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Post by tonebone on May 13, 2022 7:16:07 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. OOO Timberwolf... I forgot about him... I might changed my vote.
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Post by foxley on May 13, 2022 7:18:39 GMT -5
It should come as no surprise to anyone that my no. 1 pick was Dawnstar. My other two were Timber Wolf and an 'other' vote for Blok. I just loved the odd couple friendship those two had in the period when I was reading LSH regularly.
Shadow Lass would have been no. 4.
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Post by spoon on May 13, 2022 8:10:45 GMT -5
It should come as no surprise to anyone that my no. 1 pick was Dawnstar. My other two were Timber Wolf and an 'other' vote for Blok. I just loved the odd couple friendship those two had in the period when I was reading LSH regularly.
Shadow Lass would have been no. 4.
Dawnstar was a character I was seriously considering for my third pick.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 13, 2022 11:27:47 GMT -5
No love for Tyroc, I see.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 11:33:45 GMT -5
No love for Tyroc, I see. I like Tyroc actually, I think they could have done a lot more to fully develop the character and always wish that they had during that era. Plus, he had the coolest little "boot shoes"!
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 11:45:46 GMT -5
Shadow Lass emerging as one of the most popular...I always had a hard time going from the 70's: To this in the 80's:
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Post by dbutler69 on May 13, 2022 11:52:59 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. Yeah, I love Blok Tellus, and Gates, too! I considered Saturn Girl, Phantom Girl, Shadow Lass, Karate Kid, and Timber Wolf too. Too darn many great choices!
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Post by dbutler69 on May 13, 2022 11:59:12 GMT -5
Shadow Lass emerging as one of the most popular...I always had a hard time going from the 70's: To this in the 80's: Ugh, don't remind me. The costume is hideous, but at least the "whiteface" didn't last long.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 12:13:15 GMT -5
This topic has brought back memories. In 1991, London Editions Magazines were the licensee for DC reprints in the UK (they were owned by Egmont). At the time, they were reprinting post-Crisis stuff, but they started a title called Heroes, which was going to focus on pre-Crisis stuff. Tragically, it only ran for 8 issues. It featured some LSH reprints, that was my first experience of them. Here’s one Heroes cover:
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Post by Duragizer on May 15, 2022 0:11:14 GMT -5
- Dawnstar
- Dream Girl
- Laurel Kent (other)
I'm not a fan of the Legion, so I just picked the three female characters I find the sexiest.
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Post by james on May 16, 2022 9:06:26 GMT -5
NO BLOC? I realize I may be the only one who would vote for him.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 9:46:47 GMT -5
NO BLOC? I realize I may be the only one who would vote for him. Blok is actually pretty popular I think, he's been mentioned a few times by others as well! I cut off the list to pre-1980 publication date induction just because the list was getting long. Totally knew that would put some great team members in the "Other" bucket. He's definitely a favorite of mine as well too, though as others have mentioned, just 3 choices is pretty tough when you have so many great Legionnaires to pick from.
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Post by berkley on May 16, 2022 11:08:38 GMT -5
I must have seen at least one Legion comic as a smaller kid because I vaguely remember liking Timber Wolf and also thinking the symbol on Ultra Boy's costume was neat and wondering what it meant.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 11:28:06 GMT -5
I must have seen at least one Legion comic as a smaller kid because I vaguely remember liking Timber Wolf and also thinking the symbol on Ultra Boy's costume was neat and wondering what it meant. I don't know the meaning of the symbol on Ultra Boy's costume but agree it always looked cool. It reminds me of when he debuted in Superboy #98 and was accompanied by the "Legion Adviser" Marla, I always thought it was interesting that Marla wore a similar costume but with a different take on the symbol. Likewise remember wondering if there was some meaning/significance!
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Post by james on May 16, 2022 11:46:48 GMT -5
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