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#102140 12/20/06 08:29 PM
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Leta Lal was in Adv 333, "The War Between Krypton and Earth." She's just stunningly beautiful! She wears that flimsy, sexy nighty-like dress. She was ALL over Superboy, and he was ALL over her! Then, to top it off, she was artificially evolved into a mermaid. She's just what dreams are made of! In an editor's narration, it is mentioned that Leta Lal will go on to have a descendant named Lori Lemaris, who meets Superman.

Leta and Superboy pretty much played the Romeo and Juliet roles in this clash of cultures story. Leta was very brave to simply go along with the transformation and say goodbye to Supes.

Did I mention that she looked HOT?

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In Adv. 335, "Starfinger!" we see Dr. Hanscom's Urgent Nurse. She looks attractive enough, but she's very professionally giving the visiting Legionnaires their message that the Chief of the Science Police called. I can't help but compare her to Dr. Landro's Hot Nurse. Would *she* have appeared so flustered when delivering such a message? Sun Boy's looking at her with NO interest at all. That usually means one thing...she's not hot.

Still, she is attractive, so it must be her attitude that keeps the men uninterested. Um...maybe she could care less what the men think of her? Plenty to speculate on....

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Markita appears in Adv 338, "The Menace of the Sinister Super-Babies!" Wow, what a vamp! She is ALL OVER Lyle in the Romances of History Museum. She desperately wants him to kiss her and fall in love with her and get him to marry her. She and he both acknowledge that in their thoughts. He's so relieved when Saturn Girl telepathically calls him to duty. Her thought bubble is hysterical... "The sneak is slipping off the hook, after all my scheming! *BAH!*"

Obviously, she's going for status by persueing Lyle, a Legionnaire. She's got all the assets to make it happen! The zig-zag neckline on that outfit and the gold choker really make the eyes center in... Poor Lyle, he looked kinda scared on that date!

EDE hopes she found a good husband...with her sense of determination, she MUST have!

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The actress from the Cyclopean movie was in Adv 338 also. She starred opposite Chameleon Boy in his role as the creature. Saturn Girl called Cham while he was filming; he had to leave. The director moaned that they'd have to shoot around the creature until he returned. I really admire that director for wanting a to only use the creature as Cham performs it, instead of stunt doubles or special effects.

The gorgeous actress seemed annoyed at Cham's departure. Not much else to say about her. I mentioned that she's gorgeous, right?

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One wonders if Cham's side job as an actor had a role in opening up opportunities for other Durlans, such as Yera, in the movie industry.

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...and it was LYDDA who discovered that all the havoc created by Throon... I wonder if TAL ever knew that? Maybe she'd be the biggest Night Girl fan then?
If she loves Night Girl then I love her, but I HATE Try Again Lass's hairdo. Awful.

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Oh yeah, TMK #11 also has what looks like a dupli-writing stylus to me....

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Gotta dig out TMK #11.

Try Again Lass' hair... if she was in a pinup contest, in her second picture, I'd have several wisps of her hair spilling down from the mass above. Then, in the third pinup, I'd have only a little bit of the height still in place. By the fourth, she'd have lovely, bouncing, silky locks! That's just how I like the hair to roll.

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That's just how I like the hair to roll.
Iconic Sketchy, right there.

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This came to mind mostly with Markita and that low-cut neckline, but there's an amazing absence of cleavage in those characters. It was probably a no-no back then.


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#102150 12/21/06 02:41 PM
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She's obviously a big Legion fan and very optimistic. I like to think that she always looks on the bright side. Like when the Sun Eater came, or when Darkseid attacked, she was there cheering the Legion on! I bet she'd be a great friend and/or family member. Hey, maybe she knows Flyntt Broj? They'd be a good pair!
Yes, yes, yes! I suddenly am filled with wonderul images of TALass and Flynt living happily ever after! Or better, cheering them on at the end of Zero Hour and as Flynt gets a little sad, T.A. Lass looks at the readers and says, "we'll just have to try again!".

Teeds, that's one of my all-time favorite covers too. The Subs are some of my favorites (especially the original five + Color Kid), and this cover draws me in everytime.

Fortes really drew some glamorous girls Dean! I never realized it until this thread.

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Oh, my work is done, then!

(Actually, I still need to give an analysis of Vorn Woman, but I haven't re-read that story yet...)

This was a lot of fun to do. Yes, Forte did seem to want to promote glamor and that's good for us!

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I think the Vorn Woman is one of the most interesting. She's attractive, which is more or less a given, but her simple-chic clothing and lack of jewelry sets her apart.

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#102154 12/27/06 03:45 AM
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#102156 12/29/06 03:39 AM
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This is how characters like these Fabulous Fortes become superstars!

Isn't it fun, Nighty? I mean, it's great to create images of the Legionnaires, but these obscure characters are so... for the advanced palette! Heh!

Thank you!

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#102157 12/29/06 05:10 AM
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They are wonderful! And thanks Sketchy for sending me back to those Forte stories.


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SO fun!!! LOVE IT!

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I was digging through old threads here at Bits and found this. So fun!

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This was great, and it set an older Xenn (from Xenn) onto the path of Holo Model stardom!

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Autograph Girl... debuted in Adventure Comics #301, "The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy."
I might have made a mistake by only scanning...one...autograph hound. [T]here were several in the crowd. [G]oing by the Archive...there are actually 3 different redheads shown on that page. The one I posted and another one are wearing the same shade of violet, but are clearly two different girls. I wonder if someone with the actual original issue could let us know if the coloring was different... It matters!

EDE thought the girl above looks like Hilary Swank. It might be my scan, because looking in the book, I don't see that similarity as much.
And does it matter indeed!

My original copy of AdCo 301 shows two autograph hounds in violet, but with obviously different garb.

Hilari (Autograph Girl) Swan-K has auburn hair and is dressed in a paler shade of violet (more of a mauve, actually) with no collar. So yes, I also see the similarity to which EDE alludes.

Other Autograph Girl, dressed in plum with white stripes across her collar, is a carrot top (like Lana Lang) and speaks from the far left of the first panel on page two.

If we include auburn and strawberry blond in the broader definition of "red hair", then she is one of FOUR redheads shown on that page, the other two being Dirk and Garth. The Archive Edition, apparently, HAS been recolored. In Sketch Lad's scan, Dressed-in-Blue Boy (between Autograph Girl and Lightning Lad) is shown fully colored with pink face, whereas in the original, he is knocked out in monochrome like the rest of the background characters (albeit a different monochrome), only Hilari and Garth in the foreground being fully colored.

Adventure 301 is a fun issue, beginning with a beautiful Curt Swan and George Klein cover and 13 page Superboy story with Krypto cameo ("Lex Luthor and Clark Kent, Cell-Mates", reprinted in Superman Family #166).

ALSO, for the record, AdCo 301 contains the first published occurrence of the phrase "Bits of Legionnaire Business", in a letter from Allen Pilcher of Memphis, Tennessee.

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