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Alter Ego: Andrew Nolan
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Douglas Nolan (brother)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #346
Height: 5’7” Weight: 155 lbs.
Eyes: Unknown Hair: Unknown



Andrew Nolan was born on Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century. Both Andrew and his twin brother, Douglas, were mutants whose disfigured bodies and nonhuman faces were kept hidden by their parents. As they grew it became apparent that they also gained the bizarre power of changing their bodies into sentient iron – maintaining all of their normal human mobility and abilities while gaining extraordinary strength and near invulnerability.
As soon as he was able, Andrew built a metallic costume and applied for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) under the name Ferro Lad. He apparently felt this was the best way to give meaning to his tortured life.
Shortly after he joined the Legion, Ferro Lad participated in a desperate mission to save the Earth and the Milky Way from a Sun-Eater that was threatening to destroy civilization. Although the Legion secured the help of the Fatal Five ( see Fatal Five ), the only true solution to the danger was to carry an absorbatron bomb deep into the creature. Superboy ( see Superman ) was to carry the bomb, as his invulnerability gave him the best chance of survival, but knowing that the Sun-Eater possessed red solar rays that could possibly stop or kill Superboy, Ferro Lad punched him out of the way and took the bomb himself. The Sun-Eater was destroyed along with Ferro Lad, and the hero’s atoms were scattered across the universe, beyond hope of reconstitution.
It is alleged that Ferro Lad’s ghost played a role in saving the Legionnaires from death threatened by one of the Controllers ( see Controllers ), a near-omnipotent being who was secretly the master of the Sun-Eater.
Andrew’s brother, Douglas, was unable to take the shock of his death, and remained under the care of Brainiac Five ( see Brainiac Five ) before vanishing into a parallel universe.



Ferro Lad could turn himself into a being of living iron with extraordinary strength and indestructibility. He had completed personal combat training without distinction and wore the Legion flight ring, which enabled him to fly at will. Art by Dan Day & Larry Mahlstedt

Alter Ego: Staq Mavlen
Occupation: Substitute Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Legion of Substitute Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #306
Height: 5’7” Weight: 140 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: Red



Staq Mavlen came to Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century from his native planet, Shwar, to apply for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ). His power to breathe fire, acquired after inhaling the fumes of a weird meteor, was considered too dangerous and he was rejected.
Calling himself Fire Lad, he became one of five Legion rejects to found the Legion of Substitute Heroes ( see Legion of Substitute Heroes[/i] ).



Fire Lad can exhale a fiery breath. As a Substitute Hero, he has access to Legion weaponry and training but has demonstrated no particular skills in combat. [i]Art by Keith Giffen & Karl Kesel

Alter Ego: None
Occupation: Chainsman
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: SUPERBOY #221
Height: 6’3” Weight: 210 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Gray



In the latter half of the 30th Century, Grimbor acquired a reputation as the best forger of locks, chains, and restraints in the known galaxies. His early life and planet of origin are as yet unknown to authorities, but as a free agent, he worked his formidable skills on man and beast alike. Perhaps his most exceptional challenge was binding the monstrous Validus ( see Validus ).
The headmistress of a private school and orphanage called Grimbor in for a mission that changed his life. She had been unable to deal with a young mutant named Charma, orphaned in food riots on a planet temporarily cut off from its food supplies in a war between intersolar communities. Charma possessed an uncontrollable power that made women want to hurt her and men want to help her, including Grimbor, whom she swiftly enslaved.
Charma led Grimbor in a scheme to steal from R.J. Brande by capturing the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ), and when the Legionnaires defeated them, both went to prison. In prison, her fellow female prisoners killed Charma.
Grimbor swore revenge against the Legionnaires and Earth, and although he was free of Charma’s mutant power, he remained deeply in love with her memory. Grimbor has fought the Legion several times in attempts at vengeance.



Little is known of Grimbor’s personal combat abilities, but he appears to have a significant physical prowess. His unique skill at crafting bonds that cross the limits of even 30th Century technology to bind super-powered individuals despite their particular abilities is extraordinary. Art by Craig Hamilton & Dick Giordano

An accidental atomic explosion on the planet Lallor in the middle of the 30th Century affected the genes of five couples living near the site. Each of the five children born to these families possesses unique powers: Duplicate Boy, otherwise known as Ord Quelu or Quelu Ord ( see Duplicate Boy ), can mimic any other individual’s powers; Beast Boy can change into animal forms; Life Lass, otherwise known as Somi, can animate inanimate objects; Gas Girl, otherwise known as Sev, can change into a sentient gas form; and Evolvo Lad can evolve into more advanced or more primitive forms.
Exiled from Lallor in their youth by a dictator, the five went to Earth, where they were briefly tricked by a man named Doctor Marden King into battling the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ).
The five returned to their planet as heroes, and although Beast Boy died an outlaw, they have remained the principal champions of justice on Lallor. Duplicate Boy carried on a romance with Shrinking Violet ( see Shrinking Violet ) until recently.
In keeping with the custom of Lallor, their personal names may be said in any order if they are compound names, and their heroic names may be used interchangeably with personal names.
Evolvo Lad is the designated leader of the four surviving heroes because of his great intelligence when in an advanced evolutionary state.

Art by Curt Swan & Karl Kesel

Alter Ego: Jaxon Rugarth
Occupation: Researcher
Marital Status: Unknown
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #233
Height: Variable Weight: Variable
Eyes: Variable Hair: None



Jason Rugarth was a professor at Metropolis University’s Time Institute in the latter half of the 30th Century. He volunteered to test an extremely powerful time machine developed by Rond Vidar, a leading theorist in the field as well as the son of Universo ( see Universo ) and an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ). The machine’s theoretical purpose was to test if time’s flow was circular – sending Rugarth into the distant future so he would travel full circle back to his starting point.
Unfortunately, the machine was even more powerful than its designer, Vidar, foresaw, and Rugarth repeatedly circled time until he changed into an incredibly powerful being that called itself the Infinite Man. Whatever forces actually wrought the changes are unknown, but Rugarth now possessed tremendous control over the fabric of time itself, and he used these powers to seek vengeance on Rond Vidar. The members of the Legion of Super-Heroes prevented him from killing Vidar and sent him back to circle endlessly and harmlessly through time.
During the recent crisis on infinite earths, the Infinite Man found himself able to utilize energies released by the Anti-Monitor to free himself. In the resulting battle with the Legion, those energies and the ones that originally turned Rugarth into the Infinite Man were stripped from him and he was returned to normal.



The Infinite Man exhibited the ability to move freely through time and pluck individuals or objects from one era and place them in another. He could also concentrate sheer chronal energy into bolts or blasts.
Despite these awesome powers, the Infinite Man was not able to achieve his comparatively straightforward aims, because he exhibited little control over his powers and subtlety in utilizing them. This may be theorized to be Rugarth’s dormant personality exerting a subconscious control over his altered self. Art by Greg LaRoque & Larry Mahlstedt

Alter Ego: Lana Lang
Occupation: News Co-Anchor at WGBS-TV
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Professor Lewis Lang (father), Mrs. Lang (mother), Alvin Lang (kid brother), Professor Phineas Potter (uncle)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: City of Metropolis
First Appearance: (as Lana) SUPERBOY #10 (as Insect Queen) SUPERBOY #124
Height: 5’7” Weight: 120 lbs.
Eyes: Green Hair: Red



Born in Smallville, Lana grew up as Clark Kent’s next-door neighbor and sometimes suspected he was Superboy ( see Superman ). Then she herself gained a secret identity.
While gathering wildflowers outside of town, Lana received a telepathic SOS. Investigating, she found an alien trapped inder a fallen tree. The alien was frail in comparison with Earth people, and Lana Was able to move the tree easily. From his spaceship, the visitor got a gift for Lana – a biogenetic ring, though he failed to tell her its powers.
She soon learned she could take any insect form and have the powers of said creature. She could not take the same form twice in one day, however.
She tried to use her new powers to learn Superboy’s identity, but only succeeded in revealing her own to Clark. She did foil some criminals, however, and became quite adept at using her insect abilities. On a trip into the 30th Century with Superboy, she was made a Legion Reservist ( see LSH ).
As an adult, Lana still has her ring but seldom uses it. She no longer bothers concealing her identity. On occasion, she has let friends such as Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen use her ring.



Using the ring, Lana can take any arthropod form, such as insects, spiders, centipedes, scorpions, crabs, and lobsters, and acquire all of their abilities. She can even take alien forms, if she knows of the species. Art by Howard Bender & Kurt Schaffenberger

Alter Ego: Lyle Norg
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ACTION COMICS #267
Height: 5’7” Weight: 140 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown



Lyle Norg invented an invisibility serum while a teenager on his native Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century. Using the power his serum gave him, he applied for and was accepted into the newly formed Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ).
A particularly lonely Legionnaire, Lyle began a strange romance with a girl named Myla, who was ultimately revealed as a ghost. This revelation came after Lyle’s death at the hands of Validus ( see Validus ), however, and so represented almost a happy ending as their spirits apparently were joined in another realm.
It recently appeared that Lyle had been trapped in another dimension and was not dead, but this was revealed as a hoax perpetrated by a demon seeking to lure Legionnaires to their doom.
The serum invented by Lyle was later used by Jacques Foccart, who joined the LSH as the second Invisible Kid ( see Invisible Kid II ).



Invisible Kid could turn his body and small amounts of inanimate matter directly in contact with it (such as his clothes) invisible for apparently unlimited periods of time.
As a Legionnaire he had completed personal combat training satisfactorily and wore the Legion flight ring, which enabled him to fly at will.
During his lifetime he was probably the second most skilled scientist in the LSH. Art by Curt Swan & Al Gordon

Alter Ego: Jacques Foccart
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Danielle (sister), Francine (sister)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES ANNUAL #1
Height: 5’9” Weight: 170 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black



In the latter half of the 30th Century, in an attempt to cure Jacques Foccart’s younger sister Danielle of an unusual disorder, Brainiac Five ( see Brainiac Five ) accidentally incorporated circuits into her mind that restored Computo ( see Computo ) to inanimate life. Possessing the girl in an almost demonic fashion, Computo threatened to destroy the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) and the Earth.
By taking the serum perfected by Lyle Norg ( see Invisible Kid ) and thus gaining Norg’s powers, Jacques was able to help the Legionnaires save Earth and was rewarded with Legion membership. Danielle was ultimately cured by Brainiac Five, and now resides with the siblings’ elder sister, Francine, in their native Ivory Coast.
Subsequent events have made it clear that the serum has had different effects on Jacques than on its inventor, giving him powers to warp space in a fashion he cannot yet consciously control or understand.



Invisible Kid could turn his body and small amounts of inanimate matter directly in contact with it (such as his clothes) invisible for apparently unlimited periods of time. In addition, he has demonstrated the ability to transport himself and others through space and across dimensional barriers by means of powers he cannot consciously control. The limitations on these additional powers are not yet understood.
As a Legionnaire he is undergoing personal combat training and wears the LSH flight ring, which allows him to fly at will.
During his lifetime he was probably the second most skilled scientist in the LSH. Art by Arthur Adams

Alter Ego: Val Armorr
Occupation: Legionnaire, Monarch Consort
Marital Status: Married
Know Relatives: Kirau Nezumi (father), Valentina Armorr (mother), “Sensei” (adoptive father), Projectra of Orando (widow)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Orando
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #346
Height: 6’0” Weight: 185 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown



Born the son of super-villain Kirau Nezumi (otherwise known as the Black Dragon) and Valentina Armorr in the latter half of the 30th Century, Val was raised by the super-hero who defeated the Black Dragon, a man known only as the Sensei. Trained form birth in the martial arts in a program of unprecedented intensity and scope, Val learned every method of hand-to-hand combat known in the galaxy, and achieved mastery of them all.
Taking the name Karate Kid, Val applied for and was accepted as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ), despite his lack of a true super-power. Joining at the same time was Projectra, the heir to the royal throne of the planet Orando ( see Sensor Girl ). They fell in love, and Karate Kid went on an extended quest to prove himself worthy of Projectra to her father, King Voxv. The quest included a period when Karate Kid had to live on Earth in the 20th Century. The quest ended with Voxv’s death, when Projectra took the throne and married Val, making him her consort.
Tragically, shortly thereafter Orando was conquered by the Legion of Super-Villains ( see LSV ), and in the battle to free the world, Karate Kid sacrificed his life.



Karate Kid possessed mastery of every known form of armed and unarmed combat in the galaxy, making himself the total living weapon. Despite his lack of any true super-powers, he was able to fight Superboy (see Superman) to a standstill using physical powers only…at least for a short period of time.
As a Legionnaire he wore the Legion flight ring, which allowed him to fly at will. Art by Steve Lightle & Larry Mahlstedt

In the latter half of the 30th Century, the warlords of the planet Khundia sent their first challenge to Earth, threatening to destroy it and conquer the United Planets. Apparently the ruling warlord, Garlack, had decided that the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) represented the greatest barrier ti the conquest of the U.P., and sent Nemesis Kid ( see Nemesis Kid ) to secretly infiltrate their ranks. He was caught, and the invasion defeated by the Legionnaires, but the Khunds remained a deadly threat.
Khundia itself is perpetually eclipsed by its own moon, making it a dark and dreary world. Choking on its own overly dense population, the world has become overrun by a mentality of total militarism and violence. Even a person jostled in the street will settle the ensuing argument in the so-called courts of combat, a form of trial by combat that is frequently fatal.
The Khunds have been involved in a subsequent invasion of Earth as the dupes of Mordru ( see Mordru ) and the Dark Circle ( see Dark Circle ). Currently the United Planets and the Khunds are nominally at peace, but border incidents are common and terrorism by officially independent and uncontrollable Khundish groups has been directed at Earth on several occasions.
Among the more notable Khunds who have battled the Legionnaires and menaced Earth are Field Marshal Lorca, one of the most brilliant Khund strategists, and Kharlak, a champion of the challenge courts. Humiliated by his inability to combat the Legionnaires special powers, Kharlack submitted to exotic surgery and became a cyborg with technological powers in an unsuccessful attempt at revenge.
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #346
Art by Dan Jurgens & Greg Theakston

Alter Ego: Skip
Occupation: Dog
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Know Relatives: Zypto (father, deceased), Nypto (grandfather, deceased), Vypto (great-grandfather, deceased)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Pets
Base of Operations: Doghouse of Solitude, somewhere in space
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #210
Height: 25 ½” Weight: 40 lbs.
Eyes: Black Hair: White



Krypto is a purebred dog of a breed known only on the planet Krypton. In appearance, he is close, but not identical, to a smooth-haired fox terrier.
Bought by Jor-El for his small son ( see Superman ), Krypto had a normal puppy’s life until a short time before the destruction of Krypton. Since the Science Council had outlawed space travel, Jor-El had to act in secret and had a difficult time procuring test animals for his spaceship experiments. Thus he had to use Krypto in one small rocket model.
The rocket went into orbit beautifully, but a stray meteor that knocked it out of orbit struck it. Presumably the jolt caused the rocket engine to fire; otherwise, the ship would have fallen to the surface instead of hurtling into space as it did. Fortunately, the life-support system kept the pup alive for the 58 days before the explosion that destroyed Krypton. Then, when little Kal-El’s spaceship opened a space-warp to Earth’s solar system, Krypto’s rocket was drawn into it.
Once under Earth’s yellow sun, Krypto became a super-dog, but still could not escape from the rocket, since it too had become indestructible. Aside from the confinement, Krypto suffered no ill effects, since he did not need to eat.
Finally, the spaceship came to Earth, crashing into a deserted field a great distance from the town of Smallville. However, with his super-memory and super-senses, Krypto was soon able to track the familiar odor of his former master to Smallville, and was reunited with Clark (Superboy) Kent.
Krypto led Superboy to his rocket (which had jolted open on impact) and in it the Boy of Steel discovered the record of the experiment placed there by Jor-El.
Krypto at first imperiled Superboy’s secret identity, as he could sense that Clark Kent was his master. Superboy managed to cover up, and eventually taught the pooch to help him protect his identity.
In a secluded area, the Smallville Sensation built a stone doghouse for his pet, and later used leftover threads from his costume to make a cape for Krypto. But the Dog of Steel preferred to spend most of his time romping in space.
However, when at home in Smallville, Krypto disliked having to hide. Therefore, he got the idea of creating a wood-stain pot on his back and so having a secret ID of his own. He became Clark’s dog, Skip. When he had to go into action, he would burn away the spot with his heat vision, then slip into his collar and cape (hung on a hook), and exit through the secret tunnel used by Superboy.
For years Krypto vanished. When he finally returned, Superboy had grown to be Superman, and Krypto was old and in poor shape. Superman sent him to a valley surrounded by Kryptonite meteors. A spring there had become a “fountain of youth” that rejuvenated the dog and made him temporarily immune to the K, so he was able to escape. (What happened to the spring after all Kryptonite then on Earth turned to iron is not known.)
Finally, out in space, Krypto used his heat vision to weld some meteoroids into a Doghouse of Solitude somewhere in space. The current whereabouts of Krypto are unknown.



Krypto has the same powers as Superman, though his strength is less of course. He has super-strength, super-speed, the power of flight, heat vision, X-ray vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, super-hearing, invulnerability, and a super-brain – as far above an ordinary dog’s as Superman’s is above an ordinary human’s. Art by Colleen Doran & Rick Magyar

Occupation: Professional Criminals
First Appearance: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #253



When the planet Dryad was destroyed in a solar nova in the latter half of the 30th Century, six super-powered survivors were convinced by the villainous Dark Man ( see Tharok ) that the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) was responsible. In fact, the Legionnaires had saved the lives of most of Dryad’s population in an evacuation, but the Dark Man distorted their role, and six survivors set out on a path of vengeance.
After the facts were revealed, one of the six, a sentient rock creature known as Blok ( see Blok ), joined the Legion. The other five continued to pursue a life of crime without the guidance of the Dark Man, acting either individually, or as the League of Super-Assassins, or occasionally as members of other groups, such as the Legion of Super-Villains ( see LSV ).
The members of the League were Blok, Silver Slasher, Lazon, Titania, Neutrax, and Mist Master.



Blok’s alien body has the qualities of tremendous mass, near-invulnerability, and greater than human strength. Silver Slasher has the physical ability to slice through virtually any form of matter. Lazon has the power to transform himself into living light with the velocity and effects of the light form he chooses. Titania possesses great strength and endurance. Neutrax can project a beam which neutralizes most forms of power, whether technological or personal. Mist Master can transform himself into gaseous form, taking on the properties of the gas he becomes.
None of the League members have used any particular weapons or demonstrated any significant combat abilities, except for Titania, who has superior physical prowess. Art by Joe Staton & Dick Giordano

In the latter half of the 30th Century, in order to ensure that the growing membership of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) was both adequately funded and trained, the central government of the United Planets became more involved with the group. One of the manifestations of this was the establishment of an academy for training prospective Legion members, and where Legionnaires could assist in the training of heroes from United Planets’ worlds who might not become Legionnaires.
Graduates of the academy who went on to become Legionnaires include: Chemical King , Timber Wolf , Dawnstar , Magnetic Kid , and Tellus (see individual listings). Other recent members went there for training after joining. Resident teachers are Bouncing Boy ( see Bouncing Boy ) and Duo Damsel ( see Duo Damsel ), retired Legionnaires.
The academy is located on old Montauk Point in Metropolis.
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #371
Art by Dan Jurgens & Greg Theakston

After the formation of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) in the latter half of the 30th Century, many individuals with special powers came to Earth to apply for Legion membership. Many were rejected for various reasons, and five of these rejectees decided to form a secret Legion of Substitute Heroes to help out in emergencies. Led by Polar Boy ( see Polar Boy ), their founder, they assisted on several occasions before their team was discovered by the Legion. They then became loosely affiliated with the Legion as a backup team, and were even joined by Star Boy ( see Star Boy ) after he was expelled from Legion membership and by Dream Girl ( see Dream Girl ) before she achieved permanent membership.
Although the Substitute Heroes won several significant victories, after a number of new and less effective members were admitted as the years went on, the team’s quality declined. Ultimately, Polar Boy decided to disband the organization.
At this point, the membership roster of the Subs included: Chlorophyll Kid , Color Kid , Double-Header, Fire Lad , Infectious Lass, Night Girl, Polar Boy, Porcupine Pete, and Stone Boy .
Polar Boy went on to join the Legion, Night Girl ( see Night Girl ) has gone on an extended vacation with Cosmic Boy ( see Cosmic Boy ), and the present whereabouts of the other former Subs are unknown.



See Substitute Legionnaires’ individual listings for their distinctive powers. As rejected Legion applicants passing certain security tests, all were given flying belts or flight rings, depending on the time of their application.
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #306
Art by Keith Giffen (& ?)

In the latter half of the 30th Century, as a passenger starship arrived on Earth, three youths joined forces to save the life of R.J. Brande, a wealthy man on board. Imra Ardeen telepathically detected an assassination attempt on Brande, and Rokk Krinn and Garth Ranzz used their respective magnetic and lightning powers to stop the attackers.
Brande suggested the three emulate legendary heroes Superboy ( see Superman ) and Supergirl ( see Supergirl ), and use their powers for good. Thus they formed the Legion of Super-Heroes and became known as Saturn Girl , Cosmic Boy , and Lightning Lad (see individual listings).
Since then, 32 other members have joined (including Superboy and Supergirl as time-travelers), and four Legionnaires have died. There are presently 24 active members of what is unquestionably the most powerful team in the DC universe.



See Legionnaires’ individual listings for their distinctive powers, at least one of which must be unique to achieve Legion membership. As Legionnaires, all receive combat training and the flight ring, which permits personal flight at will via an anti-gravity metal.

First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #247

Art by Greg LaRocque & Larry Mahlstedt

In the latter half of the 30th Century, the newly formed Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) chose to make their headquarters in the city of Metropolis on Earth. That original headquarters was destroyed by the Fatal Five ( see Fatal Five ) and replaced by a far larger complex erected by Brainiac Five ( see Brainiac Five ), using the Controllers’ “Miracle Machine” ( see Controllers ).
The current headquarters was built by Brainiac Five with the unwilling assistance of Computo ( see Computo ), whose now-controlled robotic persona serves as the majordomo for the headquarters.
Living quarters for all Legionnaires are maintained within the headquarters, but some members actually live elsewhere.



Various security systems are contained within the building, and a force field can protect it. The entire building is movable under its own power, and the top portion can travel independently through space.
First Appearance: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #311
Art by Keith Giffen & Larry Mahlstedt

When the Brain Globes of Rambat threatened to conquer Earth and move it through space to their home purple sun, the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) was helpless. The individual powers of the Legionnaires were insufficient to resist the mental influence of the Brain Globes.
Through the intervention of Krypto ( see Krypto ), the Legionnaires realized that the Brain Globes could not control the mind of a super-animal. As there were four Brain Globes menacing Earth, the Legionaires selected four super-animals from across time to form a so-called Legion of Super-Pets and defeat them: Krypto, Streaky the Super-Cat, Comet the Super-Horse, and Beppo, a monkey who had survived the destruction of Krypton in an early test-rocket built by Jor-El. Together the “pets” defeated the Brain Globes, and the team continued a semi-official existence.
Proty II ( see Proty II ) later joined as the only noncharter member.



All four of the original members possessed a variation on the Kryptonian powers of Superman ( see Superman ): flight, super-strength, super-speed, invulnerability, super-vision, and super-hearing. Proty II possesses the power to reshape his protoplasm into virtually any form, while adopting only that form’s superficial qualities.
Proty II was awarded a flying belt (the precursor of the flight ring) upon admission to the Legion of Super-Pets.
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #293
Art by Curt Swan & Bob Smith

Several years after the formation of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) in the latter half of the 30th Century, a criminal named Tarik The Mute set up a school for super-villains. Tarik had been an innocent bystander to a crime when a police blaster beam, which destroyed his voice box and turned him against all forms of law enforcement, hit him.
Tarik’s henchmen captured the parents of Colossal Boy ( see Colossal Boy ), and blackmailed the Legionnaire into becoming a teacher at the school. The Legionnaires infiltrated to save their comrade, and then-Legion Academy ( see Legion Academy ) trainees Chemical King and Timber Wolf ( see Chemical King , Timber Wolf ) won Legion membership on the mission. The school was shut down, but several of the original students went on to become members of the Legion of Super-Villains. Nemesis Kid ( see Nemesis Kid ), Spider Girl, Radiation Roy, and most notably, Lightning Lord ( see Lightning Lord ).
Over the ensuing years the organization has reappeared always with new members and new plans. Notable additions to the membership include Sun Emperor, Chameleon Chief, Cosmic King ( see Cosmic King ), and Esper Lass.
On several occasions adult versions of the Legion of Super-Villains members have appeared, claiming to be time travelers from a few decades in the future. These include Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, and Saturn Queen ( see Saturn Queen ), the last of whom the Legionnaires have not yet met as a contemporary. It is not known whether these adult villains are what they claim to be.
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #372 Art by Steve Lightle

Alter Ego: Garth Ranzz
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Married
Know Relatives: Imra Ardeen Ranzz (wife), Mekt Ranzz (brother), Ayla Ranzz (sister), Graym Ranzz (son), Validus (son)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #247
Height: 6’2” Weight: 190 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Red



In the latter half of the 30th Century, Garth Ranzz, his twin sister Ayla, and his elder brother Mekt were taking a spacecraft back from a party on another world to their native planet Winath when the craft crashed on the planet Korbal. The crash was due to the craft running out of power, and Garth attempted to get the lightning monsters who were native to the stormy Korbal to recharge the craft’s batteries.
Unfortunately, the electrical discharge from the lightning monsters struck the three siblings, not the craft, and somehow imbued them with their own electrical powers. The Ranzzes used their newfound powers to recharge the craft, and then returned home. Shortly thereafter, Mekt vanished into the underworld of the galaxy and Garth decided to go to Earth to try to trace him.
As Garth’s ship arrived on Earth, a fellow passenger named Imra ( see Saturn Girl ) used her telepathic power and learned that assassins were about to strike at R. J. Brande, a wealthy man also traveling on the flight. Garth’s lightning powers and magnetic power of another passenger, Rokk Krinn ( see Cosmic Boy ), stopped the assassins.
Brande suggested 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 ), with Garth taking the name Lightning Lad.
Lightning Lad’s career was ill-starred at the beginning. He was the first Legionnaire to die in combat, when struck by a ray fired by Zaryan the Conqueror as Lightning Lad defeated him. He was revived some months later from his death-like state by the sacrifice of the life-force of Proty ( see Proty ), the sentient pet of Chameleon Boy ( see Chameleon Boy ), another Legionnaire. Shortly thereafter, Lightning Lad lost an arm to a monster called the Super-Moby Dick of Space, but it regenerated some months later.
Garth eventually married longtime love Imra Ardeen, and both had to leave the Legion under the provisions of its original constitution, which they had helped write. When the constitution was revised, they rejoined as active members, only to retire to semi-active advisory roles after the birth of their son, Graym.
Unknown to the Ranzzes, Graym was actually a twin, with his twin brother mysteriously stolen at birth, transported back in time, and transformed into the creature known as Validus ( see Validus ) by Darkseid ( see Darkseid ).
During the period when Lightning Lad was presumed dead, Ayla Ranzz took his place in the Legion as Lightning Lass ( see Lightning Lass ), and she is presently a member of the LSH.
Mekt Ranzz was later discovered to have taken up a life of crime under the name Lightning Lord ( see Lightning Lord ), and was active in the founding of the Legion of Super-Villains ( see LSV ).



Garth has the ability to project bolts of electrical energy similar to lightning, with control over their intensity so they can be used, for example, to stun or destroy most objects.
As a Legionnaire, Garth has completed personal combat training with adequate grades. He wears the LSH flight ring, which allows him to fly at will. Art by Dave Cockrum

Alter Ego: Ayla Ranzz
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Garth Ranzz (brother), Imra Ardeen Ranzz (sister-in-law), Mekt Ranzz (brother), Graym Ranzz (nephew), Validus (nephew)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #308
Height: 6’0” Weight: 130 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Red



In the latter half of the 30th Century, Ayla Ranzz, her twin brother Garth, and her elder brother Mekt ( see Lightning Lord ) were taking a spacecraft back from a party on another world to their native planet Winath when the craft crashed on the planet Korbal. The crash was due to the craft running out of power, and Garth attempted to get the lightning monsters who were native to the stormy Korbal to recharge the craft’s batteries.
Unfortunately, the electrical discharge from the lightning monsters struck the three siblings, not the craft, and somehow imbued them with their own electrical powers. The Ranzzes used their newfound powers to recharge the craft, and then returned home. Shortly thereafter, Mekt vanished into the underworld of the galaxy and Garth decided to go to Earth to try to trace him. On arrival, however, Garth helped found the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) and took the name Lightning Lad ( see Lightning Lad ).
When Lightning Lad was killed in action, Ayla secretly went to Earth and took his place – first posing as her twin until discovered by Sun Boy ( see Sun Boy ), then as Lightning Lass, and became a member of the Legion in her own right.
When Lightning Lad was revived by the sacrifice of the life-force of Proty ( see Proty ), Lightning Lass’ status with the Legion became uncertain due to the rule that Legionnaires could not duplicate powers. During Dream Girl’s ( see Dream Girl ) first brief stint as a Legionnaire, this was resolved when Dream Girl used Naltorian science to transform Ayla’s powers. Instead of being able to project lightning-like bolts, she could now make objects super-lightweight, and so took the name Light Lass.
Recently, this transformation was reversed, restoring her original powers, and she now serves in the Legion as Lightning Lass, having again taken her brother’s place.
Mekt Ranzz was discovered to have taken up a life of crime under the name Lightning Lord, and was active in the founding of the Legion of Super-Villains ( see LSV ). Ayla is also related to the villainous Validus ( see Validus ), though she is unaware the monster is her nephew.
Ayla fell in love with Brin Londo ( see Timber Wolf ) when they first met, and their long romance ended only recently.



Ayla has the ability to project bolts of electrical energy similar to lightning, with control over their intensity so they can be used, for example, to stun or destroy most objects. It is unknown whether her ability to make objects super-lightweight survived the restoration of her lightning powers.
As a Legionnaire, Ayla has completed personal combat training with distinction and wears the LSH flight ring, which allows her to fly at will. Art by June Brigman & Roy Richardson

Alter Ego: Mekt Ranzz
Occupation: Professional Criminal
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Garth Ranzz (brother), Imra Ardeen Ranzz (sister-in-law), Ayla Ranzz (sister), Graym Ranzz (nephew), Validus (nephew)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-[Villains]
Base of Operations: Mobile
First Appearance: SUPERMAN #147
Height: 6’3” Weight: 210 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: White



In the latter half of the 30th Century, Mekt Ranzz and his twin siblings Garth and Ayla were taking a spacecraft back from a party on another world to their native planet Winath when the craft crashed on the planet Korbal. The crash was due to the craft running out of power, so Garth attempted to get the lightning monsters who were native to the stormy Korbal to recharge the craft’s batteries.
Unfortunately, the electrical discharge from the lightning monsters struck the three siblings, not the craft, and somehow imbued them with their own electrical powers. The Ranzzes used their newfound powers to recharge the craft, and then returned home.
Mekt decided to use his powers for crime and left home, vanishing into the underworld. He used his powers secretly at first, revealing them only after Garth had used his powers to become Lightning Lad ( see Lightning Lad ) and found the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ), which Ayla later joined as Lightning Lass ( see Lightning Lass ).
Mekt adopted the name Lightning Lord, and became a criminal counterpart to his younger siblings. Always a troubled person because he had been born without a twin on Winath, where twin births are the rule rather than the exception, Mekt adopted a perversely protective attitude towards his siblings, trying to steer Ayla in particular to a life of crime.
As Lightning Lord, Mekt has been active with the Legion of Super-Villains ( see LSV ) since its founding. Mekt is unaware of his relationship to the monstrous Validus ( see Validus ).



Mekt has the ability to project bolts of electrical energy similar to lightning with devastating force. He has comparatively limited control over the amount of energy projected in any given bolt, having let his subconscious and emotions dominate his powers.
He is physically powerful for an ordinary man, but has been relatively unpracticed in personal combat for the past several years.
Art by Jim Starlin

Real Name: Lex Luthor
Occupation: Criminal Scientist, former Ruler of the Planet Lexor
Marital Status: Widowed
Know Relatives: Parents (first names unknown, both deceased), Lena Thorul Colby (sister), Val Colby (nephew), Ardora (wife, deceased), Lex Luthor, Jr. (son, deceased)
Group Affiliation: Worked with various criminal groups on a temporary basis
Base of Operations: Various lairs, changing from time to time
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #271
Height: 5’11” Weight: 185 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Originally brown, now bald



The first time young Lex Luthor met Superboy ( see Superman ), he saved the Teen of Steel’s life by getting rid of a piece of Kryptonite which was killing Superboy.
Luthor was then a teenager himself, and he admired the hero of Smallville. So when his family moved there, the two became fast friends. Superboy even built a laboratory for Lex, who set out to find a cure for Kryptonite.
He had already done what no youth could have been expected to achieve – he had created life in his lab! This protoplasm he made was to be the source for the antidote. But in his excitement, Luthor knocked over some chemicals, causing a lab fire.
Superboy blew out the fire, but his super-breath accidentally destroyed the protoplasm and the resultant fumes made Lex’s hair fall out. Luthor blamed Superboy, claiming the Teen of Steel had done it because he envied Lex’s genius. Superboy never got the antidote.
Young Luthor tried other inventions to make himself a great scientist, but when they failed, Luthor blamed Superboy, insisting he had ruined them. In time, Luthor turned criminal and was sent to a reformatory.
Lex’s parents were horrified by their son’s actions and disowned him. They left Smallville, changed their name to Thorul (an anagram of Luthor), and told their little daughter Lena that her brother had died in a mountain-climbing accident. Not long afterward, Mr. and Mrs. “Thorul” were killed in an auto accident, and Lena grew up not knowing that her brother was the notorious Lex Luthor.
Luthor continued to bedevil Superboy as they grew up. It was in the summer between Clark Kent’s last two years of college that Luthor unwittingly did the world a great favor. Overcome by the death of a friend that was unable to prevent, Superboy had gone into retirement. A challenge from Luthor brought him back into action.
Later, when Lois Lane was doing a feature article on New England witchcraft, she met a librarian named Lena Thorul and planned to mention her in the story – complete with pictures. Luthor used his science in an attempt to scare Lois off the story. Superman discovered the truth, but he and Lois promised to keep the secret of Lena’s true identity even from her.
Lena later moved to Midvale, met Supergirl ( see Supergirl ), and finally married Jeff Colby, an FBI man who had once arrested Luthor!
Some time after, Luthor challenged Superman to a duel on a red-sun world, where the Man of Steel would have no powers. They discovered the people had slipped back from civilization to savagery. Lex began helping them, and they thought of him as a hero. He finally surrendered to Superman on the condition that his foe use his powers to send the water which that world needed.
The planet changed its name to Lexor, in Luthor’s honor, and he married a young woman there, Ardora. He might have lived there as a hero, but he always returned to Earth to renew his feud with Superman.
Lena had a son, Val, and lost her husband. However, she did learn Lex was her brother.
Ardora also had a son, but soon after, Lex found an ancient battle-armor on Lexor, which seems to have caused erratic actions on his part. This led to the destruction of Lexor during a battle with Superman. Luthor blamed the Man of Might for the death of his wife and son. For a time, he had headquarters on a fragment of Lexor in the Atlantic, but Superman recently discovered it and arrested Lex there.



Like his Earth-Two counterpart, Lex depends primarily on his scientific genius, but with that on his side, he needs no powers and can create all sorts of weapons.
His new battle-armor makes him almost a physical match for Superman. Art by Curt Swan & George Perez

Alter Ego: Pol Krinn
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Rokk 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 #335
Height: 5’9” Weight: 150 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Black



After Pol Krinn’s older brother Rokk ( see Cosmic Boy ) helped found the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) in the latter half of the 30th Century, the entire Krinn family moved to Earth to be near Rokk. The family continued to spend considerable time on their native world of Braal, where Pol had ample opportunity to practice the magnetic powers that all Braalians inherited.
Pol was pursuing a traditional education at Metropolis University when the neighborhood in which he and his parents lived was “fireballed” – a 30th Century version of the protection racket in which nucleur weapons are used on one group to convince another to pay protection. Pol was seriously injured along with his father, and his mother, Ewa, was killed.
This tragedy led Pol to reconsider his career plans, and adopting the name Magnetic Kid, he entered the Legion Academy ( see LSH Academy ) to have his skills honed to be a super-hero. When Rokk chose to leave active status as a Legionnaire in favor of serving as an advisor, Pol won the right to take his place.



Pol has the power to control magnetism, which he can use to attract, repel, or affect any magnetic atom or ore. Because he has used his powers far less extensively than his brother, he cannot yet use them for more complex feats of magnetism such as “flying” on lines of magnetic force. It is uncertain if his ultimate use of his powers will prove equal to his brother’s.
As a Legionnaire, Pol has completed personal combat training satisfactorily and wears the LSH flight ring, which permits him to fly. Art by Greg LaRocque & Karl Kesel

Alter Ego: Unknown
Occupation: Criminal
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: The Fatal Five
Base of Operations: Mobile
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #352
Height: 5’11” Weight: 140 lbs.
Eyes: Unknown Hair: Unknown



Mano was born on the extremely polluted world Angtu in the latter half of the 30th Century. A mutant with a glowing disk on his right hand that could disintegrate virtually anything, Mano became psychotic and eventually used his power to destroy his own world.
Joining a group of the galaxy’s worst villains summoned by the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) to defeat the menacing Sun-Eater, he became a charter member of the Fatal Five ( see Fatal Five ).



Mano has a glowing disk on his right hand that can disintegrate virtually any form of matter. He is a dangerous physical combatant as well. Art by Jim Starlin

Alter Ego: Tenzil Kem
Occupation: Politician
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Rall Kem (father), Nitz Kem (mother) Renkil Kem (brother)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: Bismoll, 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #303
Height: 5’10” Weight: 150 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Black



Tenzil Kem was born on the planet Bismoll in the latter half of the 30th Century, with the native Bismollian power to eat virtually any form of matter. Upon hearing of the formation of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ), he emigrated from Bismoll to Earth and applied for membership. Taking the name Matter-Eater Lad, he served a long and fairly uneventful career as a Legionnaire before being drafted into politics on Bismoll. Returning home as a member of the planetary senate, he resigned his Legion membership.
Tenzil returned to Earth to save the Legion from deadly peril by devouring the so-called Miracle Machine, a gift of the Controllers ( see Controllers ), which was being used to destroy Earth and the Legion. Unfortunately, the alien elements in the machine were harmful to even his digestive tract, and Tenzil was driven mad in the process.
His madness was recently cured by Brainiac Five ( see Brainiac Five ), and Tenzil returned to Bismoll and his senate seat. Despite his bout with madness, he is considered a leading candidate to be drafted for presidency of his planet.



Tenzil has the ability to eat virtually any form of matter, a native Bismollian talent that evolved when microbes poisoned all organic matter on the planet. As a Legionnaire, he has completed personal combat with distinction and wears the LSH flight ring, which allows him to fly. Art by Keith Giffen & Bob Smith