Major Spoilers Question of the Day: Greatest Legionnaire Edition

By Matthew Peterson on March 28, 2020 5 Comments

Every week on our Flashback podcast (available exclusively to our patrons), Stephen and I have been talking about CW’s weekly Flash TV show, which last season featured XS of the Legion of Super-Heroes as a regular cast member. This allowed Stephen to talk about how she is among his fave-rave Legionnaires and how the CW is missing out on big money and ratings by NOT making a Legion TV series right now. I mean, he’s not wrong, but the big question would be what member should even be in such an LSH show? And which version of those members? Greatest Legionnaire is a highly subjective category, but that’s what we do here, leading us to today’s 31st Century query…

The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) would have a hard time choosing, especially if the Super-Pets are excluded, asking: Which Legionnaire is the Greatest Legionnaire?

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Malone_hasco on March 28, 2020 1:48 pm

Its hard to say. If I’d have to choose only the greatest, I’d say Superboy but my favorites are the obviously alien ones, like Chameleon Boy, or my personal obscure #1, Comet Queen.

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Daniel Langsdale on March 28, 2020 7:08 pm

My first fave is still the best. Jo Nah, the Ultra Boy.

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David Hargis on March 28, 2020 10:41 pm

Mon-El … for me. But, many of them possess that quality, greatness. I don’t know if it even makes sense to try and rank them.

I actually wanted them to do a Legion series back when Smallville was on; start with Smallville … then do a Legion series with ‘Superboy’ … then do Metropolis. Seems a bit silly now … but I think it would have worked … even if just for a season or two.

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bob on March 29, 2020 4:43 am

wildfire

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Kirby on March 29, 2020 11:30 am

I once told Mark Waid my favorite was Bouncing Boy and I stand by that. Wildfire and Dawnstar are right up there too.

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