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ISBN 1401219047. " Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes " is a 2007 comic book DC Comics story arc written by Geoff Johns, illustrated by Gary Frank, which features the character Superman and the return of the pre-"Crisis on Infinite Earths" Legion of Super-Heroes. It ran in Action Comics #858–863 (late December 2007 – May 2008), this ...
In the comics, the Legion are inspired by Superman, who is an alien that through his powers and morals saved humanity and was an inspiration to many heroes after. This is the basis for why the Legion exists. Aliens all across the universe come together and save the day as superheroes. The fact that most are relatively young is attributed to the ...
Between the Original Legion (50s-90s) and Reboot Legion (90s-00s), DC updated Superman's origin and removed the Legion from his childhood. So towards the tail end of the Original Legion (mid-80s), it was retconned that the Superboy they'd been hanging out with during the Silver and Bronze age was actually from a pocket dimension, not Earth 1.
Oct 15, 2022 · A problem arose after Crisis on Infinite Earths when writer/artist John Byrne revamped the Superman mythos for the modern era; among the many changes Byrne made was jettisoning Clark’s time as Superboy. However, over in the Legion of Super-Heroes, the team was still referring to Superboy as if he existed. Obviously, a way was needed to ...
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The origin of the Legion of Super-Heroes was first published in Superboy #147in 1968 and re-told several times in different versions over several decades. One aspect that has always remained constant were three heroic teenagers saving the life of a man who would be their benefactor. In the 30th century, the galaxy is a crowded place. There are thou...
Otto Binder and Al Plastino created the Legion of Super-Heroes as well as creating the three founding members for the team. Binder wrote the story and Plastino drew the art for Adventure Comics #247 in 1958. Like many of Superboy's stories in Adventure Comics, this issue was meant to be a one-shot story and the Legion's only appearance. This issue ...
Silver Age
News of the Legion spread quickly, and soon there were many super-powered youngsters clamoring to join. Some had powers native to their homeworlds, others had acquired them through strange accidents. The number of people who wanted to join eventually grew so large that the Legion had to hold regular tryouts, in which any potential Legionnaire could show his or her abilities. The Legion was heavily involved with time travel, often going back to the 20th century to meet their idol, Superboy - t...
Bronze Age
During this time new Legionnaires Dawnstar and Wildfire joined the team. After the end of Earth War (a galactic war between the United Planets and the Khunds), The Legion constitution is amended to allow married Legionnaires. Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl return to active membership. Following the the Great Darkness Saga, saw more newer members like Blok, Invisible Kid II and White Witch. When members of the Legion were falsely imprisoned on Takron-Galtos. Aware that there would be massive ba...
Modern Age / Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths
Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy had resign and new legionnaires join from Legion Academy. Magnetic Kid, Polar Boy, Quislet, and Tellus (Ganglios of Hykraius). Comet Queen,Mentalla (Deyla Castill of Titan), and Power Boy (Jed Rikane) are rejected. Saturn Girl asks to admit the masked Sensor Girl (Projectra). Dev-Em declines an offer of membership. Eventually, Superboy limited his visits to the 30th Century and changed his active membership to a reservist status. The Legion continued...
According to its constitution, are the following (Pre-Zero Hour):
1. The Legion may contain no more than 25 members, but the Club may have any number of part-time reserve members (Action Comics #387). 2. No member can be over the 18 years of age, must have at least one super-power that he or she can "fully control" and must be "courageous and of good character". 3. To become a Legionnaire, a candidate must win a two-thirds vote of at least three-quarters of the acting membership. 4. All Legionnaires must continue to go to school when off duty. 5. A new lead...
Along with the main version of the team itself at different ages, there also had existed simultaneously alternate versions, which were parallel to the mainstream iteration: 1. Legion of Super-traitors: An alternate universe legion visited by Superboy, where all Legionnaries are criminals instead heroes. First seen in Adventure Comics #293. 2. Legio...
Live action: Smallville
In the episode of Smallville entitled "Legion", Clark Kent is saved by the core members of the legion of Super-heroes.
Core Legionnaires
1. Lightning Lad 2. Saturn Girl 3. Brainiac 5 4. Phantom Girl 5. Bouncing Boy 6. Triplicate Girl 7. Timber Wolf 8. Chameleon Boy Other Legionnaires 1. XS 2. Dawnstar 3. Invisible Kid 4. Blok 5. Colossal Boy 6. Cosmic Boy 7. Dream Girl 8. Element Lad 9. Shrinking Violet 10. Sun Boy 11. Tyroc 12. Matter-Eater Lad 13. Star Boy 14. Ferro Lad 15. Ultra Boy 16. Nemesis Kid 17. Wildfire 18. Polar Boy 19. Karate Kid
May 21, 2022 · A legend that I probably should eventually do is try to get to the bottom of exactly how the Superman/Legion of Super-Heroes problems came about, but suffice to say, the general problem with the Legion of Super-Heroes' continuity during the late 1980s was that there was a Man of Steel reboot by John Byrne that resulted in Clark Kent not realizing that he had superpowers until he was ...
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Oct 29, 2021 · This was because stories of Superboy's heroism were still told 1000 years in the future, inspiring the Legion of Superheroes' formation. A 2019 retcon made another Superboy, Superman's son Jonathan Kent, responsible for the foundation of the Legion of Superheroes in the modern DC Universe.
