Legion of Super-Heroes | |
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Cover art for Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 5) #37.
Art by Francis Manapul and John Livesay. |
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Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Teen Titans/Legion Special (November 2004) |
Created by |
Mark Waid Barry Kitson |
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Base(s) | Legion Clubhouse |
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See: List of Legion of Super-Heroes members | |
Legion of Super-Heroes | |
Cover of Legion of Super-Heroes, vol. 5, #1. Art by Barry Kitson (2005). | |
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Publisher | DC Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Superhero |
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Colorist(s) | Jonathan Smith |
Creator(s) |
Mark Waid Barry Kitson |
The 2004 version of the Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team in the 31st century of the DC Comics Universe. The team is the third incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes after the 1958 and 1994 versions. It first appears in Teen Titans/Legion Special (November 2004) and was created by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson.
Following a crossover with the Teen Titans in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #16 and the Teen Titans/Legion Special, a new Legion of Super-Heroes series was launched; written by Mark Waid (who had previously rebooted the title following the events of Zero Hour) and penciled by Barry Kitson. 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 Chameleon Boy, now called simply Chameleon and depicted as an androgynous creature, Star Boy, who in this version of the Legion is black, Colossal Boy, who is now a giant who shrinks to human size, and Phantom Girl, who exists in two universes at once and has conversations with people in her own dimension while talking to Legionnaires at the same time.