Legion: Introduction
Just because every Custom Con should have a Legion section, here is the continuation of my Legion that debuted at Custom Con 9. A quick review: The Legion is a futuristic team of super powered teenagers that have banded together to protect the United Planets from villainous threats.

Chuck: Pre-boot Chuck Taine was Bouncing Boy. His super power was making his rubbery body… I don’t know… um, super round I guess, and bouncing. This allowed the writers to explore feelings of worthlessness. Post-boot Chuck Taine is ‘Legion Engineer’ and all-around good guy (until Giffen writes him).

Condo: Condo Arlik aka Chemical King. Known ability is to control the rates of chemical reactions. How he does this is not for me to reveal… chemistry was never my strong suit. I make custom action figures. Since Condo hasn’t been rebooted yet, I had a little lee way with his final appearance. I used his basic pre-boot/post silver-age appearance only shinier, and I of course got rid of the dopey collar thing.

Dev Em: Another long time Legion character that has yet to be rebooted. He was in the try out issue but in a non-speaking capacity. Little is known about Dev Em by this customizer. I don’t think he’s ever been an official Legionnaire, but I think he destroyed the moon once and he’s also been a secret agent. I think he came from Daxam which is the planet where everybody has Superman type powers.

Impulse: What’s a Legion figure collection without Impulse? The Legion has had several run-ins with this speedster, and for good reason too. He’s never been an official member but he is Xs’s cousin and he originally hails from The Legion’s time period.

Jeckie: Here you see Jeckie/Princess Projectra as she first appeared in the Post-boot. Unfortunately this likeness turned out to be an illusion when it was revealed that she was actually a snake; a big, royal snake with raccoons for servants. I view this figure as a reminder of what could have been.

Laurel Kent: Here’s another Legion member that has yet to be rebooted. I don’t think she ever made it into The Legion, but she was training to be a Legionnaire at one point. There was some speculation that she was a descendant of Superman, but it turned out that she was… (spoiler ahead; don’t read if you don’t want to know) … in fact, one of the Manhunter robots. Who shot Laurel Kent? Really now.

Lester: The Legion fans are known for developing fierce fondness’s for obscure characters. Lester Spiffany is one of those characters. Let’s see… Lester was a spoiled rich boy with no super powers other than wealth. With this in mind he tried to buy his way into Legion membership. In a move that most likely would not occur today, the Legion denied his membership based on the premise that wealth was indeed not a superpower. This figure was inspired by the drawings of Dean Lee who is a fellow Legion aficionado like myself and a talented artist in his own right.

Monstress: Poor, poor Candi Pyponte-Le Parc. Monstress for short. Think of her as a female Hulk with a bubbly, cheerful outlook on life. Not too many fans had warm feelings toward Monstress. And when they actually started to make her character real and likable, they killed her off. Oh well…

Valor: Here you see M’onel in his first appearance guise; Valor.

White Witch: Pretty short appearance schedule for Mysa in the reboot Legion so far. She was rebooted as the daughter of Mordru. I don’t have a problem with this, but I know some Legion fans liked her being Nura’s sister. Well at least she’s not a Snake.

Minesurfer: Everybody should allow themselves a moment of vanity. This is a custom based on my online persona Minesurfer. It just so happens that this is what I look like in real life too. I’m also sure that I would be in The Legion too, if I were alive in a thousand years that is.

Quislet: What’s a Quislet? Quislet is part of my no Legionnaire left behind outreach program. It is my intention to make a figure of every sentient that has ever officially been a Legionnaire. No matter how obscure. It’s probably not an attainable goal, but here’s Quislet.

Tellus: Another member of the outreach program. Tellus and Quislet were characters created by Steve Lightle (a most excellent artist) in an attempt to make The Legion look a little more alien, and less humanoid.