Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! Ages?

Do we know how old the members of nu!Legion are supposed to be? The stats on the main page aren't really a help (several of them make me LAWL, though), and the art and attitiudes aren't clues, either (personally I find the idea of teenagers banding together for a cause that isn't directly related to pot supply and/or consumption hilarious, but someone'll just throw the 'well, it's the FYOOTOR, things are different' excuse at me. The bare midriff trend seems to have survived a good century, though, so drugs should be doing AWESOME).

I think either Waid or Kitson or Wacker or somebody in the know hads confirmed that the core Legionnaires age in range from about 14-18.

I'm not sure if its ever been stated in the comic or in an interview, but I can just 'fee' Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad and possibly Saturn Girl as being 18.

Off-hand, is there any characters that you think 'feel' older than the rest?

And I can only imagine what type of cool drugs the Dominators have

The Zwenians have been known to remain stoned for six months.

Except for Brainy, who's supposed to be a little older, and possibly Timber Wolf, my feeling is none of them have reached 18 yet. IIRC, the first three were traditionally age 14 when they founded the Legion and I suspect WaK wouldn't want to deviate too much from that, plus the fact they're called "children" by various adults and mostly treated with the same casual disrespect as other underagers (except maybe by Saturn Mom). So my guess is Cos, LL and SG are no more than 17 but they seem somewhat older because of their membership seniority and experience. Brainy already being 18+ sounds right in light of remarks like "hebetudinous child", though he'd be considered a child himself on Colu. T-Wolf's initial refusal to join the kids suggests he's a bit older, too.

I don't see that T Wolf's refusal to join says anything about his age. The whole "self-professed loner who is too cool for the clique" is such a classic teenage archetype, that it's hard for me imagine him not being the same age as the others.