Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! LAST ROUND!!!! ACTION, Reboot or Threeboot? Ends Tuesday, 8/19

Well, Classic Lyle is dead, 3boot Lyle is annoying somewhat. Reboot Lyle is rarely seen, but when he's seen he's great. I choose Reboot.

And I don't see why we can't have Lyle and Jacques both as IK.

CHAM - my vote goes to reboot Cham.

IK - Though I have motherly affections for 3boot Lyle, I'll go ahead and jump on the reboot Lyle bandwagon. (Jacques F. can become one of the LO3W sacrificial lambs for all I care.)

Jacques will always be Invisible Kid to me. Lyle worked best as a legacy/inspiration for other Legionnaires in the hall of dead heroes. If I have to choose a Lyle, I'll go with the Threeboot, as I couldn't stand the Invisible Wesley Crusher of the the reboot.

Reboot Lyle Norg vote here.

I prefer Jacques to Lyle

...but of the Lyles, Reboot was the most interesting. Classic Lyle was boring and worked better as a dead icon (similar to Barry Allen), and Threeboot Lyle just makes me wnt to puke.

COSMIC BOY: Action- 7.5, Reboot- 12, 3boot- 1.5

SATURN GIRL: Action- 14, Reboot- 5.5, 3boot- 1.5

LIGHTNING LAD: Action- 8, Reboot- 2.5, 3boot- 7.5

PHANTOM GIRL: Action- 4, Reboot- 3.5, 3boot- 11.5

TRIPLICATE GIRL: Action- 3, Reboot- 13, 3boot- 3

COLOSSAL BOY: Action- 10, Reboot- 2, 3boot- 5

CHAMELEON BOY: Action- 9, Reboot- 4, 3boot- 3

INVISIBLE KID: Action- 2, Reboot- 10, 3boot- 2

--SIDEBAR-- Should Lyle or Jacques be the 'official' INVISIBLE KID?

Lyle only= 2, Jacques only= 2, Lyle as Deadman= 1, Jacques as sacrifial lamb= 1, two Invisible Kids= 3, Lyle as IK with Jacques having some other power (dimensional shifting was mentioned as was the power to make things invisible)= 2, Lyle as ID with Jacques having some other role- 1).

BRAINIAC 5: Action, Reboot or Threeboot?

I'm inclined to skip the Kryptonion cousins, since I think which ones will be available for LSH membership are pretty well set in stone.

SIDEBAR 2: Do you want to vote for Superboy and Supergirl?

I'd be fairly happy with any of the Brainy's-- especially since Shooter has evened the character's personality out a bit. He's more Querl than Vril Dox, thankfully.

Action Brainy is- well, a classic. But I'd continually want to see him dealing with his Supergirl fascination, and I don't know that I want to see this ground trod upon again. I liked him in ACTION, though that fake-out on Colu was almost too convincing.

I'm probably in the minority, but I liked the force-field wired into Brainy internally. I could do without the facial computer 'patches' and any Anomaly-based personality 'fixes'.

It's a difficult choice. I think I'm going to go with reboot, though. (I've chosen several of those in a row, but there's a *bunch* of ACTION choices coming up soon, I think...)

Reboot Lyle, definitely.

Not really any point in doing a Jacques survey, since he was in all of one reboot episodes.

Brainy is a tough one, as I like different aspects of the different eras. In the end, though, I have to vote for reboot, as he had the whole "misunderstood genius" thing going, and I enjoyed the interaction between him and Andromeda, especially after she came back from lockdown. So it added a bit of an interesting undercurrent to the character.

Even though I hated the "5.1" thing, I also enjoyed his action in the Dark Circle story.

Brainy: I think I'm going to go with the classic version on this one. But I'd be happy with any of the three (I don't find them that different from each other, especially now that the threeboot version has been softened).

And please do skip the Super-cousins.

Reboot Brainy. He was the proper amount of crazy mixed in with some fun-to-read assholery.

As for the Sidebar: Let's skip the Kryptonians. They're just too jumbled.

BRAINIAC 5: Action

I'm inclined to skip the Kryptonion cousins, since I think which ones will be available for LSH membership are pretty well set in stone.

SIDEBAR 2: Do you want to vote for Superboy and Supergirl?

I would vote yes to Kal-El as there would be no Legion if not for him, as for Kara I miss her relationship with Brainy the most.

Brainiac 5 = a split between Classic and 3boot. But I've always had more fun with Vril Dox, in fact...
So, set me with Classic, especially for his role in v3 and v4 (not that it matters...)

As for the Sidebar, I vote for the Pocket Universe Superboy and Linda Danvers Supergirl... hahaha
It doesn't matter, really.

BRAINIAC 5: I never cared for the classic Brainy and also don't like the current version. Not a big fan of the reboot one either but he's the lesser of three evils

SIDEBAR 2: Yes, I would include the two Kryptonian cousins and I would choose the classic versions of each.

Brainy was a tough choice for me between Classic/Action and Reboot. There are many things I love about the original version, but ultimately, the reboot Brainy really seemed to nail what was cool about the character consistently. Though I wish we got to see more of the original's heart in him, it was definitely Reboot Brainy that turned me into a big fan of the character.

SIDEBAR: Don't include them, Todd. Keeping the larger context of this thread in mind, it would just be pointless to choose between the different versions.

Invisible Kid I - Reboot. Lyle is the definative I-Kid, tho if I what to shoose between the two I'd pick Jacques. In an ideal universe I'd have both, giving Foccart a new name ("Fade?").

Brainiac 5 - As with Cham, I'd be happy to see any of the three, but gotta go Action with this one.

I would like to see Conner in some limited capacity. Maybe a two-issue story every two years?

This is a tremendous idea! I love it. Give us a flesh-and-blood Dream Girl and let Lyle haunt the Club House!

I'm not a big Brainy fan, but I'll vote for Threeboot Brainy. He's insufferable, but entertaining.

And, please, no Super-folk.

Brainy? I dislike the 3boot version, had fun with the Action run, but would vote for Reboot.

Brainy, like Cham, is hard as all three versions bring good stuff to the table. Integral to the Action Brainy though is his relationship to Supergirl, and given the age difference between them now, it would just be creepy. So I'll go with the reboot Brainy, who can get his brain scrambled choosing between Kara and Andromeda.

EDIT: and while I agree there's no wiggle room on DC's side for the Super-folk, it would still be fun to vote for them.

For Brainy, I'll vote reboot though I'd gladly take any of them.

As for the Invisible Kid sidebar, I adore Lyle over Jacques. Though I'd love to see Jacques have a role alongside a living Lyle, either as support or even another Invisible Kid.

Belated votes:
Phantom Girl - Action
Triplicate Girl - Reboot
Colossal Boy - Action
Chameleon Boy - Action
Invisible Kid - Reboot

I forgot to vote for anyone else but Gim I just realised.

Cosmic Boy - Reboot. Great costume and the epitomy of selfless heroism IMO.

Saturn Girl - Action. Not a big fan of any of them but this one wins because of all the crazy schemes she had during the Adventure era.

Lightning Lad - Reboot. I like him with a robot arm.

Phantom Girl - Action. I liked Apparition but her whole story got really annoying after she 'died' and then hung around as a ghost for eons.

Triplicate Girl - Reboot. The writers treated her like a competent equal on the team for the first time in like, ever - though Triad Purple did get on my nerves every now and then.

Colossal Boy - Reboot (as already voted).

Chameleon Boy - Action I guess. But I'd personally prefer it if we had Chameleon Girl as the team's resident Durlan.

Invisible Kid - Reboot. He was without a doubt one of the breakout stars of this era. Though I would almost as equally love his preboot Ultra Boy-punching counterpart.

Brainiac 5 - Reboot. Specifically the Legion Lost DnA era one. The only time I've ever liked this character.

Colossal Boy - Action, he's neither dead/resurrected nor angsty about his leadership/heroism. He's just the biggest human among them.

Chameleon Boy - I'm going to chose threeboot, but it's more not choosing the other two. Both of the others had homeworld issues that just never appealed to me. And the action one was so closely tied to RJ Brande (the crux of that legion's underwhelming origin story). Such may be the case for the threeboot Cham too, but as my eternal-optimist self, I always have hope that the latest attempt will be better.

Invisible Kid - I can only go with the original. So, some resurrected action Lyle Norg is my choice. Why? Mostly his depictions as leader in the Adventure era, and with the SW6 legionnaires. To me, they outshine anything any other Invisible Kid has done, even if new continuity passes them by. Also, he brought in Chemical King. Reboot Lyle was appealing as well, but so patly so. Threeboot Lyle is too tied to the "underagers" discord.

Brainiac 5 - Action. Reboot overplayed Brainy as simply a brat. Threeboot overplayed Brainy as simply that guy from the L.E.G.I.O.N. series. But, over the years, Action Brainy has played out as a genuine nutcase. I don't see how I could let that go.

COSMIC BOY: Action- 7.5, Reboot- 13, 3boot- 1.5

SATURN GIRL: Action- 15, Reboot- 5.5, 3boot- 1.5

LIGHTNING LAD: Action- 8, Reboot- 3.5, 3boot- 7.5

PHANTOM GIRL: Action- 6, Reboot- 3.5, 3boot- 11.5

TRIPLICATE GIRL: Action- 3, Reboot- 15, 3boot- 3

COLOSSAL BOY: Action- 12, Reboot- 2, 3boot- 5

CHAMELEON BOY: Action- 11, Reboot- 4, 3boot- 4

INVISIBLE KID: Action- 3, Reboot- 14, 3boot- 2

BRAINIAC 5: Action-5, Reboot-14, 3boot-0


SIDEBAR 2: Do you want to vote for Superboy and Supergirl?

Yes= 2 No= 5, with various choices offered.

I tend to think about the only choice DC's going to consider (or already has, most likely) is between current SuperMAN and what we'd have to call threeboot Supergirl.

ULTRA BOY: Action, Reboot or Threeboot?

I don't even have to think about this one for half of a second.

Action Jo all the way. I dearly hope that the Jo's-been-pretending-to-be-dumber-than-he-is bit is pulled in from the 5YL Jo Nah. That'd be perfect. I'd even enjoy a new reason and story for this development.

I liked that reboot UB was in the WorkForce before he became a Legionnaire, and that he had a little-seen friendship with Element Lad. Really, I liked reboot Jo up until his marriage. Then, ugh. Still, I'd defend why that wedding had to happen,but the way both Jo and Tinya were written didn't add anything to them or to the book.

Threeboot- I really like that he's the resident powerhouse (and knows it), and that he turned to Karate Kid for 'counseling', but that's about it. Both of those qualities could easily be worked into any UB used.

Brainiac 5 - gotta go with Reboot, especially during the DnA era...who could have him do the cartwheel while fighting? made him do the innovative ways with the force fields? that's when he shone on...loved him! I loved Action Brainy but it was DnA that won me over. Reboot, indeed!

Ultra Boy - Classic. I never liked Reboot and 3boot...I felt it is out of his character - way out. Classic Ultra Boy has it all - savvy, street smart, romantic, funny, serious (when he was a leader)...that's the coolness of him. Action!

Skip the Superboy and Supergirl, okay?