NEMESIS KIDof Myar
Myar is an alchemists’ planet. Alchemical skill gave Nemesis Kid the ability to defeat any one foe. He was accepted unanimously into the Legion (
Adventure 346), but was really a spy for an alien force trying to conquer the Earth. The force was defeated and he escaped. He later turned up at the School for Super-Villains but was captured by Duo Damsel when the Legion broke up that school. He was out of jail in time to be a charter member of the LSV. He could be so frightened as to forget to use his power.
PHANTOM GIRLTinya Wazzo of Bgztl
Bgztl occupies the same space as Earth, but in another dimension. Tinya can dematerialize at will and pass through solid objects. When she becomes immaterial an invisible aura od force around her body affects anything she wears or carries in the same way. Shock waves affect her in her phantom form and she cannot pass through certain types of energy. When knocked unconscious, she becomes solid. She can’t become invisible.
Tinya was the fifth Legionnaire. She entered the new Clubhouse despite all existing precautionary security devices. She was accepted on condition that she help the Legion make the Clubhouse secure against phantoms, setting up an energy shield around it. She was made a member of the Legion Espionage Squad at the group’s inception.
Phantom Girl fell in love with Ultra Boy and this love kept her believing in him when all other members thought him a criminal (
Adventure 314). This was really a ruse to capture aliens. As adults, they will marry. She will apparently stay in the Legion until she gives birth. They will have a boy (Ronn) and a girl (Arna).
Tinya wore a new costume once (
Superboy 188) and returned to her original one for one story. Then she got another new costume, which she has worn ever since (
Superboy 195).
POLAR MANBrek Banin of Tharr
Heat storms on Tharr caused the people to develop the power to radiate intense cold. As a teenager, he founded the Legion of Substitute Heroes, but will be admitted to the LSH as an adult. Further information follows in the section on the Substitutes.
POWER BOYNothing is known about this character except that he will join the Legion and later die.
PRINCESS PROJECTRAProjectra of Orando
Orando is a violent, primitive planet, comparable to feudal England. Spiritualism and Astrology are important parts of the people’s lives. Jeckie is the princess of Orando, daughter of King Voxv. As such, she is a member of the ruling class of Orikalls, or mystics, and is a medium.
A witch gave Projectra the power to project realistic illusions, so frightening they can cause insanity. She can even use her power to cause the illusion that something that is present really
isn’t (i.e. make things invisible).
Projectra was interviewed and admitted without an initiation test after displaying her powers along with Nemesis Kid, Ferro Lad, and Karate Kid (
Adventure 346). She later fell in love with the latter.
Various machines can affect her power. A transceiver device can augment her power, enabling her to send images all over the galaxy. A Psychic Image Disruptor attached to a part of her clothing can remove her power. Illness also affects her power, materializing hallucinations.
She lives on Earth in a tremendous penthouse, courtesy of her father. When he dies she will leave the Legion to become Queen Projectra. She wore a new bikini-type costume once (
Superboy 183), then reverted to her original outfit until
Superboy 198, when it was replaced by an interesting red-and-yellow outfit. At about this time, her hair also became shorter and curlier.
QUANTUM QUEENOriginally part of the group known as the Wanderers (who met the Legion in
Adventure 375), she is destined to join the Legion and die preventing an escape from the Cosmos Prison. She could convert her body into any type of quantum (elemental unit of energy) radiation, such as laser power.
REFLECTONothing is known about this character except that he will join the Legion and die in a duel with the Molecule Master.
PETE ROSSof 20th Century Earth
Pete was made an honorary member because of his loyalty to Superboy in protecting his secret identity, which he discovered by accident. He was given a 30th century coin by Marla, Legion Senior Advisor, that would serve as a pass to the Clubhouse (
Superboy 98). Ultra Boy went into the past to help Pete maintain his secret (
Superboy 100) and Pete came to a Legion meeting to help choose a new leader (
Adventure 323). He also participated in a Legion adventure in his own time period (
Adventure 370).
SATURN GIRLImra Ardeen of Titan, a moon of Saturn
Imra told Superboy in the first Legion story (
Adventure 247) that "The scientists of Saturn, who are experts in telepathy, taught me how to read minds and also cast my mental commands anywhere!" This explanation was not to be greatly modified in subsequent stories. It later turned out that everyone on Saturn (and Titan, whose inhabitants consider themselves Saturnians) has ESP power, and her ability to cast mental commands was replaced by the ability to
communicate telepathically.
She can even concentrate her power to make animals (and possibly even humans) temporarily telepathic. She cannot read through mind helmets made of Lurium and her effectiveness is reduced the greater the distance she is from the person she is trying to contact. Another aspect of her power rarely used is the ability to select parts of the brain, such as the optical lobes to cause blindness. Imra came to Earth right after finishing college to go to the Science Police Academy.
Saturnians can absorb knowledge in a short time via telepathy so can complete their educations and go to work at a very early age.
There is no crime on Saturn or Titan because the rings of the planet cancel out evil tendencies in Saturnians.
When she got to Earth, Imra, Rokk Krinn, and Garth Ranzz stopped an assassination attempt on R.J. Brande: The three founded the Legion of Super-Heroes. She has since vowed not to use her power to pry into the private affairs of the other Legionnaires.
In the first story, she wore a yellow, green, and black outfit. Her hair was strawberry blonde. In the second story (
Adventure 267), her costume was more similar to the later one. Although colored as we now remember it on the cover, in the story the costume was a red-brown and her hair was mousy brown (we were later told it was dyed); She was shown on the cover as being able to break stone with yellow lightning bolts from her eyes, although this trait was never exhibited elsewhere.
She invented Serum XY-4, giving Mon-El temporary immunity to lead (
Adventure 300). To do this required a great educational background. Indeed, when the Legion Constitution was being framed, she suggested a clause insisting that all members continue their education.
Imra unanimously won the first election for Legion leader (
Adventure 304) by mentally forcing everyone into voting for her, which was a rare use of her mental control ability. Had she not done this, it is probable that Cosmic Boy would have been elected to a second term. She did it to sacrifice herself as the one Legionnaire predicted to die fighting Zaryan the Conqueror. She almost succeeded by suspending the other members, but Lightning Lad was warned of Imra's plan by Mon-EI and died in her stead.
Because of her ability to read minds and a similar ability in Proteans, she was very fond of both Proty I and II. The next time the choosing of a leader came up, Proty II thought up a puzzle that Saturn Girl solved, making her leader for a second term (
Adventure 323). Apparently, the Constitution was amended right after this allowing someone to become a leader for only one term. This was later repealed and she ran against Mon-El unsuccessfully (
Superboy 190). When Brainiac 5 was elected in
Adventure 337, she became his deputy and took over in his absences.
She first wore a new costume in
Action 392. She usually wears this, occasionally returning to her old uniform.
She and Lightning Lad were engaged (around
Adventure 337) and will marry. Both will be active in the adult Legion.
Saturn Girl is probably the least popular girl Legionnaire with male readers, for the same reason "Number One" was so offensive to early Star Trek viewers: Both were too cold- hearted, logical, responsible, capable, "unfeminine."
SATURN QUEENof Titan
Admitted in
Adventure 331 by the criminal Dynamo Boy, who had taken over the Legion for that issue. More information under Dynamo Boy and in the following section on the Legion of Super-Villains.
SHADOW LASS Tasmia Mal[l]or of Talok VIII
Tasmia and her cousin Grev were affected by a mysterious black gas when they were roaming through an unexplored cave on their home world, Talok VIII. He is known as Shadow Kid. Light weakens the people of this planet, but Tasmia seems to have developed an immunity to this weakness, probably from living so long in the welllit Legion Clubhouse. Like all members of her race, she can see in the dark. Nevertheless, towns on Talok are not artificially darkened in daylight. The warriors of
Talok VIII combine modern science with primitive weapons, proving themselves to be deadly foes. Shady was a guide for members of the Legion who landed on her planet to investigate the cause of a sudden upswing in military activity (
Adventure 365). It was discovered that the Fatal Five was responsible.
In the next issue, the Five came to Earth, took over the United Planets and destroyed the Clubhouse in a fight with the Legion. She was inducted temporarily to fight the Five when the heroes' power was at a low point. The Five were defeated and the temporary appointment was made permanent by a 3/4 vote, as is required by the Constitution.
After getting over an early crush on Brainiac 5, she and Mon-EI fell in love.
She wore a new costume in
Superboy 183, for that issue only.
As the adult Shadow Woman, she will die saving the Science Asteroid. Strangely enough, her skin is not colored blue in a memorial statue to be erected in the HO in her memory.
SHRINKING VIOLETSalu Digby of lmsk
Everyone on Imsk can shrink to small size.
There is a special shrinking chemical used to shrink their clothes that also works on people. When Vi first applied for membership (
Action 276) she was rejected. She later reapplied and was accepted. She also joined the Legion Espionage Squad when that was formed. Violet has become an expert on rock formations in order to find cracks and faults in rocks to hide in when she becomes small.
When the new Legion headquarters was built (
Adventure 367), a set of miniature weapons were designed for her to use in capturing crooks. As far as we know they have yet to be touched.
"The Legion of Super-Outlaws" was duped by a villain who wanted to destroy the LSH by using these youths from Lallor (
Adventure 324). One member of the group, Duplicate Boy, could duplicate any super-power. He and Shrinking Violet fell in love. As an adult she will leave the Legion to marry him, and he will apparently have also retired. (She becomes Salu Orlu!) They will have a daughter and a son, but their powers (if any) are undetermined.
Salu is hardly a “shrinking violet” any more, having discarded her plain green and white dress for a dynamic green and black outfit (
Superboy 193) and let her hair grow.