Universe Building: Heroes of Lallor

One of the notable things about the Legion is that it literally had to build its own universe of characters over the years.  Having Batgirl join them for a mission wasn't going to happen, so they had to create characters that could serve as antagonists/allies/supporting character.  Introducing the Heroes of Lallor:

L-R: Beast Boy, Gas Girl, Duplicate Boy, Life Lass, Evolvo Lad

They initially showed up as Legion antagonists but they were really tricked and it was just a misunderstanding. Beast Boy later dies but appears to be connected to Orintho of the Wanderers, another 30th century team that was once pitted against the Legion and became allies (they didn't really care much about these similar stories in the 60s).  Lallor's status in the UP varies based on the continuity over the years.  Duplicate Boy is probably the most prominent member and has been seen the most in various stories.  He also came into play because he was dating Shrinking Violet prior to being replaced by Yera.  We get a Gas Girl solo appearance during the Universo Project storyline.  Gas Girl could have even played a bigger role in the Universo Project story and been considered for membership, but Levitz appeared to be looking for a way to get Saturn Girl back on active status in a logical way. The team makes a 5YL appearance. Some of them are seen in the Reboot as parts of other teams and Evolvo Lad makes an appearance during the Threeboot, but they are missing from the Retroboot.

The Heroes of Lallor have been used successfully as supporting characters over the years.  They seem to be fairly powerful, more powerful than some of the Legionnaires! Duplicate Boy can imitate multiple superpowers at one time with none of their weakness, just not intelligence.  Gas Girl can change into any gas, which can be quite useful for defense, offense and infiltration. Life Lass had an almost magical ability to imbue "life" into objects.  The upper limit of this wasn't shown.  Evolvo Lad could go from a big-brain to a super-strong Cro-Magnon form strong enough to punch Supergirl.  His Threeboot version had telepathy in his evolved state.  

Given Lallor's proximity to the Dominion and Khundia, the Heroes would make an excellent border patrol team which helps to justify their existence as a superteam.  When we got the Tales series, we should have had a story or at least seen one or two of them support the Legion team. Perhaps a Reserve membership is order for the Heroes?  I feel like there is some unexplored territory with these characters and they interest me enough to want to see them again.

As a side note. I feel there was a missed opportunity to revive these characters in the Retroboot.  In Vol 7, Star Boy decides to mount on a rescue mission for Brainy and Dreamy.  What he gets is a rag-tag bunch from the Academy.  Given that the Heroes are not Legionnaires, I think Star Boy should have contacted them to help with the rescue mission.  Duplicate Boy can mimic Dawnstar's tracking powers and could have gotten them to the Dominion world. It would have also spared us the horrible Comet Queen betrayal. (I did mention that mind control was one of Levitz's crutches).  I hope a new writer finds a way to bring these characters around again.