Legion of Doom

The Legion of Doom is a group of supervillains who originated in ''Challenge of the Super Friends'', an animated series from Hanna-Barbera based on DC Comics' Justice League. The Legion of Doom has since been incorporated into the main DC Universe, appearing in comics, as well as further animated and live-action adaptations, and also video games.

History

In each episode of ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' that they appeared, the Legion of Doom would enact a plot against the Super Friends and a plot to take over the world only to be met with defeat by the end of the story. In some episodes, they would escape capture through a last-minute escape plan often contrived by Luthor. Other times, the Legion of Doom (or portions of it) would end up apprehended.

The episode "History of Doom" showed that Lex Luthor assembled 12 supervillains in order to form the most powerful and sinister group the world had ever seen.

Development

When the ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' season was originally conceived, it was named ''Battle of the Superheroes'' and featured the introduction of Captain Marvel to the Super Friends. The group that challenged the heroes was to be called the "League of Evil", led by Captain Marvel's nemesis Doctor Sivana. However, Filmation was producing '' Shazam!'' and ''The New Adventures of Batman'' which prevented the use of characters such as Mister Atom, King Kull, Beautia Sivana, Joker, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, and Catwoman. Early conceptual art drawn by Alex Toth also included Heat Wave, Poison Ivy, and Abra Kadabra.

The Hall of Doom

The Legion of Doom's headquarters was the Hall of Doom that was located in Slaughter Swamp (just outside Gotham City). The facility, which has a close resemblance to Darth Vader's helmet, could be lowered or raised above the swamp water's surface. It could fly or enter space using rockets. The Hall of Doom's mobility could be controlled through remote control helping the Legion to escape on several occasions. Its defenses included laser weapons and the ability to time travel.

In "Doomsday" after Sinestro, Black Manta and Cheetah are abandoned by the rest of the Legion after they take control of a mental device, they use it to create another Hall of Doom, which attacks the original one and enables the Legion to be captured.

In "History of Doom", the Hall is shown being constructed in a barn just after the Legion formed. Black Manta proposed that they have it in the ocean, Captain Cold proposes to have underneath the polar ice caps, and Gorilla Grodd proposes that they have it in the jungle. As a compromise, Lex Luthor decides to have it within the waters of Slaughter Swamp as it is then flown to that location.

Members

There were thirteen members of the Legion of Doom:

* Despite the opening sequence for ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' claiming that the Legion's members had "''banded together from remote galaxies''", eleven out of the thirteen are native to Earth; only Brainiac (from Colu), and Sinestro (from Korugar) are extraterrestrials.
* The episode "Super Friends: Rest In Peace" makes a reference to a former unseen member of the Legion of Doom, the only time such a reference has been made. This was Doctor Natas, the inventor of the Noxium crystal that had the power to destroy all of the Super Friends like mimicking Kryptonite for Superman and mimicking a yellow energy for Green Lantern. The Super Friends knew of this crystal and tricked the Legion of Doom into thinking that it had killed all of them using android doubles of the Super Friends while the real ones hid in their space station. They anticipated that the Legion of Doom would throw away the crystal when they no longer needed it. The crystal was retrieved by Apache Chief in a hazmat suit and launched into deep space. It was not explained what happened to Doctor Natas.
* Prior to the first televised appearance of the Legion of Doom, a group called the Super Foes appeared in the first issue of the ''Super Friends'' comic book (Nov 1976). Its membership featured Toyman, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Cheetah, Human Flying Fish, and their protégés Toyboy, Chick, Honeysuckle, Kitten and Sardine, respectively, in keeping with the theme of trainees ala Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog.

Other Legion episodes

While ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' was the series spotlighting the Legion of Doom, they appear in a few ''Super Friends'' shorts:
* The Krypton Syndrome: After Superman saves Krypton in the past, he returns to an alternate present. Robin mentions that the Super Friends were defeated by the Legion of Doom.
* Two Gleeks are Deadlier Than One: Though only Giganta and Gorilla Grodd appear, the Legion of Doom is mentioned where the Super Friends investigate rumors that the Legion of Doom are getting back together. Like in "Super Friends: Rest in Peace", the Super Friends used androids to trick Giganta and Gorilla Grodd into thinking they were destroyed.
* The Revenge of Doom (''Super Friends'' short): All 13 members of the Legion of Doom appear after getting back together, but only Lex Luthor, Sinestro and Solomon Grundy have dialogue. In this appearance, they salvaged the Hall of Doom disguised as construction workers with the cover-up that they were going to turn it into a museum. Batman and Robin came upon the "construction workers" and demanded to see their permit which they did having been obtained by the Department of Parks. When there was a mentioning that the Ion Engines were removed by the Super Friends which would've made it the first flying museum, the Dynamic Duo gets suspicious about the construction workers learning about the top secret operation as the lead construction worker claims that the info of that might've been leaked to the news. With the plot exposed, Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom shed their disguises and capture Batman and Robin. After refurbishing the Legion of Doom and equipping it with new weapons, they have developed a crystallizing ray to immobilize Superman and Wonder Woman. Batman and Robin eventually escape, reverse the effects of the crystallizing ray on Superman and Wonder Woman, and apprehend the Legion of Doom.

Members of the team have solo appearances in later episodes.

Lex Luthor appears in:
* Lex Luthor Strikes Back (''The World's Greatest Super Friends'') – Using a special camera that would enable him to assume the disguise of everyone, Lex Luthor escapes from prison.
* No Honor Among Thieves Super Friends ('' Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'') – Lex Luthor collaborates with Darkseid in order to steal the powers of the Super Friends.
* The Case of the Shrinking Super Friends' ('' Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'') – Lex Luthor uses a shrink ray to shrink the Wonder Twins, Gleek, Robin, Ronnie Raymond, and Professor Martin Stein.
* The Mask of Mystery ('' Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'') – Lex Luthor steals data that the incompetent superhero wannabe Captain Mystery had tapped from the Hall of Justice's computers in order to trap the Super Friends.
* The Seeds of Doom ('' The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'') – Lex Luthor attacks the city in a giant mechanical spider before he is defeated by the Super Powers Team and Cyborg.

Brainiac appears in:
* Superclones (''Super Friends'' short) - Brainiac clones Aquaman and El Dorado creating supervillain counterparts of them as part of a plot to discredit the Super Friends.
* The Wrath of Brainiac ('' Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'') – Brainiac collaborates with Darkseid to create android versions of Superman and Wonder Woman. Starting here, Brainiac takes up a more robotic form from this appearance to Brainchild matching his current comic counterpart at the time.
* The Village of Lost Souls ('' Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'') – Brainiac brainwashes a village of people to serve him and help him rebuild his ship.
* Brainchild ('' The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'') – Brainiac kidnaps Cyborg for an evil "mind-blowing" plan.

Bizarro appears in:
* Revenge of Bizarro (''Super Friends'' short) – Bizarro makes the Super Friends his slaves. He also uses Red Krytonite on Superman causing him to sprout many arms and legs.
* Bazarowurld (''Super Friends'' short) – Bizarro tricks Superman and Black Vulcan into going to Bazarowurld where Black Vulcan is placed in a maze of mirrors and Superman is placed in a Red Kryptonite Mine where he becomes a skinny figure.
* Video Victims (''Super Friends'' short) – Bizarro zaps some of the Super-Friends into a Pac-Man-like video game with him controlling the Pac-Man-like creature.
* The Bizarro Super Powers Team ('' The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'') - Mister Mxyzptlk brings Bizarro #1 to Earth where he uses an invention that makes Bizarro versions of Wonder Woman, Firestorm, and Cyborg. He later accidentally creates a Bizarro version of Mister Mxyzptlk called Mister Kltpzyxm.

Riddler appears in:
* "Around the World in 80 Riddles" (''Super Friends'' short) – Riddler infiltrates the Batcave and sprays Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and Robin with Stupid Spray that would decrease their intelligence and had to solve each riddle that would lead to the location of the antidote.

Scarecrow makes an appearance in '' The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' episode "The Fear" which also introducing his real name of Jonathan Crane.

Appearances in comics

Members of the Legion of Doom made some appearances in the ''Super Friends'' spin-off comic title based on the TV series:
* A version of the Legion of Doom appeared in ''Extreme Justice'' #17–18 (June–July 1996), led by Brainwave Jr., during a time when he had become a villain. The other members were Killer Frost, Houngan, Major Force, the Madmen, and a robot duplicate of Gorilla Grodd.

* The 2006 DC comic miniseries ''Justice'' features a version of the Legion of Doom. Series plotter/artist Alex Ross is a passionate ''Super Friends'' fan. In addition to Lex Luthor, Bizarro, Black Manta, Brainiac, Captain Cold, Cheetah, Giganta, Gorilla Grodd, Riddler, Scarecrow, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy, and Toyman, this version of the Legion of Doom also counts Black Adam, Metallo, Clayface, Parasite, and Poison Ivy as members. Joker and Doctor Sivana also make appearances. Sivana employs microscopic robots that resemble Mister Mind.
* The Hall of Doom serves as the headquarters for the Injustice League in ''Justice League of America: Injustice League Unlimited'' (though, this Hall is located in the Florida swamplands).
* The headquarters of the Justice League in the future of the ''Sorcerer Kings'' arc in ''Superman/Batman'' is the Hall of Doom.
* An alternate version of the team appeared in the mini-series ''Flashpoint: Legion of Doom'', part of the company-wide '' Flashpoint'' event. This iteration of the team consisted of supervillains interred in "Doom Prison", which is based on the Legion headquarters from ''Super Friends''. The membership consisted of Heat Wave, Plastic Man, Sportsmaster, Killer Wasp and Cluemaster.
* A new Legion of Doom led by Superboy-Prime appeared in a ''Teen Titans'' storyline that ran from issues #98–100. The roster consisted of Sun Girl, Headcase, Persuader (Elise Kimble), Indigo, Zookeeper, three Superboy clones, and an imposter Inertia.
* The Legion of Doom (minus Toyman, Riddler, Giganta, Captain Cold, and Black Manta) shrunk the Super Friends while appearing as Rainbow Ghosts in "A Super Friend in Need" in the pages of '' Scooby-Doo! Team-Up''.
* In the mini-series ''Super Powers'', Lex Luthor introduces a Legion of Doom featuring Bizarro, Black Manta, Brainiac, Captain Cold, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Pryme, Riddler, Scarecrow, Sinestro, and Starro. Rather than meet in the Hall of Doom, they have a Kryptonite fortress based upon the Fortress of Solitude and set upon the ocean.
* In the miniseries '' Kingdom Come'', the "Gulag" built by Mister Miracle to imprison the younger, more violent heroes bears a strong resemblance to the Hall of Doom. Its warden was Captain Comet, and guarded by Kryptonian-powered robots until a revolt and Captain Marvel destroyed it.
* The first arc of Scott Snyder and Jim Cheung's ''Justice League'' relaunch for ''DC Rebirth'' features the Legion of Doom as the main antagonists. The group consists of Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Brainiac, and Turtle. Former members include Black Manta and Joker, both excommunicated due to their own ulterior motives. Following the advice of The Batman Who Laughs, the Legion had destroyed the Source Wall and uncover the most powerful galactic being of the Sixth Dimension named Perpetua who is the mother of Monitor, Anti-Monitor, and World Forger. They soon take action during the "Year of the Villain" event. To prepare for all-out war with the Justice League, Luthor also recruits various villains to his cause including Bizarro of Earth 29, Black Adam, Black Manta, Black Mask, Captain Cold, Catwoman, Circe and her Injustice League Dark (consisting of Floronic Man, Solomon Grundy, Klarion the Witch Boy, and Papa Midnite), Deathstroke, Harley Quinn, Heat Wave, Lobo, Mr. Freeze, Ocean Master, Oracle III, Ra's al Ghul, Red Hood, Riddler, Talon, and the Terribles of Earth 29 (consisting of Mister Terrible, Change-O-Shape-O, Figment Girl, and Disposable Man). This Legion reappears in "Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths" and is composed of Lex Luthor, Vandal Savage, Punchline, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Black Manta, Sinestro, Scarecrow and the Rogues (Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Golden Glider, Captain Boomerang and Weather Wizard)
** As part of the Wonder Comics imprint, ''Wonder Twins'' featured a version of the Legion of Doom. Led by Lex Luthor, the Legion of Doom removed the Scrambler from their ranks after he was incarcerated. After his escape, Scrambler was placed in the Legion's farm league known as the League of Annoyance. Praying Mantis lead the League of Annoyance which also included Aunt Phetamine, Cell Phone Sylvia, Count Drunkula/Baron Nightblood, Malingerer, and Filo Math. While the roster of the Legion was not revealed, the group hosted a villains mixer at the second-best western hotel which included Cheetah, Chronos, Electrocutioner, Giganta, Human Flame, Joker's Daughter, Killer Moth, Kite-Man, Metallo, Mr. Freeze, Parasite, Professor Ivo, Professor Pyg, Prometheus, Queen Bee, Rainbow Raider, Red Flag, Scarecrow, Scavenger, Sonar, Trickster, and Toyman.
* A future version of the Legion of Doom is introduced in " Future State" lead by T.O. Morrow that included Amaz-X, Cobalt Blue, Despera, The Flood, Professor Ivo, Lex Luthor, Screech Owl, and UltraViolet Lantern.
* In ''The Flash'' #770-771, Wally West traveled to the Super Friends universe where he inhabited the body of the Reverse-Flash as he was being inducted into the Legion of Doom.

In other media

Live-action

''Legends of the Superheroes''

The Legion of Doom appeared in the NBC televised special, ''Legends of the Superheroes'', led by Mordru and consisting of Doctor Sivana, Riddler, Giganta, Sinestro, Weather Wizard, and Solomon Grundy.

''Smallville''

The Legion of Doom is alluded to in ''Smallville'' season ten and assembled by Toyman. Despite still being in jail, he created Marionette Ventures, an organization composed of supervillains like Metallo, Roulette (DC Comics), Roulette, the Merlyn (DC Comics), Dark Archer, Black Manta, Captain Cold, and Solomon Grundy that worked to control Smallville (comics), Smallville's waterfront properties. The Toyman used a brainwashed Courtney Whitmore to do his organization's bidding, and later brainwashed Lois Lane (Smallville), Lois Lane remotely in an attempt to kill Clark Kent (Smallville), Clark Kent.

''Legends of Tomorrow''

The Legion of Doom serves as the main antagonists of the Legends of Tomorrow (season 2), second season of the Arrowverse series ''Legends of Tomorrow''. This incarnation is led by Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse), Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash (Matt Letscher) and consists of Damien Darhk (Arrowverse), Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), Malcolm Merlyn (Arrowverse), Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman), and a time-displaced Leonard Snart (Arrowverse), Leonard Snart / Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller). For brief periods of time, the Legion is assisted by a brainwashed Rip Hunter (Arrowverse), Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) and a reluctant Mick Rory (Arrowverse), Mick Rory / Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell). They are termed "The Legion of Doom" by Legends member Nate Heywood (Arrowverse), Nate Heywood, after a cartoon he enjoyed as a kid.

Thawne and Darhk found the group after the former cheats death as a result of Flashpoint and recruits the latter from 1987 with the goal of changing their destined deaths in conflict with Barry Allen (Arrowverse), Barry Allen and Oliver Queen (Arrowverse), Oliver Queen, respectively, by obtaining the Spear of Destiny. Amidst encounters with the List of Legends of Tomorrow characters#Legends of Tomorrow membership by season, Legends and the Black Flash, the latter of whom was sent by the Speed Force to pursue Thawne as a result of him cheating death, the Legion recruit Merlyn from 2016, promising him to help avert his family's deaths, and Snart from before he joined the Legends, promising to help him avert his future death. After Snart convinces Rory to betray the Legends, the Legion obtains the Spear and rewrite reality so that they live improved lives without opposition while the Legends are reduced to various demeaning positions. However, Rory comes to regret his decision and reunites the Legends, restoring their memories of the original timeline and helping them retrieve the Spear, with help from the Legion after they discover Thawne intended to destroy it. In the ensuing battle, Thawne succeeds, apparently stabilizing the altered reality, but the Legends travel back in time and join forces with their past selves to combat the Legion. In the end, Sara Lance obtains the Spear and uses its power against itself, restoring reality and summoning the Black Flash, who kills Thawne, while the rest of the Legion are taken back to their original places in the timeline.

Animation

''The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour''

The Legion of Doom appears in the Cartoon Network Latin America spoof series ''Aquaman in popular media#The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour, The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour'' as bankrupt enemies of Aquaman.

''Justice League Unlimited''

While never directly referred to as such in the 2000s animated series ''Justice League Unlimited'', with only the DVD box set for the third season explicitly doing so, the Legion of Doom served as inspiration for the show's incarnation of the Secret Society of Super Villains, Secret Society. The group is initially led by Gorilla Grodd, and consists of the following:

Solicitations for future episodes indicated that the team had a secret backer, but have turned out to be incorrect. Series producer Bruce Timm had also said he wanted to include Riddler and Scarecrow as villains in the group as a nod to the original Legion, but was prevented from doing this by the "wiktionary:Bat-embargo, Bat-embargo", which limited the use of Batman-related characters at the time.

The group operates out of a swamp-based headquarters and functions as a co-operative, a loose organization of super-villains that primarily work on their own, but assist each other when a member is challenged by the Justice League in exchange for Grodd receiving 25% of the requesting member's take of the crime commissioned at that time. After discovering Grodd planned on turning humanity into apes however, Luthor ousts him and assumes leadership with no objections from the membership. In the two-part series finale "Alive!" and "Destroyer", Luthor leads the Society in converting their headquarters into a spaceship so he can resurrect Brainiac, but Grodd launches a coup, leading to a battle between supervillains loyal to the latter and those loyal to Luthor. In the end, Luthor shunts Grodd out of the air lock while Killer Frost freezes Grodd's remaining allies. With Atomic Skull, Bizarro, Cheetah, Evil Star, Giganta, Heat Wave, Toyman, Volcana, Star Sapphire, and Sinestro left, Luthor forces Tala use her powers to resurrect Brainiac, apparently killing her. However, she resurrects Darkseid instead, who thanks Luthor by destroying the Society's ship. Despite this, Star Sapphire and Sinestro protect Luthor and their allies before helping them steal Lightray (character), Lightray's Mother Box so they can return to Earth and join forces with the Justice League to defeat Darkseid. After Luthor acquires the Anti-Life Equation and vanishes with Darkseid, the Justice League gives the surviving Society members a head start.

Of this final appearance for the group, series writer Matt Wayne stated that he consciously tried to round up the original 13 Legion of Doom members in Luthor's team, citing this English Wikipedia page as one source.

''Batman: The Brave and the Bold''

The Legion of Doom appear in the ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' animated series, consisting of Lex Luthor, the Joker, Cheetah, Weather Wizard, Felix Faust, Chronos (comics), Chronos, Clock King, and Amazo. In the teaser for the episode "Triumvirate of Terror", the Legion of Doom play a game of baseball against the Justice League International. Luthor, Joker, and Cheetah later adjourn to the Legion's headquarters.

''Young Justice''

In the ''Young Justice (TV series), Young Justice'' episode "Revelation", the team battles the Secret Society of Super Villains, Light's Injustice League in the Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana bayou. The group's headquarters and location is a homage to the Hall of Doom.

''Robot Chicken DC Comics Special''

The Legion of Doom appeared prominently in the ongoing story arc of the ''Robot Chicken'' Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, DC Comics Special. Along with the original 13 members of the group, they are joined by the Joker, Penguin, and mailroom worker Glen. In the final act, the Legion is joined by Aquaman, who did so after the Justice League pushed him too far, as well as Bane (comics), Bane, Catwoman, Two-Face, Icicle (comics), Icicle, Mirror Master, Harley Quinn, Deathstroke, Mr. Freeze, Mister Banjo, Chillblaine, Darkseid, and original ''Robot Chicken'' character Humping Robot.

In the second ''Robot Chicken'' DC Comics Special, titled "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise, Villains in Paradise", the Legion of Doom's core membership includes Luthor, Bizarro, Poison Ivy, Black Manta, Joker, Penguin, Brainiac, Captain Cold, Scarecrow, Gorilla Grodd, Sinestro, Catwoman, Riddler, Toyman, and Two-Face while Weather Wizard, Black Adam, Darkseid, Harley Quinn, Mr. Freeze, Eobard Thawne, Professor Zoom, Starro, Killer Croc, and Clayface make cameo appearances.

''Teen Titans Go!''

In the ''Teen Titans Go!'' episode "Snuggle Time", the Teen Titans decide to become supervillains and become the "Legion of Doooom", with Starfire (Koriand'r), Starfire becomes Starfire the Terrible, Cyborg becomes The Cyborg, Raven (DC Comics), Raven becomes the Demon of Azarath, Dick Grayson, Robin becomes Dick Gravestone, and Beast Boy becomes Beast Monster. After hiring an army of henchmen, constructing their own Hall of Doom, and eliminating Earth's heroes, the Legion of Doooom draw in and defeat the H.I.V.E., H.I.V.E. Five to finalize their plans for conquering Earth.

''Harley Quinn''

The ''Harley Quinn (TV series), Harley Quinn'' animated web series follows the titular character's adventures after she breaks up with the Joker, with her initial goal being to join the Legion of Doom. This iteration of the group is described as a supportive community of elite supervillains dedicated to making the world a horrible place and having been behind some of the most evil plots in the 21st century. The Legion is led by Lex Luthor and consists of the Joker, Scarecrow, Cheetah, Bane, Gorilla Grodd, Black Manta, Sinestro, Black Adam, the Reverse-Flash, Toyman, Solomon Grundy, Metallo, Captain Cold, Parasite, Riddler, Penguin, Two-Face, Man-Bat, Calendar Man, Killer Croc, Killer Frost, Felix Faust, and Livewire. Doctor Psycho was originally a member as well, but was ousted from the group for calling Wonder Woman and Giganta the "Cunt, C word" on live television, which led to him siding with Harley Quinn's crew. In the episode "L.O.D.R.S.V.P.", Harley and her crew are offered a position in the Legion of Doom after stealing jewels from Atlantis (DC Comics), Atlantis, with Psycho being reinstated as well while Harley had to wait to be voted in, competing against KGBeast for the spot. However, Lex reveals to Poison Ivy that he has no intention of allowing Harley to join unless she joins as well. When Aquaman attacks the Hall of Doom to retrieve the jewels Harley stole, she proves herself and defeats him on her own, which leads to her being voted into the Legion. In "Devil's Snare", the Hall of Doom is destroyed by a giant tower operated by the Joker in his plot to take over Gotham City. Following the Joker's defeat at Harley's hands in the season one finale "The Final Joke", Gotham is left in ruins, leaving Legion members the Penguin, Riddler, Two-Face, and Bane, as well as Mr. Freeze, to join forces and form the Injustice League in order to rule Gotham in the Legion's absence. Most of the other members of the Legion are later revealed to have also survived the Hall of Doom's destruction as Luthor appears in the episode "Bachelorette" while numerous other members appear in the season two finale "Something Borrowed, Something Green", attending Poison Ivy and Kite Man's wedding prior to Jim Gordon (character), Commissioner Gordon leading a raid on it. In the episode "The Horse and the Sparrow", Luthor approaches Poison Ivy with an offer to lead the Legion of Doom in exchange for eliminating Joker.

''Batwheels''

A variation of the Legion of Doom called the Legion of Zoom appear in ''Batwheels'', consisting of the Joker's Jokermobile Prank, Harley Quinn's ATV Jestah, Riddler's helicopter Quizz, Penguin's boat Ducky, Mr. Freeze's snowcrawler Snowy, the Batcomputer's rival Badcomputer, and a crash test dummy-esque robot named Crash.

Film

''Justice League: Doom''

The Legion of Doom appear as the central antagonists in the animated film ''Justice League: Doom'', led by Vandal Savage and consisting of the Cheetah, Carol Ferris, Star Sapphire, Metallo, Bane (comics), Bane, Mirror Master, and Ma'alefa'ak. They intend to use a solar flare to end half of humanity, but are foiled by the Justice League.

''JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time''

The Legion of Doom appear in the animated film ''JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time'', consisting of Lex Luthor, Toyman, Cheetah, Captain Cold, Black Manta, Solomon Grundy, Bizarro, and Gorilla Grodd. The Legion of Doom travel back in time to eliminate Superman, with the help of Time Trapper.

''Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom''

The Legion of Doom appear in the animated film ''Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom'', consisting of Lex Luthor, Cheetah, Captain Cold, Sinestro, Black Manta, and Gorilla Grodd. The Joker, Penguin, Man-Bat, Giganta, and Deathstroke also appear as potential recruits who are all rejected for various reasons. This version of the group was formed by Luthor on Darkseid's orders. The Legion attacks Area 52 to obtain a capsule containing Martian Manhunter, J'onn J'onzz and escape following a fight with the Justice League. The villains free J'onzz and persuade him to help them discredit the Justice League before seeing them banished from Earth. However, J'onzz poses as Black Manta and saves Cyborg and assists him in saving the Justice League. With Darkseid's help, the Legion fight the Justice League once more before defeating them. Afterwards, the Justice League are cleared of all charges and the Legion of Doom are arrested by the police.

''LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High''

The Legion of Doom appears in ''Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High'', consisting of Lena Luthor and Lashina while Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Killer Frost, Frost, and Cheetah join temporarily.

''Justice League vs. Teen Titans''

The Legion of Doom appears in the animated direct-to-DVD film ''Justice League vs. Teen Titans'', consisting of Lex Luthor, Toyman, Cheetah, Weather Wizard, and Solomon Grundy.

''Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse''

The Legion of Doom appears in ''Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse'', consisting of Lex Luthor, Cythonna (voiced by Missi Pyle), the Riddler, Solomon Grundy, Toyman, Giganta, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Livewire (DC Comics), Livewire, Star Sapphire, Cheetah, and Harley Quinn.

Video games

* The Hall of Doom appears in ''DC Universe Online'' as a hub for players in the villain campaign.
* The Legion of Doom appear as playable characters in ''Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham'', consisting of Lex Luthor, the Joker, Cheetah, Firefly (DC Comics), Firefly, Killer Croc, and Solomon Grundy and the Hall of Doom appearing as a hub location. While Black Manta, Giganta, Toyman, Riddler, Bizarro, Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd, Brainiac, and Sinestro also appear as playable characters, they are not explicitly stated to be part of the Legion.
* The Legion of Doom appears in ''Lego DC Super-Villains'' as playable characters, with the Hall of Doom appears as a part of the hub world. This incarnation of the Legion includes Lex Luthor, Mercy Graves, The Rookie (the player's customizable character), Cheetah, Solomon Grundy, Joker, Harley Quinn, Clayface, Riddler, Scarecrow, Catwoman, Two-Face, Penguin, the Rogues (comics), Rogues (Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Mirror Master, Captain Boomerang), Merlyn (DC Comics), Malcolm Merlyn, Eobard Thawne, Reverse-Flash, Killer Frost, Deadshot, Poison Ivy, Livewire (DC Comics), Livewire, Gorilla Grodd, Sinestro, Black Adam, Deathstroke, Metallo, Firefly, Clock King, Kite Man, Polka-Dot Man, Bronze Tiger, Doctor Poison, Calendar Man, an OMAC (comics), OMAC Operative, Psycho-Pirate, and Condiment King.

Miscellaneous

* The Legion of Doom is named and pictured in the opening sequence for the direct-to-video original animation ''DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse'' (2010).
* In 2007 at Six Flags New England, a live show written by Brandon T. Snider featured the Legion of Doom. This incarnation of the group involved Lex Luthor, Joker, Riddler, Cheetah, Captain Cold, and Sinestro.

Cultural references

* In the mid to late 1990s, the Philadelphia Flyers forward line of John LeClair, Eric Lindros, and Mikael Renberg was nicknamed the Legion of Doom (ice hockey), Legion of Doom.
* Professional wrestling manager Paul Ellering named his wrestling stable The Legion of Doom after the supervillain group, eventually using the name to refer to his chief – and later sole – protégés, the tag team of The Road Warriors. When the Road Warriors arrived in the World Wrestling Federation in 1990, they changed their team name to The Legion of Doom.
* Two Cartoon Network bumpers featured the Legion of Doom. One had ''The Powerpuff Girls'' saving Aquaman and Wonder Woman from the Legion's clutches. The other featured the membership annoying Luthor with petty demands.
* In the season six episode of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', "Normal Again", Jonathan asks Andrew, "Did you even read Legion of Doom?".
* An episode of ''The Drew Carey Show'' featured Drew and his friends getting in trouble being a "gang". Drew gets sent to a counseling session for gangbangers and enters the room to see a group of imposing bikers and gang members sitting around a large table. He quips "the reason I've called you all here is to destroy Superman" as Lex Luthor would do when leading a Legion meeting.
* In the ''Family Guy'' episode "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", Lois, when trying to get money from the town to purify Lake Quahog during her time as the Mayor of Quahog, convinced the people in a press conference that the money would help to stop terrorists. One of these claims is that Adolf Hitler is conspiring with the Legion of Doom to assassinate Jesus while using Lake Quahog to conceal their base. The scene then jumps to the Hall of Doom where Lex Luthor shouts "How did she discover our plan?!". Solomon Grundy quotes "Me Solomon Grundy kind of dropped the ball on that one". Almost all of the original Legion is portrayed except for the Riddler. In "Something, Something, Something Dark Side" (which is a parody version of ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back''), there is a reference to "The Legion of Doom" when the Hall of Doom begins to rise out of the swamp on Dagobah shortly after Luke Skywalker (portrayed by Family Guy character Chris Griffin) has landed. An announcer bearing resemblance to the narrative voice on ''Super Friends'' begins by saying "Meanwhile, at the Legion of Doom..." only to be cut off by Chris (playing Luke Skywalker) who says "Not now!". The narration then quickly says "OK" as the apparent Hall of Doom sinks back beneath the water in the swamp.
* In the ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' episode "Peanut Puberty", the headquarters for the Legion of Doom was used for a club called the "Legion of Dance".
* The first episode of Season 3 of ''Duck Dodgers (TV series), Duck Dodgers'' titled "Till Doom Do Us Part" featured the Legion of Duck Doom, led by Agent Roboto and was composed of various villains from the earlier seasons made up of Crusher, Elmer Fudd, Fudd, a Catapoid, Count Bloodcount, Count Muerte, New Cadet, Nasty Canasta, Commandante Hilgalgo, Baby-Faced Moonbeam, Long John Silver the 23rd, Yosemite Sam, K'chutha Sa'am, and Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes), Tasmanian Warrior. A new villain that is part of the Legion of Duck Doom named Black Eel (a parody of Black Manta) makes his first appearance in this episode.
* In the ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' episode "The Last One", the Mooninites tried to organize a league of every single villain that was from Season 1 to 3. Among its members are the Mooninites, Rabbot, Mothmonsterman, Happy Time Harry, Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future, Travis of the Cosmos, Randy the Astonishing, the Brownie Monsters, Romulox, MC Pee Pants's worm, the Trees, Frat Aliens, Oog, Dumbassahedratron, Ol'Drippy, and Major Shake. However, almost all of them got foolishly killed or asked to leave leaving only a small force led by the Mooninites. Afterwards, the Rabbot called the team "Monday Tuesday Wednesday".
* In the ''Krypto the Superdog'' episode "Mechanikalamity", the Intergalactic Villains Club that Mechanicat is a part of is a spoof of the Legion of Doom and has a base that is similar to the Hall of Doom. Due to Mechanicat's repeated failure to defeat Krypto, he has been unable to get elected as leader with the recent election having the members voting for Glorg to be the leader of the Intergalactic Villains Club.
* The music video for the song "P.I.M.P." by rappers 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck features 50 Cent seeking the join the "P.I.M.P. Legion of Doom" who are led by Snoop Dogg. The P.I.M.P Legion of Doom gathers around a round table and the pros and cons of 50 Cent joining their group. Despite not having a Cadillac or a perm, 50 Cent becomes a members by pleasing its members upon showing them his "Magic Stick, magic stick".
* In ''Johnny Test'', the Evil Johnny Stopping Force Five have a secret base in a swamp that closely resembles the Legion of Doom's secret headquarters.
* The song "Trap or Die" by rap artists Young Jeezy and Bun B contains the lyric "I've got my own Super Friends in a Legion of Doom", referencing the DC characters.
* In the early to mid 2010s, the Seattle Seahawks defense was nicknamed the Legion of Boom (Seattle Seahawks), Legion of Boom. Major players consisted of Richard Sherman (American football), Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas. This was a play on the villain group's name.
* In the New Orleans region o
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(World Adult Kickball Association), there is a team named Legion of Doom. Their colors are orange & black and they use a logo that incorporates the Hall of Doom in the imagery. Each member of the team chooses a villain from the DC roster, and one game a season they dress as their villainous alter egos while challenging their opponents to dress in costumes as DC heroes. They are currently in their 12th season and have had over 50 different villains represented.
* President Donald Trump's ordered assassination of Qasem Soleimani outside of Baghdad International Airport resulted in Fox News reporting Trump had taken out "the legion of doom".
(Fox News)

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