Four more Legionnaires up to bat.

 

Here we have Sun Boy, the stylized Sun pictograph, Bouncing Boy, who is the bouncing ball, Mon-El, who is the interlac version of the letters M, E, and L, as well as Matter-Eater Lad who is represented by the tooth.

 

Sun Boy is Dirk Morgna of Earth. The son of a solar physicist and quite the junior scientist in his own right, Dirk was trapped in a nuclear reactor by his dad’s rival, Doctor Regulus. Instead of killing Dirk, it imbued him with the ability to project light, heat, and even fire. Sun Boy is one of the Legion’s best pilots and scientists however, he does have a bit of a tendency to be a womanizer, he has not settled down with any of the Legion ladies.

 

Bouncing Boy is Chuck Taine of Earth. As an errand boy, Chuck was charged with delivering a serum to a laboratory, well Chuck wanted to also watch the Moopsball game. So, Chuck went to the game with the serum and of course, mixed up his serum with his refreshment. His body naturally inflated and he began to bounce like a big rubber ball. Chuck is the morale officer of the Legion, he’s always the one to keep everyone’s spirits light. He lost his powers twice during his career but gained them back, eventually left the Legion when he and Duo Damsel got married. Together he and his wife run the Legion Academy where they train the next generation of Legionnaires.

 

Mon-El.. Hmmm, “El” Where have you heard that before? Well, Mon-El landed in Smallville in the 20th Century and because of his abilities duplicating those of Superboy it was assumed that Mon-El was Superboy’s older brother, of the house of El. Of course, Mon-El had amnesia and had no recollection of his true origin. Superboy named Mon-El this because of Monday, the day Mon-El landed and El, for the house of El, Superboy’s last name. Mon-El was revealed to be immune to kryptonite but was poisoned by Lead instead. To save Mon-El’s life, Superboy placed Mon into the Phantom Zone where he lingered for 1,000 years. In the Legion’s time, Brainiac Five found a cure for Mon-El and he emerged from the Zone to become a full time Legionnaire.

Mon-El is actually, Lar Gand of Daxam, where under a yellow sun the Daxamites duplicate the Kryptonian powers, but suffer from severe lead poisoning if exposed that is irreversible. Mon-El takes a daily dose of serum to stave off his poisoning. Mon-El is involved with fellow Legionnaire Shadow Lass.

 

Matter-Eater Lad is Tenzil Kem of the planet Bismoll, where all the inhabitants have evolved to be able to eat solid matter due to the poisonous nature of all organic matter on the planet. One of the oddest names for a super-hero Tenzil is rarely in an adventure unless the writer needs them to escape from some prison that Tenzil can eat his way out of and then comment on how tasty the substance is, like “mmm, these iron bars sure are filling.” yuk yuk.

Tenzil leaves the Legion once it starts getting a bit serious to be drafted into politics on his home planet, however he comes back to perform a very important service to the Universe. He eats the “Miracle Machine”, a machine so powerful it makes your every wish come true. This has caused Tenzil to go a wee bit loopy and so the Legion checked him into the “nervous hospital” until Brainy can cure him.

Next on the list: A mysterious lad, a cross dresser, and a buxom beauty.