Timber Wolf
James Nicoll
he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
What was it?
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"I don't? I got a death touch, an army of killer robots and a skull
drawn on my chest and I don't look like a bad guy to you? I think
you could be in the wrong business."
Hal Shipman
wrote:
> I can't for the life of me figure out what unique power
>he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
>What was it?
Ahem, super-acrobatics. Or, specifically, "super-strength and
acrobatic ability"
Adventure #372, "The School for Super-Villians," where he and Chemical
King were admitted.
Interestingly, we found, in Part I of that story (#371 - "The Colossal
Failure"), that Colossal boy had super (or "giant") strength when
normal sized. Never seen before or since, as far as I know.
Hal.
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But I'm willing to bet, son
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Michael S. Schiffer
news:6nt6j054ajvhg58fn...@4ax.com:
> On 30 Aug 2004 14:16:29 -0400, jdni...@panix.com (James Nicoll)
> wrote:
>> I can't for the life of me figure out what unique power
>>he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
>>What was it?
> Ahem, super-acrobatics. Or, specifically, "super-strength and
> acrobatic ability"
Speaking of lack of uniqueness, what was Blok's unique power?
Mike
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James Nicoll
Michael S. Schiffer <msch...@condor.depaul.edu> wrote:
>Hal Shipman <_h...@bizarrosquiddies.org> wrote in
>news:6nt6j054ajvhg58fn...@4ax.com:
>
>> On 30 Aug 2004 14:16:29 -0400, jdni...@panix.com (James Nicoll)
>> wrote:
>
>>> I can't for the life of me figure out what unique power
>>>he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
>>>What was it?
>
>> Ahem, super-acrobatics. Or, specifically, "super-strength and
>> acrobatic ability"
>
>Speaking of lack of uniqueness, what was Blok's unique power?
>
I recall.
Ferro Lad probably had much the same power but he was gone by the
time Bloc showed up. I do recall the SW6 Ferro activating his power and
dropping out of the sky like a very heavy thing that had not stopped to
consider if there might be pedestrians below. The idea was to take out
an air car, I think.
Brian Doyle
> Hal Shipman <_h...@bizarrosquiddies.org> wrote in
> news:6nt6j054ajvhg58fn...@4ax.com:
>
> Speaking of lack of uniqueness, what was Blok's unique power?
He had two, super density (He wore something like five flight rings and they
barely worked on him) and he had a unique for of telepathy which allowed him
to sense other mineral based life forms... Talk about looking for LOOPHOLES!
Brian Doyle
> I can't for the life of me figure out what unique power
> he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
> What was it?
If you mean the current version, there's no "Unique Power required" rule,
rather they encourage a "Diversity of powers", so they could basically let
anyone with a natural power in, whether it was a new one or not. They could
fill the team with Brallians if they wanted to, but wouldn't.
Dan McEwen
@panix1.panix.com:
> I can't for the life of me figure out what unique power
> he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
> What was it?
Super-agility.
Dan McEwen
news:Xns955598E6BD46...@130.133.1.4:
> Speaking of lack of uniqueness, what was Blok's unique power?
Couldn't he communicate with rocks or something bizarre like that?
Dan McEwen
> Ferro Lad probably had much the same power but he was gone by the
> time Bloc showed up. I do recall the SW6 Ferro activating his power
> and dropping out of the sky like a very heavy thing that had not
> stopped to consider if there might be pedestrians below. The idea was
> to take out an air car, I think.
Fortunately, he transformed into Bouncing Boy mid-stream. This actually
never made sense since BB predated Ferro Lad. (This was End of an Era
where things got odd.)
Michael Pastor
> In article <Xns955598E6BD46...@130.133.1.4>,
> Michael S. Schiffer <msch...@condor.depaul.edu> wrote:
>> Hal Shipman <_h...@bizarrosquiddies.org> wrote in
>> news:6nt6j054ajvhg58fn...@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On 30 Aug 2004 14:16:29 -0400, jdni...@panix.com (James Nicoll)
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> I can't for the life of me figure out what unique power
>>>> he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
>>>> What was it?
>>
>>> Ahem, super-acrobatics. Or, specifically, "super-strength and
>>> acrobatic ability"
>>
>> Speaking of lack of uniqueness, what was Blok's unique power?
>>
> Super-density, I think. It took two flight rings to hoist him,
> I recall.
>
Three, IIRC. He also showed the ability to reflect energy blasts back at
someone; and he may have been able to control his density from 'normal' to
'super-dense' as an opposite to Phantom Girl, much like Light Lass was the
opposite of Star Boy.
michael j pastor
John Adcox
> he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
> What was it?
Super-agility.
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And the ability to make his hair stand up like that.
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Kenmlin
>he had that could be used to justify letting him joint the LSH.
>What was it?
He could identify any of the Legion memeber by the scent of their urine.
Oh, and he can fetch paper and slippers.
Michael Alan Chary
>In article <ch067s$i16$5...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>,
>Brian Doyle <No_...@freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>He had two, super density (He wore something like five flight rings and they
>>barely worked on him) and he had a unique for of telepathy which allowed him
>>to sense other mineral based life forms... Talk about looking for LOOPHOLES!
>
>all forms of hypnosis" (including, apparently, mind control via chemical
>means). After that, you're hitting Legion of Substitute Heroes Auxillary
>level "powers".
>
I'm of two minds about that. On the one hand, you're right. On the other
hand, there's the Gary Ward theory. Gary Ward was an okay player who
stayed in the National League for a few extra years because he could hit
Steve Carlton. After the third time Universo took over the Earth, maybe
having someone around to resist him specifically isn't a bad idea.
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Tom Galloway
Michael Alan Chary <mch...@panix.com> wrote:
>In article <chqirr$807$1...@panix2.panix.com>, Tom Galloway <t...@panix.com> wrote:
>>Nah. The ultimate loophole was Rond Vidar, whose superpower was "immunity to
>>all forms of hypnosis" (including, apparently, mind control via chemical
>>means). After that, you're hitting Legion of Substitute Heroes Auxillary
>>level "powers".
>having someone around to resist him specifically isn't a bad idea.
Yeah, but note that Universo at least learned enough to realize that on his
conquer the UP checklist, item one is "Neutralize/kill Rond Vidar" while the
Legion didn't realize that Rond should be treated as a canary in the coal
mine; i.e. if something happens to Rond, there's a good chance Universo's
up to something.
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Carmen Williams
> >barely worked on him) and he had a unique for of telepathy which allowed him
> >to sense other mineral based life forms... Talk about looking for LOOPHOLES!
>
> all forms of hypnosis" (including, apparently, mind control via chemical
> means). After that, you're hitting Legion of Substitute Heroes Auxillary
> level "powers".
Ah, but Rond was only an honorary Legionnaire. And apparently you
didn't have to have powers at all to qualify for that, since Pete Ross
had the same status.
Carmen W.
Michael Pastor
He had the ability to keep the World's Most Important Secret.
michael j pastor
Tom Galloway
Carmen Williams <sapphi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Ah, but Rond was only an honorary Legionnaire. And apparently you
>didn't have to have powers at all to qualify for that, since Pete Ross
>had the same status.
But Pete had a 30th century coin! That'd get him into the Legion HQ in the
30th century since it was such an oddity for someone...in...the...30th...
century...to...have...a...30th...century...coin...
Um, let me get back to you on that.
Maybe it's because Pete was the only human who had the ability to realize
that if Superboy ever found out he knew about the Clark/Superboy thing, he'd
have his memory erased or something bad would otherwise happen to him? :-)