Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! Matter-Eater Lad, Bouncing Boy, Chemical King, and Ferro Lad!

I think that those who became fans in the Silver Age probably share a similar view. But those of us who came to LSH afterwards have different perspectives.

I'm sensing a "Silver-Age fans are set in their ways" theme trying to form here.

I became a fan during the Disco era, but much of that disco era involved reprints of some WAY classic Silver-Age stuff. So I was blessed to be introduced to tons of characters in a short span (and, some could say, multiple VERSIONS of said characters. I think readers who became fans during the 70s revival in popularity are the luckiest, myself). Because of this, I've never minded and always wanted the LSH to have the biggest most diverse cast ever and never begrudged any later members.

That said: Kid Q2 dropped in appeal for me when her powers evolved from creating stasis fields to becoming a human miracle machine.

I would, however, love to see Gates back, very nearly as much as I'd love to see the 4 remaining ADV-era guys get their turn.

Although my first Legion comic was SLSH #213, I started collecting and reading the Legion regularly around LSH ANNUAL #1 (the first one).

So, I came to appreciate and enjoy Legion history first through Digests, then back issues, and later Archives. I now have every major and most of the minor appearances of the group. Yet, despite coming in late, I not only appreciate the Silver Age Legion...I love it.

Quite frankly, I'm puzzled by all of this hatred for any Legion-era, but especially the one that started it all. I'm sure we all have favorites we miss in this current incarnation and I hope we all get a chance to see them all again soon.

Even Sensor? (tee hee! just kidding!)

Well, my first exposure to the Legion was in that classic issue, World's Finest #284, featuring the debut of the Composite Superman II! I think the first actual Legion issue I bought was that Tales issue that featured Magpie breaking into Legion HQ. I think I regularly started buying the title during Crisis, and even then I think I only bought through the issue where Star Boy quit. Until about four years ago or so when I started buying Archives my exposure to the Adventure Era was basically the first half of the Super-Stalag Story, the second half of the Computo story, and the Trial of Starboy, all of which I'd gotten at a flea market as a kid.

I became a Legion fan in the Reboot, and that era (well most of it anyway) will always have a special place in my comic-reading heart... BUT now that I've caught up with all the other Legion eras (except for the last half of TMK) I would say that the Silver Age/Adventure era is easily my favourite!

Love the characters.
Love the concepts.
Love the creativity.

The stories were ahead of their time then and sometimes I think they're still ahead of our time now.

Got flight ring?

Then you're OK by me!

I said "favorites."

Next week in The Brave and the Bold: Sensor teams with Lori Morning! It'll be a hot seller!!!

Funny: if I see any of the four members in the thread name as incompatible, it's Ferro Lad. While I love him in any of his vastly different incarnations, his strenght as a concept (not character) lies in his visual, and, while the concept of an irreparably ugly man may have made sense in the 60's conception of the 30th century, it makes little to no sense in the 31st as seen from the 21st--heck, it doesn't even make much sense now, with plastic surgery being what it is. Even if he couldn't change his face, it stretches suspension of disbelief that he would feel the need to wear a mask in the supposedly-enlightened 31st century would. Making the reboot Ferro from the 20th century worked, but I don't feel that's the sort of thing that can be used twice. Keep Ferro in universes where he's been introduced, I say, but to add him to yet another one would be unbelievable.

I always thought the best way to make Ferro Lad work would be to give him some kind of Medusa-power, where he'd turn others to metal statues if they saw his face.

EDE, I think that's a great idea for Ferro Lad. Maybe a mutant Tromian? It explains would go well with the lead/Daxamite/Trom thing. lead statues?

Given that in the last four issues we've gotten three new Legionnaires reintroduced (Mon-El, White Witch, and Polar Boy, plus Mekt Ranzz) and that the series has gained more attention lately, and the fact that Mr. Waid has not one or two super teams but three currently in the bullpen, I think we can expect that any and all Legionnaires will be introduced eventually. There's probably is no limit to how many Legionnaires we can see in the future. It's a teaser to us fans to see which ones will be introduced next.

PS - I am also of the feeling that I would like to see them reintroduced basically in their original chronological order, or it gets a little squirrelly.

Why do you say that, KQ? Karate Kid, Princess P, Dream Girl, and Timber Wolf were all introduced before Supergirl and Mon-El in this boot to name a few for instances, and I don't see anything problematic about it.

Well, solicits reveal that at least one of our quartet will be showing up during Tony Bedard's run!

And I'm delighted!