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Well, Mekt's finger for one.

But on the second, I only have a vague memory of that story, but I do remember something about an underground grain silo... so did he eat a bunch of grain?

Probably quadrotriticaylie.

Tenz ate:
1. Mekt's finger for one
2. A bunch of grain

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah, Exnihil!

Wow, that one must have been pulled from my subconscious because it was really just a guess.

Anyway, next question:

From a publishing perspective, which Legionnaire's parents traveled back to the time of Superboy a full 40 years before the Legionnaire ever did?

I have no idea but I am thoroughly intrigued / confused. You say from a publishing perspective - does that mean it was published in 1918? Or maybe that in the story, it took place in 1918? But it was in Superboy's time - so it was published during a point in real history when Superboy's time would have been around 1918? So maybe it was in a story written around 1940? Just speculating here.

As I said, I have no idea, so here's a guess that doesn't really fit with my above ramblings, but picking a hero with 20th century connections: Brainiac 5.

It would, assuming that the Legionnaire in question first went to Superboy's time in a comic published in 1958 (hint... they didn't )

Basically, I'm saying that some Legionnaire's first time travel trip to Superboy's time took place in a comic published 40 years after a comic in which their parents had done so.

(Two other hints - I phrased it as "Superboy's time" to avoid confusion over the 20th vs. 21st century; secondly, it was specifically Superboy's time, not Supergirl's - this individual had previously been to her time).

Oh, and , no... not Brainiac-5.

Ah, I see how I misread this. I was assuming it was before <i>any</i> Legionnaires had made the trip.

I'll think some more.

I still don't understand the question. I can't get past the fact that, from a publiher's POV, the Legion first met Superboy in 1958. But I'll guess CosmicBoy.

Yeah, it's a little tricky because the question has two different reference scales - real world time (40 years publishing difference between the two stories) and comic book time (both the parents of the Legionnaire, and then later the Legionnaire, both time traveled to Smallville during the time of Superboy).


I'll try to make it more simple:

- Once, a comic book was published showing someone's parents time-traveling back to Smallville.

- 40 years later, a different comic was published that showed their child, who was a Legionnaire, time-traveling back to Smallville.

- It was the first time that Legionnaire had ever done so.

Who was the Legionnaire?


P.S. - not Cos.

whoops... double post

Saturn Girl

Yeah, I was confused at first, but the key is that we're not talking about when the founders first paid a visit, we're talking about a 40 year gap between the parents and another specific Legionnaire. This means that the earliest we could have seen this Legionnaire visit Superboy's time is 1998, 40 years after the first Legion story, but it's probably even later than that, since there wasn't even a "Superboy" at the time. (I guess "young Clark Kent's time" might be the same as "Superboy's time" though.)

So if I'm interpreting this correctly that means that any Legionnaire we ever saw go back to Smallville in Superboy's time prior to 1998 is automatically out.

Off the top of my head, that eliminates the founders, Ultra Boy, Star Boy, Blok, Dawnstar, Karate Kid, Shadow Lass, Mon-El, Triplicate Girl, Phantom Girl and I'm sure heaps of others.

Of course my key problem is that I can't remember any seeing any Legion parents visiting Smallville at all. The latest that the parent's trip could have been show would be the early 1970's. So that would seem to eliminate characters were created after that.

Anyway, after all that, I'll guess Colossal Boy, because he fits my logic so far and because I can remember that his parents have actually be seen on panel!

Outstanding logic, Xben! Everything you said above is correct... except the answer.

Colossal Boy travelled back to Smallville in Adventure Comics 351, back in '66, which would make the "40 year gap" occur in '26, prior to the start of DC comics.

Not Saturn Girl, either, KK.


P.S. - It was definitely during a period when there was a "Superboy" as opposed to just a "young Clark Kent"

I'm also having a bit of trouble understanding this question... well, I actually get it now after Exnihil's second-to-last post - I just don't get how the situation can be possible - but that's why I really like this question. It's a mind-teaser!

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Adding to Xben's detective work, I think we can eliminate every Legionnaire invented after Chemical King since the oldest of them, Wildfire, is only 39 years old - thus, none of those Legionnaires could have had parents go back in time before they were invented UNLESS those parents pre-dated their invention. But the only character I can think of that fits that bill is XS, and then - only her Mum, not her Dad.

But since I think most of the Adventure-era members went back to Smallville, who does that leave us with? I have no idea.

So I'll guess - Magnetic Kid.

Ayla

Neither Ayla nor Pol.

I'll steal Blacula's idea and say XS.

Seems to me Supergirl's parents were first published early enough, so that's going to be my guess.

I took a guess at XS too before reading Blacula's post, and came up with the same problem, I didn't think Dawn Allen was time traveling with a husband or boyfriend.

I can't think of any second-generation Legionnaires and the only "DCU legacy" Legionnaires I can think of are XS, Brainiac 5, and Supergirl (okay not really a Super-legacy, but rather a contemporary brand extension ).

So if it isn't Supergirl, or some other DCU legacy character I'm missing, I'm guessing the parents weren't created specifically as the Legionnaire's parents, but rather the Legionnaire was created from the parents, or they were created independently and some writer along the way decided "hey, wouldn't it be cool if those two throwaway characters were _____'s parents?"

I'm not sure about the time-traveling exploits of Supergirl's parents (they well could have visited Smallville, I'm just not aware if they did or not) but a quick bit of research shows that Supergirl traveled back to Superboy-era Smallville in Superboy #80, April of 1960. So even if they did possibly precede her, there's not enough of a buffer to have it had been 40 years prior.

And neither is it XS, as I'm fairly certain her father was only created during the Archie era.

As another hint, I will say that both of the scenarios described above are false. The two people were created specifically as ???'s parents.

Well then as Blacula says, it has to be a Legionnaire that came before Wildfire.

(Unless there's a character that's been around a long time but only became a Legionnaire later?)

There are characters who were around for a long time and became Legionnaires later - Polar Boy and White Witch both fit that bill. Whether their parents ever visited Superboy's time, though, I have no idea.

Another character with famous parents, or at least a famous Dad is Chameleon Boy, and he did visit Superboy sometime in the 1970's, during that Blood Crystal story. I can't remember if he visited before that, and I don't recall RJ Brande going back to Superboy's time really early on at all. But whatever, I'll guess Chameleon Boy.

Oops, I just realized how my guess completely violates my logic - the 1970's is the latest the parents could have made the trip, not the Legionnaire. So I will change my guess to White Witch.

I'll go with Polar Boy because, now that you mention it, it sounds kind of familiar.

Does Marzal popping in count? I'll guess Tyroc.

I was thinking Rond Vidar, but the question said parents plural and I don't think we ever knew of Rond's mom.