XS (Jenni Ognats)

-XS is a curious little addition to the “Reboot” Legion, in that she’s another futuristic descendent of Barry “The Flash” Allen, in one of those super-complicated backstories that it’s really just best not to go into. I DID appreciate how occasionally writers would use the Legion books to tell mini stories of what the inspirations of the various characters were, or whether or not the major heroes had any descendants (like Laurel Kent or Jenni here)- since it was a “Superman” book, it rarely featured other heroes in any context, so seeing another one was nice.

-Jenni Ognats is the daughter of Dawn Allen (one of the Tornado Twins- Barry Allen’s children), but was kidnapped by the Dominators as a child, and later developed powers saving her father’s life. This being the future (Barry and his wife Iris had moved there because reasons), she then joined the Legion of Super-Heroes. Initially quite hesitant and fearful, she developed crushes on Cosmic Boy and M’Onel, but later dated Magno.

-On a mission in the past, she befriended her cousin Bart “Impulse” Allen, but soon returned to her proper timeline. She had her moments in the sun here & there, like, oh, pretty much EVERY Legionnaire ever, judging by the Hero History & Wikipedia articles I’ve been reading on everybody. She, along with most of the other “Reboot”-only Legionnaires, was wiped out of continuity by weirdness, and in general it’s best NOT to deal with Flash Family history these days. Case in point: It was determined by Geoff Johns that her family came about in the Post-Infinite Crisis version of the Legion, not the “Reboot” one, so Jenni was now in THAT continuity instead. And Jenni was super-aged to young adulthood like Impulse was, and helps bring him back in Legion of Three Worlds.

mmm… sexy bug cleavage…

SHIKARI
-Created by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, who’d later revolutionize Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Shikari’s one of a race of anthropomorphic bug people, and kind of took on the “wacky alien foreigner” role to a team that had mostly civilized aliens in it, as she adopted 30th-century swearing and generally acted sweet and kind. She and her people were fleeing The Progeny, and she ended up joining the Legion, being a rebel to her more stoic people. The Progeny’s leader turned out to be a time-tossed, insane Element Lad. She’s one of the more popular Reboot Legionnaires, to the point where she actually gets to SHOW UP in modern continuity (in Legion of Three-Worlds and Infinite Crisis). Oh, and despite having virtually the same powers as Dawnstar, her creators deny she’s a Captain Ersatz of that character. Dunno how to take that, but do with it as you will.

-And yes, despite being a giant bug girl, she is actually pretty hot. Stupid hourglass figure and pretty gray-skinned face….

-Shikari is very much like Dawnstar, with a few differences. She also has True Sight (seeing through Illusions, a very rare power to have), Direction Sense (her race are like interstellar cartographers… without maps. Which I guess is the opposite of a cartographer, but whatever. Oh, AND she shunts to an “Exoskeleton”-framed form sometimes, allowing her to be all Combat Warrior Princess. She even beat up a hologram Batman once! So she’s a little different than Dawnstar.