Legion of Superheroes
| Legion of Super-Heroes | |
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Cover for Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 5) #37 (Feb. 2008).
Art by Francis Manapul and John Livesay. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
(Original) Adventure Comics #247 (April, 1958) (Reboot) Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #0 (October, 1994) (Threeboot) Teen Titans/Legion Special (November, 2004) (Post-Infinite Crisis) Justice League of America vol. 2 #8 (April, 2007) |
| Created by |
Otto Binder (writer) Al Plastino (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Legion Clubhouse Legion Outpost Legion World |
| Roster | |
| See: List of Legion of Super-Heroes members | |
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in 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 centuries of the DC Comics Universe, and first appears in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958).
Initially, the team was closely associated with the original Superboy character (Superman when he was a teenager), and was portrayed as a group of time travelers. Later, the Legion's origin and back story were fleshed out, and the group was given its own monthly comic. Eventually, Superboy was removed from the team altogether and appeared only as an occasional guest star.
The team has undergone two major reboots during its run. The original version was replaced with a new rebooted version following the events of the "Zero Hour" storyline in 1994 and another rebooted team was introduced in 2004. A fourth version of the team, nearly identical to the original version, was introduced in 2007.
Superboy was the featured series in Adventure Comics in the 1950s. In Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958) by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, Superboy was met by three teenagers from the 30th century: Lightning Boy, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, who were members of a "super-hero club" called the Legion of Super-Heroes. Their club had been formed with Superboy as an inspiration, and they had time travelled to recruit Superboy as a member. After a series of tests, Superboy was awarded membership and returned to his own time.
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