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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 11:55:17 GMT -5
I always wanted an action figure of him in this exact outfit! I also thought his relationship with the White Witch was very sweet. |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 11:57:17 GMT -5
Top tip: find an Andre the Giant figure (Hasbro line, 1990) and customise it to Blok!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 16, 2022 12:05:41 GMT -5
NO BLOC? I realize I may be the only one who would vote for him. I was part of that voting Blok. |
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Post by berkley on May 16, 2022 18:45:00 GMT -5
I must have seen at least one Legion comic as a smaller kid because I vaguely remember liking Timber Wolf and also thinking the symbol on Ultra Boy's costume was neat and wondering what it meant. I don't know the meaning of the symbol on Ultra Boy's costume but agree it always looked cool. It reminds me of when he debuted in Superboy #98 and was accompanied by the "Legion Adviser" Marla, I always thought it was interesting that Marla wore a similar costume but with a different take on the symbol. Likewise remember wondering if there was some meaning/significance! I don't think I knew there was an "Ultra family" similar to the Superman-family. was there an Ultra-Girl, etc as well?
I suspect that the main thing I liked about Timber Wolf was the name, as the visual doesn't ring any bells with me - in fact, until I looked up the images, I had been thinking that that symbol was on Timber Wolf's costume, but it came back to me when I saw a few pictures.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 19:20:27 GMT -5
I don't know the meaning of the symbol on Ultra Boy's costume but agree it always looked cool. It reminds me of when he debuted in Superboy #98 and was accompanied by the "Legion Adviser" Marla, I always thought it was interesting that Marla wore a similar costume but with a different take on the symbol. Likewise remember wondering if there was some meaning/significance! I don't think I knew there was an "Ultra family" similar to the Superman-family. was there an Ultra-Girl, etc as well? It's interesting because they did not actually have an "Ultra Family" despite how it looked, and Marla himself rarely appeared after that. But your question prompted me to do a little further digging just now, and I learned something I never knew before! According to the late 80's "Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes" series entry for Ultra Boy in issue #4, they explained that Ultra Boy modeled his costume after his mentor Marla as an homage. |
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Post by dbutler69 on May 18, 2022 8:42:36 GMT -5
I took a quick look at the "Other" votes, and I could be wrong, but it looks like Blok and Quislet each have 2 of the "Other" votes with one each for Superboy, Laurel Kent, and Gates. That account for 7 of the 9 "Other" votes, anyway.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2022 9:14:32 GMT -5
I took a quick look at the "Other" votes, and I could be wrong, but it looks like Blok and Quislet each have 2 of the "Other" votes with one each for Superboy, Laurel Kent, and Gates. That account for 7 of the 9 "Other" votes, anyway. Thanks for the tally on those! All great characters, I'm glad they got votes (Shikari I believe got one of the remaining votes, another very cool character). I was just musing on this last night...while Brainiac 5 has emerged with the crown on this one, interesting that the second spot goes as a tie to one of my favorite Legion couples: Mon-El and Shady! |
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Post by badwolf on May 18, 2022 9:15:07 GMT -5
Yes, I voted "other" for Shikari.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 18, 2022 15:50:17 GMT -5
I took a quick look at the "Other" votes, and I could be wrong, but it looks like Blok and Quislet each have 2 of the "Other" votes with one each for Superboy, Laurel Kent, and Gates. That account for 7 of the 9 "Other" votes, anyway. Thanks for the tally on those! All great characters, I'm glad they got votes (Shikari I believe got one of the remaining votes, another very cool character). I was just musing on this last night...while Brainiac 5 has emerged with the crown on this one, interesting that the second spot goes as a tie to one of my favorite Legion couples: Mon-El and Shady! Hey, there's another poll right there - favorite Legion couple! |
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