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After the Legion's most recent encounter with the Time Trapper, Brainiac 5 shared his hypothesis that their old enemy is actually a sentient timeline gone rogue. It sparked Brainiac 5's scientific curiosity, and he began looking into concepts of sentient spacetime from different cultures around the UP to inspire and form his own ideas.

In the very near future, this will lead to an experiment intending to make contact with an infant universe's psyche. An unknown hero named Echo will appear at the very moment the experiment is activated, and will convince the Legion that letting the experiment proceed would lead to universal apocalypse. The Legion will abort the experiment at his insistence, and somehow during all the confusion Echo will vanish as if he'd never existed himself. The Legion will have only the faintest memories of the stranger but once Brainiac crunches the numbers a dozen times he will see that 11 out of 12 times, Echo would have been right. The heretofore unheard of levels of psionic and physical energies released in such an enterprise would have laid waste to the local universe. They will posthumously honor Echo as an honorary Legionnaire and go on about their lives. In practically no time at all he will be no more real to them than a half-recalled dream, and only his statue in their memorial room will prove that he was ever really there at all.

In one of countless other timelines, Echo didn't stop the experiment. A nascent universe was thrust into our own and over a course of years distorted and finally shattered the incompatible physical laws of the universe with which it was now forced to coexist. Everything fell into chaos and both universes were finally completely obliterated. At the moment it became aware of its impending demise, the encroaching universe tried to focus on a way to avert its fate. It condensed part of its being into a humanoid form and appeared only instants away from annihilation. With cosmic awareness it knew that Brainiac's experiment was to blame for this and sent itself back in time a few days. Such a small jump made it lose much of its power, but it realised it had further to go yet...years further in fact. It joined the Legion as the hero Echo, reasoning that it would be easier to use them as a spatial beacon while it travelled backwards in time to conserve energy travelling. There was another reason as well; the universe lost more of its own sense of self with each trip, like a fading echo. It soon got to the point where it was retarded to merely human levels of intellect and awareness, and its once off the scale power was reduced to simply being able to re-enact short-lived temporal echoes of the powers and abilities of those around it.

Echo thus lived its life backwards, joining and rejoining the Legion again and again. Each time he travelled back into the past, he warped the host timeline so that he was erased from its future and the Legion met him afresh. Eventually he made it back to the day of the fateful experiment, and saved the host universe at the cost of his now very mortal life.

And somewhere else in the multiverse the story would run backwards again...

Oh wow, my head just exploded! I love it!

agreed mind exploded! Awesome Echo.

Not all of present-day Earth is paved over with ferrocrete and alloy composites. Indeed, the great urbanization led to larger percentages of the world's population concentrating in the mega-cities, leaving surprisingly large sections of the planet devoted to pristine wilderness, some of which is so protected in status that it can only be seen and experienced through virtual feeds, as people are not allowed into these EarthGov Protectorate zones.

Still, there will always be people who live closer to nature, either culturally or by individual choice, and they sometimes find themselves under threat, thousands of miles from the nearest SP office or Legion presence.

Whether the threat is natural disaster or man-made, such as thieves taking advantage of the very isolation they prize, some are fortunate enough to encounter aid from the enigmatic Timber Wolf. Reported on the North American, European and Asian continents, viewers describe the creature as the size of a pony, more like a prehistoric dire wolf in build, but with supernatural strength and stealth, unusually intelligent eyes (and mannerisms), and a bone-chilling howl that can paralyze men and animal with fright, and call up a pack of a dozen other wolves, pale and translucent, like the ghosts of wolves, able to bite and pull down their quarry, but all but immune to reprisal!

The Timber Wolf has dragged unconscious victims from burning buildings or out of forest fires, harried poachers and thieves, and even disabled sophisticated technology carried by over-bold resource raiders, knowing exactly what wires to pull with his teeth to ruin even alien technology. Any attempt to communicate with the creature, or to track it's movements, has met with failure, as it seems to be able to vanish even from the highest-technology scans or orbital tracking methods, only to be reported half the world away only hours later.

Timber Wolf as a kind of supernatural defender is an interesting idea, it would be cool to see non-urban areas of 31st century Earth every now and then to see how they've changed too! And while we are doing animalistic.....

Balu is colloquially known throughout the UP as the Polar Bear World. Its dominant sentient lifeform is the Yobu, a white bear-like creature ranging from 7 to 12 feet tall when standing erect. When humanoid settlers first came to Balu, they didnt realise the Yobu were sentient, and this soon led to hostilities. While peace was soon found, relations between the Yobu and human settlers can often be slightly tense.

Earth scientist Bruse Bannin moved to Balu and against all odds fell in love with a Yobu female named Beti. Using 31st century medical science, he combined DNA from himself and Beti to create a son. They named their son Brek, and found to their surprise that he can switch back and forth from bear to human form at will. He has even learned to shift into a hybrid form which blends the best characteristics of both species!

As the sole living human/Yobu child, Brek faced discrimination from his peers. When he learned of the Legion of Superheroes, he wasted no time in leaving his world behind to join the Legion's ranks as the werebear named Polar Boy!

Polar Boy as a polar bear is inspired! Love it.

Also grinned a bit at the Bruce Banner / Betty Ross name-dropping.

Norman Ortlan idolized superheroes. Not just the ones from the past, but the current day heroes of the Legion of Superheroes. But being a shy and retiring boy, Norman doubted that he would ever be a hero. His older brother used to tease him that his superpower was his ability to fall asleep in an instant.

Recently, Norman began to have a very vivid and somewhat reoccurring dream. His dream was of the most beautiful girl in the world. In addition to being beautiful, she was friendly and lovable. She was also very very smart, but she never looked down on anyone. She was super strong and acrobatic. She also knew how to fight.

Norman would dream of her in all sorts of adventures. Then one day when Norman was watching the holo-news, there was a story about how little Sapphire Stagg-Spiffany had been kidnapped, but had been rescued by a mysterious young woman. Although hundreds of holo-cameras recorded the dramatic rescue, the young lady was not seen. One recording did show little Sapphire being carried from the house, but it appeared that no one was carrying her. Some speculated that it was Invisible Kid from the Legion, but eyewitnesses there insisted that is was a young woman and that she was plainly visible to everyone there.

Norman looked in shock at the picture of little Sapphire. In his dream just that night, his dream girl had rescued a little girl from a bunch of kidnappers and the little girl was Sapphire Stagg-Spiffany. Norman thought it must have been a coincidence. That he had seen a picture of Sapphire before. But then more and more news reports of a mysterious girl performing feats or heroism came in. Feats that matched Norman's dreams completely.

Norman thought he was going insane. He sought out a Titan psychologist. When his mind was probed, it was discovered that Norman did have a superpower. He was able when he was asleep to project his dream alter ego into the waking world. This was his dream girl. Norman was then contacted by Marla Lantham to join the Legion Academy. Norman became a reserve member of the Legion of Superheroes because of the unpredictable nature of where Dream Girl would materialize. Dream Girl knows that she is a dream projection, but is content with that.

Awesome take on 'Dream Girl!' Literally the 'girl of his dreams,' or, perhaps, the glamorous sort of person he wishes he truly was?

Either way, or possibly even best left never quite resolved, a very cool twist!

To quote Merlin from the Excalibur movie;
"You made me nothing but a dream, Morgana. A dream to some. A nightmare, to others!"

Ex-S

Jenni Ognats had the genetic predisposition to contact the speed force, much like her ancestors. It was for this reason that the Dominators abducted her and began experimenting on her. Jenny did develop super-speed and escaped from the Dominators for a time. She later joined the Legion of Superheroes with the code name XS. However she was recaptured by the Dominators and further experiments were done on her. This further experimentation caused her to lose her connection to the Speed Force. During a second escape attempt, a pulse gun was fired at her. Jenny instinctively raised her hand and was surprised to see that she absorbed the kinetic energy of the pulse, slowing it down to the speed of a dust mote.

Making good her escape, Jenny made her way to Metropolis and the Legion of Superheroes. She asked Brainiac 5 to see if her super-speed could be restored and to find out exactly what the Dominators had done to her.

Brainiac discovered that her tie to the Speed Force had been permanently severed, but that she now had the power to absorb kinetic energy and store it. Further, she could then give some of that kinetic energy to other people or things (just not herself) to temporarily increase their speed although not to super-human level as the people & objects would not have the protective aura that super-speedsters have to protect them from friction.

LOve your Ex-S Quis! its a really good twist on that character. I wonder how this would change her personality if it would at all.


Raz your Polar Boy is also a great take. I would love to see a design done of his mid-transformation form!

The air elemental of Xanthu had heard stories about how the Tornado Tyrant/Champion of Rann had journeyed to Earth and had merged with a mechanical being and thus gaining an more materialistic existence. After many centuries of contemplating this, The air elemental of Xanthu decided that it too wanted a more materialistic existence. But there were no mechanical beings on Xanthu that were suitable for merging with.

Marak Russen was a young boy with a rare and fatal respiratory disease. The air elemental of Xanthu heard of this and entered Marak's body in the hopes that its air elemental powers could cure the boy. However when it entered into Marak's body, the air elemental found itself fusing with Marak. Their individual memories melded together. And in no time, the two became one.

The air elemental's fusion with Marak cured him of his respiratory disease and endowed him with powers. Marak could now fly, generate winds of varied strength, and could become as insubstanitial as air. Marak took the code name Atmos and became the planetary champion of Xanthu. For a brief time, he became a member of the Legion of Superheroes, but he felt a stronger tie to Xanthu and subsequently returned to his home planet.

I don't need a DC-produced Legion book. I'll just read this thread. The creators here are much more imaginative!

Oh wow! Xanthu, and air elementals, and Atmos! Things I never would have thought of putting together!

Awesome! I love that it uses pre-existing DC stuff, and is based off of a character few would have thought of making a hero off of (since he was kind of unpopular).

I liked this so well on the Spaceopoly game, I thought I'd post it here as well.


Corgra was ugly (by Khundian standards) and her family reminded her of this fact on a daily basis. She had resigned herself to a life of constant ridicule, but when she hit puberty her mutant ability emerged. Corgra could control water in all its forms. Using an old style space helmet, Corgra filled it with water vapor, creating a veil of mist. But still she was picked on by those who knew her. So, when she reached the age of majority, she left Khundia and traveled throughout the empire, keeping her ugly appearance hidden in the mist.

On a trip near the United Planets territories, the ship Corgra was on developed engine troubles. The ship was adrift for 3 days until the ship was hailed by the Legion of Superheroes. Corgra had grown up believing the tales that the United Planets and the Legion were evil incarnate, so she expected the Legionnaires to board the ship and kill everyone on board. She was surprised to see these Legionnaires giving assistance to Khundians. Then one of the Legionnaires, who was as hideous as Corgra, approached her. "I am Dream Girl of the Legion of Superheroes. My power is to foresee the future and I have had a strong vision of you and the good you can do. Come with us to Earth." Corgra was startled by this, but with no other plans, she thought "why not".

On Earth Dream Girl introduced her to Marla Lantham, who enrolled Corgra in the Legion Academy. There Corgra developed her mutant abilities. She could form hard water constructs, attract/condense water vapor, and control the flow of water and water vapor. Although she soon realized that by Earth standards she was not ugly, most people were scared of her because she was Khundian. So she kept the face obscured in the helmet and mist. As such she adopted the code name Veilmist.

The Secret Origin of Duo Damsels

Marie & Louise "Lu" Elkins were identical twins born and brought up in Smallville Kansas. Even as toddlers, Marie was very strong and Lu was very quick. As they grew Marie kept getting stronger and never seemed to get any cuts or scrapes. Lu got so fast, she seemed to be flying and eventually she was flying. Lu could see things far away and very small, as well as hear things from a great distance. Marie could start to see through things and eventually developed a heat vision as well as a superbreath.

Marie & Lu were taken for testing. It was discovered that they had Kryptonian DNA, which although not common, was something that popped up now and then. But what was really surprising was that they also had Daxamite DNA. A look at the family records, show that the Elkins never ventured off Earth. Astute readers will notice that on the birth certificates of one of their ancestors, the father is listed as Bob Cobb.

During their try-out for the Legion as Strong Girl & Fly Girl, Lu flew into Marie as she was lifting a boulder. Amazingly the two girls merged into one. The combined girl possessed all the powers of both girls, but the powers were doubled. MarieLu could lift twice as much as Marie by herself and could fly twice as fast as Lu could by herself.

The girls were able to split apart, each with their original powers. They were accepted into the Legion, but were given the code name Duo Damsels. They prefer to remain separate as to maintain their own individual identities. But when the situation calls for it, they merge together to form the Super Duo Damsel.

Well, Atmos was from Xanthu, so.....

I love this one! its a great combination and use of two power house planets in one character!

I love the reinvention of Veilmist as an ugly Khund....kind of a reverse Ferro Lad!

The Duo Damsels are interesting too! You don't often see gestalt characters who aren't that comfortable with merging.

I like the 'combines to become more than the sum of their parts' schtick. Instead of becoming twice as strong or fast, she becomes multiplicatively stronger! (Eight times, perhaps?)

It reminds me of the Forever People combing into the Infinity-Man. (One of many, many things I liked about the Young Justice cartoon was how they used long-forgotten characters like these!)

Invisible Kid, Duo Damsels, & Veilmist were enjoying a day off on the Greek isle of Mykonos. Their day on the beach was cut short when close to a nearby island, an explosion of water erupted under a boat, lifting it into the air. From the water arose a gigantic sea monster. The quartet of Legionnaires leapt into action. While Marie & Veilmist engaged the creature directly, Lu and Invisible Kid checked for the passengers of the boat. There were three of them. But instead of swimming away from the creature and towards the island, they swam back towards where the creature appeared and dove underwater. Activating their transsuits, Lu & IK followed them down into the water. In an underwater cavern the three sentients emerged. The three started searching. Approaching them unawared, IK heard them as they talked amongst themselves. They were looking for a box. A box that would grant their master even greater power.

Meanwhile Marie & Veilmist were in a fight with the sea monster. Marie's mightiest punches seemed to have no effect and the creature shrugged off Veilmist's hard water constructs. In the midst of the battle, another pleasure boat passed to close and was capsized. Marie & Veilmist immediately broke off the fight to rescue the passengers. While doing this the sea monster dove under the water, but surfaced with one of the passengers gently being held in it's mouth. The creature placed the unconscious man on the nearby beach and then turned into a young woman.

IK & Lu quickly subdued the trio and brought them to the surface. They claimed to be disciples of Mordru. On shore, the young woman told the Legionnaire's that her name was Andromeda. Millennia ago, her ancestor had angered the Greek god Poseidon and had been given the charge of guarding Pandora's box from all who would use its magic for evil. Andromeda had been given the power to change into any sea creature, real or mythological. The power and the charge had passed down from mother to daughter all these years.

The Legionnaires convinced Andromeda that Pandora's box could be more safely guarded at Legion Headquarters and that with her power, she would make an excellent Legionnaire.

I love this Andromeda, and the ties to Greek mythology, like the original Andromeda! Her powers are neat, as well, not as versatile as Durlan shapeshifting, but possibly able to turn into funky stuff like the kraken or Scylla!

Also very cool that you've tied her discovery into previous 'alternate Legionnaires' like Duo Damsels and Veilmist!

Way to build on what's come before!

The Krinns could trace their counter-culture roots back to the 20th century. So it was of no surprise that young Rokk Krinn experimented with consciousness altering substances. He found that a combination of mescaline, LSD, Lotus Fruit, and wheedling mists, he was able to open up his consciousness to the cosmic consciousness. While in this state, he would be able to know if a person was telling the truth, even if that person sincerely believed she/he was telling the truth. Also for whatever question or problem he was pondering at the time one great truth about it would be revealed.

When Rokk tried out for the Legion as Cosmic Boy, he was able to discover a sleeper agent among the other applicants. Even Saturn Girl was not able to detect the sleeper agent, but a subsequent investigation by the espionage squad confirmed that Cosmic Boy was correct. False Pretenses Lad was sent to Takron-Galtos. Despite this, he was rejected because his power was not innate, but relied on the combination of mind altering substances. Rokk said that the cosmic consciousness told him that he would be rejected, but that their paths would cross again and that the important thing was that the Legion was aware of him and his power.

Impulse-
Richard Kent Shakespeare was a disciple of Karate Kid's after he retired from the Legion and left to live in the majestic Himalaya's . He worked his way through all forms of fighting with a focus on pressure points with in every known species. Using his teachings he auditioned for the Legion of Super Heroes as the latest hero to take the name of Karate Kid; making him the third to wear the mantel.

He was accepted and joined with Members such as The Wolf Pack, as Timber Wolf, Lone Wolf, and Furball had become known.

During his tenure with the team, he was captured by Saturn Queen and she used her telepathic powers to erase his sense of calm and serenity and turn him into an impulsive man. she took away all his impulse control. but with his knowledge that still made him a formidable opponent and she figured a liability as she also brainwashed him into attaching his fellow Legionnaires; taking out the likes of Ultra Boy, and Chameleon Boy.

It took the combined efforts of Saturn Girl, Spider Girl, and the revived Shadow Woman to stop him. Unable to reinstate his sense of calm and impulse control Saturn Girl had to place him in a coma. till something could be done.

Brainy invented nanite impulse inhibitors to try and control his impulses. It allowed him to control his impulses but also gave him an extra ability to control the electrical impulses in his body to speed up his reflexes to their peak.

Changing his name to Impulse, Kent was allowed to stay on with the Legion as a full member.

Digging the drug-empowered 'totally Cosmic, man' Boy and neutrally-enhanced Impulse!

The thought that Val might have had students, perhaps even run a separate set of courses at first out of the Legion Academy (which he did for two reasons, to train law-enforcement and independent heroes to avoid getting hurt in hand to hand, and to take down bad-guys nonlethally and effectively, and also to expose himself to the widest possible array of foreign and alien hand to hand combat styles and keep up to speed on new developments in that area), and then, later, on Orando, is a neat one. I'd love to see that, in the future, his all-too brief time as royal consort had left it's mark, and the Orandan knights in particular have both training in heavy armor and medieval weaponry, and also a sophisticated martial arts style that Val cobbled together from the most useful things he'd learned from his many styles (like a futuristic Jeet Kune Do, which was the syncretist style Bruce Lee invented from the multiple styles he had studied), with accomodations made for their heavy armor, etc. with moves even explicitly designed to take advantage of metal armor, such as devastating hammerblows and blocks that redirect an attack to a more heavily armored region (pretty much the opposite of what you'd do if you weren't wearing armor!).

Bismollian explorer T'Eth Adym had spent years uncovering the lost legends and mysteries of the galaxy. From Ekron to the Puppet Planetoid his wealth and reputation grew with each success. However, with fame came ego and avarice.

On his last fateful journey, Adym discovered the legendary Rock of Eternity. There, he unleashed the deadly sins back into our universe.

One immediately saw the greed in Adym and possessed him. Adym can now consume everything around him, including energy. Adym pretends to control his power by leeching off of his surroundings on a constant basis.

His life is a constant struggle to keep his demonic side under control. When consuming too much, he becomes a bloated, bouncing force of discord.

Adym joined the Legion when they began to track down the other deadly sins as they created havoc across the United Planets.

He is XS.