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Reckon I done answered your "premature" question correctly, Drake, but go ahead and ask a 'nuther one, cuz Becky Sue's got me all tuckered out...
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Q: Name five Legionnaires (all eras) who have lost body parts and name the parts (death doesn't count).
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3003: Q: Name five Legionnaires (all eras) who have lost body parts and name the parts (death doesn't count).
Let's see if I can get this one:
Garth (both versions): Lost right arm. Vi (pre-boot): Lost right eye and a leg (don't remember which). Drake (both versions): Lost entire body, does that count? Dawnstar (pre-boot): Lost her wings Shadow Lass (pre-boot): Cut off finger in wedding rite.
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I thought about Kinetix but I didn't think her tail and ears (she had pointed ears too) counted since she reverted to normal. But I could be wrong since that is a period of the Legion I am not too familiar with.
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Hmm... if Wildfire is indeed the fifth one, I would think a case could also be made for Luornu.
Does a case of Grandin Gender Reversal germs count? Then Tenzil qualifies...
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While there are more than 5 Legionnaires who have lost body parts (I'm surprised no one's mentioned Ferro's recent loss of a finger or two), I did indeed count Wildfire among them -- he's gone on and on enough about losing a body that I decided to count him.
So Lightning Lad's go it! (I hadn't thought of the Shady one though and I don't remember it, but I'll take your word for it)
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3003: While there are more than 5 Legionnaires who have lost body parts (I'm surprised no one's mentioned Ferro's recent loss of a finger or two), I did indeed count Wildfire among them -- he's gone on and on enough about losing a body that I decided to count him.
So Lightning Lad's go it! (I hadn't thought of the Shady one though and I don't remember it, but I'll take your word for it)
Thanks Drake. The story where Tasmia cut off her finger in a Talokian marriage ritual was in issue #51 or #52 of the second series. And I had totally forgotten about Ferro having his fingers broke off. I wonder if they still are?
I'll provide a question tomorrow as it is way past my bedtime.
Where, DrakeB, did you read the phrase "centuries of inbreeding"? I don't recall that being in any description of Dawnstar.
Variations on the term "mutant," legitimate and not, yes. Paul Levitz wasn't on top of such science, and the proper term was still fairly new back in '77, but did exist: "genetic engineering."
"Mutation" is generally reserved to describe naturally occurring, or uncontrolled, sharp variation in a physical quality on the genetic level, and apart from the effects of procreation. "X-Men" always used it properly.
Inbreeding rarely can be controlled in its outcome, and that's why the taboo on incest arose ... but I don't think that is what anyone who even wrote ad blurbs for the Legion ever had in mind. Still, it's worth noting that many cultures -- including many American Indian tribes -- do not consider relations between first cousins to be incestuous, as U.S. states' laws tend to do.
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We all know of Magno-Ball (or should). Name three other organized spectator sports in the 30th/31st Century
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quote:Originally posted by Greybird: Where, DrakeB, did you read the phrase "centuries of inbreeding"? I don't recall that being in any description of Dawnstar.
I only read it for the first time myself recently when I bought a whole stack of old "S&LSH" and "LSH" books -- I was taken aback by that description myself since you'd think inbreeding had a negative connotation even in 1978.
"Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes" #240: The Man who Manacled the Legion (yes, it's good ol' Grimbor). There's a backup story with Dawnstar and the other trainees where she tells her origin to Laurel Kent. And I quote:
"My people were renowned throughout the galaxy for their proficiency in deep space navigating and piloting. I am the result of centuries of inbreeding... the ultimate navigator -- with a natural propulsion system far greater than any starship's."
So now you know ... and knowing is half the battle ...
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Hmm...
1) Moopsball.
2) Batball.
and, ummmm...
3) Robot Gladiator battles (as seen in the "Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy"
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