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Re: Bits Of Legionnaire Business, or What the Hell EDE is talking about!
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Oh, there must be some members here in that list. ID yourselves! Take your well deserved worship with humility.

I was reading an old issue today (the one were Violet was recovered from the tank I think) that had a fan letter from Colleen Doran. cool.
HA HA! You were created by Tom Kegley!!!


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Hey! I met Suction Lad at a bar last night!!!


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Thanks for posting these, EDE. I gotta admit, many of them are more creative than half the stuff being published today! lol confused tongue laugh


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Alright. I've been inspired to read some letters pages from early Adventure. It turns out we owe "Bits of Legionnaire Business" to two gentlemen. Here's the backstory:

Legion took over the backup story in Adventure Comics as of #300, replacing "Tales of the Bizarro World". In the Smallville Mailsack (the letter column) for Adventure Comics #301 a reader named Allen Pilcher from Memphis, Tennessee wrote:

Dear Editor, Now that "Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes" has taken the place of "Tales of the Bizarro World", will you encourage readers to send in "Bits of Legionnaire Business"?
The editor responded, "Only if you can define for us what's a 'bit of L.B.'".


Three issues later, in Adventure #304, Buddy LaVigne of Northbrook, Illinois suggested... "How about if a 'Bit of Legionnaire Business' is a postal card with a few lines suggesting the name of a NEW super-hero to be admitted in the Legion, plus a suggestion of the super-power he might possess. Thus, a bit of 'L.B.' might be: "I suggest a new character, POLAR BOY, who has the power of freezing to ice anything in his area."
The editor liked Buddy's idea, and Bits of L.B. was born: "Great Idea. Readers, take note and start sending us your suggestions on a postal card. We'll print the best ones and use all accepted new characters in future Legion tales."

And Adventure Comics #307 had the first full blown "Bits". Thanks to both Allen and Buddy for a grand old tradition that actively involved young readers in shaping the future. LLL!


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My question though: anyone know if Insect King predates our beloved redheaded Insect Queen?
Yes, by almost two years. Insect King was listed in Adventure Comics #314 (November 1963 cover date) and Lana Lang first used the bio-ring to become Insect Queen in Superboy #124 (October 1965 cover date).


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Allen Pilcher & Buddy LaVigne are God!!

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Lettercol deities? Whodathunkit?


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Craig,

If you have some the lettercols they're missing, you might try sending them to the folks that run that site that I got these off of (the link is in my first post). I can't remember the couple's name off hand, but they're the ones who used to post as "Sir Prize and Miss Terious" on the old DCMBs for awhile.

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They're Jo & Terri Sanning.


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Note that Bob Marcus's creation of Brittle Boy was introduced many years later in Matter-Eater Lad: The Series #2!

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SPEAKING of which, aren't you due for your next page of issue # 3, MISTER Ester?


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Yeah, yeah, I know. I may be feeling inspired enough tonight to get back to it!

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EXcellent.


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J. Adam King's creation of Degree Damsel was introduced many years later in Matter-Eater Lad: The Series #3!

(Note: I'm saving Nasal Hazel for the Super-Stalag story!)

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YAY!!! Must go read!!!


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Vocal Whiz would have come in handy against Nardo!

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Some of the readers' suggestions are quite inspired, but some of them HAD to be joking...!

Anyhoo, I'm looking forward to the Nardo arc in MEL:TS... lotsa these guys should be popping up!


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Endurance Girl and Airless Boy would have been especially suited for any LSH mission that involved being marooned on a dead world for a length of time.


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"Vicious Circle" is such a cool name for a villain!

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Note: This thread was bumped in hopes of getting more MLLASH-designed versions of these characters!

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Oh I am so there squared!

Lat's begin with a young lady who obviously must be allied with the Dominion to help take over Toonar in Matter-Eater Lad & the LSH, thereby explaining the lunatics!

Charlie, this one's for you bud!

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Charles Christesson, Rio Grande City, Tex.: "LUNAR LASS - she has the power to turn people into lunatics for short periods."
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Hopefully Adam would like this design. Degree Damsel appeared in MEL:TS as a newbie to Evillo's Devil's Dozen, but she spent most of her time raising HIS temperature instead of fighting....


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Adam King, Yellow Springs, Ohio.: "DEGREE DAMSEL - she has the power to alter the temperature of anything." . . .
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THIS one was hard to resist attempting.... Hopefully Dale won't take this the wrong way...


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Dale Jenkins, Chicago, Ill.: "DAZZLE DANNY - has the power of temporarily blinding any person or animal with blinding colors."
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Great space! Billy, meet Ronald!


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Billy Hayden, Oak Harbor, Wash. - "Suction Lad. He has the power to turn anything to smoke and inhale it, then eject it as smoke and cause it to materialize in any form he chooses."

Ronald Gillis, Dorchester, Mass. - "Detector Dick has the power of detecting the plans of any evil-doer on Earth."
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Shirley Smith, Hazel Park, Mich. -"Tina Truth has the power to make any person blurt out the complete truth about who he is, where he is from, and what he's doing." "
"Who ARE you? Whare are you FROM? WHAT are you doing? Why are you so UGLY?"


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