Eryk Davis Ester
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Are there any instances of (pre-ZH) Ultra Boy actually flying without a flight ring?
The reason I'm curious is that descriptions of his powers seem to be inconsistent in whether they list flight as one of his abilities.
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He can shift his energy to different parts of his body I always thought. Which makes sense for all his other powers but no flying.
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What I didn't know until recently when I picked up one of DC's reprint 80-page giants was that, in his first appearance, Ultra Boy could only manifest one power, penetra-vision! What a great (if unintended) commentary on the teenagers of the time--teenage boy uses new-found power to see THROUGH things (just like the X-ray glasses advertised in comics!), only later discovers super strength, invulnerability, super speed, etc. No wonder Marla was sent to chaperone Jo on that first adventure! I can imagine Marla slapping Jo upside the head when Jo's gaze lingered too long on the Smallive lingerie and dainties shop! (Methinks I recall Waid making writing a nice bit about this in the 3boot, concerning Jo's discovery and Saturn Girl's switch to lead underpants.)
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I do seem to recall Jo flying w/out a ring, but I can't recall when.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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I've always wondered if they added the extra powers on top of Ultra Boy's vision powers just because they needed a third "Superboy-class" character for the Alaktor story, and still hadn't remembered Star Boy.
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quote: He can shift his energy to different parts of his body I always thought.
And that statement inspires a train of thought that I'll need therapy to get rid of...
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Apparently, the "ultra-love" wasn't powerful enough to keep Ayla interested!
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Apparently, the "ultra-love" wasn't powerful enough to keep Ayla interested!
In her first appearance Ayla was able to convince the entire team that she was a boy, and Garth was hardly effeminate. Plus there's the whole identical twin thing, which mean's that something is going on under the hood, there.
Shvaugn Erin wasn't the first bit of mystery meat in the Legionverse, is all I'm sayin...
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quote:Originally posted by Set: Shvaugn Erin wasn't the first bit of mystery meat in the Legionverse, is all I'm sayin...
FYI . . . I just threw up in my mouth.
Hey, it's the 30th century. With all the aliens, robots, etc., most bedrooms have to look like a bad japanese cartoon when the lights go off. Let's not be so quick to judge.
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From: The Evil Anti-Moon!!!! | Registered: Sep 2004
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Apparently, the "ultra-love" wasn't powerful enough to keep Ayla interested!
Well obviously he hasn't learned full control of his powers yet.
As for male/female twins being fraternal? I would guess on Winath they can be identical and different sexes.
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I do remember him flying faster than the ring permits by using his powers.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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I think it was said that he used super-speed to do that, though. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but...
Of course, it was later established that the speed of flight with a flight ring is limited only by the wearer's willpower, so I don't know what to think of that.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I think it was said that he used super-speed to do that, though. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but...
Of course, it was later established that the speed of flight with a flight ring is limited only by the wearer's willpower, so I don't know what to think of that.
Isn't that what Magnetic Kid did?
-------------------- "I weighed the odds of this working versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid and, well, I did it anyway,"
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