invisible."
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2022 13:28:32 GMT -5
Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl and Shadow Lass because, together with Night Girl from the Substitutes, I've always wanted them to be the germ of a spin-off or break-away team of Legionnaires that would roam the galaxy in a spaceship as roving heroes for hire and have swashbuckling adventures (And I've wanted something like that ever since that story arc in which Ultra Boy was presumed dead but actually had amnesia and fell in with a band of space pirates). I was just re-reading that story arc a couple of weeks ago...love the concept and your character choices, I would definitely read that! Who would you pick as your creative team if you could go back in time and pick anybody?
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 12, 2022 14:03:23 GMT -5
(...) Who would you pick as your creative team if you could go back in time and pick anybody? Levitz as writer, obviously, and probably Pat Broderick and Bruce Patterson doing the art. Or maybe James Sherman, with say, Bob McLeod on inks.
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Post by tonebone on May 12, 2022 15:05:10 GMT -5
Brainiac 5 for the consistent conceited personality. Wildfire for the cool look and the pathos. Phantom Girl for the Cockrum costume.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 12, 2022 15:31:12 GMT -5
I can only choose 3?! You inhuman monster! It's like choosing my favorite child!
Whew, anyway, I chose Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, and Other for...Quislet! Brainiac 5 because I like smart characters, plus he's interesting. I really think Cham took off as a character perhaps during the Levitz run. He really showed some mad detetctive skillz, plus he's leader of the Legion Espionage Squad, and the Espionage Squad is cool! Quislet because he's fun, fun, fun! Plus his powers are interesting.
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Post by spoon on May 12, 2022 17:29:25 GMT -5
I can only choose 3?! You inhuman monster! It's like choosing my favorite child! This. It's a difficult choice. As someone with a Quislet avatar, I also chose Other for Quislet. I was sure I wanted Shadow Lass for another pick. My third choice could've gone like 8 different ways, but I went with Phantom Girl. I'm assuming the choices that get lumped in as Other were based on date of first appearance. Some of the later members who often had less human appearances - like Blok, Quislet, Tellus, and Gates - are very distinctive and some are probably more beloved than others that among the named poll choices.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2022 17:54:59 GMT -5
I can only choose 3?! You inhuman monster! It's like choosing my favorite child! This. It's a difficult choice. As someone with a Quislet avatar, I also chose Other for Quislet. I was sure I wanted Shadow Lass for another pick. My third choice could've gone like 8 different ways, but I went with Phantom Girl. I'm assuming the choices that get lumped in as Other were based on date of first appearance. Some of the later members who often had less human appearances - like Blok, Quislet, Tellus, and Gates - are very distinctive and some are probably more beloved than others that among the named poll choices. I know...I'm feeling the same thing guys and I'm the one who created this survey! Yeah, I cut it off by pre-1980 membership because the list was getting long. Some of my other favorites not directly listed are Blok, White Witch, Invisible Kid II, and Quislet. And you're right, Tellus and Gates are awesome too! Part of me even wants to give a shout out to Chemical King who never fully got his due but went out as a hero, and I love Matter-Eater Lad for the reason others have mentioned, I could go on forever. My top "3" probably needs to be more like top 15-20. However, to put a positive spin on this (and deflect from my shortcomings on options!)...isn't this just a testament to how awesome the Legion really is?? On Phantom Girl's Bronze Age costume, I remember as a little kid an aspect of that jumping out at me (I started reading the Legion during the Earthwar)...you could just wear pants as a superhero?! I had thought there was a rule everything was a bodysuit and boots up until that point!
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Post by Farrar on May 12, 2022 19:37:39 GMT -5
My 3 favorites are Light Lass, Saturn Girl--loved that she was an early leader--and Dream Girl. I liked Light Lass's back story and how she came to the Legion and her connections to Garth and Mekt and Timber Wolf; also really liked her costume and the blue-orange-white color scheme. And I've always liked characters with psychic powers, so SG and DG fit that bill. A close fourth would be Princess Projectra; she and Karate Kid were one of my favorite comic book couples.
While I've read the Archives, many trade collections, etc., my choices are based on these characters' incarnations from the Curt Swan/Win Mortimer/Jim Shooter era, along with the even older stuff from John Forte/Edmond Hamilton/Jerry Siegel et al.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 12, 2022 21:11:32 GMT -5
Wildfire, Timber Wolf and Mon-El. I started reading the series (off and on) as they killed off Chemical King and Cosmic Boy was running around in a corset, under Mike Grell. Wildfire was always a strong character, one of the more unique looks and more personality than most and a great visual. Timber Wolf was always a cool character and he went up several notches when Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen turned him into a super badass hand-to-hand fighter, when he fought on the Khund homeworld. Mon-El was always a character I enjoyed and I liked the simplicity of his costume and the reversing of Superboy/Man's coloring (red dominant, with blue highlights).
As for creative team, it would be Levitz and Mike Grell, with Levitz, Giffen (before swiping from Jose Munoz) and Larry Mahlstedt as a second choice.
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Post by berkley on May 12, 2022 23:09:42 GMT -5
I voted Shadow Lass, Princess Projectra, and Dream Girl but I'd really have to re-read some Legion comics to say for sure. The only big run I've read is the Great Darkness Saga and that was such a long time ago that I don't recall much about the individual characters or even how I liked them at the time. So it comes down to:
1. I think that Shadow Lass has a great character design, visually 2. I like the name Princess Projectra and the fact that she's an actual princess 3. Dream Girl - I just googled some Legion images and I liked the look of the character
Pretty lame, I know. Net time I read the Great Darkness or any other Legion comics I'll see if any other characters strike me in any way.
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Post by Confessor on May 13, 2022 0:04:05 GMT -5
I was never really much of a Legion fan, but a good friend of mine as a kid loved the series, so I picked up a certain amount of what was going on in the book from him. I've probably read no more than three issues of LOSH in my life. That said, the characters that stood out to me or were favourites of my friend Darryl, were Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and the decidedly sexy Shadow Lass.
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Post by Dizzy D on May 13, 2022 3:50:42 GMT -5
I have added Ultra Boy for having a weird origin (being swallowed by a space whale), Princess Projectra for being a good character and Other (Gates to be specific). Never saw this confirmed anywhere, but Gates must be a nod to Cockrum's Nightcrawler initially being intended to be a DC hero. right?
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Post by tonebone on May 13, 2022 7:14:49 GMT -5
I can only choose 3?! You inhuman monster! It's like choosing my favorite child! Whew, anyway, I chose Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, and Other for...Quislet! Brainiac 5 because I like smart characters, plus he's interesting. I really think Cham took off as a character perhaps during the Levitz run. He really showed some mad detetctive skillz, plus he's leader of the Legion Espionage Squad, and the Espionage Squad is cool! Quislet because he's fun, fun, fun! Plus his powers are interesting. If you choose Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel, you get bonus members.
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