And now- a trio of Legionnaires most iconic for DYING! FERRO LAD (Andrew Nolan, aka Ferro)Ferro Lad- The Legion’s Sacrifice:-Ferro Lad is one of those little hints that the Legion series, in spite of it’s goofiness, was a little more serious than many other books at the time. Where else could a team book actually have a character DIE in one of his first missions? This was … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Ferro Lad, Chemical King & Kid Psycho

That curly hair, man. The first Aqualad has the same fandom. ELEMENT LAD (Jan Arrah, aka Alchemist, Progenitor)Silver Age Element Lad:-Element Lad has been a recurring Legion character since the early days, usually with some form of “E” on his chest, along with a variety of pink. With the ability to change ANYTHING into ANYTHING, he basically got focus every time the writers needed to … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Element Lad & Shvaughn Erin

BRAINIAC 5 (Querl Dox, aka Brainiac 5.1)Brainiac 5- The Most Important Legionnaire Ever:-There is absolutely NOBODY on this team who is more important that Querl Dox (notably, ALWAYS called “Brainy” or “Brainiac 5” in every issue I have featuring the character). Every single aspect of the team more or less depends on him. Brainiac 5 is a fascinating concept, and matters more to the Legion … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Brainiac 5 & Magno

COLOSSAL BOY (Gim Allon, aka Leviathan, Micro Lad)Silver Age:-Gim “Colossal Boy” Allon is one of those characters who always seemed to fit in funny, from what I’ve read up on him. Superboy, Ultra Boy & Mon-El were always more powerful, the original trio had that level of epicness to them, Brainiac was smarter, Blok & Chameleon Boy were iconic in appearance, and guys like Wildfire … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Colossal Boy & Chameleon Girl

CHAMELEON BOY (Reep Daggle) Chameleon Boy- The Only Non-Caucasian Legionnaire:-Seeing as how the ENTIRE CONCEPT of the Legion of Super-Heroes was based off of teenage aliens from across the universe banding together, it seems kind of odd that only ONE out of the first thirty or so entrants was anything but a caucasian-looking attractive person. But hey, it was the ’50s & ’60s- they hadn’t … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Chameleon Boy & R.J. Brande

INVISIBLE KID I (Lyle Norg)Silver Age Invisible Kid:-Among the Legionnaires, Invisible Kid I’s had some of the biggest changes from version to version. Initially, he was among the more useless guys on the ’60s team in terms of powers, which of course meant that he saved the day 7 out of 10 times using some variant on being invisible to save the day. And yes, … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Invisible Kid I & II

Oh shit- I wasn’t aware one of his powers was Ultra-Threatening-Jab’s-Heterosexuality. ULTRA BOY (Jo Nah) Silver Age Ultra Boy:-I swear that this kid has one of the most popular power-sets I’ve seen, as far as what fans say they like. What’s funny about it is that very same distinctive power-set (“All Superman’s Powers- but one at a time!”) is what kind of holds him back. … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Ultra Boy & Phantom Girl

MON-EL (Lar Gand, aka M’Onel, Valor) Silver Age Mon-El:-Mon-El, starting out as a “Superman has a BROTHER!” type of Silver Age Superboy “tease” story (“oh this awesome thing is totally happening OH WAIT WE TAKE IT BACK IT’S NOT!!”), and in fact was a re-write of ANOTHER story that’d come out earlier (featuring Halk Kar, an amnesiac alien from a planet near Krypton). He ended up being … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Mon-El & Shadow Lass

I think Jeff Moy’s ENTIRE CAREER just revolves around that run as “LOSH” artist. LIGHTNING LASS (Ayla Ranzz, aka Light Lass, Spark, Gossamer, Live Wire)Silver Age Ayla Ranzz:-Ayla is introduced as the twin sister of Garth, aka Lightning Lad, given the same powers from the same incident that empowered her two brothers. She was actually introduced after Garth DIED, disguising herself as Garth for some … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Lightning Lass & Timber Wolf

Pink or GTFO. Or the man-kini girdle.. COSMIC BOY (Rokk Krinn, aka Polestar)Silver Age Cosmic Boy:-One of the only pink-clad male superheroes ever, Cosmic Boy’s as old as they come on the Legion, debuting alongside Lightning Lad & Saturn Girl. Since then, he’s pretty much been the resolute leader of the squad, leading the team more often than not (he’s effectly the “Cyclops” of the … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Cosmic Boy & Magnetic Lad

LIGHTNING LAD (Garth Ranzz) Silver Age Lightning Lad:-Lightning Lad is a charter member of the Legion, and one of it’s all-time most important members. Kinda hard to think of a time when “Electrical Guy” WASN’T one of the more common super-powers in comics, but there it is, I think he’s one of the very first. He’s also had kind of an iffy place in Legion history, dying … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Lightning Lad & Saturn Girl

Now that I’ve started off with mini-bios of Superboy & Supergirl, here’s their Post-Crisis stand-ins & successors: Andromeda & Kent Shakespeare! They- they knew what they were doing with the wording and the body language in that last panel, weren’t they? Original Laurel Gand:Andromeda was one of those odd Legionnaires chosen to fill a gap- this gap being Supergirl’s history with the Legion. Introduced as … Continue reading Jab’s Legion of Super-Heroes Reviews: Andromeda & Kent Shakespeare