Maybe it's a time-tossed Legionnaire like Star Boy. Hell, it might even be Star Boy again. Or maybe a completely separate character with no connection. But Geoff Johns has implied this entire storyline is leading to the Legion, so there is a good chance there is a connection!
Sidenote: One of the "Thirteen" is named Cherry Bomb, which is the name of a minor Reboot Legion villain, one of Ze Tongue's allies. But looking at an upcoming cover for the Golden Age book, it appears to be Human Bomb's "erased" sidekick.
Edit: Also, the name "Golden Age Legionnaire" is very particular here. I've looked and can find no DC character called Legionnaire. The fact that there are also a Golden Age Red Lantern and a Golden Age Aquaman is very telling, as far as naming goes. It implies this Legionnaire is part of a legacy. Otherwise it would just say Legionnaire. I'm 90% sure we're getting a 31st century character who went back in time and then got erased. I'm just not sure if it will be a new character or an old one...
No one codenamed Legionnaire but two with the codename Legionary.
This isn't a "sighting in DCU proper" but I thought you all might be interested.
Alan Moore just gave an interview with GQ. It turns out Alan Moore was a Legion geek at one point. Though he doesn't really cast it in such a good light.
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GQ: There are worse ways to learn about America.
Moore: There probably are. I suppose the comics were a very big thing in my life until the age of about 14, 15. I had absorbed an awful lot of completely pointless and unnecessary lore about superheroes, all of these excessive, insane, meaningless details of continuity. I have a very sticky memory. Not so much these days, but back in my pomp, I remembered everything. It was very embarrassing when, at a comics convention that I attended after becoming a professional, they had a trivia quiz that they persuaded me to take part in. And, horrifyingly, I knew the secret identity of Chameleon Boy [a minor member of DC’s Legion of Superheroes]. That was when I realized that, no, you gotta back away from this. It’s sort of an illness.
An anniversary special for Superman's death is going to be released. One of the variant covers is a recreation of a classic image of Superman's funeral. It has the Reboot Legion Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Chameleon. Valor and Phase are also there. They're all on the upper left of the image.
Reboot Douglas Nolan died in LSH 93, while Reboot Ferro is stuck with the rest of his Legionnaires somewhere in Limbo sadly
Yeah but they were born in the 20th Century, and then a thousand years later new versions of Douglas and Andrew were born in the exact same conditions and became associated with the Legion.
For those confused, the new Golden Age special implies that about a dozen or so sidekicks and other heroes from the Golden Age were written out of history by a villain, and these are the fake Who's Who pages for those characters. The Golden Age Legionnaire's page is the first to be censored.
I'm genuinely intrigued by these Who's Who pages. They reference actual issue numbers and supporting characters that really existed. Here's hoping this story lands instead of crashes because the Legion's publishing future seem to be tied to this event...
Edit: Hey, what era is that Legion ring specifically from? That could be a clue! Its not the retroboot era.
I'm genuinely intrigued by these Who's Who pages. They reference actual issue numbers and supporting characters that really existed. Here's hoping this story lands instead of crashes because the Legion's publishing future seem to be tied to this event...
As much as I should know better than to get invested in any of this, I am genuinely fascinated by most of these characters.
I kind of wish they'd set the birth year for the Flash's daughter after his last GA appearance in '51. Also, the Human Bomb had several GA sidekicks already, so I'm a little iffy on introducing another one.
What if it's actually Laurel Kent and they reveal she'd been thrown into the past by the Manhunter android that stole her identity.
Just throwing this out... but what if it's Superboy? He's legitimately a GA character, and if this story is somehow supposed to lead into something big for the Legion, then what could be bigger than reintroducing the original Superboy?
I kind of wish they'd set the birth year for the Flash's daughter after his last GA appearance in '51. Also, the Human Bomb had several GA sidekicks already, so I'm a little iffy on introducing another one.
I kind of wish they'd set the birth year for the Flash's daughter after his last GA appearance in '51. Also, the Human Bomb had several GA sidekicks already, so I'm a little iffy on introducing another one.
He did? Who?
Hustace Throckmorton, for one. He gained powers after a blood transfusion from Roy Lincoln, only they were concentrated in his feet rather than his hands. He first appeared in Police Comics #15
Then there were the Bombadiers, a trio with whom Roy shared the formula that gave him his powers and helped in on several missions behind enemy lines, starting in Police Comics #21. One of these was Red Rogers, a female pilot, so if they wanted a female sidekick, there was one readily available.
I kind of wish they'd set the birth year for the Flash's daughter after his last GA appearance in '51. Also, the Human Bomb had several GA sidekicks already, so I'm a little iffy on introducing another one.
He did? Who?
Hustace Throckmorton, for one. He gained powers after a blood transfusion from Roy Lincoln, only they were concentrated in his feet rather than his hands. He first appeared in Police Comics #15
Then there were the Bombadiers, a trio with whom Roy shared the formula that gave him his powers and helped in on several missions behind enemy lines, starting in Police Comics #21. One of these was Red Rogers, a female pilot, so if they wanted a female sidekick, there was one readily available.
Red Rogers is even portrayed as being just a kid trying to save her older brother. She could have been "Cherry Bomb" or whatever.
I'm hoping Johns knows about Genius Jones, Antelope Boy and Sir Butch to add to the roster. Wonder Boy, Atom Blake, Buddy Smith, Margo the Magician, Pinky, Butch, Phantom Eagle, Bulletboy, Icarus, Abigail, Man from Mars, among others would be cool to see as well.
Reboot Douglas Nolan died in LSH 93, while Reboot Ferro is stuck with the rest of his Legionnaires somewhere in Limbo sadly
Yeah but they were born in the 20th Century, and then a thousand years later new versions of Douglas and Andrew were born in the exact same conditions and became associated with the Legion.
oh, with which version of the Legion? do you mean the Bendisboot, the Retroboot... oh I'll stop now, all this continuity has gotten confusing
officially, is the Reboot Legion still the only one associated with Earth-247? and Threeboot = Earth-Prime?
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