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Published from 1985 to 1987. Contributing writers - Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Mike W. Barr, Gary Cohn, Paul Levitz, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson, Todd Klein, Bob Rozakis, Barbara Randall, Paul Kupperberg, Greg Weisman, John Ostrander, Joey Cavalieri, Jonathan Peterson, & Doug Moench.
Alter Ego: None Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes First Appearance: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #253 Height: 7'2" Weight: 975 lbs. Eyes: White Hair: None
HISTORY
A member of the sentient rock species that inhabited the planet Dryad in the latter half of the 30th Century, Blok was tricked into believing that the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) was responsible for the destruction of Dryad. Together with five young super-powered human settlers from the disintegrated planet, Blok formed the League of Super-Assassins (see LSA) and attacked the LSH. Ultimately, Blok learned that the Legion had really saved the population of Dryad from a natural dsaster, and that a villain known as Dark Man (see Tharok) had tricked the Super-Assassins. The other five members remained outlaws, but Blok reformed and joined the Legion shortly thereafter.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Blok's alien body has the qualities of tremendous mass, near-invulnerability, and greater than human strength. As a Legionnaire he has completed personal combat training (as adapted to his physiology) with undistinguished results, and wears a specially developed LSH flight ring that allows him to fly at will. Art by Steve Lightle
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Alter Ego: Chuck Taine Occupation: Instructor Marital Status: Married Know Relatives: Lournu Durgo Taine (wife) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes First Appearance: ACTION COMICS #276 Height: 5'8" Weight: 221 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black
HISTORY
While working as an errand boy for a famous scientist on his native Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century. Chuck Taine accidentally drank an experimental super-plastic fluid. The fluid altered his body radically, giving him the power to inflate into a spongy, almost rotund shape that could bounce and ricochet without harm. Chuck sought membership in the newly formed Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH), but was passed over until he proved his worth by defeating an electrical villain by using his power to keep from being grounded. As a Legionnaire, Chuck was self-appointed “morale officer,” never taking his powers or himself seriously, despite the important contributions he made to the team. Chuck has lost and regained his powers three times in his career, and during one of these powerless intervals he retired from the LSH to marry Lournu Durgo (see Duo Damsel). Both now serve as instructors at the Legion Academy (see LSH Academy) and as reserve members of the Legion.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Bouncing Boy’s sole power is the ability to inflate and bounce with amazing agility and resilience. As a Legionnaire, he has done well at personal combat training and wears the Legion flight ring, which allows him to fly. Art by Keith Giffen & Karl Kesel
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Alter Ego: Querl Dox Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: Brainiac (adoptive great-great-grandfather) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes First Appearance: ACTION COMICS #276 Height: 5'10" Weight: 160 lbs. Eyes: Green Hair: Blond
HISTORY
Querl Dox is descended from Vril Dox, a boy adopted by the original Brainiac (a foe of Superman) to aid his human disguise in the 20th Century. Vril Dox led a revolt against the computer tyrants of his homeworld of Colu, the builders of Brainiac. He defeated them by inventing a stimulator that raised him to twelfth-level effector intelligence (on scale where Earthmen are sixth level and the tyrants were tenth). This intelligence was passed on the Querl. Querl came to Earth to do research at the Time Institute in the latter half of the 30th Century, and played a major role in perfecting the Time Bubble. It was that invention that brought him into contact with the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH), which he then joined, taking the name Brainiac Five. Among his significant inventions are the force shield belt he normally wears, the flight ring, and the serum which saves Mon-El from lead poisoning (see Mon-El). He also created and unleashed Computo, the deadliest computer of his century (see Computo). The strain of his intelligence has caused Querl to demonstrate occasional mental problems including a bout with insanity, but his present condition is very stable. Between Legion missions he works off nervous energy in his multi-laboratory.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Brainiac Five wears a force shield to protect him from almost any type of harm, and capable of projecting similar fields short distances. As a Legionnaire, he has completed personal combat training (inattentively) and wears the LSH flight ring, which permits him to fly at will. However, his one true power is his extraordinary computer mind. Art by Curt Swan & Karl Kesel
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Alter Ego: Reep Daggle Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: R. J. Brande (father) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes First Appearance: ACTION COMICS #267 Height: Variable Weight: Variable Eyes: Variable Hair: None
HISTORY
Reep Daggle left the quarantined planet Durla in the latter half of the 30th Century to combat pervasive galactic prejudice against his species of shape-changers. Reep joined the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) as an early member, and Colossal Boy coined the name Chameleon Boy for him after Earth’s color-changing lizard. Unknown to Reep, his father, whom he believed long dead, was actually living in the guise of a human, calling himself Rene Jacques Brande. Brande funded the Legion’s early activities, but it wasn’t until a medical emergency years later that his relationship to Reep was revealed to his son. Chameleon Boy serves as permanent head of the Legion Espionage Squad, and is known as one of the better detectives on the team.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Reep Daggle has the native Durlan ability to analyze unfamiliar objects with radiation generated by his antennae, and to then transform himself into a duplicate of that object – be it animal, vegetable, or mineral. The limits of his power are uncertain, as he cannot become truly intangible or invisible, for example, and would not gain the physical strength of Mon-El (see Mon-El) if he were to assume that disguise. As a Legionnaire, he has excelled at personal combat training and wears the Legion flight ring, which gives him the power to fly. Art by Keith Giffen & Karl Kesel
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Alter Ego: Condo Arlik Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #371 Height: 5’7” Weight: 140 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black
HISTORY
Condo Arlik, a mutant who came to Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century from the planet Phlon, became one of the first students at the Legion Academy (see Legion Academy). Chosen by the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) to infiltrate the Legion of Super-Villains (see LSV), he earned membership in the LSH as Chemical King. Chemical King’s short career ended when he sacrificed his life to prevent the outbreak of World War VII from a plot of the Dark Circle (see Dark Circle).
POWERS & WEAPONS
Condo Arlik had the mutant ability to selectively speed up or slow down chemical reactions, serving as a human catalyst. As a Legionnaire, he had done well at personal combat training and wore the Legion flight ring, which gave him the power to fly. Art by Dan Jurgens and Larry Mahlstedt
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Alter Ego: Ral Benem Occupation: Substitute Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: Legion of Substitute Heroes First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #306 Height: 5’6” Weight: 190 lbs. Eyes: Green Hair: Green [Actually Blond]
HISTORY
Ral Benem came to Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century from his native Mardru to apply for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH). His power to stimulate plant growth, acquired when he accidentally fell into a tank of hydroponic serum as a child, was pronounced inadequate and was rejected. Calling himself Chlorophyll Kid, he became one of the five LSH rejects to found the Legion of Substitute Heroes (see Legion of Substitute Heroes).
POWERS & WEAPONS
Chlorophyll Kid can stimulate rapid plant growth, such as turning an acorn into an oak in seconds, and carries various seeds in his belt for suitable contingencies. As a Substitute Hero, he has access to LSH weaponry and training but has no particular combat skills. Art by Keith Giffen and Karl Kesel
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Alter Ego: Ulu Vakk Occupation: Substitute Legionnaire Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: Legion of Substitute Heroes First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #342 Height: 5’5” Weight: 130 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black
HISTORY
Ulu Vakk came to Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century from his native planet Lupra to apply for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH). His power to alter the color of objects, a result of a laboratory accident that bathed him in multidimensional light, was considered nearly useless and he was rejected. Under the name Color Kid, he subsequently joined the Legion of Substitute Heroes (see Legion of Substitute Heroes).
POWERS & WEAPONS
Ulu Vakk can change the color of any type of object. As a Substitute Hero, he has access to LSH weaponry and training but has no particular combat skills. Art by Keith Giffen and Bob Oksner
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Alter Ego: Gim Allon Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Married Know Relatives: Marte Allon (mother), Wynn Allon (father), Yera (wife) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: ACTION COMICS #267 Height: 6’2” Weight: 200 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
HISTORY
Gim Allon was on vacation from the Science Police Training Academy in the latter half of the 30th Century when a strange meteor crashed into the Martian soil near him. The meteor’s radiation altered his body’s RNA, giving him the power to grow to a variety of giant sizes at will. Gim’s family convinced him to use his new powers in the cause of justice, and he joined the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) as an early member. For a long time Gim had a crush on fellow member Shrinking Violet (see Shrinking Violet) that was not reciprocated, but when a Durlan actress infiltrated the LSH disguised as Violet, Gim married her. When the true identity of Yera (the Durlan’s stage name) was revealed, Gim realized he had fallen in love with her, and reaffirmed their marriage. For several years Gim’s mother, Marte, served as elected President of Earth and a member of the United Planets Council. She has now returned to Metropolis University’s political science faculty.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Gim Allon has the ability to enlarge his body proportionately, effectively growing to sizes from his normal height to heights of ten or twenty-five feet, for example. The precise limitations on this power have not been established, nor the exact extent to which his strength increases with size, an apparent side effect of the growth. As a Legionnaire, Gim has completed personal combat training and wears the LSH flight ring to fly. With his additional combat training from his studies with the Science Police, he is one of the most skilled hand-to-hand combatants in the LSH. Art by Steve Lightle and Bill Wray
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Alter Ego: Joseph Meach Occupation: Caretaker of the Superman Museum Marital Status: Single Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: None Base of Operations: City of Metropolis First Appearance: WORD’S FINEST COMICS #142 Height: 6’1” Weight: 201 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
HISTORY
Determined to become famous but a failure at everything he tried, Joe Meach was saved from certain death by Superman (see Superman), who then got Meach a job as caretaker of the Superman Museum. Working in shadow of the Man of Steel day after day, Meach grew to resent him. One afternoon, as Meach was standing in front of a display that featured statuettes of members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH), a stray bolt of lightning struck the statuettes and Meach suddenly felt himself possessed of extraordinary power. Apparently the 30th Century duplicator machine that had been used to create the Legionnaire statuettes had also imbued each statuette with a portion of that Legionnaire’s super-powers. Convinced that Superman had humiliated him by making him a lowly sweeper, Meach decided to gain his revenge by humiliating Superman and Batman (the dark knight detective and sometime partner to Superman) before the world. Using the shape-shifting powers of Chameleon Boy (see Chameleon Boy), Meach transformed himself into the Composite Superman, a green-skinned figure wearing a half-Superman/half-Batman costume. With his vast array of super-powers the Composite Superman was easily able to accomplish his ends, humiliating the World’s Finest duo in public again and again, Learning their secret identities, and threatening to reveal those identities to the world unless Superman and Batman retired from public life permanently. Unable to defeat the Composite Superman, the two heroes were on the verge of surrendering to his wishes when the Composite Superman’s power-charge wore off, leaving him plain Joe Meach again, with no knowledge of what he had been and done. Months later an alien named Xan, seeking to avenge the death of his space-pirate father, who had been captured and imprisoned by Superman and Batman, secretly duplicated the lightning accident that had first affected Meach and transformed him once more into the Composite Superman. Again, the composite criminal was on the verge of defeating the World’s Finest heroes when his power-charge wore off and he became Joe Meach once more, but this time Meach, learning how he had been used, sacrificed his life to save Superman and Batman from Xan’s vengeance. To prevent the Composite Superman from ever coming into being again, Superman used his heat vision to melt the Legionnaire statuettes into slag. Unfortunately, Xan, escaping from prison months later, traveled back to a time before the statuettes had been destroyed and duplicated the lightning strike, giving himself the powers of the Composite Superman. Xan soon abandoned his Composite Superman guise to become the super-villain known as Amalgamax, but unlike his predecessor, he was finally outsmarted by Superman and Batman, with the aid of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and returned to prison when his super-powers wore off.
POWERS & WEAPONS
When fully charged, the Composite Superman duplicated the powers of the following Legionnaires: Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Bouncing Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Elastic Lad, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Light Lass, Phantom Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Supergirl, Saturn Girl, and Triplicate Girl. The duration of these powers is of unspecified but limited length, depending on the intensity of the lightning strike that affects the statuettes While possessing these powers the Composite Superman is an extraordinary athlete and superior hand-to-hand combatant. Plain Joe Meach is neither of those things. Art by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson
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Alter Ego: None Occupation: Majordomo Know Relatives: Brainiac Five (creator) Group Affiliation: None Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #340 Height: 4’ (diameter) Weight: Unknown Eyes: None Hair: None
HISTORY
In the latter half of the 30th Century Brainiac Five (see Brainiac Five) undertook a project to build the ultimate computer. He named the artificial intelligence that emerged Computo, and then watched helplessly as Computo ruthlessly set out to create a tyranny of computers on Earth. With the assistance of other members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH), Brainiac Five defeated Computo, but not before the machine had destroyed one of Luornu Durgo’s three bodies, changing her from Triplicate Girl to Duo Damsel (see Duo Damsel). Restored to inanimate life years later when Brainiac Five accidentally incorporated a similar circuitry in a device he had built to save the life of Danielle Foccart, Computo invaded LSH Headquarters (see LSH HQ) and nearly murdered the entire team. Only the decision of Jacques Foccart, the girl’s elder brother, to assume the powers and role of Invisible Kid (see Invisible Kid II) enabled Brainiac Five to defeat Computo again. A now-tamed version of Computo is contained in an energized circuit globe that serves as majordomo for the LSH headquarters under Brainiac Five’s watchful supervision and the suspicious glances of other Legionnaires.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Computo possesses a nearly unlimited capacity for logic and intelligence, and the power to dominate other forms of electronic circuitry and artificial intelligences. Depending on the physical form in which it is assembled, Computo possesses some degree of physical or electrical powers as well. Art by Keith Giffen and Gary Martin
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Approximately ten billion years before the atomic age of Earth, an advanced race with vast powers had evolved on the planet Oa. Among them was an individual named Krona, who broke certain taboos to probe the origins of the universe and of life itself. In the process, evil was allegedly unleashed on worlds where it had previously been unknown. To repair the damage Krona had done, his fellow Oans elected to use their immortal lives and powers to combat evil. Krona was rendered helpless and banished from our universe, and the Oans sought effective ways of combating evil. As their numbers were small, no matter how vast their power, they decided to act through agents. Most of the Oans felt the best method was to work within mortal societies, and thus they developed robots known as Manhunters, which were later replaced by living agents called Green Lanterns. These Oans became the Guardians of the Universe and kept their base of operations on Oa. Another group disagreed, believing that evil was an infection the Oans had let loose, and that if it became sufficiently serious, it had to be destroyed. When they failed to convince their fellows of this philosophy, they departed Oa to another dimension. There, they developed weapons of awesome power and assigned one to each of their group. Each member would watch over a specific segment of the multiple universes, and if evil got out of control anywhere, would destroy the affected galaxy. They took the name Controllers. In the latter half of the 30th Century one Controller decided to use his power to conquer his assigned territory, and unleashed a Sun-Eater, which was his weapon. The Sun-Eater menaced Earth and was defeated by the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) at the cost of Ferro Lad’s life (see Ferro Lad). The Legionnaires also confronted the Controller, who died of an apparent heart attack that may or may not have been caused by the presence of Ferro Lad’s ghost. The Legion was rewarded for their intervention by the other Controllers, who gave them a “Miracle Machine” that could create matter from thought and that later saved the Earth from invasion before being destroyed by Matter-Eater Lad (see Matter-Eater Lad).
POWERS & WEAPONS
The personal powers of the Controllers are unknown, but if they are at all similar to their distant relatives, the Guardians (whom they no longer resemble physically through divergently directed evolution), they have substantial abilities to alter matter and energy at will. Their physical prowess appears greater than that of the Guardians, but still not significant. The only weapon used by the Controllers that we have seen is the Sun-Eater, a gaseous creature capable of consuming entire stars. Other equally powerful but vastly different weapons are believed to exist. Art by Jerry Bingham
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Alter Ego: Rokk Krinn Occupation: Legionnaire Marital Status: Unmarried Know Relatives: Pol Krinn (brother), Hu Krinn (father), Ewa Krinn (mother, deceased) Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #247 Height: 6’0” Weight: 190 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black
HISTORY
Rokk Krinn emigrated to Earth from the planet Braal, where he was brought up in the latter half of the 30th Century. Rokk had been born on Earth when his father worked there, and returned in search of a job utilizing his native Braalian control over magnetism. As Rokk’s ship arrived on Earth a fellow passenger named Imra Ardeen (see Saturn Girl) use her telepathic power to learn that assassins were about to strike at R.J. Brande, a wealthy man traveling on the flight. Rokk’s magnetic powers and the lightning powers of another passenger, Garth Ranzz (see Lightning Lad), stopped the assassins. Brande suggested that the three teenagers emulate legendary 20th Century heroes Superboy (see Superman) and Supergirl (see Supergirl), and use their powers for good. They agreed and formed the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH), and elected Rokk under his new name of Cosmic Boy as their first leader. Serving as leader for the first two years, Cosmic Boy built the team to 18 members, and established its constitution and style. He still serves as an “elder statesman” on the LSH. Recently Rokk’s mother, Ewa, was killed in a fireballing incident, and his younger brother, Pol, was injured. This led Pol to take the identity of Magnetic Lad (see Magnetic Lad) and enter the LSH Academy (see LSH Academy). Lydda Jath (see Night Girl) had a long-standing crush on Rokk, that has blossomed into a lasting romance.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Rokk has the power to control magnetism, which he can use to attract, repel, or affect any magnetic atom or ore. This enables him to shatter metal or even to “fly” along the magnetic lines of force of certain planets, as well as perform more simple feats such as tearing open metallic walls or repelling projectiles. As a Legionnaire, Rokk has completed personal combat training but rarely uses his physical strength or prowess. He wears the LSH flight ring, which permits him to fly. Art by Richard Howell & Karl Kesel
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Alter Ego: Unknown Occupation: Professional Criminal Marital Status: Unknown Know Relatives: None Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Villains Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth First Appearance: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #2 Height: 6’0” Weight: 190 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black
HISTORY
Cosmic King was a native of Venus in the latter half of the 30th Century. He was experimenting in transmutation when an accidental exposure to a ray in his laboratory gave him the power to transmute inanimate objects. Exiled in disgrace from Venus because the natives felt transmutation was inherently evil, he took the name Cosmic King and began a criminal career. Cosmic King has served as a member of the loosely affiliated Legion of Super-Villains (see LSV) and has battled the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH).
POWERS & WEAPONS
Cosmic King has the ability to transmute inanimate objects, changing their elemental composition, structure, or form with unknown limitations. He has demonstrated no skill at physical combat. Art by Tom Mandrake
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Alter Egos: Ontiir, Golgoth, and three unknowns Occupation: Would-be Intergalactic Conquerors Marital Status: Unknown Know Relatives: The soldiers of the Dark Circle (clones) Base of Operations: 30th Century First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #267
HISTORY
A mysterious group that first struck in the latter half of the 30th Century, the Dark Circle has attempted on several occasions to conquer Earth and the United Planets. Originally thought to be an alliance of five unknown worlds, the Dark Circle was ultimately revealed by the Legion of Super-Heroes (see LSH) to be an organization composed of five different worlds belonging to the United Planets. The armies of the Dark Circle were composed of clones of the five ruling members.
POWERS & WEAPONS
The Dark Circle members had no individual powers but had mastery of a wide variety of high-technology weapons. Art by Dan Jurgens & Karl Kesel
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