Well seven members down and we are going to cover four more, ready?

 

 

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So here we have Colossal Boy, Invisible Kid I, Supergirl, and Brainiac Five.

 

Colossal Boy is Gim Allon of Earth who was exposed to the radiation of an asteroid (which has to be one of the top 10 most common origins of all times) which gave him the ability to grow to immense proportion, which matches his symbol which is the overly large “male” symbol. He has a crush on fellow Legionnaire Shrinking Violet, but has not been able to win her heart yet.

 

Invisible Kid is Lyle Norg or Earth who created an invisibility serum for himself. He is one of the Legion’s best scientists and leaders. Unfortunately, Lyle was killed in battle by the Legion foe Validus.

 

Supergirl.. *wha*? Yes Virginia, there is a Supergirl. Kara Zor-El, from Argo City which was a large part of Krypton which flew off the planet relatively intact. Eventually Argo City was also doomed and Kara’s parents who were related to Jor-El, rocketed Kara off to Kansas to meet her cousin. Kara can do all the things that Superman can do, just usually in a skirt.

We’ll talk about the turn the male superhero into a female hero comic conceit a bit later.

 

and finally Brainiac Five, who is the good descendant of Superman’s evil villain Brainiac. Querl Dox of the planet Colu has a 12th level intelligence which is way smarter than yours and he is not shy about telling you so. Brainy usually employs a force shield belt while on the battle field to protect him from injury. Being smart has its drawbacks as Brainy has had bouts of insanity and holds a large torch for Supergirl.

Brainy invented the Legion Flight Rings allowing all their members to fly and the telepathic ear plugs which allow them to communicate across mentally while in the vacuum of space.

As we begin our study of the Legion here at this time, Invisible Kid is deceased, Supergirl is a Legion reservist, and Colossal Boy and Brainy are active.

Next time: The farmboy, the rebel, the unluckiest one, and the shy one.