Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! The All-OBSCURE Characters Thread!

Crazy for Cosmic Boy? Love Lightning Lad? Swooning for Saturn Girl? Take it somewhere else!

THIS thread is for those who are kooky for Konk, ga-ga for Gas Girl, panting for Policy Pam and lusting for Lume! (and others of their obscure ilk!)

So... who's you all-time favorite obscure LEGION character?

And while we're at it, how does one DEFINE "Obscure" as it pertains to LEGION characters?

And why the hell does a character like Echo-Chamber Chet appeal to me?

Ahem... I get down with DoubleHeader...

I'll tip my nelly li'l Green Arrow cap to this topic!

Why do I like Calamity King? Probably ultimately because one of the few Adventure era stories I owned as a kid contained his try-out, so he was the natural object of all of my early "what if so-and-so joined the Legion" fantasies.

Though, strangely, I've never been a huge Color Kid fan, despite the fact that he debuted in the same issue!

I've always had a bizarre fascination with X-Bomb Betty.

Weird, I know, considering... maybe I just like things that are, uh, big.

CALORIE QUEEN! POLICY PAM! EYEFUL ETHEL!


(I think Infectious Lass had enough appearances during the 5YL stories to disqualify her from "obscure" status, but I may be biased there)

I was wondering about Infectious Lass, too. I guess she isn't quite obscure- though to reboot-only readers she would be.

So- I'll mention Animal Lad and Gas Girl.

Mmmm- would Sean Erin qualify?

TN

See, the massive total of LEGION characters and the reboots make it hard to define who is and isn't obscure.

SEAN ERIN appeared in multiple issues of both LSH and LEGIONNAIRES, yet he might still qualify.

Drura appeared in multiple 5YG LSH storyarcs as well as 2 S/LSH issues. Then there's the Subs special and DC COMICS PRESENTS issue, and the VALOR issue. Yet she *still* might qualify.

Weird, huh?

And Calamity King has rocketed from obscurity to prominence due to the efforts of EDE at these boards.

There have been so many obscure, exotic, enchanting characters created throughout Legion history - one thing that's made the book so fascinating.

One of my favorites, seen only once I believe, is Dr. Chaseer. She worked at the Time Institute, she and B5 appeared to be interested in each other (where did they end up that night, hmmm?) and I would have liked to see that relationship develop. Enough with the bonny bouncy buxom blondes, Brainy!

Hate-Face! (that poor ugly dead bastard)

Obviously I think they should re-boot Estimate Boy as Approximo, however I'm not sure that the Secret Origin of the Subs story was ever strictly in continuity.

Just give me Spaceopoly Lad instead then. I think that's how you spell Spaceopoly...can't check as I'm at work at present.

Ditto on Spaceopoly lad. Anybody who can finish every game of Spaceopoly he starts is truly a gift from the gods!

You know... if they ever do reintroduce Calamity King, the one thing that would really put a smile on my face is if they incorporated the "Eryk" part of the name... then I'd know it was at least in part my influence...

That would be a delightful gift to you, EDE... and your fans would be delighted also!

I hope it DOES happen!

You've just gotta love a character like Polecat, someone who considers the ability of smelling like a skunk such an asset to humanity that he fashions himself a super hero identity based on said "talents".

Is Saturn Queen obscure enough? I only like her because Giffen drew a really cool picture of her for who's who except when she finally turned up in 5YL she was kinda lame

Oh, I kinda liked her during 5YL, but I think she was too easily overcome by Evillo.

Anti Lad!
A retcon before retcon's existed!
Even the Legion doesn't remember him.
You never see him counted in the roll call do ya?

Anti Lad. Bald is beeyootiful.

I second the vote for Dr. Chaseer.

At age 11, I adored QUICKSAND!! Her outfit, her hair, her zany eye makeup!! Plus her dark skin made her look like a girl from my nieghborhood.

A few years later I obsessed over AMBASSADOR JERYL. I loved the pink fin on her bald head and I prayed that she would become Reep's girlfriend!!

lil'rhino

I have to admit a certain fondness for Algronsk and Gaston -- they were kinda cute in their ruthless butchering of innocents (though it was only part of the job). And you'll never find a more polite pair of murderous androids this side of the UP...

I always liked the little "Urk" critter that hung out at the Acadamy. You can't help but wonder what kind of powers it might have had, and what made him so valuable that Chuck and Lu felt the need to keep it around.

And of course there's this little fellow, a Giffen creation I believe, who you know, if you could hear his voice would sound just like Marvin the Martian.

Gotta love those little purple aliens!

Wasn't his super-hero name Kid-Eyestalk-Thingie?

I always loved Echo. He has what 6-7 panels in the adult LSH story and one panel in a 5YL story and thats it. And yet something about him always appealed to me.

I always liked Infectious Lass and Porcupine Pete as well, probably because the issue with them and Molecule Master and the return of ERG-1 was an often read issue when I was a kid [one of the few LSH issues I'd read too].