Legion of Super-Heroes The Adult Legion - Former Members

The following bios tell what happened to the former teen heroes of the Legion in later life. It also lists members who had been members of the Adult Legion at one time. Related to that, there are three silhoutted and unknown former members, now deceased, that appear on page 3, panel 1 of Adventure Comics No. 354. It is possible, though not certain, that they - as well as Power Boy - may have been members of the team's teen auxiliary.

DUO DAMSEL | PHANTOM WOMAN | COLOSSAL MAN | INVISIBLE KID | STAR BOY | SUPERGIRL* | SHRINKING VIOLET | BOUNCING BOY | MON-EL | MATTER-EATER LAD | LIGHT LADY | DREAM GIRL | PRINCESS PROJECTRA | FERRO LAD | KARATE KID | SHADOW WOMAN | CHEMICAL KING | NIGHT WOMAN | QUANTUM QUEEN | REFLECTO | POWER BOY*

Duo Damsel
 
Chuck and Luornu Taine and sonCurrent Status: Resigned

After Bouncing Boy lost his super-power and was discharged from the Legion, Luornu agreed to marry him, forever setting aside her teenaged crush on Kal-El. She quit the team to raise a family on her home world of Cargg (misspelled "Carrg" in the caption of the panel seen at right). Their son, born under the triple suns of the planet, gained the power to triplicate.

Appeared In: Action Comics No. 289/2, Adventure Comics No. 354

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Phantom Woman
 
Tinya Nah a.k.a. Phantom Woman with husband Jo and children Ronn and ArnaCurrent Status: Resigned

Tinya quit the Legion to marry Ultra Man. They live off-world, most likely on Rimbor, and have two children - a boy, Ronn, and a girl, Arna. Each of the siblings have inherited their parents' super-powers.

Appeared In: Action Comics No. 289/2, Adventure Comics No. 354

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Colossal Man
 
Gim AllonCurrent Status: Honorably discharged

Gim was forced to quit the Legion because an injury robbed him of his size-increasing power. Fortunately, his experience as a Legionnaire allowed him to acquire the position of the Director of the Intergalactic Guard.

He is currently based in the Cosmic Directorate, a huge metal sphere located at the center of the known universe. It is the Headquarters of the Intergalactic High Council, which preserves the peace between worlds.

Gim currently sports a moustache and beard.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Invisible Kid
 
Current Status: Unknown. However, according to "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 358, the heroes seen in Adventure Comics No. 354 and 355 "were not the only members of the Adult Legion. Chameleon Man, Sun Man and Color King were among those who were absent on mission[s]." Although Invisible Kid (or whatever name he may go by now) is not mentioned by name, we know that he was not visited by Superman or shown as deceased and so, like Sun Man and the others, he could very well have been "among those" who were away on missions.

NOTE: It is entirely possible that Lyle was not shown as an adult member because DC Comics didn't know what to call him; "Invisible Man" would have harkened to the villainous character from H. G. Wells's novel by the same name.

Appeared In: Not applicable

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Star Boy
 
Thom and Nura KallorCurrent Status: Resigned

When Dream Girl married Star Boy, the two quit the Legion and settled on his home world of Xanthu (misprinted as "Xantho" in the caption of the panel seen at right) where Thom currently is an astronomer like his parents were.

Of all male Legionnaires, Thom has lost the most hair on his head. The hair he does have he wears slightly longer than the brushcut he sported through his teenaged years.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Supergirl (possibly an honorary member)
 
Current Status: Unknown. There is no indication that Supergirl remained a member of the Legion or that she ever continued a career as Superwoman. Outside of imaginary tales or dream sequences, the Silver Age lore has never shown the actual future of Supergirl.

Based on Linda's constant desires to lead a normal life, however, the events shown in the imaginary tale of "The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue" (Superman No. 162) could shed some light on her future whereabouts. In that tale, the two Superman recreated the planet Krypton, calling it New Krypton, and enlarged the city of Kandor on it. Supergirl expressed her long-held desire to live on a Krypton-like world and went to live there, thus giving up her career as Earth's super-heroine. Though she had lost her powers, Supergirl remained an honorary Legionnaire. In real continuity, we know from an editor's note in Adventure Comics No. 356 that the planet Rokyn was "settled in the 20th century by survivors of Krypton, when the bottle-city of Kandor was enlarged" and so it is possible Supergirl joined them there as she did in the imaginary story.

Appeared In: Not applicable

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Shrinking Violet
 
Shrinking Violet, husband Duplicate Boy, and their son and daughterCurrent Status: Resigned

Salu quit the Legion when she married Duplicate Boy. The live on the planet Lallor where they have raised a boy and a girl, both of whom have inherited their father's ability to duplicate any super-power, including her own power of super-shrinking.

Vi calls her husband "Ord Qelu" (see panel at right) when his name was revealed as "Qued Orlu" in Action Comics No. 381/2. According to the "Metropolis Mailbag" of Action Comics No. 385 Duplicate Boy's name is Qued Orlu and that "in the [adult Legion] story, Vi got her tongue twisted."

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Bouncing Boy
 
Chuck and Luornu Taine and sonCurrent Status: Honorably discharged

After Chuck lost his super-power (again) and was discharged from the Legion, he figured he had nothing to lose by proposing to Duo Damsel. She agreed to marry him, and they settled on her home world of Cargg (misspelled "Carrg" in the caption of the panel seen at right) to raise a family under its triple suns. The couple have one son, who can triplicate into three bodies like his mother used to be able to do as Triplicate Girl.

Chuck has a police job on Cargg.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Mon-El
 
Current Status: Resigned

After Shadow Woman sacrificed her life to save the Science Asteroid, Mon-El decided to quit the Legion and become a space explorer, clearing the way for the colonization of many new worlds by saving the lives of hundreds of colonists and ridding planets of all sorts of dangers.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Mon-El, space explorer

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Matter-Eater Lad
 
President Tenzil Kem of BismollCurrent Status: Resigned

Matter-Eater Lad left the Legion of enter politics and eventually rose to become the President of Bismoll. He resides in the capital city, though as a teen he never lived there. As responsible as his position is, Tenzil is never too busy to welcome his Legion buddies when they come visiting.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Light Lady
 
Ayla Londo, a.k.a. Light Lady, and her children Loni, Brin, and BranCurrent Status: Resigned

Ayla married Timber Wolf and has three children - a girl, Loni, and twin boys, Brin and Bran. They live off-world of Earth, presumably on her home world of Winath.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Dream Girl
 
Thom and Nura KallorCurrent Status: Resigned

When Nura said "I do" to Star Boy they both quit the Legion. Currently, they live on the planet Xanthu (misprinted as "Xantho" in the caption of the panel seen at right).

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Princess Projectra
 
Current Status: Resigned

According to "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 372, Projectra had to quit the Legion to take over her royal duties as Queen Projectra, ruler of Orando, and one of the "missing" members in Adventure Comics No. 354/355 married her. As Karate Kid once professed his love for her, and she told him that there wasn't anyone in the entire universe she'd rather be with (Action Comics No. 392/2), all signs point to Val Armorr as the Legionnaire who married her and is her royal consort.

Appeared In: Not applicable

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Ferro Lad
 
Ferro Lad's statueCurrent Status: Deceased (as of 2966)

Appeared In: The first Legionnaire to die (permanently), Ferro Lad's statue is still honored, now among those heroes who fell after him. His statue can be seen on Adult Legion grounds in Adventure Comics No. 354.

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Karate Kid
 
Current Status: Resigned

According to "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 372, Princess Projectra had to quit the Legion to take over her royal duties as Queen Projectra, ruler of Orando, and one of the "missing" members in Adventure Comics No. 354/355 married her. As Karate Kid once professed his love for her, and she told him that there wasn't anyone in the entire universe she'd rather be with (Action Comics No. 392/2), all signs point to Val Armorr as the Legionnaire who married her and is her royal consort.

Appeared In: Not applicable

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Shadow Woman
 
Current Status: Deceased

In Adventure Comics No. 354, the cover and interior story, we see that Shadow Woman "died saving the Science Asteroid." According to "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 368 "Shadow Lass will grow up to be Shadow Woman. The statue we showed in No. 354 [bottom left picture] should have had blue skin, not white [see color corrected picture on bottom right]." Her death prompted her lover, Mon-El, to quit the Legion in order to prevent deaths on all colony worlds as a space explorer.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354 (as a statue indicating her future fate, which is also her first published appearance in the lore). Shadow Lass joined the Legion in Adventure Comics No. 366.

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Shadow Woman's statue Shadow Woman's statue

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Chemical King
 
Chemical King's statueCurrent Status: Deceased

According to Adventure Comics No. 354, the cover and interior story, we learn that Chemical King "sacrificed his life to prevent World War VII."

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354 (as a statue indicating his future fate, which is also his first published appearance in the lore). Chemical King joined the Legion in Adventure Comics No. 372.

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Night Woman
 
Night WomanCurrent Status: Resigned

Night Woman left the Substitute Legion years ago to marry Cosmic Man. Since then, the group's numbers dwindled so much that it merged with the main Legion team. The Krinns lives off world, most likely on Braal.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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Quantum Queen
 
Quantum Queen's statueCurrent Status: Deceased

According to the cover of Adventure Comics No. 354, "Quantum Queen perished preventing an escape from the Cosmos Prison."

Known Relatives: In "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 371, the possibility was raised that Quantum Lad, who was suggested by reader David Broomhead, may be her twin brother.

Home Planet: If the above is taken to be fact, then Quantum Queen also hails from his suggested planet Lucis, a world of concentrated light.

Super-Power: She can convert her body into any type of quantum radiation, such as a laser beam or a beam of light that can pass through transparent objects or dazzle her foes.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354 (as a statue indicating her future fate, which is also her first published appearance in the lore). Chronologically, Quantum Queen first appeared as a member of the Wanderers in Adventure Comics No. 375, a law-keeping group that has sworn eternal friendship to the Legion.

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Reflecto
 
Reflecto's statueCurrent Status: Deceased

According to Adventure Comics No. 354, the cover and interior story, we learn that Reflecto was "killed in a duel with the Molecule Master."

Super-Power: Unknown. It is possible he can reflect super-powers that are directed at him and that the Molecule Master killed him by some indirect use of his control over molecules.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354 (as a statue indicating his future fate. He did not make an earlier chronological appearance in Silver Age lore).

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Power Boy (possibly a former Teen Auxiliary member)
 
Power Boy's statueCurrent Status: Deceased

Judging by his youthful name, Power Boy may have been a member of the Adult Legion's Teen Auxiliary.

Super-Power: Unknown, although reader Steven Petryszyn once suggested a Power Boy who could "drain the power - even a super-power - from any object or person and restore it or place it in another person" (Adventure Comics No. 340 "Bits of Legionnaire Business").

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354 (as a statue indicating his future fate. He did not make an earlier chronological appearance in Silver Age lore).

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