Atom-X
Insect Queen
Kid Quantum
Konk
Monstress
Phrenologax
Starboy
Kid Quantum 2
The Uncanny Amazers : The Uncanny Amazers are a team of super-heroes from
the planet Xanthu. They guard the planet that is on the edge of the United Planets
territory. They are revered on Xanthu and helped defend the planet from an attack
by Algamenon Raiders once (Legends of the Legion # 4), but they are not well known
off of Xanthu. Star Boy was the leader of the Amazers before he got into a space-
cruiser accident and was drafted into the Legion of Super-Heroes. Other heroes on
the team include Lonna Leing, a. k. a. Insect Queen, who can take on the properties
and bodily aspects of any insect, Randall Burroughs a. k. a. Atom'x, who can fire
energy blasts, the large, strong, green Monstress, Konk, whose head moves
independantly and telekinetically of her body, Atmos, the reigning champion of
Xanthu who can fire energy-blasts and who took over team leadership from Star Boy,
and Kid Quantum, the sister of the deceased Legionnaire of the same name who later
joined the Legion herself. When Star Boy made it big as a Legionnaire, the
Xanthusian government sought to make him rejoin the Amazers for the prestige this
would bring the team, and, barring that, to have the Legion fight the Amazers, a
fight which Kid Quantum would secretly rig for the Amazers. After the fight began,
though, a diplomat let slip that the original Kid Quantum had actually brought
disgrace to the planet and the team, and she refused to help support her government's
lies. The Amazers lost the match, and Star Boy was allowed to stay on Earth with
the Legion (Legion of Super-Heroes (3rd series) # 82).
The Amazers were asked to lend a hand in the battle against Mordru, and responded
by sending Monstress, Kid Quantum, and Atom'x, who, feeling a rivalry with Workforce
member Radion, attacked Mordru outside of the group plan, an attack that ended in
his discorporation (Legionnaires # 49). (It was believed for a while that he was
dead, but after the Elementals' assault on JS-1967, it was discovered that his
life-energy had survived, merged with that of Workforce member Blast-Off. This
merged energy-being later became known as Wildfire (Legionnaires # 74, 76).)
In the assault on Mordru that followed Atom'x's death, Kid Quantum proved essential
to the heroes' plan, and her powers helped considerably in wearing Mordru down
(Legionnaires # 50).
Star Boy remains close friends with the Amazers who were his teammates, and he
was conversing with Insect Queen when the Natra Dellons invaded Xanthu (Legion of
Super-Heroes (3rd series) # 101). He and Monstress rushed to Xanthu and tried to
help the other Amazers fight the invading force, but the Natra Dellons were
ultimately vanquished by the Khunds, who have since gained much influence on
Xanthu, arousing the suspicion of some of the Amazers that they had arranged
for the invasion in the first place (Legion of Super-Heroes (3rd series) # 102-103,
Legionnaires # 59-60).
Some time after that, former Workforce members Radion and Particon joined the
Amazers. The team was dispatched to fight the so-called "Dark Colossus," but all
of them other than Atmos became trapped inside, and Atmos remained traumatized
by his experiences inside it. The dark colossus was eventually destroyed by
Star Boy, Umbra and two Starman who had traveled in time from the twentieth
century (Starman (2nd series) # 49-50).
The Amazers visited Earth to convince Star Boy, Kid Quantum and Monstress to
rejoin the team (Legionnaires # 78) the day that the Blight came, and were
"Blighted" along with most Legionnaires (Legion of Super-Heroes (3rd series) #
122-123). After the Blight was defeated and they recovered, they returned to
Xanthu, with Dreamer and Star Boy, who rejoined the team (Legionnaires # 81).
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