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Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st c ...
is a
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team in the 31st century of the . The team is the third incarnation of the
Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st c ...
after the
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and
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versions. It first appears in ''Teen Titans/Legion Special'' (November 2004) and was created by
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and
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Publication history

Following a
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with the
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in ''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #16 and the ''Teen Titans/Legion Special'', a new ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' series was launched; written by
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(who had previously rebooted the title following the events of '' Zero Hour'') and penciled by
Barry Kitson Barry Kitson is a British comic book artist. Biography Kitson's first professional work was ''Spider-Man'' for Marvel UK. He also drew many stories for ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', beginning with a "Future Shocks" tale written by Peter Milli ...
. This new series recreated the team from the beginning and used the Boy/Lad/Girl/Lass/Kid codenames which the end of the original continuity and the prior reboot continuity had moved away from using. Initial issues of this series reintroduced the characters and provided new and divergent origins for them. Most characters resembled their previous counterparts in costume and powers, with the most notable exceptions including
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, now called simply Chameleon and depicted as an
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creature,
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, who in this version of the Legion is black,
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, who is now a giant who shrinks to human size, and
Phantom Girl Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo) is a superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics, and is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. In the Post-'' Zero Hour'' continuity, she is known as Apparition. She has the power ...
, who exists in two universes at once and has conversations with people in her own dimension while talking to Legionnaires at the same time. The future universe of this Legion is an emotionally and mentally repressive society which involves human sexuality and contact being kept at arms' length as well as
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surveillance of minors. The Legion's main goal is social reform as well as protecting people and inspiring them with the legends of superheroes of old, even though the team isn't appreciated by various government authorities. The Legion is worshiped by thousands of young people on various different worlds who worship the group in a
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-like manner, collectively known as the "Legionnaires". The Legionnaires based on Earth keep a constant vigil outside Legion headquarters. Beginning with issue #16, ''The Legion of Super-Heroes'' (vol. 5) was retitled ''Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes'' with
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traveling to the future and joining the Legion. With issue #31, Tony Bedard replaced Waid as writer. The title reverted to ''The Legion of Super-Heroes'' with issue #37 and
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became writer. The series ended with issue #50, in which the script was credited to "Justin Thyme", a pseudonym previously used by uncredited comic book artists.


''Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds''

This version of the Legion also appeared in the 2008–09 '' Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds'' limited series, written by
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and drawn by
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. The mini-series features this version of the Legion teaming up with the 1994 and post-''Infinite Crisis'' incarnations of the Legion and Superman to fight the
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and a new incarnation of the
Legion of Super-Villains The Legion of Super-Villains is a team of supervillains who appear in comic books published by DC Comics. They are adversaries of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the future. They first appeared as adults in ''Superman'' #147 (Aug 1961) and as teens ...
(led by
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). It is revealed at the end of the mini-series that this version of the team inhabits
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, the home of Superboy-Prime.''Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds'' #5 (July 2009)


Members


See also

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Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st c ...
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Legion of Super-Heroes (1958 team) The 1958 version of the Legion of Super-Heroes (also called the original or Preboot Legion) is a fictional superhero team in the 31st century of the . The team is the first incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and was followed by the 1994 a ...
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Legion of Super-Heroes (1994 team) The 1994 version of the Legion of Super-Heroes (also called the Post-Zero Hour or Reboot Legion) is a fictional superhero team in the 31st century of the DC Universe. The team is the second incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes, following a ...
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List of Legion of Super-Heroes members The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team in comic book series published by DC Comics. The team has gone through various iterations. Starting with the founding trio of Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl, all versions of the team incl ...
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List of Legion of Super-Heroes publications This article is a list of Legion of Super-Heroes publications. The list is in approximate chronological order. Legion volumes The Legion of Super-Heroes became a regular feature in ''Adventure Comics'' with issue #300, but were relegated to back-u ...


References


External links


The Legion of Super-Heroes Reference File
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