The Legion of Night
| The Legion of Night | |
|---|---|
| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Legion of Night #1 (October 1991) |
| Created by |
Steve Gerber Whilce Portacio |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Arizona |
| Agent(s) | Martin Gold Jennifer Kale Dr. Chan Liuchow Omen/Charles Blackwater Dr. Katherine Reynolds Ariann Wight Leena Wolfe |
| Legion of Night | |
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Cover of The Legion of Night #1 (October 1991). Art by Whilce Portacio & Scott Williams. |
| Series publication information | |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | October – October 1991 |
| Number of issues | 2 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Steve Gerber |
| Penciller(s) | Whilce Portacio |
| Inker(s) |
Scott Williams Dan Panosian |
| Letterer(s) | John Workman |
| Colorist(s) | Paul Mounts |
| Creator(s) |
Steve Gerber Whilce Portacio |
| Editor(s) |
Tom DeFalco Len Kaminski Ralph Macchio |
| Collected editions | |
| (Part One) | ISBN |
| (Part Two) | ISBN |
The Legion of Night is a fictional organization in the Marvel Comics universe. They were dedicated to opposing occult threats. The group was composed of Ariann Wight, Dr. Chan Liuchow, Dr. Katherine Reynolds, Martin Gold, Jennifer Kale, and Omen/Charles Blackwater. Later, Omen brought private investigator Leena Wolfe onto the team, but she has not been shown in action with them.
The group was created by Steve Gerber and Whilce Portacio.
Dr. Chan Liuchow was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Strange Tales #89, the discoverer and original opponent of Fin Fang Foom, who in the group's eponymous two-issue prestige format mini-series, became possessed by a demon, Aan Taanu.
Gerber had previously introduced Dr. Katherine Reynolds as a supporting character to Daimon Hellstrom in Marvel Spotlight #14, and Martin Gold as a supporting character to Lilith, Daughter of Dracula in Vampire Tales #6, while Jennifer Kale debuted in Adventure into Fear #11, which was Gerber's first story for Marvel. The other members of the team were introduced specifically for the series.
Man-Thing appeared in the series as well, but only in a vision, in which the normally mute and non-sentient character was able to speak with Jennifer.
Gerber expressed interest in writing about the characters again, but Marvel has not. The only follow-up to the initial prestige format limited series was a backup story in Midnight Sons Unlimited #9.
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