When I did, it was in the middle of the DnA run of the reboot. I fancy the "Dream Crime" storyline had just started. Anyway, I snarfed up a whole batch of back issues and was able to get myself up to speed without too much trouble.
But one thing that would have really helped me was the answer to this question: who all is in the Legion of Super-Heroes these days?
I couldn't find an answer anywhere. There was no list in the comics; there was no definitive list online.
So when, at the dawn of the threeboot, I launched Legion Abstract, one thing I wanted to make sure I did was provide a list of current Legionnaires.
I haven't updated it since the fourboot came along; I was waiting for Bendis and Sook to come up with some kind of handy reference. They haven't. So I'm doing what I can.
Here's what I'm drawing on. I have Superman #14, but not Superman #15 (my comic shop sold out of it). I have both issues of Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium. I don't have Doomsday Clock, although I will refer to it once. And I have Legion of Super-Heroes v8 #1-6. I'm going to be going through all of these and see what information about the Legion roster we can regard as established. Squinting at Frichtman tags and so on. I won't provide footnotes, but I will hold myself to the standard of, I won't put anything in there that wasn't on the page someplace.
If you can come up with something I missed, please let me know in the comments. Anything with a question mark is something that needs to be confirmed.
(Note: Bendis and Sook seem to be mostly playing it conventional when it comes to the Legionnaires' real names and home planets. Anything like that that I leave out of this list, it's not that I'm doubting that what we all think is the answer is the answer. I'm just saying, here's what we know that we know.)
Legionnaire | Name | Planet | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Blok | Blok | Dryad | |
Bouncing Boy | Charles Foster Taine | Earth | |
Brainiac 5 | Querl Dox | Colu | |
Chameleon Boy | Reep Daggle | ||
Colossal Boy | Gim Allon | Earth | |
Computo | Computo | n/a? | |
Cosmic Boy | Rokk Krinn | Braal | |
Dawnstar | Dawnstar Gr'Ell | Starhaven | I hate the "Gr'Ell" thing |
Dr. Fate | |||
Dream Girl? | Nura Nal | Naltor | |
Element Lad | Jan Arrah | Trom | |
Entropy Kid | pink and purple uniform, alien, long skull; name revealed on Reddit | ||
Ferro Lad | Andrew Nolan | ||
Gold Lantern | Kala Lour | ||
Invisible Kid | Lyle | in LSH:Millennium #2; edited to Jacques in later printings? | |
Invisible Kid II | Jacques Foccart | Earth or Kit-Son | in LSH #5; it's not clear what the deal is with the Invisible Kids |
Karate Kid | Val | ||
Light Lass? | May not be the same person as Lightning Lass; it's not clear. Is there a Light Lass? | ||
Lightning Lad | Garth Ranzz | Winath | |
Lightning Lass | Ayla Ranzz | Winath | Not 100% sure she's a Legionnaire, but she does have a flight ring |
Matter-Eater Lad? | |||
Mon-El | Lar Gand | Daxam or New Krypton | |
Monster Boy | Arune Singh | Tor-Etto | |
Phantom Girl | Tinya Wazzo | Bgztl | |
Princess Projectra? | Wilimena Morgana Daergina Annaxandra Projectra Velorya Vauxhall | Orando | |
Radius Lad | name revealed on Reddit; don't remember seeing him in the comic book | ||
Saturn Girl | Imra Ardeen | Titan | |
Shadow Lass | Tasmia Mallor | Talok VIII | |
Shrinking Violet? | |||
Soultaker | has only appeared in Doomsday Clock | ||
Star Boy | |||
Sun Boy? | |||
Superboy | Jon Kent | Earth | |
Timber Wolf | Brin Londo | Zuun | |
Thorn | Rose Forrest | Earth | officially the Legion's liaison to the UP; not necessarily a regular Legionnaire |
Triplicate Girl | Luornu Durgo | Cargg | |
Ultra Boy | Jo Nah | Rimbor | |
unknown | |||
White Witch | Mysa Nal or Xola Aq | Naltor or Zerox | |
Wildfire | Drake Burroughs | Earth | |
X-Ray Girl | green-suited skeleton; name revealed on Reddit |
We definitely need a chart with pictures and maybe a one sentence summary of each Legionnaire at this point.
ReplyDeleteThe new Element Lad appears to be this green skinned guy, so I'm still assuming the skeleton is Chemical Person.
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jan_Arrah_(Post-Rebirth)
I also have to admit I kind of like the Gr'll thing, but I like little wink-nudge homages like that. Turning her natural wings into some kind of energy thing annoys me more.
Yeah, we have confirmation on Element Lad; no problem there.
ReplyDeleteI'm okay with the wings. It does make her more of a standard human with a superpower than a futuristic humanoid, but oh well.