Hey Everyone! As many of you know, I worked for a long time on a project about the history of the LMBP. What started off as a project about LMB continuity became a much larger project about the history of the group as a whole, the change in message boards over the years and the growth of the group from how it started to what it is now. During the last three or four years, I’ve had a few threads on the MMB trying to gather this info, and then a draft thread here in bits, before finally completing the finished product, A Written History of the LMBP over in the Enclopedia Galactica forum of Legion World.
This history covers the very beginning of the LMBP in March 2000 all the way until roughly October of 2004 (the start of Kid Prime’s term). Within it covers what the LMBP is, what it means, how its changed and the actual very beginnings of Legion World.
However, as you can tell, the history is quite incomplete in that it does not have anything after 10/2004, including the whole cadre of new LMBers that have arrived since then. So I now plan on doing a second addition, which would continue along the timeline to at least the modern era of Fat Cramer’s term, which will assuredly be over by the time I get here.
This is usually a tremendous amount of work, but I enjoy it, and I’m pretty sure no one knows the ins and outs of LMB continuity as well as me, or even close to the way I do
But this will be the DRAFT thread, so I implore anyone reading along to offer your own memories of things, correct me when I’m wrong or inaccurate and provide me with your own insight to past events. I can hardly remember everything, and although I will go search through old threads, so many have been bumped over the years that I may not find one that’s needed. I think I’ll be pretty okay for awhile, but know already ahead of time that LMB Infinite Crisis will be a headache for example.
Two disclaimers (1) All history, no matter what anything may think otherwise, is influenced by the author’s own agenda, and all the best history makes no attempt to hide this. The same will be here. You can say I’m quite pro-LMB.
(2) I generally remember things better that affected me directly or I was involved in personally. So if I don’t include something and you feel I should, well, then its *your* duty to point that out to me! I would greatly appreciate it and look forward to it.
Where we left off Here is the final post in the timeline, though I recommend reading the entire section before it (from the top of the page down) to catch up on where we were. The Outdoor Miner/Reboot era had just come to an end, and a period of immense activity, which I would say was the most active the LMB or Legion World ever has been in its history, was starting to wind down.
- Cobie
Let’s begin…
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part I: Changing of the Times
During the previous two administrations, from roughly April 2004 to the end of September 2004, Legion World and the LMB saw a time of such immense activity that it can generally be remembered as the most active posting either has ever seen in their history, at least at this date of August, 2007. There were so many posts each day on the MMB, that entire new threads would be pushed to page two, so that a poster looking to catch up would have to reread all the last posts on page two and page one in order to do so. There was also a variety of different posters that had become active on the Mission Monitor Board, and thus directly to the LMB mythos, including relatively new posters that were quickly becoming so immersed in the LMB mythos that they were hardly new (Future, Kent Shakespeare, High Priestess Viviane, RTVU, etc.), older posters from past LMB years (Princess Crujectra, Cobalt Kid, Poverty Lad, etc.) and then the Legion World mainstays that helped initially give Legion World’s MMB so much traffic. There were no less than 30 very active posters on the Mission Monitor Board at any given day during this time, with a handful of about a dozen with immense posts. As previously mentioned, a few examples are Abin Quank, Loser Lad and the High Priestess Viviane’s post counts soaring up by 3,000 or 4,000 posts within a matter of two months. MLLASH and Lightning Lad were hitting astronomical numbers at the time, approaching 10,000, which was previously unheard of. These were also not due to threads were rampant posting was being done for the sake of post-counts, which had long been turned off, but just normal examples of how the sheer amount of posting was reflected by the large post counts of the active posters of this era. Much more obvious was the fact that the previous month, September 2004, was Titans Month, a time when Legion World celebrated the Titans/Legion crossover by having a variety of Titans inspired threads, avatars and usernames, which created an amazing amount of posting and activity on both the Legion forum and the MMB. This event was so successful that the sheer traffic in September 2004 was astounding at the time, and the enthusiasm for Legion World itself hitting a tremendous high.
However, around November 2004, this would all begin to change. Proving once again that there is a cyclical nature to posting activity on message boards, the incredible explosion of posts during this time was naturally followed by a lull for quite a few months thereafter. While November showed a steady decline, December was even more so, and then the early months of 2005 hit an all time low of posting activity on quite a lot of Legion World forums, but particularly the MMB. There are many reasons for this, the most obvious being the notion that there is almost always an annual slowing down of posting during the Winter months though the exact reasons of that aren’t one hundred percent clear. Also, after such a period of immense posting, there would naturally be an inclination to slow down, as not everyone could keep up such a rabid pace, and some might be slightly burnt out. Most likely, quite a lot of Legion World mainstays within the LMB shifted there interest towards the variety of other forums on Legion World, which often happens after a period of such activity, shifting back towards analyzing and discussing the actual Legion comic books or other hobbies. There also appears to be some truth in the notion that people became genuinely busy with other things at relatively the same time. It also should be mentioned that during this time, there were two unfortunate incidents where some posters became problematic or some posters had problems with one another, both resulting in moderator involvement. The goal of this narrative is not to discuss the awful aspects of the past but to move on, and they hardly relate to LMB history at all, so I see no reason to focus on them. The immediate side effect, however, was a decrease in posting activity among specific posters on Legion World who were temporarily dismayed by this. Whatever the case, a very acute trend of a slow-down in posting began to occur during this time period, though not quite apparent at the beginning of Kid Prime’s run, but definitely there by its end.
One of the most obvious characteristics of this trend was a decrease in posting by quite a lot of mainstay LMB posters on the LMB (and I generally refer to the ones that continually contribute to the LMB mythos). While there was still a steady influx of new blood, many of the major posters of the previous half year decreased their time on the MMB and Legion World significantly. Two to do so, were actual the LMB deputy leader, Ultra Matt (the Boy with Ultra Powers), and then later, Kid Prime, the LMB leader. By far not the first to ever do so, this happened at a time however, when the general posting among the LMB was down anyway, combined with the fact that there had been some trouble on the previous three LMB elections (which will be covered later in this narrative). The effect was that there was not another election and the precise date for the end of this term becomes murky. All of that will be dealt with at the end of this section. But it further underlines a changing of the times.
It should be noted, however, that a decrease in LMB activity did not necessarily mean a decrease in Legion World activity. If anything, the Legion forum saw an increase of activity during this time, as many posters that previously had been a major presence on the MMB began posting there more often. This shift in interest, of course, generally meant new posters on Legion World would be more inclined to go there first rather than the MMB, which meant less emphasis on LMB-type matters. Similar things happened in Dr. Gym’lls and the Anywhere Machine. Such shifts remain interesting to see trends on posting activity in the forums over the years.
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part II: Life on Legion World
The Legion Forum The Threeboot Legion During this time, in the Fall of 2004, the first solicitations for the new Legion comic began to come out, and then the series itself first appeared. Of course rampant speculation and then reviews ensued, as Legion World geared up to see what the new Legion was all about. Immediately, the moniker ‘threeboot’ came into use, following the previous internet creation of ‘reboot’. Also, the term ‘WaK’, implying ‘Waid/Kitson’ was created by Legion World, similar to how the old DCMBs (and the very first LMBers) created the term ‘DnA’ to infer ‘Dan Abbet and Andy Lanning’.
The Mission Monitor Board MMB Directory Though she left soon after its creation, the poster Myriad began a thread attempting to be a directory for the Mission Monitor Board. This thread serves as a good way to navigate some of the active threads during 2004 on the MMB, though it remains relatively incomplete.
Discontinuation of old trends and decrease in posting - As mentioned previously, there was a high decrease in posting in the MMB during this time period. It should also be noted that there was a decrease in various trends as well. For example, statue threads were discontinued (as mentioned below) and also during this time welcome threads became less prevalent. Other threads continued in the MMB, some even being replicated, such as ‘Inane Type’ threads and ‘Supergirl Robot’ threads, but none were common enough to be labeled a ‘trend’.
Bits O’ Legionnaire Business Future's Bumper Stickers – Though it began roughly at the end of Outdoor Miner’s term, the beginning of Kid Prime’s term saw one of the most creative onslaughts of genius in the Bits section of Legion World, begun by Future. Throughout a very long thread, Future created a series of marketing bumper stickers that highlighted various LMBers, LMB events, Legion World aspects, Alt IDs and other things, each more ingenious than the next.
The LMB in Comic Book Form – During this time, Faraway Lad commissioned a brilliant LMB comic featuring Faraway Lad, Lard Lad and Cobalt Kid, and Legion World was able to see what an LMB comic book might look like.
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part III: Anecdotes during Outdoor Miner’s Term
- Kid Prime and Ultra Matt assume their positions as LMB leader and Deputy Leader. Faraway Lad is reinstated as Ambassador to Faraway lands For Life.
- The ongoing Schism between the Security Office and the LMB Leadership that was prevalent throughout the previous Outdoor Miner/Reboot term officially comes to an end, as Kid Prime extends the offer to work hand in hand with the Office of Security, if it will work with him. However, there is some degree of hard feelings between Reboot and his old supporters and the Office of Security, notably Cobalt Kid.
Kid Prime creates the The Metroplex, his mobile headquarters, which is large enough to house the entire LMB if need be. The Metroplex also has the ability to become a full-on fighting transformer in case of dire emergency.
The old Governmental Building of Reboot and Outdoor Miner is turned into “The Mainframe of the Reboot”, and Outdoor Miner’s old campaign headquarters is turned into “OM's Pool Hall”
New member ParisCub joins the LMB.
A Statue of Futureis erected by the Triumvirate in response to his enormous participation within LMB public life in recent months. Future continues to be highly active during this time.
Tiffany Spiffany begins spending the majority of her time on Legion World. She becomes fast friends with Space Tart.
Eryk Davis Ester and Cobalt Kid bump a vast amount of ‘Outdoor Miner’ threads, and by proxy create ‘Outdoor Miner’ Day on Legion World. Outdoor Miner just shakes his head and enjoys a drink with Semi-Transparent Fellow at SHAKES.
Many LMBers are still very wary of Lucifer Lass, who now resides on Legion World as head of the Giant Squid Memorial Center for Alt ID Culture. She does little to make them less so.
Kid Vudoo (aka Vu) opens up ‘The Vudoo Lounge ”, which becomes a popular hangout place on Legion World.
Loser Lad continues to train with High Priestess Viviane in minor magic, although he begins to secretly train with Sorceress Morgause also.
Princess Crujectra reopens her old headquarters from when she was the first LMB leader on Legion World, and renames it The Princess Crujectra Center. The Princess Crujectra Center is now dedicated to supporting the arts and culture on Legion World, and is funded by a mixture of public donations and the Crujectra Trust. Included within these walls are theaters and the United Planets Museum, which features exhibits from across the galaxy Both Space Tart and Gigglebot Girl sign on to work as the staff there. One charitable event was the production of the play ‘A HoverCar Named Desire’ which featured Cobalt Kid and Foxy Roxy. Both were nominated for Bucklach’s, resulting in Foxy Roxy winning, although Cobalt was just beat by Kharlack the Khund for his performance in “Springtime for Zaryan”.
Darblieds - The Loser Lad/Morgause/Viviane Saga - The Sorceress Morgause enters Legion World and steals Divine Opal Jannel, who was hidden in Cobalt’s Security Office and journeys to “Darblieds, Realm of the Dark” with her. High Priestess Viviane follows her on her own power to confront her evil sister. There, she learns that Loser Lad has been training with Morgause, although it is apparent that Loser Lad did not realize he was betraying her. The previous Abin Quank/Viviane affair only serves to heighten the situation.
- Morgause kills Viviane! In a show of her magical strength, however, Viviane is able to transfer her power and the divine spirit of her Goddess into her baby daughter Opal. As a result, Divine Opal Janell suddenly ages to her mid-teens, and is able to claim this power. A sorceress of her own, Opal is able to beat back Morgause and trap her for a brief period in Darblieds.
- Opal and Loser Lad return to Legion World, to a confused and shocked LMB, as Cobalt Kid, Future and Outdoor Miner try to figure out what happened. A lingering animosity exists between Opal and Loser Lad, for Loser’s seduction to evil magic. Loser Lad swears off all magic. Cobalt Kid, feeling guilty of Opal being stolen from his office, offers her a job at the Security Office and a place to stay. Opal joins the LMB officially, and then journeys to the Holy Island of Avalon to assume her role as Priestess there. Legion World officially meets High Queen Igraine and Morgaine of the Fairies for the first time.
Cobalt Kid creates The Third Great Statue of Cobalt Kid as a joke on Lash Lad and Loser Lad, who subsequently lock it up so the public cannot view it—the joke was on Cobalt Kid.
Former LMBer Yellow Kid returns to the fold after a lengthy absence! Finally journeying to Legion World, he quickly jumps back into the fray of being an LMBer and becomes a very active member. Various members of the reformed Primary Colors Gang also try to work their way into Legion World society.
Princess Crujectra creates ‘ Founders' Park’, a beautiful piece of property that celebrates the Founders of the LMB (Lash Lad, LardLad, Cobalt Kid, Tsarin Kid, Shadowplay in Candlelight Lass, Engine Joe) and the Founders of Legion World (Lightning Lad, Nightcrawler, Saturn Girl, Kid Prime). This was received with rave reviews, although a large public outcry from the citizens of Legion World, including both LMB founders and Legion World founders, asked that a bridge be erected between the two in the honor of Princess Crujectra, in honor of her symbolic position as a ‘bridge’ between the LMB and Legion World and her relative founder status of both.
The Five Richest inhabitants of Legion World band their fortunes together and buy up the majority of un-bought land, roughly 84.6% of commercial and private real-estate (that can be sold, that is, not the direct property of the Legion World founders). This includes the three Triumvirs, Princess Crujectra and the Spiffany family. Thus, The Real Estate Offices of Ester, Greybird, Cobaltus, Jectra and Spiffany officially open, with the new initiative to encourage new ventures, build the economy and continue to spread the borders of the great cities. The Farming community, an essential part of the Legion World economy is rightly taken into account and kept virile. Tiffany Spiffany becomes the official Spiffany representative at the office. Eryk Davis Ester’s construction company “The Architecture Company for Museums, Statues and Wondrous Architecture is the advised company to use, while the Legion World Bank (owned by Princess Crujectra and Cobalt Kid) offers better loan services for these new ventures. Grey Birdboy’s Transportation business is given a considerable discount.
The opening of the new real estate offices does not find all of Legion World pleased, however, as Reboot and others begin to wonder about even more power, this time economical, being placed I the hands of the Triumvirate and their closest allies.
Roughly around this time, there was a decrease in posting from Space Ranger, Stoopid Cat and Pagan Lass.
The Emerald Empress continues to be a deep-cover operative for the Security Office on far off missions. Though this causes her to not be an active LMBer, it provides invaluable service. Queen Connie, who also had retired to private life for a time, watched her estate. Both the Empress and Queen Connie remained Reserve LMBers.
Opal Rising - The Second Part of the Opal/Morgause Story - After a brief time of Divine Opal Jannel being an active LMBer, Sorceress Morgause breaks free of Darbields, and once again challenges Opal.
- At roughly the same time, Future and Outdoor Miner find themselves transported below Legion World in the sewers via Stoopid Cat’s terrasact. Space Ranger suddenly finds himself also down there. The three end up battling a magical monster. In the end, they are transported to a dark realm, which they learn is Darbields, realm of the Dark.
- Following Opal Jannel, Cobalt Kid, the Red Bee and Matlock journey to Darbields to help her.
- After some problems along the way, they all meet up for a showdown with Morgause. A lengthy battle ensues—in the end, Opal steps in. In order to defeat Morgause, she gives up her life, but in doing so, is able to resurrect High Priestess Viviane, who may live again! Thus, Opal Janell dies and Viviane lives. The Heroes return to Legion World and Viviane distraughtly decides to retire to the Holy Isle of Avalon. She strips Legion World of the Holy Isle of Avalon and opens up the Avalon Liason Office in its place. She considers asking KinetixZoeGreen (the former LMBer) to run this Office, but decides on a sentient named Pizzazz. Pizazz journeys to Legion World and joins the LMB, though they are reluctant to have her so do, since she is a hothead. Pizazz is joined by her allies Rapture and Minx.
Looking for someone to help run his army, the Triumvir Eryk Davis Ester enlists the help of Pizzazz as his Primus Pilus (aka ‘First Spear’, the second in charge). She begins helping him restructure his armies.
Ultra Matt, worried about his increasing absences, considers giving up his Deputy Leader Status. Immediately, the various LMBers convince him not to, telling him they’d rather he serve his term when he could, rather than step down.
Empresses, Kings and Heroes? - Faraway Lad finally reveals some of the secrets that led to how he became Ambassador to Faraway Places, a position he holds for life, during STU’s term as LMB leader. One version of how Cobalt Kid became Chief of Security for Life is included within the story, though the much larger story remains mysterious.
New member Ferro Boy appears on Legion World and quickly joins the LMB. He becomes rather prominent very quickly and immerses himself in a variety of the art reviews that the LMB is involved in.
Lucifer Lass interacts with Pizzazz, Minx and Rapture on a more regular basis, furthering the worries of the LMB. Faraway Lad, Kid Prime and others look on waiting for something horrible to happen—but surprisingly, it never does.
The Triumvirs show their newest statue, “The Collosus of Prude”, a tribute to Mearl Dox, who had recently become very prominent in recent months. Meal Dox continued to be very active in the LMB, while secretly, her true nature remained mysterious, only that she was somehow active on a much larger scale than Legion World and the LMB.
”The Statue Controversy of 3004” - Statue-Making is relatively discontinued after a discussion with other members of the LMB. Although things become heated initially, the Legion World Founders were able to intervene and bring a pleasant solution to the table. The Triumvirs decide to direct their funds to other operations, including securing the rights to various monuments and classical art throughout the galaxy.
- Myriad takes a leave of absence.
Hrun the Barbarian leaves on his Dragon Boats with his army to scour the universe once more, feeling the constant drive to do so. They enter the Barbarian Horde galaxies that once plagued the LMB and give the inhabitants there a taste of their own medicine. Staying in touch with his two close friends Varalent and Cobalt Kid, Hrun steps down as an active member of the LMB.
Eryk Davis Ester takes a very brief absence and his new Primus Pilus Pizzazz leads his armies for a brief period of time. He returns shortly.
Alt IDs as a whole are largely unseen for a time starting at this point, as they begin to spend time building new lives for themselves now that the longstanding hostilities that were left over from the Alt ID Rebellion have begun to be rubbed out.
Two major members of the LMB and Legion World, Lash Lad and Lightning Lad, become so active in promoting the welfare of the community, that they find themselves opening up to an all-new cosmic awareness that many citizens will never reach. It is called ‘Time Trapper Status’, and they are able to see the universe in a whole new light. Note – at this time, both MLLASH and Lightning Lad became the first two members of Legion World to reach Time Trapper status, aka 10,000 posts, and did so at the same time together.
Space Tart and Ferro Boy become close friends, as she tries to turn him to ‘her’ side, despite his normal preferences.
Mearl Dox finally reveals her secret to the LMBP and announces that she is Supreme Ruler of the Universe to the LMB, and they quickly come to realize that she actually is. Many quickly accept this notion and enjoy hanging out with Her Supremeness. Though some initially doubt this claim, she quickly proves this to them by revealing her homemade cupcakes, the most pleasing form of food in all of existence. Though Mearl’s temperament is usually extremely light-hearted and playful, the LMB learn that she is not without wrath, as she frequently fires her enemies through a cannon into the sun.
The High Priestess Viviane and the Royal Family of Avalon are successful in fighting back the Primal Force that drove them away from Legion World in the first place. She and her family return, and the Holy Isle of Avalon once again enter Legion World, floating above it. High Priestess Viviane rejoins the LMB and the Security Office—as she has not been seen since she was murdered by Morgause. Pizzazz steps down from the LMB and returns to her home with Rapture and Minx, closing down the Avalon Liaison office, as it is no longer needed.
Cobalt Kid becomes entranced with the idea of creating a Supergirl Robot. He has one built immediately, and it quickly falls in love with him.
High Priestess Viviane meets with Loser Lad and the two have a much needed heart to heart. She forgives him for his indirect betrayal and the two remain close friends. Loser Lad swears off all magic forever.
Semi-Transparent Fellow, Harbinger and Outdoor Miner notice that Cobalt’s Supergirl Robot become immersed in an alien culture that makes has the custom that she must wear a face-covering piece of clothing that he does not understand via his Ggrrggian upbringing. Later, she feels she can no longer love Cobalt Kid, as it is against her customs to be with a man such as him. Thus, their different customs pull them apart.
With Halloween over, Stu changes his Haunted Mansion into ‘Stu’s Surreal Estate’, which attracts many LW patrons. Cobalt Kid and Space Tart move into one of the rooms.
Longtime member of the community and former Deputy Leader of the LMB, He Who Wanders, takes a leave of absence from the LMB, choosing to spend a sabbatical away, wandering around the stars. Sorely missed, he is awaited by the LMB to return for some time.
New LMBer Jorg-Em enters the scene and quickly becomes immersed in a variety of the art review and archive activities the LMB perform. He becomes quite prominent in this aspect. Note – Jorg has generally been a very active poster within the Legion Forum, Gym’lls and the Anywhere Machine forums, though not so much in regards to LMB lore. Thus, I felt it fitting to include him in this timeline, and others with similar posting histories.
Matlock and the Office of Security continued to search for leads on open cases throughout this time, such as the missing gender reversal germs, the mystery of the Lavender Kryptonite used on Cobalt Kid and Eryk Davis Ester and the missing murderer, the Royal Inquisitor, who had previously been responsible for the ‘Chip in Head Tech’ controversy.
Reboot continues to have his differences with some longtime LMBers, and his public feud with Cobalt Kid continues, although the two occasionally show signs of being able to work together. Reboot places a tomato with wheels in the middle of the business section of Legion World to make a point, and it is quickly made a national landmark.
LMBer CJ Taylor, whose identity had caused both mystery and wonder, finally was given a codename, though he remained unaware of it for a time. Enigma became his new call-sign, though most LMBers still just called him by his real name, CJ.
Faraway Lad and Gigglebot Girl continued to be a new shining couple on Legion World, and often the Legion World press reported on them and Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, especially when to compare and contrast with other relationships that seemed to vary from week to week.
Cobalt Kid has another Supergirl Robot built, and this time she does not become enamored with any alien customs. She does, however, become enamored with Cobalt Kid (per her programming), and he becomes found of her. She moves in with Space Tart and Cobalt Kid at “Stu’s Surreal Estate”, although her ‘special’ programming to have father issues, fits of jealousy, problems holding onto money and emotional/dramatic outbursts begin to overstay their welcome. Rumors circulate about ‘one wild night’ between Cobalt, his Supergirl Robot and Giant Robotic Lesbian—although they remain strictly rumors.
Cobalt Kid also has robots created in the image of Captain Marvel Jr. and sent to Ferro Boy and Quislet, Esq.
Danny Blaine returns to Legion World and rejoins the LMB!
Thora takes on a new personality to see how it effects her interacting with the LMB. She ditches the femizazi shtick and becomes a comedian, though many doubt her intentions. However, she sticks to this new change in personality.
New member Lad Boy becomes active within the LMB after joining Legion World. His revealing costume quickly endear him to the majority of LMB membership.
Other new members Brainiac 5, Querl Dox and Lantern Lad become active for a period of time. All stay prominent for awhile, but become less active by the end of Kid Prime’s term.
A few LMBers become less active and are no longer although they continue to appear occasionally: Captain Dallas, Umber and Icefyre.
Towards what would have normally been considered the end of Kid Prime’s term of leader, there was a gradual decline of activity among a great deal of LMBers, including Kid Prime himself. Ultra Matt had already been absent for some time. Other LMBers to decrease their activity were Beagle Boy, Space Tart and Stargazer. Iron Rat (STU) also disappeared from Legion World for a period of time, only rejoining the LMB in times of their most dire need, or otherwise at the most unusual times.
Longtime old LMB member Dedman returns to the fold! He is quickly welcomed by his old friends and reaffirms his moniker as “Cannon-Fodder Kid”. In a show of love, High Priestess Viviane rips his arms off, although Dedman quickly comes back to life.
The Holiday Season once more happens for the LMB. The mistletoe is put back up by StuRat and lots of fun subsequently occurs. Space Tart, Ferro Boy, Lad Boy, Quislet, Cobalt Kid, Viviane, and even Outdoor Miner jump in for the fun! Kent Shakespeare makes an excellent toast.
A Bright Superstar Leaves the Fold – though many LMBers were leaving and decreasing their activity during this time, one stood out among them, because there was a sense of not knowing when he would be back. Future left the LMB during this time to pursue his academic career, and the LMB whished him well, hoping their friend would return to them someday, sooner than later. His rise from a long-time lurker to one of the most active and central members of the LMB was an example of a common theme that occurred with the LMB on Legion World, as he quickly became greatly associated with all things LMB. Eagerly, his return is anticipated.
Shoes, cheese and ?!! In a series of events that seem to warp reality, Harbinger, Abin Quank, Lucien Lad, Stoopid Cat, Faraway Lad and Eryk Davis Ester find themselves in a story constantly changing in a way that causes the eyes and ears to bleed! Note – this was originally an actual tag team story entitled “The All New (Rebooted) Ongoing Tag Team Thread!
With the absence of many LMBers, including the active leader and deputy leader, the LMB became more and more spread out, and most were spending more time on Legion World to deal with day to day issues, fearing that too many away on missions could be dangerous. Still, they got by as normal, pulling extra shifts.
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part IV: The Eight Impossible Super-Missions
Real History During the Fall of 2004 and the Winter of 2004/05, Cobalt Kid planned to create a massive onevision event that followed in the footsteps of the (then ongoing) Grant Morrison ‘Seven Soldiers’ project at DC Comics. This would include eight mini-onevisions, with several interludes, and then one larger onevision at the end. Though three of those onevisions were posted, the rest were never written and the project remained somewhat abandoned. However, a summary of each story, as it would have appeared, was finally posted in the Bits section, here. The purpose of this event was to give the active roster of LMBers during this time a major part in an adventure during LMB continuity in Kid Prime’s term, because most of the active roster was not participating in the daily LMB continuity and would therefore not be appearing as often in the timeline.
In Continuity: Here is the TPB version of “The Eight Impossible Space Missions”.
Danger Damsel, the former LMB academy student, is about to embark on changes in her life that involve leaving Legion World and the LMB. However, she suddenly come directly into the path of Deathstroke Kid, who is on Legion World, stealing items from the LMB’s Repository of Lost Artifacts. Nightcrawler enters the fray to help her, as there’s only really Nighty and Abin on Legion World among the LMB at this time, after Deathstroke Kid has rendered Ferro Boy, who was on monitor duty, helpless. Further, something is happening at the end that remains unclear—purple flares and the beginning of something much larger on Legion World. Danger Damsel has come a long way since “Villains and Victims”, and has progressed into a confident, tough young woman, after a period in the LMB academy and training by Harbinger and Numf-El. Though not an LMBer, since she has no powers, but she’s someone who actively looks forward to controlling her life, and is sucked into the fray, when Deathstroke Kid attacks. It is here that we first see the beginnings of the Black Sun, which may or may not be a secret society or cult.
While on a return home from a mission, the team of Space Ranger, Reboot, Actor Lad, Outdoor Miner, Cobalt Kid and Kid Vudoo (RTVU) encounter a band of space-pirates looking for food and robbing a very wealthy cargo ship. This leads to an argument between Cobalt Kid & Space Ranger and Reboot & Actor Lad. However, this argument is interrupted by the arrival of Princess Tarina, the princess of Kerissia, whose planet is long at war with Ggrrgg, Cobalt Kid’s home planet. However, it becomes clear that there is dissention on her home planet, because there is no heir apparent, and she must marry. Because her people have technology as such a prevalent part of their lives it is almost to the point of worship, she surprises them by choosing Reboot to be her mate. It is apparent that Tarina is not a bad person, and is essentially stuck being in a bad spot by being Princess to a planet intent on going to war. Suspecting more to this than it seems, the LMBers decide to play along and the ruse eventually ends with Actor Lad being married to Princess Tarina, though it will eventually be rendered illegal. However, the LMB and Tarina soon learn that one of Tarina’s oldest friends, Livia, is actually a Daxamite, who kidnaps her for the Black Sun after a lengthy battle.
Interlude #1 On Earth-4, the SMB Satellite is relatively empty, except for Ratmage and Seahorse, enjoying a nice romantic evening together during monitor duty. Suddenly, they are alerted to something odd—the Beacon from Earth-1 has suddenly gone off! It should usually remain lit at all times, as a symbol of the allegiance between the LMB and the SMB, and a way to transmit messages between groups. Ratmage senses trouble…and SMB leader Seahorse debates on whether a team should be called in to investigate.
Mission 3: The Devourer of Children Future and Grey Birdboy, coming off a recent journey (as well as showing some scenes among the Triumvirate) learn of a mystery that soon begins to unfold as the monstrous creature known as the “Devourer of Children” has made its way to Legion World. The Devourer, formally an enemy of STU, is set on Legion World by the Black Sun, who inform them that Elagabolus resides there—and this would be the first mention that the Black Sun have knowledge of the LMB, Legion World, or even Elagabolus. Future and Grey Birdboy deal with the creature, quickly bringing in High Priestess Viviane for help, given her and Future’s friendship. When even that is still not enough, they get Stu to join them, hoping Viv and Stu’s combined power can drive the creature out. However, the four are effectively removed from Legion World via a magical seal, made by the Devourer, keeping them all in the Green. The Devourer remains undefeated and the battle rages on. Only now, Legion World is further at risk.
Mission 4: Meanwhile with the Diplomats A team of LMBers visits Weber’s World, the hub of intergalactic diplomacy in the United Planets including Princess Crujectra, Lucien Lad, Faraway Lad, Umber, Quislet Esq. and Poverty Lad. Here, a large group of ambassadors and politicians have gathered for the two year anniversary of an attack by a Sun-Eater into a galaxy, which destroyed the sun there, and all the planets within. This was during the period of the Corporate takeover of Earth, LMB Lost and the Barbarian Invasions, when the whole galaxy was in disarray and the LMB were not around to help. Because of Earth’s withdraw, this solar system was virtually left undefended and helpless and billions died. The diplomats have gathered because they want to pay respect to that and hope that maybe they can once again push for peace in the galaxy, despite some large barbarian kingdoms still existing (the ongoing enemy of the Triumvirs) and the evil Corporate Earth where the LMB is outlawed. Princess Crujectra takes the lead as the LMB uncover the enemy, and learns of a group of terrorist attempting to disrupt the proceedings. The LMBers show their stuff, each getting a chance to shine, and then are shocked to see: a massive army invading Weber’s World! It soon becomes clear that the Black Sun is more than just a religious cult—it’s a massive operation with huge numbers of enlisted soldiers, able to create whole armies. And Weber’s World is under attack. At this precise moment, Legion World communication goes down, Livia the Daxamite steals Tarina, the magic-based LMBers are sealed out of LW and the Black Sun’s plan goes into effect.
Interlude #2 The Light Brigade enjoy a fun training session, trying to maneuver in and out of blasts by Boy of 1,000 Feces, the newest member to joint heir squad. Suddenly, Captain Lightbulb breaks into the danger room—and in a panic! “Stand fast Light Brigade!” he yells, “the LMB beacon has just gone off, and that’s never happened before!” As the Light Brigade ponder exactly what they might mean, a newsflash goes off…Weber’s World is being invaded by a massive army of unknown foes.
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part IV: The Eight Impossible Super-Missions (cont’d)
Mission 5: Matlock’s Midnight Mystery! Things seem quiet on Legion World for Matlock, Senior Security Officer—too quiet. A serious of odd, albeit minor events, lead him to connecting together a much larger mystery and puzzle, and through his great skills as a detective, he discovers that things are seriously wrong! A group of sentients have slowly and quietly infiltrated Legion World, and have timed things so that a large portion of the LMB are no longer on planet, off fighting in the Praying Mantis World Civil War. With almost no one on duty, the villain known as Deathstroke Kid has broken into LMB headquarters and stolen the bones of the Forsaken Bard, in the process rendering two LMBers incapacitated, while keeping two more occupied: Nightcrawler and Abin Quank. Further, Grey Birdboy, Future, High Priestess Viviane and Stu, all the remaining active LMBers on Legion World and the magic-users, have been transported off Legion World. Matlock, through computer files and old holo-clips, is able to piece together the gradual growth of the Black Sun, a cult of some sort on the outskirts of UP Space, next to the galaxy that was destroyed two years earlier by a Sun-Eater. A great purple flare has been shot into the sky, and suddenly, a gigantic shield, not allowing anyone in or out of Legion World has surrounded the planet. Matlock is able to peace together a few clues to learn it’s a subversive group called the ‘Black Sun’, and one of their leaders is apparently on the Space-Train with the Bones of the Forsaken Bard. He sends a distress signal warning the far away LMBers of this, and goes out into the city to discover if there is anyone left to help him. It comes down to the other inhabitants of Legion World that aren’t LMBers that might be his only allies: Thora of Taltar! Dr. Mayavale! Lucifer Lass! Cobalt’s Supergirl Robot! Jailbait Lass! Joined also by Dr. One, the last active LMBer on Legion World, they search further for clues and learn the shocking truth: the three most reviled of all banned enemies stand before them, joined with the Black Sun: Meteor Monarch! Conundrum Queen! The Reaper!
Mission 6: Identity Crisis Six LMBers break off from the LMB at large, who are returning from a super-mission in Praying Mantis World, in order to pursue a long-time enemy of the LMB (even though its her first appearance), Nurse Light. Note - This character is based on and looks like Dr. Landro’s Hot Nurse. Lightning Lad, Lash Lad, Space Tart, Fat Cramer, Yellow Kid and the Red Bee are informed that Marvin of the Brood, a Honorary LMBer, has been reported kidnapped, and they are aware of the night Nurse Light kidnapped Cobalt and Invisible Brainiac years past. It appears Marvin may have been murdered. They follow, and soon a huge battle breaks out between the six LMBers and Nurse Light. She mentions rumors of a betrayal within the LMB, but all six scoff, especially the Red Bee. However, the battle is suddenly interrupted by the Black Sun—who appear on the scene. The Black Sun engages the LMB, and then surprise them, capturing Nurse Light themselves, to use as their own hostage. They make mention of a much larger invasion in a three-pronged attack, and of revenge for the Sun-Eater’s destruction, and finally, of something or someone called ‘Sol Invictus’. The LMB chase them down, and are led to the body of Marvin of the Brood. As they check on their ally, he turns to them and blasts them all—betraying them! He announces that he too has converted to the Black Sun, and all six LMBers are taken prisoner. While Yellow Kid calls Marvin traitor and Spacey laments, Fat Cramer wonders if they will be taken to the headquarters of these mysterious enemies…
Interlude #3 LardLad, away from Legion World still, quietly searches for his own answers, though he has been informed to look for word on the boy Elagabolus, following an agreement he made with Cobalt. Word is scarce of a young magic-user with the power to destroy everything. He does learn, however, that another group of people have been asking the same questions he has. Their name was the Black Sun.
Mission 7: Five Tickets for the Space Train Continuing from the 1st Space Mission, a mystery assailant leaves Legion World aboard the space-train, complete with the bones of the Forsaken Bard. Matlock’s signal (from Mission 5) has gone out, and a group of LMBers set out to investigate, unsure of what they’ll find: Eryk Davis Ester, Kent Shakespeare, Harbinger, Varalent and Mearl Dox. On Legion World, as Nightcrawler and Abin Quank attempt to discover the truth to what is happening there, Danger Damsel leaves the sick-bay against their orders, and makes it aboard the last space-train that can leave—before the magical barrier put up in Mission 3 goes into effect! Quickly, she takes a super-Express to Grand Central Space Station, thereby allowing her to cut off the train the mystery man took, so she can hop aboard it, using her super-agility. The group of 5 LMBers find they are being followed by a two men in purple suits reminiscent of the 1950’s (a la ‘North by Northwest), causing Harbinger to beat them senseless, and Mearl to utter the classic phrase “What is this, Grand Central Space Station?”. Up ahead, Kent and Vee discover the mystery assailant: what appears to be the leader of the Black Sun! His name is Caracalla, and he is super-smart, devious and cunning, Caracalla calmly tells them they can sit and join him for lunch. He then explains the origin of the Black Sun: Two years earlier, the World at large became embroiled in a tide of disarray and turbulence. Internally, the UP faced division, as Earth ceded from the UP, now controlled by the Corporation there. Externally, Barbarian hordes invaded space all over, conquering planets, killing millions, and almost destroying the advanced civilization they had known for so long. Eryk counters saying they know all this—indeed, much of the LMB’s story the last two years has been a reaction to this. Nightcrawler and Lightning Lad formed Legion World, and the LMB came to live there, forming a much larger conglomeration of heroes, since the Corporations of Earth were no friends to the LMB. Further, the very existence of the LMB Triumvirate is to battle the barbarian hordes, which, for the most part, have been relatively successful in pushing them back to their original boundaries, and liberating the conquered planets. True, says Caracalla. But, during the time of great turmoil, the time when the universe was at its lowest, the LMB was no where in sight. They had done nothing. Vee explains to him that the LMB was lost! Stuck in the Anti-matter universe, they had no way of helping. Indeed, many of them like himself, were separated for some time from their allies. Caracalla laughs in disbelief. He points to the events two years ago this day, when a Sun-Eater entered the Tharcarthian Galaxy, in within mere hours, snuffed out the sun. Trillions, upon trillions, of sentients died. The death and destruction was on so massive a scale, that it was impossible to comprehend. Earth did nothing to help, not even offering aid, content to let their corporate growth make them independent. The UP had become useless, and was too busy saving what they could, building Weber’s World to house their diplomats, and attempts to stop the Barbarian Hordes. And the LMB was gone. One man did not die. An astronaut, spending his time studying the Tharcarthian sun was right at the epicenter of the chaos, and watched with his own eyes as the Sun-Eater devoured his galaxy. He closed his eyes and wished his death would come quickly. And it never came. The man’s name is a memory, lost to time. But when he awoke, he felt something truly amazing—undoubtedly a miracle from the old gods, sending him immense power to make the universe pay for its lack of help. He had been imbued with the entire power of a sun itself…of a million suns. He could destroy all who stood by and watched. He was Sol Invictus. The Unconquered Sun. The Black Sun rose up around him as followers, slowly growing aware of his existence in the far off Barbarian galaxies. Caracalla was the first, and joined Sol Invictus immediately. Now, he smiled, they would meet him. The train slowly came to a halt, as an intense light flashed through. The doors open. Before them stands a man, bathed in light blue, intense fire. He blasts! Only Vee is able to dodge it, shrinking and holding onto Mearl, while the others are nailed back, and subdued. “It is time”, says Sol Invictus, and Caracalla joins him, the agents of the Black Sun gathering EDE, Kent and Harbinger. Everyone else on the train is burnt to ash. As they leave, Vee and Mearl remerge to see Danger Damsel joining them. She saw we’re they’re heading, and can track them. Suicide mission or not, the three follow.
Interlude #4 Leap Year Lass concentrates hard, and uses her gift to read anagrams, to sense what lies in store for the LMB at the beginning of their sixth year. Anagrams reveal…and she is unsure if it bodes ill for them…
‘E SOL INVICTUS’ appeared before her.
“Lost” “Sins” “Vice”
This boded ill.
Mission 8: AMBUSH! Kid Prime and the large majority of the LMB head back to Legion World, as Kid Prime (LMB Leader) and Ultra Matt (LMB Deputy Leader) discuss all of the current LMBers who have broken off form the main team for one reason or another. They arrive at Legion World, with only Kid Prime, Semi and Mystery Lad staying behind. The team descends on Legion World en masse, ready to go back to their common lives: Numf-El, Invisible Brainiac, Icefyre, Mattropolis, Sonnie Bloke, Saturn Girl, Gigglebot Girl, Emerald Empress, Pagan Lass, Stoopid Cat, Hrun the Barbarian, Lard Lass, and the rest of the LMB, both active and reserve. Immediately, the ambush is sprung, and the Black Sun attacks! Soldiers everywhere, joined by Meteor Monarch, Connundrum Queen and the Reeper, assault the LMB, catching them unawares. In the green surrounding Legion World, the Devourer of Children continues to hold off the magic users and the LMB. Kid Prime, in orbit, receives word that Weber’s World is under complete attack, now joined by Livia the Daxamite and Marvin of the Brood, former Honorary LMBer. The news hits: Earth is being invaded by an unknown source! It blames the UP and prepares for galactic war. Missing in action are the various away teams—of which no word has been received. Down on Legion World, no LMBers are able to communicate off-planet. One by one, the LMBers, caught unaware in their home, are taken down. Invisible Brainiac, who does not go without a fight, is captured, but specifically sent to join Sol Invictus and Caracalla as an important part of their plan.
All appears lost.
8 Missions. 8 failures. 1 outcome.
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part V: The Unconquered Sun: The Eight Impossible Super-Missions (cont’d)
The Unconquered Sun – The Eight Impossible Super-Missions (cont’d)
The world is quite suddenly plunged into chaos.
Huge armies, who most previously did not know existed, move across space under the banner of the Black Sun. Far more than a cult, the Black Sun is a massive military force. They have unleashed a three-pronged attack, centering on Earth, former home of the UP, Weber’s World, the new diplomatic center of the universe, and Legion World, home of the LMB.
Leading the Black Sun is Caracalla, a devious mastermind, and Sol Invictus, who may possibly be more powerful than the LMB combined. Their allies are as impressive as they are evil: the (3) most reviled members of Legion World ever to be banned, Meteor Monarch, Conundrum Queen and the Reeper, Livia the Daxamite, Marvin of the Brood (who has betrayed the LMB) and the resurrected Forsaken Bard, an undead monster that can slaughter scores of sentients at will. Worst of all is the beast known as the Devourer of Children, who has created a magical barrier keeping anyone out of Legion World that the Black Sun does not want in.
Kid Prime, the LMB Leader, immediately begins the planning stages while orbiting Legion World, and gets into contact with the rest of the LMB that still have open channels of communication. It comes down to Faraway Lad, who is on Weber’s World, to once more attempt to use his powers accurately, which is immensely hard to do, to bring himself to the ship near Kerissia. He does so, where he can collect Outdoor Miner and Reboot, and move on. With Outdoor Miner, the two are able to combine their teleporting powers in a very experimental way (which may still go wrong), and journey to the ruins of the space-trains, where they collect Mearl Dox. The four then join Kid Prime, who is with Semi Transparent Fellow and Mystery Lad. With the two geniuses (Dr. One being unavailable at this time) and the great tactician Mystery Lad (formerly Tsarin Lad), they develop a plan to fight back against the Black Sun.
Weber’s World Weber’s World is left to its own, as the Black Sun forces continue to invade en masse. Princess Crujectra takes command, as the UP fleets battle back. The Army of Eryk Davis Ester, which was in a nearby galaxy offers its aid, as fellow LMBers that are present (Umber, Lucien Lad, Poverty Lad and Quislet) battle them back. Umber sees Marvin of the Brood up ahead, and battles him on one.
It’s the arrival of the LMB’s allies that does the trick! The Light Brigade and a small squad of the SMB of Earth-4 arrive just in time to turn the tide, and others join them as well, including Something Amazing and Time Boy (young HG Wells), who comes from the 19th Century to led a time-traveling hand. As more heroes hear the call and join them, Weber’s World becomes the first planet to be victorious.
Marvin of the Brood is captured, and the LMB sees the full extent of the Black Sun’s brainwashing, taking pity on their friend when they realize he is not quite in his own mind.
Earth War Not only is Earth on the verge of being overrun by the Black Sun, Earth itself is promising to execute any LMBer or non-Terran who steps foot upon its soil. It’s left up to the old guard of the LMB, the ones who had made Earth their home for many years when it housed LMB headquarters, to led a helping hand there. Loser Lad, Sketch Lad Dev-Em, Furball, Rhino, Shark Lad and a little surprise help from Shady and Seahorse enter Earth, and use the innate knowledge that spies Lost in Lust Lad (Terrence) and Dial H for Homo (Mart) have of the native planet, to battle back both Earth’s forces and the Black Sun.
Livia the Daxamite leads the charge for the Black Sun on this front, and at first it seems the LMB have virtually no chance—until Loser Lad is able to convince the woman that she is in fact a traitor and a useless human being. However, he is shocked by her reaction, as she decides to use herself as a suicide kamikaze that dives headfirst into the Black Sun fleet orbiting Earth, which obliterates a large portion of their army. Shady then steps forward with her power and convinces the Black Sun members that there is more to life than war and death, causing many to relinquish their ties to the cult itself.
Earth, however, takes this moment to lay the blame completely on the UP and the LMB.
Legion World War The Black Sun armies, much of which has infiltrated Legion World, begin attempting to harass the everyday townspeople, city dwellers and communities that exist beyond the cities, which are commonly referred to as the lurking class. However, a small group of sentients, led by Matlock begins a resistance, as Lucifer Lass, Thora, Dr. Mayavale, Cobalt’s Supergirl Robot, LMBer Dr. One, Tiffany Spiffany, and others battle back. This becomes a central problem that gains the attention of the Black Sun, causing Abin Quank and Nightcrawler to work together to free the LMB’s that are imprisoned, which is over half the team’s strength, for the real battle to begin. Soon, the Reeper, Connundrum Queen, and Meteor Monarch are beaten and captured, to be hauled to prison.
Meanwhile, on the green outskirts of Legion World, Future, Grey Birdboy, High Priestess Viviane and Iron Rat battle the Devourer of Children, beating him back and ultimately banishing him to another plane of existence far away. It takes an immense amount of activity however, and causes a ripple effect that every magic-user in the universe feels. The main goal, however, the destruction of the magical barrier of Legion World, is completed.
The rest of the LMB venture into Legion World, and the home of the LMB is quickly secured.
Sol Invictus Nine LMBers awake, captured by Sol Invictus, chained before him: Lash Lad, Lightning Lad, Fat Cramer, the Red Bee, Yellow Kid, Space Tart, Eryk Davis Ester, Kent Shakespeare and Harbinger. They can feel the raw power emanating off of him, and he once more explains his horrible story and the plans he has for the world. He has three additional prisoners: Princess Tarina, the princes of Kerissia, Nurse Light, the enemy of the LMB, and Invisible Brainiac, the youngest and possibly brightest LMBer of them all! All three have immense light powers, and he plans on using them by firing them into the sun of the galaxy that houses the core planets of the UP, thereby rendering the same exact effect a Sun-Eater would have, as the sun explodes and all life ends within. Meanwhile, Varalent and Danger Damsel continue to track Sol Invictus, until they are suddenly picked up another crew of LMBers: Space Ranger, Actor Lad, Kid Vudoo and Cobalt Kid. The six then journey to the headquarters, which exists on the border of a Barbarian Galaxy and UP Space. Quietly, they enter. Sol Invictus surprises the LMB, by suddenly freeing the nine heroes—he hates them that much, that he will give them a fighting chance in beating him. They oblige him, suddenly fanning out and using their power to drive him back, attempting to use the most strange of their powers (luck lord and pulling objects out of asses) to subdue him. It has no effect, and he uses his incalculable power to blast them back, on the verge of death, although not killing them yet. Little does he realize, however, that Fat Cramer and Lash Lad had snuck past him, and begun to free the three prisoners. Turning, he prepares to kill them all—but not before the rescue team of six LMBers shows up!
Once more, a battle erupts, and once more, however, Sol Invictus is victorious, simply being too powerful to be defeated. Actor Lad, at last, admits that he knows the true story of how a Sun-Eater destroyed his galaxy. Sol Invictus is flabbergasted, and is shocked to hear this, demanding to know what it is. Actor Lad laughs, announcing this was a ploy, done by his super-acting abilities, as Sol Invictus was so unaware of his surroundings, that Danger Damsel ran her sword completely through him, hoping to kill him!
Instead, her piercing his hide seems to have the effect of a nuclear meltdown, as raw energy begins to rush out…and the LMBers realize their cooked! It’s only through the ingenious use of Varalent’s mass shrinking powers, Cobalt’s magnetism and Space Tart pulling out a small energy reactor from Yellow Kid’s ass, that they are able to contain the massive explosion.
With that…the LMB realize they have won!
Epilogues Despite relative victory, some things have changed, whether for worse or better:
- Weber’s World is saved and becomes the new center for diplomacy in UP space. However, Legion World emerges as a second center, as most UP planets (and some that aren’t in the UP) decide to have a delegate become an active living resident in Legionnopolis in the diplomatic sector that has evolved out of the area surrounding the original Psyonian Embassy.
- The Magic-User ripple effect is felt throughout the universe, and a young boy named Elagabolus is affected, as he grows sick and comes close to dying. He has been on the run for over a year now, and feels lost, lonely, and ready to die. A small group of cultists find him. The call themselves the Black Sun. Taking him to their home, the boy comes under the Tutelage of a man called Caracalla.
- Danger Damsel opts to not join the LMB, given that she has no real super-powers to speak of. She is surprised, however, when Cobalt Kid approaches her with an offer—to act as a espionage agent answerable directly to him, outside in universe at large. It is now undeniable that there are some very real threats in the universe that need to have an eye kept on them: The Black Sun, the Barbarian Galaxies, Earth and plenty of others. She would be invaluable in this regard, and she has the skills to do so. She thinks about it for a time and then agrees. Their agreement remains a secret to the rest of the LMB.
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I've got quite a bit more done that I can post tomorrow. This will be a long project, so I'm hoping to at least plunge forward for a bit before I slow down. Hopefully I'll have the Good, the Dark and the Dead up sometime in the next week...
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part VI: The Question of Leadership
Towards January 1st, 2005, Kid Prime and Ultra Matt’s leadership should have expired per the standard three month term of leadership (though as previously mentioned, in continuity terms are four months, causing “the real time/in continuity overlap”). However, a variety of reasons halted the next election and leadership that both can be explained as both ‘real life’ and ‘in continuity’ as in this instance the two are virtually identical in regards to the reasons why.
First, both Kid Prime and Ultra Matt had not been seen in quite awhile. This was not uncommon at this point in time, as suddenly a great many posters hadn’t been seen in quite awhile and some had virtually disappeared, including Abin Quank, Icefyre, He Who Wanders, Future and quite a few others. However, it is generally the outgoing leadership’s job to conduct the next election, and indeed, at this point in time, that is truly the only ‘standard’ job that the leader had. With no one to conduct the elections, it became more of a question on how to proceed.
However, answers to this question were not easy by a long shot. For the last three elections, there had been some serious problems. Problems, that is, that were to the point of causing very real friction among the LMB and on Legion World. First, there was the election were five posters tied for leader (Varalent, Quislet Esq., Poverty Lad, Icefyre and Cobalt Kid) that caused a full-scale argument and debate among posters about how this could have come to be. This argument was not between just one or two, but over a dozen, most of whom were friends, and despite a general pleasant outcome, the notion of ‘election’ remained tainted ever since, specifically now that they were on Legion World among a population of so many. Further, it was the next two elections specifically that caused even more dismay towards the election process, as both of those elections were revealed to have had vote-rigging, via the Legion World polling system and use of Alt IDs. The latter of these, actually caused a change in the outcome, and both of them were only revealed after the fact.
Though the problem obviously lay in the election process itself, there was a very real debate now about the notion of an LMB leader and if it should exist. Many believed it should not and there was no cause for it. After all, most LMBers were leaders themselves among the group and the leader really didn’t have any real powers. Further, there was a sense that such a thing is nothing more than a popularity that served to cause stress and tension on Legion World. Of course, many others argued against these things and liked the leadership and the way they mirrored the tradition within the Legion of Super-Heroes comic book. Though both sides argued well, there was no easy answer. Other solutions were presented, such as the potential leaders undergoing a series of challenges and trivia questions, but this was abandoned. One clever poster offered that the Legion World member of the moment was the LMB leader.
At the end of the debate, which raged throughout January, there was still no clear solution and no one really was prepared to budge. In fact, the argument itself began to die out, though the sentiment still lingered among the posters. As a smaller group of posters became the central LMB on Legion World, due to the decrease in activity and membership, other solutions would continue to present themselves in the following months. These solutions would specifically fall into the ‘in character’ aspect of the LMB, in order to generate the sense of easy-going fun that the elections and leaderships were traditionally known for.
Therefore, at this time, roughly January 31, 2005 (the year is 3005 in LMB Continuity), we can roughly estimate that Kid Prime’s term came to an end, though it officially continued on in the record books. A new leaderless era continued on very briefly, before some other interesting things began to occur, which will be covered within the next section.
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part VII: The LMB at the time Kid Prime’s Term Expired
Here is the active LMB roster at roughly the time that Kid Prime’s term as leader should have expired:
Lash Lad Cobalt Kid Spellbinder (aka Princess Crujectra) Grey Birdboy Rhino Loser Lad Sketch Lad Lucien Lad Faraway Lad Dedman Yellow Kid Poverty Lad Leap Year Lass (aka Thriftshop Debutante) Eryk Davis Ester Quislet, Esq. Varalent Fat Cramer Nightcrawler Matlock Minesurfer Lightning Lad Saturn Girl Reboot Outdoor Miner Arachne Blacula DrakeB3001 Star Boy Semi-Transparent Fellow Abin Quank Harbinger The Ghost of Numf-El Invisible Brainiac Monkey-Eater Lad Kent Shakespeare Actor Lad Enigma (CJ Taylor) Probability Pete Gigglebot Girl High Priestess Viviane (aka Luna) The Red Bee Kid Vudoo (aka RTVU2) Mearl Dox Pariscub Ferro Boy Lad Boy
LMB Reservists Mystery Lad Iron Rat (STU) Umber Crusader Maxx Emerald Empress Queen Connie Grendel Senior Widebottom Triad Neutral, Triad Orange, Triad Purple LMB Spectre Kid Gender Reversal Stereotype II
Honorary LMBers The SMB of Earth-4 Hummer Lass The Phantom Stranger Santa Claus Everyday Girl Something Amazing Lard Lass
Note for the DRAFT ONLY – figuring out the exact roll call is one of the harder things to do, so please understand that’s it open for interpretation. I also highly encourage anyone reading to give me your thoughts. There are 2 issues: (1) what is ‘active’, aka, how active is a poster to make this list. For example, here I struggled to include Beagle Boy or not, since during this period he dropped off a bit on his LW posting. (2) when is a poster who is active on Legion World, not active within the LMB? Well, I guess that would be a poster who really had very little connection with the “LMB Mythos” part of Legion World. In other words, a poster who didn’t post much on the LMB, had no LMB character and wasn’t used in stories. Some posters, however, don’t really post with the LMB aspect at all, but have been on LW for so long that they essentially have an LMB character that is still used in stories and they are active enough on LW that they are included. The line is very blurry and hard to figure out. Which is why Drake and Blacula are included here on this list.
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Year Six: The De Facto Yellow Kid & Harbinger Term Part I: Leadership & the Good, the Dark and the Dead
There is no real date that can accurately be given for when Kid Prime’s term as leader ended and the ‘De Facto’ leadership of Yellow Kid and Harbinger began, but February 1st, 2005 serves the best date possible, given the activity in the debate over the leadership. As presented in the chapter after this, it becomes clear that the LMB moved forward with leadership in a way totally new to LMB tradition. This would mainly occur ‘in character’, rather than a debate ‘outside the LMB’, and would have some very real story consequences for many LMBers.
But what marks this term specifically from Kid Prime’s and the era immediately following, is the role-playing saga known as ‘the Good, the Dark and the Dead’. There will be many sections devoted to this, as it was the largest, all-encompassing event that Legion World had seen since the Dark Stu Saga, and an argument could be made that it was even larger. It lasted for months on end, and incorporated a variety of sub-plots that tied to past continuity. Most of all, it shepherded the LMB and its activity in the MMB into a new era. It was so prevalent, that virtually any talk of this era must focus specifically on this event for the majority of the discussion, unlike many other such sagas that acted in unison with other trends during those eras.
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Year Six: The De Facto Yellow Kid & Harbinger Term Part II: The Question of Leadership in the LMB
Real Life As the debate among how to proceed in regards to LMB Leadership and elections began to die down among the LMB internally, many seemed to lose interest or begin to believe there could be no real solution. Therefore, with some sentiment still lingering over this issue, the topic began to pop up ‘in character’ rather than as a real discussion outside of continuity. Throughout the course of February 2005, a gradual shift began to occur as some solutions were presented and then subsequently put by the wayside, until one seemed to stick, though not all agreed with it.
In Continuity
Again the question of leadership and elections was broached at another LMB meeting and again, the debate led to no solutions, but only a further rift among the LMBP. At this time, it became evident to some posters that they may have to work politically behind the scenes to get something accomplished.
Kid Prime and the Boy with Ultra Powers continue to be missing, with no communication to the LMBP.
A small, often overlooked clause in the LMB constitutional tradition reads that the LMB, when in times of no leadership, shall be shepherded by the LMB founders. At this time, given that Lard Lad, Shadowplay in Candlelight Lass and Mystery Lad are largely absent from all LMB meetings, this would refer to Lash Lad, Cobalt Kid and Spellbinder. With this in mind, Lash Lad begins to consider appointing an LMB leader without an election.
Spellbinder begins to come up with her own idea of how to proceed, and begins to muse over an old idea of hers of a LMB/Legion World Senate. She approaches Cobalt Kid with this idea, who finds it to be brilliant.
Dedman, Ferro Boy, and other LMBers consider offering the position of LMB leader to Mearl Dox, since she has a long history of such a role as Supreme Ruler of the Universe. Before such an offer could be made, Mearl Dox infoms the LMB that she has no intentions of ever leading them, since she rather enjoys her much less stressful job of ruling the universe.
Lash Lad discusses his idea with Eryk Davis Ester who finds it appealing given recent history. However, Reboot is able to overhear this, and immediately dislikes the notion. Already, a schism begins to grow.
Cobalt Kid and Spellbinder prepare to present the idea of an LMB Senate to the membership at large. However, a change in schedules causes Cobalt Kid to go ahead and present the idea without Spellbinder, perhaps too soon. The LMB gathers in the LMB/Legion World Senatorial Forum to discuss how to proceed with the Legion.
Immediately, some in-fighting and politicking takes place, as sides are drawn. Kid Vudoo (aka RTVU) begins to feel powerless, so he changes his name to ‘Count Vudoo’ and secedes from the Senate. Reboot joins him. Reboot and Count Vudoo then try to elect Grumpy Bear, the Care Bear, as LMB Leader.
Lightning Lad, Legion World Founder, threatens to destroy us all in response to the Grumpy Bear Campaign. The Grumpy Bear Controversy continues as The Triumvir Grey Birdboy and others join Lightning Lad in threatening to ban all Care Bears from entering Legion World space, through violent means if necessary.
The Red Bee asks that the LMB Senate address the Lurking Class and consider their point of view. Ferro Boy, in an off-handed joke not meant to be overheard accidentally offends the lurking class at large, causing more controversy.
In the confines of the Senate, Faraway Lad is assaulted. Following this, the LMB Senate officially disbands. The mysterious assailant is never found despite an investigation by the Security Office. Much later, during ‘The Good, the Dark and the Dead’, it becomes evident who the attacker was and how he remained undetected.
Throughout all of this, Fat Cramer and Quislet attempt to broker a peaceful solution between all factions. Outdoor Miner watches on with keen interest and good jokes, while Semi-Transparent Fellow reminds everyone that there are no politics in SHAKES.
A small group of LMBers, led by Lash Lad, who is backed by Kent Shakespeare, Eryk Davis Ester and others draft newly returned LMBer Yellow Kid and outspoken woman of the people Harbinger into the position of new Co-Leaders of the LMB. This becomes their ‘unofficial’ position, as some members of the LMB recognize this, while others do not.
Cobalt Kid and Varalent immediately throw their support behind Lash Lad’s idea. Dedman, fearing that the grumpy bear faction may endanger Mearl Dox because of her role as Supreme Ruler of the Universe, also lends his support.
Immediately, the Grumpy Bear faction, led by Count Vudoo and Reboot are against this. Other LMBers with them include Actor Lad and Ferro Boy. The High Priestess Viviane, via a side deal with Reboot against Cobalt Kid, also vehemently takes their side.
Mearl Dox settles the Grumpy Bear Controversy by firing all the Care Bears out of her cannon into the sun. Lightning Lad looks on in agreement and thereafter threats of retribution from him cease.
Using the old clause, Lash Lad and Cobalt Kid create a ‘transitional government’ where they are leader and co-leader, to the applause of some LMBers and the chagrin of some others. Lash Lad then drafts Yellow Kid and Harbinger as Co-Leaders, with no deputy leader. Thus, Yellow Kid and Harbinger are ‘Unofficial De Facto Co-Leaders of the LMB’.
At last, many LMBers go along with this as a way to try and reconcile the membership at large. Working towards a united LMB, Fat Cramer, Quislet, Spellbinder and others are able to create a peaceful dialogue with Count Vudoo, who returns his moniker to ‘Kid Vudoo’, but remains on probationary status in the Security Office for the duration of this term from then on.
The first thing Yellow Kid does is offer to retire from the position, an excellent tactic in ancient rhetoric. By offering to retire, he essentially affirms that he has the position. Yellow Kid and Harbinger then host a toga party and have a Legion World Parade.
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Year Six: The De Facto Yellow Kid & Harbinger Term Part III: Anecdotes at the start of the De Facto Term
Harbinger and Yellow Kid’s first order of business to give everyone proper foot-wear and to restructure the entire ‘shoe program’ on Legion World. This endeavor is lead by Harbinger specifically.
In protest to the non-elected leaders assuming office, Reboot, who is displeased with the lack of democracy in this decision, has his status with the LMB turned to ‘inactive’, despite remaining a very public figure on Legion World. Coupled with his long-standing grudge with Cobalt Kid, the Security Office and the Triumvirate, this creates a further schism.
Outdoor Miner and Cobalt Kid journey to Reboot’s Mainframe to try and get him to stay within the ranks of the LMB. The proceed to begin rearranging his furniture, as they set up a microbrewery, a picture of the Super-Pets playing poker, a giant sized version of ‘Hungry, Hungry Hippos’, a Hal Jordan tribute a Jeph Loeb tribute, and a life-size Perpetual Talking Mark Waid Hologram. Annoyed, Reboot kicks them out of the Mainframe and creates an Unreality Barrier preventing anyone he has not invited from entering. Although Reboot did keep the Hippos game he then turned all the rest of the stuff into stale custard and flooded the Security Office with it.
Polar Boy becomes an active member of the LMB.
The long-standing case of the Lavender Kryptonite continues to be investigated by Matlock. Matlock asks Reboot for his help, who examines it in his Mainframe Lab. The initials “LOMBSV” are found on it.
The effects of the Lavender K turn Cobalt Kid into a female mermaid, although Matlock and Reboot are able to change him back. Matlock takes the Lavender K for his own reasons.
The Red Bee begins questioning LMBers what they know about the Legion of Message Board Super-Villains.
Around this time, Probability Pete and Ferro Boy leave the active roster of the LMB.
Mearl Dox, suddenly busy with her other job as Supreme Ruler of the Universe, is forced to take an absence from the LMB. She wishes the LMB well and they do the same, and she promises to return to them when they are at their gravest moments.
During this time, Lard Lad secretly sends a message to Cobalt Kid, informing him of the information he has regarding Elagabolus and the Black Sun.
Danny Blaine changes his moniker to Mattropolis
The LMB celebrates their 5 year anniversary and Legion World celebrates the 2nd Annual MLLASH Day.
Cobalt Kid becomes the third Legion Worlder to reach the honored ‘Time Trapper Status’ which gives a deeper understanding of the universe and time.
To Catch a Space-Thief – The master thief and former nemesis of Eryk Davis Ester (from his Light Brigade days), Dip-Thong enters Legion World in order to steal Monkey-Eater Lad’s manipulations and art. Eryk Davis Ester immediately rushes to the scene, where he encounters the Legion of Super-Slugs. Deathstroke Kid, still on Legion World from his last battle with them, attempts to blow up the Statue of the Random Lurker to incite the lurking class, who are still discontent over off-handed comments made in the LMB Senate. Matlock is able to quell the crowd, as the LMB must battle both Deathstroke and Dip-Thong.
Touston, Eryk Davis Ester’s home world, perfects their disconator ray, and are able to use it on an alien invader. Eryk Davis Ester and his army gain direct access to this.
Using her abilities to read anagrams, Leap Year Lass suddenly comes up with Winath Killer Bees. Many would later believe that this anagram was Teed’s prediction of the entire saga known as ‘The Good, the Dark and the Dead” because of its reference to the Red Bee.
A few weeks into the co-leadership of Harbinger and Yellow Kid, Harbinger quietly goes missing among the LMB, due to a mission to neighboring galaxies which remain of utmost importance and secret. This leave of absence comes to the LMB a few weeks later by Yellow Kid and is met with dismay and some shock.
Cobalt Kid sees the confusing time of leadership in the LMB will afford him a chance to secure some money (causing Reboot to accuse of embezzling), and gains a large sum of money. He uses to build a The New (Second) Office of Security Building. There, the only active Security Officers for some time, Cobalt Kid, Matlock and the High Priestess Viviane begin holding tryouts for new officers.
Though always very close, Cobalt Kid and High Priestess Viviane grow even more fond of each other during this time period. Their problems and aggression towards each other the previous few months begins to turn towards a more positive aggression, much to Matlock’s dismay.
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