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Seems to me Supergirl's parents were first published early enough, so that's going to be my guess.
I took a guess at XS too before reading Blacula's post, and came up with the same problem, I didn't think Dawn Allen was time traveling with a husband or boyfriend.
I can't think of any second-generation Legionnaires and the only "DCU legacy" Legionnaires I can think of are XS, Brainiac 5, and Supergirl (okay not really a Super-legacy, but rather a contemporary brand extension ).
So if it isn't Supergirl, or some other DCU legacy character I'm missing, I'm guessing the parents weren't created specifically as the Legionnaire's parents, but rather the Legionnaire was created from the parents, or they were created independently and some writer along the way decided "hey, wouldn't it be cool if those two throwaway characters were _____'s parents?"
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I'm not sure about the time-traveling exploits of Supergirl's parents (they well could have visited Smallville, I'm just not aware if they did or not) but a quick bit of research shows that Supergirl traveled back to Superboy-era Smallville in Superboy #80, April of 1960. So even if they did possibly precede her, there's not enough of a buffer to have it had been 40 years prior.
And neither is it XS, as I'm fairly certain her father was only created during the Archie era.
quote:Originally posted by Shining Son: I'm guessing the parents weren't created specifically as the Legionnaire's parents, but rather the Legionnaire was created from the parents, or they were created independently and some writer along the way decided "hey, wouldn't it be cool if those two throwaway characters were _____'s parents?"
As another hint, I will say that both of the scenarios described above are false. The two people were created specifically as ???'s parents.
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Well then as Blacula says, it has to be a Legionnaire that came before Wildfire.
(Unless there's a character that's been around a long time but only became a Legionnaire later?)
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There are characters who were around for a long time and became Legionnaires later - Polar Boy and White Witch both fit that bill. Whether their parents ever visited Superboy's time, though, I have no idea.
Another character with famous parents, or at least a famous Dad is Chameleon Boy, and he did visit Superboy sometime in the 1970's, during that Blood Crystal story. I can't remember if he visited before that, and I don't recall RJ Brande going back to Superboy's time really early on at all. But whatever, I'll guess Chameleon Boy.
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Oops, I just realized how my guess completely violates my logic - the 1970's is the latest the parents could have made the trip, not the Legionnaire. So I will change my guess to White Witch.
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I was thinking Rond Vidar, but the question said parents plural and I don't think we ever knew of Rond's mom.
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Rond crossed my mind too, and Universo did a bunch of time traveling in his first story, it's implied, but not to Superboy's time. And I don't know when we've seen Rond travel to Superboy's time in recent years (or ever, I guess). But then it's a good guess. I was wondering if it might have to do with a "non-standard" Legionnaire - like Rond, or Nemesis Kid, Alaktor, etc. Anyway, the question has got me thinking, that's for sure.
quote:Originally posted by Shining Son: (Unless there's a character that's been around a long time but only became a Legionnaire later?)
Indeed.
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I'll go with Polar Boy because, now that you mention it, it sounds kind of familiar.
Indeed!
Yep. What do you do if you are the Silver Age Superboy, and your foster parents become possessed by alien flame beings?
Why, the most natural thing in the world... you summon the parents of a passing acquaintance from 1000 years hence to pose as your new foster parents, thereby tricking the flame beings to possess this new couple and then... right at the moment of possession... you have them activate their natural cold-generation powers, killing the aliens:
All of that took place in Superboy #148, in 1968, a full 40 years before Polar Boy himself ever travelled to that same period (in Legion of Three Worlds) to retrieve a lock of Luthor's hair.
As I mentioned earlier, Polar Boy had previously travelled to the 20th century, but that had been to Supergirl's time period, in Adventure 351.
Bit of a tricky one, but Eryk got it.
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Just because I didn't remember anything about his parents going back in time, so I guessed White Witch instead, who I equally didn't remember. Sadly, if it was written before 1980 and it isn't in the Archives, I'm pretty unaware of it.
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In Adv. 354-355, Polar Boy is shown to have joined the Adult Legion, since the Legion and Subs merged after so many members had left both groups. Which other Sub is confirmed (via letter column) as having joined the regular Legion?
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