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| A character named Wechsler|| [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 37|''LSH''v4 #37]]|| fan Elayne Wechsler-Chaput || | | A character named Wechsler|| [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 37|''LSH''v4 #37]]|| fan Elayne Wechsler-Chaput || | ||
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| + | | [[Andromeda]]'s home Ricklef II|| || fan James Ricklef || | ||
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| Legionnaire [[Magno]]'s real name Dyrk Magz|| || writer and radio adapter Dirk Maggs || | | Legionnaire [[Magno]]'s real name Dyrk Magz|| || writer and radio adapter Dirk Maggs || | ||
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| [[Goldfarb's Asteroid]]|| [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 78|''LSH''v4 #78]]|| fan David Goldfarb (for suggesting to writer [[Mark Waid]] that the discs on [[Cosmic Boy/post-Zero Hour|Cosmic Boy]]'s chest could be removed and thrown, as seen in [[Legionnaires 70|''Legionnaires'' #70]]) || | | [[Goldfarb's Asteroid]]|| [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 78|''LSH''v4 #78]]|| fan David Goldfarb (for suggesting to writer [[Mark Waid]] that the discs on [[Cosmic Boy/post-Zero Hour|Cosmic Boy]]'s chest could be removed and thrown, as seen in [[Legionnaires 70|''Legionnaires'' #70]]) || | ||
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| + | | Name "Sprouse" on [[Lori Morning]]'s shirt|| || former artist [[Chris Sprouse]] || | ||
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| A character named S'tern R'og|| [[Legion of Super-Heroes Secret Files 2|''LSH Secret Files'' #2]]|| writer [[Roger Stern]] || | | A character named S'tern R'og|| [[Legion of Super-Heroes Secret Files 2|''LSH Secret Files'' #2]]|| writer [[Roger Stern]] || | ||
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Tuckerization is the act of using a person's name or image in an original story as an in-joke. The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a science fiction writer of the 1940s-80s, who made a practice of using his friends' names for minor characters in his stories. A tuckerization can also be the use of a person's character or personal attributes with a new name as an in-joke. [1]
In Legion publishing history, the names of creative staff, fans, and friends have been used in story since the early days. Tuckerization seems to have gone in waves of use and non-use. Early appearances were mostly the names of creative staff. Tuckerization saw a rise in the early to mid 1970s when writers Jim Shooter and Cary Bates were members of Legion fandom (such as the fanzine Interlac), and then years later in the late 1980s/early 1990s when Tom and Mary Bierbaum, who had also been active in early Legion fandom, became writers. Later, in the mid to late 1990s when the creative staff became active on various online forums (such as Compuserve and Usenet), their interaction with fans there and at conventions led to similar appearances in the comics.
Some examples:
| Tuckerization | Appearance | Derived from | References |
| The element Sigellian | Adventure #267 | writer Jerry Siegel | |
| Character Flynt Brojj | Superboy v1 #209 | fans Mike Flynn and Harry Broertjes | |
| Field Marshall Lorca | Superboy v1 #217 | fan Carol Strickland | [2] |
| The planet Cyrem | Superboy v1 #219 | fan Mercy Van Vlack | [3] |
| The planet Vanvlack | fan Mercy Van Vlack | [4] | |
| A character named Wechsler | LSHv4 #37 | fan Elayne Wechsler-Chaput | |
| Andromeda's home Ricklef II | fan James Ricklef | ||
| Legionnaire Magno's real name Dyrk Magz | writer and radio adapter Dirk Maggs | ||
| Science Police officer Tro Yesq | Legionnaires #34 | fan Troy McNemar's email address, which included "troyesq" | |
| Saturn Girl's parents Sydne and Bertor | Legionnaires #38 | fans Sidne Ward and Robert Dobiesz | [5] |
| Goldfarb's Asteroid | LSHv4 #78 | fan David Goldfarb (for suggesting to writer Mark Waid that the discs on Cosmic Boy's chest could be removed and thrown, as seen in Legionnaires #70) | |
| Name "Sprouse" on Lori Morning's shirt | former artist Chris Sprouse | ||
| A character named S'tern R'og | LSH Secret Files #2 | writer Roger Stern |
