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Eryk Davis Ester
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Actually, if the UP has banned the GLC, there could still be a Khund or Dominator GL or something, which could be even *more* interesting...
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Oh, and on-topic...
I'm still waiting for someone to come up with an instance of UB flying pre-ZH.
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quote:Originally posted by Not-So-Bad Lad: It's kinda funny, the flight rings working like GL rings. Almost fitting...speaking of which, why haven't there ever been that many GL's in the 30th century? Rond Vidar is the only one I can think of off the top of my head...
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Hmm... interestingly enough, it was about the same time that flight started being listed as one of his powers.
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You may be onto something, Eryk. I just checked the "Lore of the Legion" feature in SUPERBOY # 202, which lists Jo's powers as "ultra-strength, ultra-speed, ultra-vision, and invulnerability," but there is no mention of flight.
Of course, this brief description should not be construed as comprehensive. It does not specify, for example, that "ultra-vision" includes penetra-vision, which can see through lead.
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quote:Originally posted by Ultra Jorge: S&LSH #239
That was before the Reflecto nonsense wasn't it?
Yes, the Reflecto story line ran from # 277-280.
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The Origins and Powers of the Legionnaires feature from ALL NEW COLLECTORS' EDITION C-55 (1978) lists "flying" as one of the uses of his powers. As far as I can tell, that's the first time he's blatantly identified as having the ability.
AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #9 (NOV/DEC, 1975) lists him as having "powers similar to Superboy".
As far as I can tell, there's no mention of flying prior to that.
These can be found in the Encyclopedia Galactica section of this website, of course.
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Cary Bates' text feature for LSH (v. 1) # 1 merely says that Jo has ultra powers. (Incidently, Bates also gives Jo's home planet as "Nimbor.")
During the earliest Legion stories I read, I thought that Ultra Boy's powers were unclear, but they must have been important, since ULTRA was always capitalized.
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"Nimbor" is of course an alternate name for "Rimbor", kind of like Amarta/Winath or Colu/Yod.
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"Nimbor" is Cary Bates demonstating lack of careful research. In the same article, he lists a Legionnaire named "Princess Projectora" and implies that Element Lad got his powers as the result of an "atomic attack" on Trom.
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