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Those are the last three I was thinking of SD.

Hmm... not sure who gets it next...

I guess IB, since he named the most characters first...

Then again, IB doesn't seem to be around, so Drake, Korbal, SD, if one of you wants to take it...

Whoops! Sorry.

A number of Legionnaires were given power-ups during the reboot era, gaining either new dimensions to their powers, or actually receiving new powers. Additionally, some were depowered.

Name all the Legionnaires in the reboot era who have had their powers altered somehow after they first got them.

Let's see,

Spark had her lightning powers changed to the power to make things super-lightweight in the Genesis miniseries, then later got her lightning powers back.

Ultra Boy briefly could use more than one power at a time, also due to events in the Genesis miniseries.

Kinetix lost her powers for a while, from contact with a magical artifact she had hoped would increase her powers (I'm not even going to go into all the other #%&@! that happened to Zoe).

Violet gained the power to grow.

Star Boy gained several new powers after being fed space-whale meat.

Magno lost his powers in the big fight against Mordru.

Umbra lost her powers during Legion Lost, but later got them back.

Dreamer greatly increased her control over her power through Khund training (not sure that counts, since it happened before she was officially a member of the team).

Hmmm ... should we count Element Lad? He went through a period of transmuting himself before transmuting anything else after the big fight with Mordru, but it was never clear if he *had* to, or merely chose to. And he became much more adept at using his powers after a couple of billion years of practice as The Progenitor.

Then there's Live Wire, whose spirit inhabited some Tromium crystals left over from The Progenitor's destruction and thereby gained transmutation powers.

And Ferro, trapped in his iron form after injuries sustained on Steeple.

Finally, Kid Quantun II, whom DnA (without explanation) gave the ability to travel through time under her own power during "Foundations".

Almost forgot: Star Boy's mass-manipulating power was behaving oddly just before "Foundations", but that was never explained; not sure it counts, but I'll mention it anyway.

BRM, you got 11 of the ones I was thinking of. It shames me to say that I almost forgot about Live Wire; I guess I was trying to forget about the whole Jarth thing. I also forgot about Ulra Boy, so that makes 12. Good job.

I can still think of at least 5, maybe 6, other Legionnaires who exhibited abilities beyond those which they were previously shown to have, though.

Ok, I've stalled this game long enough.

The others I was thinking of were,

ANDROMEDA gained some light energy powers after her trip to the Anomaly.

APPARITION got the ability to wreck, and later, manipulate machinery while she was a phantom.

BRAINIAC 5's forcefield was also internalized after his encounter with the Anomaly.

I'd also included Legionnaires whose powers were not exactly changed, but whose power levels increased significantly. These are all pretty much debatable, but I would have accepted them.

INVISIBLE KID, who was shown having the ability to make up to two others invisible, and also using the ability of partial invisibility to make him look like a skeleton. It wasn't very clear if he had been able to do these all along or if he just learned them along the way.

SATURN GIRL's powers were increased after Doctor Psycho destroyed the blocks that Aven had implanted in her mind, causing her to become much more powerful. After that, the writers had her shutting down multiple minds at once (Legion of the Damned and after), sustaining convincing mental illusions (Legion Lost) and much much more.

SENSOR's mutation increased her strength to the point that she was able to whip M'Onel around easily. (Legion 21)

SHIKARI was surprisingly able to escape from being voided by Abyss; she somehow was ablew to drag Abyss into the void and escape through a warp hole which she may have created herself. (Legion 6)

There are also other instances which would have qualified for Legionnaires answered correctly by Bicycle Repair Man. When Spark regained her lightning powers in LSH 101, she was shown to have become much more powerful (even powerful than Garth). Star Boy's gravity powers were increased during Legion Worlds to give him pretty much complete control over gravity. Umbra darkfield evolved from being used to blind and deafen opponents and contain energy to being solidified and used as a hard-hitting energy weapon. And Kid Quantum II's powers were originally very low level, but she underwent experimentation to increase them. She was later shown to be able to speed up time as well as slowing it down, and was the deus ex machina standard for the Legion until Kinetix was terrorformed.

Bicycle Repair Man, the next Q is yours.

New Question:

Which 2boot Legionnaires were not native to the Legion's era?

Ferro and Thunder?

There were more than two.

M'Onel and Kon-el?

Now you've got all of 'em:

M'Onel, Ferro, Thunder, Kon-El.

Back to Invisible Brainiac.

Name at least 8 reboot Legionnaires who haven't had either of their parents show up on-panel, even in flashbacks.

Kid Quantum I and II, Gates, Violet, Gear, Shikari, Timber Wolf, Dreamer, Karate Kid.

You got 7 right, but Jaz and James' parents showed up in one panel in Legionnaires 60.

I'll have to re-check that...didn't remember seeing them.

OK, then, # 8 is...Wildfire. I don't believe we ever saw Blast-Off's or Atom'X parents.

Yup! I don't remember seeing Wildfire's parents either.

For the record, Jaz and James' parents shwoed up in a flashback scene. I don't remember the page number, but it was just before Jaz and Karate Kid were inducted into the Legion.

You're up.

What substance is too poisonous for even a Bismollian to eat, and what color is it?

I'm sure it glowed purple...was it Magnozite?

Correct, lance! Your question.

OK, here we go...

Pre-TMK, I can think of at least 2 Legionnaires who, when they tried out, did NOT want to display all their powers for the Legion. Name them.

Wildfire and Element Lad.

That didn't last long. Take it, Eryk. Y'know, you seem to answer all the questions I ask...

Obviously you ask questions I like!

Next question:

The Legion tryouts are one of the coolest parts of Legion lore. Name three other organizations contemporaneous with the Legion that held similar tryouts/initiation tests.

Bonus: Name four rejected applicants from those organizations.