Wanderers (comics)
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Cover to Wanderers #1. Art by Ken Steacy.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #375 (December, 1968) |
| Created by |
Jim Shooter (script) Win Mortimer (art) |
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| Base(s) | 30th century |
| Member(s) | Aviax (Orintho) Celebrand Dartalon (Dartalg) Elvar (Elvo) Psyche Quantum Queen Re-Animage (Immorto) |
The Wanderers are a fictional group of superheroes appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They first appeared as allies of the Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure Comics #375 written by Jim Shooter, illustrated by Win Mortimer with a cover by Neal Adams. DC published a thirteen-issue series featuring the team in the late 1980s.
In their first appearance, the Wanderers were introduced as a team of adventurers that had existed for several years before the Legion of Super-Heroes were formed. The team's symbol was a mandala which their leader wore across his neck. The Wanderers were:
After meeting the Legion, the Wanderers were accidentally exposed to radiation from the Nefar Nebula which turned them evil. They stole a valuable gemstone and faced various Legion members in contests of strength. The Legion managed to figure out what had happened to the Wanderers and reverse the process. The two teams parted as friends.
The Wanderers then reappeared as guests at Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy's wedding, and also reappeared during the Legion's clash with Darkseid.
Artist Dave Cockrum's redesign sketch for the Wanderers was published in Marvel Comics' X-Men Anniversary Magazine (1993), which showed that one of the originally planned members was Nightcrawler, who Cockrum instead ended up using as a member of the X-Men after he moved to Marvel Comics.
In June 1988, the Wanderers appeared in their own eponymous title, written by Doug Moench, which ran for thirteen issues. Original artist Steve Dillon redesigned the characters, however he was replaced by Dave Hoover and Robert Campanella who redesigned them again. In this series, all the Wanderers were killed then recreated by Clonus, their Controller mentor, with upgraded powers and drastically different bodies with the exception of Celebrand, whose cloning attempt failed:
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