legion of superheroes

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reason Superman can work within a group

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cdillon85 8 years ago

Although in awe of the future Superman, they treated him no differently than any other Legionnaire; this helped when Supes helped found the Justice League.

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#2

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started out as one-off story

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cdillon85 8 years ago

Adventure Comics #247 had Superboy being voted down as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes; the story proved very popular, enough to get a sequel story the following year. Things snowballed form there, leading to the Legion taking over the title with #300.

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#3

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Producers of Karate Kid movie needed permission to use title

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cdillon85 8 years ago

The producers had to get permission from DC Comics to title the movie "The Karate Kid", as DC had a character from the Legion with that name. There was a thank-you from the producers in the credits for their gracious permission.

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#4

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one of their writers was a teen-ager himself

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cdillon85 8 years ago

Jim Shooter, later the Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Comics for nine years, wrote many stories for the Legion during their orginal run in Adventure. He started at 14 years old, and was mentored by legendary Superman editor Mort Wesinger. As an adult, Jim briefly returned to writing the Legion before the stint at Marvel.

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#5

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rebooted three times, all three groups appeared in one mini-series

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cdillon85 8 years ago

The mini-series in question was called Final Crisis:Legion of Three Worlds. A combined Legion of Super-Villains/Fatal Five/Justice League of Earth force was attacking 31st Century Earth led by Superboy-Prime. After calling in Superman, Brainiac Five knew more help was needed. He (with the help of the White Witch) summonded two other Legions from di

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#6

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teamed up with Superman, Batman, JLA, JSA

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cdillon85 8 years ago

Several Team-ups with the Silver-Age Superman (who had been a member as Superboy), The Batman in Brave & Bold #179, and the JLA-JSA annual cross-over in JLA #147-148.

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#7

Suggested by cdillon85

tried to be distanced from Superman & Supergirl, failed

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cdillon85 8 years ago

After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Superman was never Superboy and Supergirl was gone, but the Legion was still being published. since they were the inspiration of the Legion, the editors tries to explain it away with a Pocket-Universe Superboy from the Time Trapper, and ignoring Supergirl completely. The fans refused to accept this.

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#8

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rule against duplicated powers loosely enforced

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cdillon85 8 years ago

Superboy, Supergirl, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy have roughly the same powers, with some differences. Ultra Boy can only use one power at a time (ergo, if using his ultra-strength, he couldn't be invunerable), Mon-El's weakness was lead, not kyrptonite. Lightning Lad and Lighting Lass had identical powers (although far many years, she was Light Lass, who

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#9

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tried to introduced black character in 60s, then masked and killed off

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cdillon85 8 years ago

Ferro Lad, a creation of Jim Shooter who could become near invunerable iron was to be black. Mort Wesinger vetoed it, citing the comic would be not sold in the South. Shooter then masked him (citing his inhuman apperance), and killed him off nine stories later in an iconic moment, a permanent comic book death.

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#10

Suggested by cdillon85

Fans won't let the group go-Long Live The Legion!

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cdillon85 8 years ago

See the aforementioned descriptions--I only consulted one item of reference, a reprint of JLA-JSA team-ups. Everything else from memory. These were my guys. Others had the JLA, the Avengers, the X-Men--I had the Legion.

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