On Feb 29, 5:35=A0pm, Tim Turnip <timtur...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 29 Feb 2008 23:28:08 GMT, Daibhid Ceanaideach
>
> <daibhidchened...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >My knowledge of LoSH minutae is spotty, but would I be right in
thinking
> >Rainbow Girl is a new character, given that her powers would appear to
be=
> >based on a universal concept DC made up last year?
>
> No. =A0She appeared as a Legion rejectee way back in Adventure #309
> ("The Legion of Super-Monsters") and then only for one panel. =A0Still,
> such was my memory of her in that story that I instantly recognized
> her on the cover of the new Action. =A0("It's Rainbow Girl!") =A0As far
as=
> I know, she's never made any appearances in between, with the Subs or
> otherwise, except for an entry in Who's Who In The Legion which gave
> her the civilian name used here.
>
> By the way, I hope I'm not the only old-school Legion fan who is
> loving "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes". =A0Not only is Geoff
> Johns redeeming these characters from their last icky phase (the
> execrable run of the Bierbaum spouses) but Gary Franks' visual
> redesign of them is tight, modern and sexy. =A0(Especially that Rainbow
> Girl.)
However, it's clear that the character's powers - or, at least, her
"theme" - is based on the "emotional spectrum" concept that was just
reently created for the Green Lantern and GLC comics.
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