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|character_name=Chuck Taine
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|era=Post-Zero Hour
|real_name=Chuck Taine
|debut=[[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #76|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v4 #76]]
|joined=Between [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 125|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v4 #125]] and [[The Legion 3|''The Legion'' #3]]
|left=N/A
|alliance_color=#ff9275
|status=In Limbo
|planet_spec=[[Earth/Post-Zero Hour|Earth]]/[[Human/Post-Zero Hour|Human]]
|other_teams=[[Subteams/Post-Zero_Hour#Subterfuge Squad (field)|Legion Subterfuge Squad ("Subs")]]
|aliases=
|relatives=
|powers=None; but excellent engineer and superlative judge of angles
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|ov_postcrisis=[[Bouncing Boy/Post-Crisis|Bouncing Boy]]
|ov_glorithverse=[[Chuck Taine/Glorithverse|Bouncing Boy]]
|ov_postzerohour=[[Chuck Taine/Post-Zero Hour|Chuck Taine]]
|ov_postinfinite=N/A
|ov_dcau=[[Bouncing Boy/Timmverse|Bouncing Boy]]
|ov_lshcartoon=[[Bouncing Boy/LSH cartoon|Bouncing Boy]]
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==Biography==
===Background===
Chuck Taine was an architectural student, paid for by the life insurance money paid after his parents were torn apart by one of the [[White Triangle]] [[Daxamites]] who [[Legionnaires Annual 2|attacked Earth]] before being banished by the efforts of [[Brainiac 5/Post-Zero Hour|Brainiac 5]],  [[R.J. Brande/Post-Zero Hour|R.J. Brande]] and [[Element Lad/Post-Zero Hour|Jan Arrah]].

===Intern===
He was then hired as an intern to help repair the [[Legion Plaza|Legion's headquarters]] after [[Chronos]] caused much of one wing to rust itself to the point of collapse, and found a Legion itself on the point of collapse. After experiencing [[Kinetix]]'s depowerment, [[Live Wire]] being forced from the team twice, [[Apparition]]'s death and [[Andromeda]]'s apparent death during the White Triangle battle, [[Ultra Boy/Post-Zero Hour|Ultra Boy]] and Jan Arrah being barred from joining the team, [[XS]] being lost in time and Brainiac 5 being arrested, even the addition of two new members [[Star Boy/Post-Zero Hour|Star Boy]] and [[Gates]] did not help lighten the team's mood at all. Chuck himself found little welcome, but his cheerful attitude kept him going - and his excitement at being there despite "only" being part of the support staff helped encourage the team to go on. 

Despite only being seconded to the team for a short time, his stay kept being extended - firstly, by the many disruptions to the building repairs, then by Brainiac 5's propensity for blowing up labs. Chuck, despite not being an official part of the team, helped save the Legion HQ when it was attacked by shape-shifting beings while the Legion was away by using his knowledge of angles to hold them off with well-thrown billiard balls.

===Outpost===
Eventually, he was just given a permanent position, and helped to reconstruct a standard UP outpost into the [[Legion Outpost/Post-Zero Hour|Legion Outpost]]. He also would continue to be a friend to many, such as Legion chef [[Tenzil Kem]] and [[Violet]], who asked HIM on a date (which he was afraid to go on because he had once walked in on her while she was dressing). However, it seemed that he had a little crush on [[Triad]] instead, and her jealousy at his date with Violet seemed to show that she liked him back as well. 

===Subterfuge===
He was present at the [[Widening Rifts|Great Rift Disaster]], trying to pilot the second, temporary Legion Outpost, but was not one of those lost to the Rift. Instead, he was one of those recruited to [[Subteams/Post-Zero_Hour#In_UP_space_during_Lost| "shadow" Legion team]] by [[R.J. Brande/Post-Zero Hour|R.J. Brande]] after the official disbandment, along with [[Cosmic Boy/Post-Zero Hour|Cosmic Boy]], [[Gear]], [[Invisible Kid/Lyle Norg/Post-Zero Hour|Invisible Kid]], [[Sensor]], Triad and Violet, to help build [[Legion World]] and prepare to refound the team properly. He also constructed a personal ship, the [[Bouncing Boy/ship|Bouncing Boy]], which - as the name suggests - could bounce without damaging itself. He became one of the field team, the [[Subteams/Post-Zero_Hour#Subterfuge Squad (field)|Subterfuge Squad]], and helped to steal a [[Footstep Drive]] ship on [[Braal/Post-Zero Hour|Braal]].

When the team officially reformed after the return of the Lost Legionnaires, he thus became an official member for the first time - the only member to have no superhuman powers in the team's history.

===Chief===
He would play a key role in the Legion as Chief of Logistics, and his leadership in sending the [[Legion Cadets]] into Metropolis when Canary shut down all technology in the area not only helped stem the damage, it was indirectly responsible for the Legion's success as Cadets [[Nightwind/Post-Zero Hour|Nightwind]] and [[Infectious Lass/Post-Zero Hour|Infectious Lass]] played key roles in defeating the villains.

==Powers and abilities==
Chuck has no superhuman powers.

However, he is an excellent architect/engineer, judge of angles and pilot of the [[Bouncing Boy/ship|Bouncing Boy]].

[[Category:Post-Zero Hour members]]