Legion (Marvel Comics character)
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Artwork for the cover of New Mutants vol. 3, 21 (January, 2011 Marvel Comics). Art by Dave Wilkins.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New Mutants #25 (March 1985) |
| Created by |
Chris Claremont (Writer) Bill Sienkiewicz (Artist) |
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| Alter ego | David Charles Haller |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations |
Muir Island X-Men X-Men |
| Notable aliases | Daniel Haller, Cyndi, Rodney, Ian, Lucas, Fanya, Jack Wayne, Boris, Zachary, Sylvester, Jemail Karami |
| Abilities |
Ability to spontaneously develop mutations that manifest as split personalities with their own powers and can absorb another person's psyche into his as an alternate personality and manifest their superhuman abilities when they are dominant, including, but not limited to:
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Ability to spontaneously develop mutations that manifest as split personalities with their own powers and can absorb another person's psyche into his as an alternate personality and manifest their superhuman abilities when they are dominant, including, but not limited to:
Legion (David Charles Haller) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the mutant son of Professor Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller. Legion takes the role of an antihero who has a severe mental illness including a form of dissociative identity disorder, in which each of his alternate personas controls one of his many superpowers.
The television series Legion premiered on FX network in 2017. The lead character is portrayed by Dan Stevens. The series is developed, written, directed, and produced by Noah Hawley, and has received a positive critical and viewer response. The show has received a season two order. On October 2017, it was announced that a new Legion series would be coming out in 2018.
Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz, Legion made his debut in New Mutants #25 (March 1985).
In 1991 Legion was assigned to be a co-starring character in the newly revamped X-Factor, as a member of the eponymous superteam. However, writer Peter David was uncomfortable with this, and ultimately editor Bob Harras independently came to the conclusion that Legion should not be used in the series. David explained, "I don't mind building a story around [Legion], but working him into a group - you're really asking for a bit much from the reader. Believing that a group of people will come together to form a team is enough of a suspension of disbelief... 'Oh, by the way, one of them is so nuts he shouldn't be setting foot off Muir Island'... that's asking the reader to bend so far he will break."
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