Monday, May 01, 2023

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2495)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by the late, great Dave Cockrum, we have his designs for the Legion of Super-Heroes, when he took over as artist.  Someone grouped them together in the couples that were formed in the comic books. 


Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl (they married)
Night Girl and Cosmic Boys (she was a member of the Legion Of Substitute Heroes)
Supergirl and Brainiac 5 (she was a reserve member, sometimes joining them in the future)
Timber Wolf and Light Lass (they later broke up and she later entered a relationship with Shrinking Violet)
Duplicate Boy and Shrinking Violet (he wasn't a Legionnaire but a member of the Wanderers)
Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy (they married as well)
Phantom Girl and Ultra Boy (my two favorite Legionnaires)
Star Boy and Dream Girl (became a couple when they were both expelled from the team, before rejoining it)
Superboy and Insect Queen (she was Lana Lang, from Smallville, brought to the future [like many of Superboy's friends] and given an alien ring to get her powers.  She wasn't a Legionnaire, but a reserve member)
Karate Kid and Princess Projectra (both joined at the same time and were a couple almost from the start)
Shadow Lass and Mon-El (very late in the original series, they married)
Invisible Kid I and Chemical King (they were never officially a couple [it was the 70s, couldn't have a gay couple in the comic books] but there was a lot of fan theories about them)
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And today we have a gender bent Captain Marvel and a cosplaying cutie.


POLT

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