Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! Random LSH panel discussion

I agree that the flight ring must help on some level, just not the most important levels.

And I agree that some of the Legionnaires get more bang for their buck where the rings are concerned.
Definitely the fighters: Val, Brin, Lu, Shady, Jo (who has two powers with the rings + partial invulnerability, increased speed, increased 'get there in time', surprise of approach, etc.), Vi (who wouldn't be very Vi-able without the rings), Ferro, Blok, Nura when she's portrayed as a fighter of some kind.
Then there are those who are much more effective with ability to more fast and from any direction: Rokk, Garth, Brek, Tinya, Thom, Jan, Dirk, etc..

Tellus absolutely needs the rings for a non-liquid environment and he & Imra have a definite advantage over say, an Esper Lass, just in line of sight and being out of reach of other combatants.

Even the ones who fly on their own are aided as the rings give communication and additional invulnerability in different eco-systems, as well as often maintaining them in the air if they loose consciousness, which I seem to remember.

Wow, that's kind of anal but I AM a Legion fan of very long standing.

Hm, Purple Lu seems hotter to me than Orange Lu here.

What I want to say is not appropriate for this board.

Servants entrance in the rear!

Ahem.

Anyway, I too have the 'super-power of becoming huge,' but my version takes longer and involves a lot of Pringles.

Atlantis? NOW we know the secret to what sunk the island-state! Gim had some bad Martian tacos the night before...

Heh. That was funny. And yeah, without a flight ring, Vi's contributions to combat would be to spend 30 minutes working her way into the mechanism of the enemy machine, crossing about six real world inches in that time with her teensy little microscopic legs...

Gee, you think they would want a bridge that doesn't limit them to going across single file.

Scoff all you want. I really miss the good old days when it was okay for superheroes to wear perms.

I never realized until now how truly hot Colossal Boy is. He looks likes he could lap dance all of Metropolis at once.

Which would be hot.

Standard Legion equipment for missions: flight rings, portable bridges.

You're mining my childhood, Lash. This panel is from the second Legion story I ever read: "The War Between Krypton and Earth."

I don't have any particular thoughts about this panel. Gim is just doing his job. The Kryptonians are on their way to attack the Atlantians with stun guns, not knowing that the Atlantean weapons will prove lethal to Kryptonians.

I still think that this story is more sophisticated than people give it credit for. While some fans deride it for its explanation of how dinosaurs came to earth or its out-of-DC-continuity origin for Atlantis, or even for Star Boy making an entire city sink beneath the ocean, I still think its an insightful story that shows how wars can start and escalate despite the best intentions of those involved. It also shows how even Legionnaires can choose sides and come to blows with each other.

"Normal"? Girlfriend, that ship sailed and crashed YEARS ago.

That freaky curved architecture can't be very stable.

Nothing worse than being knocked flat on your back. Oh yeah, actually, being knocked flat on your back on a lawn that obviously hasn't been mowed in weeks.

New caption for the Colossal Boy picture;

Having just created a bridge for his allies, Matter-Pooper Lad leans over and braces himself in preparation for creating another one!

Damned Super-Companions have killed yet ANOTHER thread!!!

Nothing says alien like men who wear a hat, long-sleeved shirt, gloves, boots, a belt, and yet *still* leave their legs exposed!

I don't think the guy in the foreground is sleeping. He's just drunk.

Two things I miss from the Silver Age:
1) Planets with an over-abundance of consonant letters in their names
2) Page numbers

Also, the fella on the left seems very restful and contemplative...

The planet of freaky architecture and nelly caps!

3) Grown men running around (or on siestas, as the case may be) dressed like Robin.

A straight super-hero would stop to make the cute chick more comfortable.

It's like the masterpiece Salvidor Dali never painted.

(The sentient puddle is cool too)