Comments on: Hero History: Chemical King

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:12:19 +0000

That panel comes from the flashback story that Princess Projectra tells in Legion Volume 3 #59, wherein Lyle and Condo (still pre-Legion academy) work together to take down Fenton Pike in a retconned appearance…

Notably, they’re saved by what they suspect is the ghost of Ferro Lad.

By: Adriana Ferguson

Adriana Ferguson — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:08:01 +0000

ahh i cannot thank you enough for these! your hero histories have helped me understand the nearly impenetrable series in all its forms! i got into legion because of the cartoon, and then sort of worked backwards from the current run. (the wrong way, i know, but it makes things interesting not knowing who anyone is! it’s all very surprising!) thank you so much!

i have a question! http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/01ChemicalKing/CK30.jpg <– what issue is this from?

By: Maximus Rift

Maximus Rift — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:49:05 +0000

Yay! Triplicate Girl! One of my fave Legionarres and every pre-pubecent boy’s dream girl. :p

I’m gonna be looking foward to this one.

By: Katzedecimal

Katzedecimal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:46:10 +0000

The OTPness of the pre-Crisis Condo and Lyle have been fanon for so long, the writers at DC had to give Lyle an invisible ghost girlfriend to try to combat it ;) It was so strong, it was brought back after the reboot, as was confirmed by the writers of that period …. aaaaaand once again, Shooter’s given Lyle a girlie to try to combat it >;) (There you are, Matthew, I’m using neck-crunching Western smilies, just for you =D ) Which, to my mind, is further proof of just how strong of an impact Chemical King had on the Legion, its canon and its fanon, that that impact could last for so many decades after he first appeared.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:18:10 +0000

It’s a complex algorithm… First, I compiled the list of everyone that I considered a real Legionnaire. For those playing along at home, those who were members during the 5 Year Gap (including Echo, Calamity King and most of the Substitute Heroes) made it, Atmos and Nemesis Kid didn’t.

Then, I listed them all. (This was a few months ago, mind you, after I’d covered some of my favorites, and the seven Legionnaires involved in the Lightning Saga.) Then, I took those who would be LOOOOONG histories (say, Brainiac 5) and those who would be short (like Chem here, or Tellus) and made my master list alternating long and short histories. It was always my intent to save the founders and Superboy for near the end, and I have tried to randomize it so that I’m not stuck in one era, to give versimilitude. Plus, I like the element of surprise…

Of course, next week wasn’t always supposed to be Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel/Una, but I got a wild hair and bumped Tellus, because I was enjoying working in the old Adventure Comics era (something I’ll only get to do about six more times…)

By: Sanlear

Sanlear — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:31:33 +0000

I never heard of him either. And here I thought Tyroc and Thunder were obscure. :)

I’ve always been curious, how do you decide which heroes to profile?

By: DrStrangeCubicle

DrStrangeCubicle — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:20:16 +0000

I’ve never been big on the Legion of Super Heroes, but I always enjoy these writeups. Thanks!

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:06:39 +0000

wow, I had never heard of this guy