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I've been a fan of the Legion of Super-Heroes since "The Great Darkness Saga" in the 1980's. The only negative I felt was that, for the most part, the male Legionnaires had the aggressive powers (Lightning Lad, Sun Boy, Wildfire) while the female Legionnaires had more passive abilities (Phantom Girl, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel).
When the characters were developed in the 1960s, this was not unusual. Almost every superhero team had a token female character whose powers were usually weaker. Marvel Girl in the X-Men was the weakest hero when she first started. The Invisible Girl in the Fantastic Four could originally only become invisible, as her force-field powers came later. DC actually had the better perspective on this, as the Justice League had Wonder Woman, the Teen Titans had Wonder Girl, even the Doom Patrol had Elasti-Girl.
The Legion stories did introduce Lightning Lass early on when her brother Lightning Lad was in a death-like state, which made her the most powerful female Legionnaire with the exception of Supergirl. Soon after, Lightning Lad was revived and Dream Girl altered Lightning Lass' power to making things "super-light" to correct the power-duplication issue with the Legion constitution. So she goes her aggressive power to a relatively passive one. She kept this power for almost 20 years, before she regained her lightning abilities.
So I wondered how the stories would have turned out, if the hot-headed Lightning Lad had his powers altered by Dream Girl instead. So here is my version of "Light Lad."
When the characters were developed in the 1960s, this was not unusual. Almost every superhero team had a token female character whose powers were usually weaker. Marvel Girl in the X-Men was the weakest hero when she first started. The Invisible Girl in the Fantastic Four could originally only become invisible, as her force-field powers came later. DC actually had the better perspective on this, as the Justice League had Wonder Woman, the Teen Titans had Wonder Girl, even the Doom Patrol had Elasti-Girl.
The Legion stories did introduce Lightning Lass early on when her brother Lightning Lad was in a death-like state, which made her the most powerful female Legionnaire with the exception of Supergirl. Soon after, Lightning Lad was revived and Dream Girl altered Lightning Lass' power to making things "super-light" to correct the power-duplication issue with the Legion constitution. So she goes her aggressive power to a relatively passive one. She kept this power for almost 20 years, before she regained her lightning abilities.
So I wondered how the stories would have turned out, if the hot-headed Lightning Lad had his powers altered by Dream Girl instead. So here is my version of "Light Lad."
