Legion World Forums LEGION WORLD Encyclopedia Galactica 1985-1988 - Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe

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.

Blok , Bouncing Boy , & Brainiac 5 - issue #3 (MAY 85).

Chameleon Boy , Chemical King , & Chlorophyll Kid - issue #4 (JUNE 85).

Color Kid , Colossal Boy , Composite Superman , Computo , Controllers , Cosmic Boy , & Cosmic King - issue #5 (JULY 85).

Dark Circle , Darkseid , & Dawnstar - issue #6 (AUG. 85).

Doctor Regulus , Dream Girl , Duo Damsel , Duplicate Boy , Elastic Lad , Element Lad , & Emerald Empress - issue #7 (SEPT. 85).

Fatal Five , Ferro Lad , & Fire Lad - issue #8 (OCT. 85).

Grimbor - issue #9 (NOV. 85).

Heroes of Lallor - issue #10 (DEC. 85).

Infinite Man , Insect Queen , Invisible Kid I , & Invisible Kid II - issue #11 (JAN. 86).

Karate Kid & The Khunds - issue #12 (FEB. 86).

Krypto , The League of Super-Assassins , Legion Academy , The Legion of Substitute Heroes , Legion of Super=Heroes , Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters , Legion of Super-Pets , The Legion of Super-Villains , Lightning Lad , Lightning Lass , & Lightning Lord - issue #13 (MAR. 86).

Luthor , Magnetic Kid , & Mano - issue #14 (APR. 86).

Matter-Eater Lad & Mr. Mxyzptlk - issue #15 (MAY 86).

Mon-El , Mordru , Nemesis Kid , & Night Girl - issue #16 (JUNE 86).

Persuader - issue #17 (JULY 86).

Phantom Girl , Phantom Zone , Polar Boy , Proty , & Pulsar Stargrave - issue #18 (AUG. 86).

Quislet - issue #19 (SEPT.86).

Saturn Girl , Saturn Queen , Sensor Girl , & Shadow Lass - issue #20 (OCT. 86).

Shrinking Violet , Star Boy , & Starfinger - issue #21 (NOV. 86).

Stone Boy , Sun Boy , Sun-Eater , Supergirl , & Superman - issue #22 (DEC. 86).

Tellus , Tharok , Timber Wolf , & Time Trapper - issue #23 (JAN. 87).

Tyr , Tyroc , Ultra Boy , & Universo - issue #24 (FEB. 87).

Validus , The Wanderers , White Witch , & Wildfire - issue #25 (MAR. 87).

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



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.



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

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



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.



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

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



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.



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

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



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.



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

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



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 ).



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

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]



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[/i] ).



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. [i]Art by Keith Giffen and Karl Kesel

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



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[/i] ).



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. [i]Art by Keith Giffen and Bob Oksner

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



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.



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

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



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.



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

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



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.



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

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 ).



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

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



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.



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

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



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 ).



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

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



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.



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

Alter Ego: None
Occupation: Dictator, Would-Be Ruler of the Universe
Marital Status: Twice Married
Know Relatives: Heggra (mother, deceased), Steppenwolf (uncle, deceased), Suli (wife, deceased), Tigra (wife), Orion, Kalibak (sons)
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: The Planet Apokolips
First Appearance: JIMMY OLSEN #134
Height: 7’6” Weight: 515 lbs.
Eyes: Red Hair: None



The son of Queen Heggra of the planet Apokolips, the young Darkseid played the role of a humble, retiring member of the royal court while quietly maneuvering to seize power. Darkseid’s first major step was to persuade his uncle Steppenwolf to go to the nearby planet New Genesis to hunt down some of its citizens for sport. While there, Steppenwolf murdered Avia, the wife of Izaya, one of the planet’s leaders. Darkseid pretended to kill Izaya, who then as Darkseid had planned, launched “the Great Clash” between the two planets. During the war Darkseid ceded command of a raid to Steppenwolf, knowing that it would lead to the latter’s death at Izaya’s hands. Darkseid took over direction of the war and, after his ally Desaad secretly murdered Queen Heggra, the throne of Apokolips as well.
In the final days of the war Izaya, now known as Highfather, and Darkseid negociated a peace treaty. Darkseid wanted time to find a means of guaranteeing his ultimate victory. By the terms of “the Pact,” Darkseid and Highfather exchanged guardianship of their heirs. Darkseid sent to New Genesis the boy Orion, the product of his loveless marriage to Tigra, whom Heggra had chosen to be his wife. In return Highfather sent his son Scott Free, who later became Mister Miracle, to Darkseid.
Years later Darkseid broke the truce by kidnapping people from Earth to Apokolips. He then invaded Earth, hoping to discover in the minds of one of its inhabitants the Anti-Life Equation, the psionic means by which he could control every sentient being in the universe. Hostilities between Apokolips and New Genesis again broke out, with Earth as the battlefield. Darkseid’s son Orion became his most implacable adversary in these battles.
Recently, the war has apparently ended with the destruction of New Genesis, whose inhabitants have left for elsewhere in space, and a revolution by the “Hunger Dogs,” the slave-like labor force of Apokolips. Apokolips lies in ruins, but Darkseid has survived.
Through unknown means, Darkseid has appeared in the 30th Century to battle the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ). However, it has been prophesied that Darkseid will someday meet his ultimate fate in battle with his son Orion amid the fire-pits of Armagetto on Apokolips.



The full extent of Darkseid’s superhuman powers remains unknown, since he prefers to act through his subordinates. He is known, however, to be the most powerful being on Apokolips.
Darkseid’s major known power is his mastery of the “Omega Effect,” a form of energy projected from his eyes. Its full range of uses has not been revealed. However, the Omega Effect can be used as force bolts, as disintegration beams, or as means of teleporting a target through time and pace. It can even restore targets that it has disintegrated, resurrecting them if they were alive. The Omega Effect beams will follow their intended target, no matter where it moves, until they contact it.
Darkseid possesses superhuman strength that is roughly equal to that of his son Orion.
Darkseid displayed other powers in the 30th Century, including the ability to generate force bolts from his hands as well as a force-field, to levitate and teleport himself, and to control the minds of an entire planet’s population psionically. At least some of these abilities may be the result of his having temporarily stolen power from various 30th Century menaces.
Darkseid is a master strategist and, as ruler of Apokolips, has extraordinary weaponry, superpowerful agents, and vast armies at his disposal. Art by Jack Kirby & Greg Theakston

Alter Ego: None
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Moonwalker (mother), Mist-Rider (father)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century
First Appearance: SUPERBOY #225 [Actually #226]
Height: 5’6” Weight: 120 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Black



Dawnstar is a mutant Amerind, born with wings and unique abilities on the planet Starhaven in the latter half of the 30th Century. Utilizing her power to fly through space at astronomic speeds and to track people or objects with uncanny accuracy, she adopted a career as a bounty hunter and tracker.
R.J. Brande, a principal backer of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ), became aware of her powers and offered her a salary to attend the LSH Academy ( see LSH Academy ). While studying there under Wildfire’s tutelage, ( see Wildfire ), she realized the virtues of teamwork and public service, and ultimately joined the Legion.
Dawnstar developed a crush on Wildfire, which matured into a “romantic but platonic (of necessity)” relationship. In a recent mission to the so-called planet of Exile, Dawnstar entered into a relationship with a native named Jhodan, and is now torn between the two men.



Dawnstar has the ability to survive unaided in outer space, and to fly through space with tremendous speed and accuracy. She can also unerringly track people or objects through space.
As a Legionnaire, Dawnstar has some personal combat training and wears the LSH flight ring (for its nonflight-related uses). Art by James Sherman

Alter Ego: Doctor Zaxton Regulus
Occupation: Criminal
Marital Status: Unknown
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: 30th Century
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #348
Height: 5’9” Weight: 185 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown



While working in a nuclear plant on Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century, Doctor Zaxton Regulus experimented with the concept of multiplying solar energy via radioactive gold isotopes. An unforeseen accident caused the experiment to explode, taking the life of a young lab assistant and injuring Regulus and Dirk Morgna, the son of the plant manager. Regulus was fired and blamed Dirk for his dismissal. Seeking revenge, Regulus used robots to beat Dirk and left him to die in the core of the plant’s reactor, but Dirk survived and inadvertently gained super-powers.
Regulus then adopted a criminal lifestyle and continued his experiments with radioactive gold. He clashed with the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) and with his old nemesis, Dirk Morgna, now the Legionnaire called Sun Boy ( see Sun Boy ). Realizing that even the radioactive gold-powered devices he had created could not defeat Legionnaires, Regulus created the artificial Arion Star and used its energies to give himself solar powers.
He is currently incarcerated on Takron-Galtos, the prison planet.



Doctor Regulus now possesses solar energy powers, permitting him to generate heat or light from his person in quantities not measured by human technology. These powers must occasionally be recharged by exposure to the artificial Arion Star.
He has developed many weapons using radioactive gold as their power source, including large star-cruisers and robots. He has demonstrated no significant personal combat skills. Art by Pat Broderick

Alter Ego: Nura Nal
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Mysa (sister)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #317
Height: 5’9” Weight: 125 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Platinum



In the latter half of the 30th Century, Nura Nal received a prophetic vision of the deaths of several members of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) and journeyed to Earth to prevent her vision from coming true. Joining the Legion under the name Dream Girl, and utilizing the power shared by almost all inhabitants of her native planet Naltor to predict the future, Nura attempted to trick the Legionnaires into suspending or expelling all endangered members. In doing so, she seemingly destroyed Lightning Lass’ super-power, but in actuality merely transformed it into the ability to make objects super-lightweight ( see Lightning Lass ).
Her ulterior motives were ultimately revealed, and it was discovered that the vision she had was of android dummies of the Legionnaires being destroyed. Dream Girl resigned Legion membership, and served for a brief period with the Legion of Substitute Heroes ( see Legion of Substitute Heroes[/i] ), before rejoining the Legion permanently.
Nura’s sister, Mysa, was one of the rare Naltorians who did not have prophetic powers, a disadvantage that led to her circuitously gaining sorcerous powers and joining the Legion as White Witch ([i] see White Witch ).
Nura, on the other hand, is one of the most powerful precogs on Naltor, and is a leading candidate to one day become High Seer, a rank her mother had held. She remains a full-time Legionnaire, though, bound both by the call of duty and her long-standing relationship with Star Boy ( see Star Boy ), who fell in love with her at first sight.
She is considered the most beautiful and alluring Legionnaire.



Dream Girl possesses the ability to see the future as far as a year in advance, though her glimpses of events are mostly uncontrolled and partial. She is skilled at the advanced technology of Naltor, especially biotech, and is probably the second or third best scientist in the Legion.
As a Legionnaire, she has completed personal combat training (with honors) and wears the Legion flight ring, which allows her to fly at will. Art by James Sherman

Alter Ego: Luornu Durgo Taine
Occupation: Instructor
Marital Status: Married
Know Relatives: Chuck Taine (husband)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ACTION COMICS #276
Height: 5’7” Weight: 120 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown



Luornu Durgo came to Earth from her native planet Cargg in the latter half of the 30th Century to join the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) as its first noncharter member. Possessing the ability to split herself into three identical people (as all natives of Cargg’s triple sun environment could by a peculiar factor of evolution), she demonstrated her power by separately convincing each of the three original Legionnaires that she had a mystery power that could benefit the team.
Taking the name Triplicate Girl, Luornu served honorably as a Legionnaire, and faced her most tragic moment when the renegade computer Computo ( see Computo ) murdered one of her three bodies. The psychic and physical trauma was indescribable to normal human, but Luornu’s other two selves survived and retained their Legion membership as Duo Damsel.
Realizing that a crush she had long had on Superboy ( see Superman ) was hopeless because she knew his destiny from her history books, she fell in love with Chuck Taine ( see Bouncing Boy ) when he lost his powers. They were married, and retired from active duty with the Legion. Both now serve as instructors at the Legion Academy ( see Legion Academy ) and as reserve members of the Legion.



Duo Damsel can split herself into two identical bodies. As a Legionnaire, she has completed personal combat training satisfactorily and wears the Legion flight ring, which allows her to fly at will. Art by Mary Wilshire & Dick Giordano

Alter Ego: Ord Quelu or Quelu Ord
Occupation: Professional Super-Hero
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Heroes of Lallor
Base of Operations: 30th Century
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #324
Height: 6’2” Weight: 210 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown



An accidental atomic explosion on the planet Lallor in the middle of the 30th Century affected the genes of Ord Quelu’s parents as well as those of several other couples. The five children born to these couples each possessed unique powers, and were exiled from their planet in their youth by a dictator.
After their arrival on Earth, they were briefly tricked by a man named Doctor Marden King into battling the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) as he sought revenge for the death of his brother, a criminal known as Jungle King. This led to Duplicate Boy falling in love with Shrinking Violet ( see Shrinking Violet ), a Legionnaire.
They kept up their long-distance romance intermittently, making use of Duplicate Boy’s remarkable ability to duplicate the powers of any other hero or villain, which enabled him to imitate Superboy ( see Superman ) and speed across the galaxy in hours. The relationship recently ended when Duplicate Boy failed to rescue Violet when an imposter took her place in the Legion.
In keeping with the style of Lallor, Duplicate Boy’s two names may be said or written in either order.



Duplicate Boy possesses the unique power of being able to duplicate any other individual’s super-powers. No limitations on this power are known, but that is as much a result of his limited imagination (which usually makes him adapt only powers he is familiar with and those only one at a time for short times) as any possible limits.
He has no training in use of his powers, personal combat, or much of anything else, and has no weapons. On the basis of his powers alone, however, he is arguably the most powerful hero of the 30th Century. Art by Jerry Bingham & Dick Giordano

Alter Ego: James Bartholomew (Jimmy) Olsen
Occupation: Reporter
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Mark Olsen (father)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: The City of Metropolis
First Appearance: (as Jimmy) ACTION COMICS #6 (as Elastic Lad) JIMMY OLSEN #31
Height: 5’10” Weight: 164 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Red



Jimmy Olsen, famous as one of Superman’s best friends, has risen over the years from office boy to cub reporter to one of the top reporters for Metropolis’s Daily Planet newspaper.
Superman once found and brought back a chest that was floating in space and that contained a bottle of a mysterious green glowing liquid. Jimmy tripped and broke the bottle, the contents of which splashed all over him. The liquid gave Jimmy superhuman stretching abilities, and he became known as Elastic Lad. Shortly thereafter, Jimmy lost his new powers through exposure to Kryptonite radiation.
Sometime later, Jimmy’s friend, the eccentric scientist Professor Phineas Potter, developed a serum that could give people stretching powers. Olsen drank the serum and again became Elastic Lad. The serum only grants powers temporarily, however, and they soon wore off. Olsen has become Elastic Lad occasionally over the years, although he has not done so recently.
Upon passing an initiation test, Olsen was inducted as an honorary member of the 30th Century’s Legion of Super-Heroes in his role as Elastic Lad ( see LSH ).



Professor Potter’s “elastic serum” gives Olsen the power to stretch any part of his body to incredible lengths for a limited period of time. The exact time limit appears to depend on the amount of serum that Olsen drinks. As Elastic Lad, Olsen can stretch his entire body so as to become a giant in size (but not in mass). Kryptonite radiation will not undo the effects of Potter’s serum.
The relationship, if any, of Potter’s serum to the Elongated Man’s gingold extract, or to the chemicals that gave Plastic Man his stretching powers, is unknown.
As Elastic Lad, Olsen wears a special costume that expands and contracts as he does.
Olsen is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant but, without his Elastic Lad powers, not an extraordinary one. Art by Howard Bender & Romeo Tanghal

Alter Ego: Jan Arrah
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #307
Height: 5’11” Weight: 170 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Blond



In the latter half of the 30th Century, pirates led by Roxxas, a notorious space raider, destroyed the planet Trom. Jan Arrah, an adolescent child at the time, was the only survivor of Trom, and fled secretly to Earth. Keeping his identity and powers secret, Jan was accepted for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) at the urging of its then-leader, Saturn Girl ( see Saturn Girl ).
Taking the name Mystery Lad, Jan joined the Legionnaires in hunting down Roxxas, after whose capture he felt free to reveal his powers and background. Like all natives of Trom’s bizarre radioactive environment, Jan possesses the power to transform elements at will, changing iron into helium, for example. With his powers revealed, Jan adopted the name Element Lad for the rest of his Legion career.
His lonely personal life has left him an unusually devoted and active member of the Legion, and his only close friend outside the team is Shvaughn Erin of the Science Police.
Element Lad is currently serving his second consecutive term as Legion leader, after four terms as deputy leader.



Element Lad possesses the power to alter the elements, moving them up or down the periodic table at will. As a corollary to this power, he can also sense the elemental structure of anything. There are definite, but unknown, limits to his power – in terms of the quantity of matter he can transform at any one time, the total amount he can handle before exhaustion sets in – and he has demonstrated the ability to make only one or two transformations occur simultaneously.
As a Legionnaire he has completed personal combat training with undistinguished results, and wears the Legion flight ring, which allows him to fly at will. Art by Colleen Doran & Karl Kesel

Alter Ego: Saryva
Occupation: Conqueror
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: The Fatal Five
Base of Operations: 30th Century
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #352
Height: 5’7” Weight: 125 lbs.
Eyes: Green Hair: Green



In the middle of the 30th Century, Saryva discovered the legendary Emerald Eye of the lost Ekron civilization on her native planet of Vengar. She used the Eye’s nearly unlimited power for a variety of evil purposes, and at one point conquered Vengar.
Joining together with a group of the galaxy’s worst villains summoned by the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) to defeat the menacing Sun-Eater, she became a charter member of the Fatal Five ( see Fatal Five ). She has worked with her fellow members on several occasions, but continues an independent career in an attempt to dominate her own planet or an acceptable substitute.



Saryva has no personal abilities or skills other than a driving will to conquer and the greater-than-human physical strength of all inhabitants of Vengar.
The Emerald Eye of Ekron may be an artifact of an offshoot of the Oans, as it uses an emerald energy of seemingly unlimited power and is virtually indestructible. The Eye is controlled by Saryva’s will power, and appears weakened only in the presence of green Kryptonite. Art by Curt Swan & Karl Kesel

When the Milky Way galaxy and Earth’s sun were endangered by the mysterious Sun-Eater in the latter half of the 30th Century, five of the worst criminals in the galaxy were brought together by the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) to help save civilization. The villains assisted the Legionnaires in the destruction of the Sun-Eater, although the final victory was only achieved by the ultimate sacrifice of Ferro Lad ( see Ferro Lad ), one of the Legionnaires. Although the Fatal Five had earned pardons by their actions, they rejected them and banded together to attempt the conquest of the worlds they had saved.
The members of the Fatal Five are the allegedly deceased Tharok ( see Tharok ), their leader; Emerald Empress ( see Emerald Empress ); Mano ( see Mano ); the Persuader ( see Persuader ); and Validus ( see Validus ), whose nearly mindless behavior was often controllable by Tharok through a variety of technological means.
During their career the Fatal Five have proved powerful enough to conquer an entire planet while still trapped in another dimension ( see Shadow Lass ), and to have conclusively been the arch-foes of the Legion.
The egos, as well as the evil, of the Fatal Five are so great that the group continues to exist principally in name only, as the members unite only by coincidence or desperate need.

First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #352

Art by Steve Lightle & Bill Wray

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

Full Name: Unknown
Occupation: Practical Joker
Marital Status: Married
Know Relatives: Fuzastl (father), Tlndsa (mother), wife (name uncertain), Kytszbtn (son)
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Fifth-Dimensional Land of Zrfff (but not the same Zrfff as Mxyztplk)
First Appearance: SUPERMAN #131
Height: 3’9” Weight: 59 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Originally Red, now white



Although practical joking is considered a high art form in Zrfff, Mxyzptlk was always one to carry things too far, which got him in trouble with his parents as a boy, and with the authorities as a man (as when he turned the mayor’s children into chickens). Punished by his parents, the young Mxyzptlk flew through a space-warp to Earth to make mischief. This he did in Smallville trying to get Superboy ( see Superman ) in trouble – but failing. Finally, the imp’s father sent a capsule to Superboy, telling him he could send Mxyzptlk back by tricking him into saying his name backward, which the Boy of Steel proceeded to do.
As Superman later explained it, “The sound produced by his own voice saying his name backward sets up vibrations which opens the gates to his own dimension and push him back through for at least 90 days.”
Anyone from this Zrfff must say his or her name backward to go back, as anyone from the Earth universe must say his or her name backward to return from Zrfff. On occasion, Mxyzptlk has had his namelegally changed to foil Superman, but these tricks never worked.
Like Mxyztplk, Mxyzptlk returns because he loves to bedevil Superman, but he never means any seriousevil and has even saved Superman because he wants him around as the butt of his jokes. When he returns to Zrfff, all his magical effects are undone.
At one time he was pursued by Miss Gsptlsnz, a Zrfffian imp who wanted to marry him, but whom he couldn’t stand. Later, Miss Bgbznz made herself magically beautiful to get Mxyzptlk to marry her, then, after the ceremony, revealed her true homely appearance. This marriage was annulled. It is hence uncertain who Mxyzptlk finally married, but he does have a son.



Mxyzptlk also has an awesome array of magic that he uses to annoy Superman. No limits to these powers are known. Art by Marshall Rogers

Alter Ego: Lar Gand
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: SUPERBOY #89
Height: 6’2” Weight: 200 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Black



Lar Gand was an astronaut from the planet Daxam, who was sent on a mission to visit Krypton just prior to its destruction. There he met Jor-El, who advised him to journey to Earth to avoid Krypton’s doom. En route to Earth, however, Lar’s craft was disabled and he arrived many years later, having spent the interim in suspended animation.
When Lar Gand crashed on Earth, he was discovered by Superboy ( see Superman ), who initially believed he was a lost brother from Krypton, a theory Lar could not dispute because he was suffering from amnesia. Superboy named him Mon-El, taking the family name of El and adding Mon for Monday, the day on which he reached Earth.
The truth was revealed, but not before Lar was exposed to lead, which affects Daxamites like Kryptonite affects Kryptonians – except that lead poisoning is virtually irreversible. To save Lar’s life, Superboy projected him into the Phantom Zone ( see Phantom Zone ), where he spent the next thousand years waiting for an antidote to be discovered. This immaterial existence of being able only to watch what happened on Earth while being helpless to interfere was pure psychological torture.
In the later half of the 30th Century, members of the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ) who were told of Lar’s plight by Superboy sought a cure. Saturn Girl ( see Saturn Girl ) created a temporary cure under the influence of which Lar was awarded Legion membership as Mon-El. Then Brainiac Five ( see Brainiac Five ) perfected the cure, using Kryptonite as one of the elements. Lar left the Phantom Zone, taking almost daily doses of the serum, and became a full-time Legionnaire. He uses the name Mon-El exclusively except when visiting descendants of his relatives on Daxam, having long since lost any true link to his early life.
Mon-El is one of the most scientifically gifted Legionnaires, particularly in biotechnology and engineering. He invented Element 152, the anti-gravity element that Brainiac Five used to make flight rings. His principal hobby is exploring distant corners of the universe, usually alone or with Shadow Lass ( see Shadow Lass ), with whom he has fallen deeply in love.



Lar comes from Daxam, a planet settled by the same seed stock as Krypton, and has powers virtually identical to Kryptonians.
When not in the grip of the extreme gravity of Daxam (or a similar world) or under a red sun, he possesses super-strength, the power of flight, super-speed, invulnerability, super-vision, and super-hearing. A side effect of the serum he takes to control the lead poisoning in his system enables him to keep his powers on Daxam or under a red sun.
He has had no personal combat training, but even discounting his super-powers he is extremely good physical condition. Art by Steve Lightle

Alter Ego: None
Occupation: Wizard
Marital Status: Unknown
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: 30th Century Zerox
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #369
Height: 7’6” Weight: 300 lbs.
Eyes: Green Hair: White



Mordru came to the world of Zerox, also known as Sorcerers’ World, at an unknown time prior to the latter half of the 30th Century. Nothing is known of his earlier life, but on the Sorceror’s World he swiftly proved to be one of the greatest wizards of his era, and served as one of the world’s masters and teachers.
During this period in his life, Mordru secretly caused Mysa of Naltor, later known as the White Witch ( see White Witch ), to fail her final testing on the Sorcerer’s World and to be forced into exile from Zerox. As she left, Mordru stole the power of his fellow masters and made himself dictator od Zerox.
Using his newfound power, Mordru dominated other planets, and struck out to conquer the universe one world at a time. He was defeated by the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see Legion of Super-Heroes ) in a great battle the full story of which has never been told, and was imprisoned in an airless vault. For reasons either of mystic or psychosomatic origin, Mordru loses his powers and falls into a coma when in an airless situation or buried alive.
Mordru has since broken free on a handful of occasions, and has battled the Legionnaires across space and time, using many other master villains as pawns. The fact that he has been defeated is generally due to the Legionnaires’ ingenuity and bravery than their powers, which are not a match for his.
Mordru’s power was largely sapped from him by Darkseid ( see Darkseid ), and although his acolytes have tried to revive him, he remains in a coma on the Sorcerer’s World, helpless in the care of the restored teachers whose rule he usurped.



Mordru is one of the ultimate masters of black magic, which he is able to use to bend virtually any force in the universe to his will. During the period when he had stolen the magic of the other teachers of the Sorcerers’ World and added it to his own, he was virtually invincible.
Among Mordru’s power manifestations are the ability to change his own form or size, to travel through time or space unaided, to read minds, and to mentally control others.
Mordru has no need of physical weapons or prowess. Art by Pat Broderick

Alter Ego: Unknown
Occupation: Alchemist
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Villains
Base of Operations: 30th Century
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #346
Height: 5’11” Weight: 180 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Blond



On the world of Myar, which was noted for its alchemists, a young man developed a formula that gave him the unique ability to adapt whatever power or powers he needed to defeat any one opponent. At least, that was the story Nemesis Kid provided when he applied for and won membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see Legion Super-Heroes ) in the latter half of the 30th Century.
Immediately after Nemesis Kid joined – along with other new members Ferro Lad, Queen Projectra, and Karate Kid (see Ferro Lad , Sensor Girl , and Karate Kid ) – the Khund empire attacked Earth. In the course of defending Earth, suspicion arose that one of the new members was a traitor. After his attempt to frame Karate Kid was discovered, it was revealed that Nemesis Kid was the traitor. The Legionnaires defeated the Khunds, but Nemesis Kid escaped.
Nemesis Kid reappeared as one of the earliest members of the Legion of Super-Villains ( see Legion of Super-Villains ), and ultimately became the group’s leader. In the LSV’s most ambitious scheme, they transported the planet Orando out of its natural dimension in search of an entire universe to conquer. While attempting to thwart that scheme, Karate Kid fought a single combat with Nemesis Kid and was mortally wounded. His wife, Queen Projectra, avenged him by managing to personally execute Nemesis Kid despite his superior powers.



Nemesis Kid could instantly adapt a specific power that could enable him to defeat any given opponent; for example, turning into living kryptonite to fight a kryptonian. When faced with more than one foe simultaneously, his power either allowed him to flee or failed him. Art by Curt Swan & Kyle Baker

Alter Ego: Lydda Jath
Occupation: Unoccupied
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Legion of Substitute Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #306
Height: 5’10” Weight: 125 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Black



Lydda Jath came to Earth in the latter half of the 30th Century from her native Kathoon to apply for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes ( see Legion of Super-Heroes ). Her great strength, the product of treatments created by her scientist father, was considered a valuable power, yet she was rejected because her powers faded in sunlight. On Kathoon, daylight never comes.
Taking the name Night Girl, she became one of the Legion of Super-Heroes rejects to found the Legion of Substitute Heroes ( see Legion of Substitute Heroes ), and was probably the team’s mightiest member until it was disbanded recently.
Unknown to her fellow Subs, Night Girl had originally applied for membership in the Legion simply to be near Cosmic Boy ( see Cosmic Boy ). Her crush on the founding Legionnaire grew into a powerful romance, which bonds the two even today. They are currently on an extended vacation together, and it is not known whether either will resume heroic careers upon their return.



Night Girl possesses great strength only at night or in the absence of significant amounts of visible light radiation.
As a Substitute Hero, she had access to Legion weaponry and training, and became skilled at personal combat. Art by Terry Austin

Alter Ego: Unknown
Occupation: Enforcer
Marital Status: Unknown
Know Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: The Fatal Five
Base of Operations: 30th Century
First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #352
Height: 6’3” Weight: 240 lbs.
Eyes: Brown Hair: None



In the middle of the 30th Century, The Persuader began to acquire a reputation as one of the most powerful criminals operating within the Unite Planets’ sphere of influence. His crimes were generally variations on the ancient protection racket, or personal violence done under contract to another criminal or organization. It is uncertain what his personal goals were, or what happened to the funds he acquired. At some point during this period he acquired the Atomic Axe, his principal weapon.
Joining together with 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 ). He has worked with his fellow members on several occasions including the recently formed group, but basically continues to pursue his own crimes.



The Persuader is an extremely powerful human, with well-developed personal combat skills. It is possible that he was born on a somewhat higher gravity world, accounting for his abnormal muscular development.
The Atomic Axe outwardly appears to be an ordinary medieval axe, but is imbued with the ability to cut through any form of matter or energy – even gravity. Its source of power and its limitations are unknown. Art by Ron Wilson & Pablo Marcos

Alter Ego: Tinya Wazzo
Occupation: Legionnaire
Marital Status: Single
Know Relatives: Gmya (brother)
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: 30th Century Earth
First Appearance: ACTION COMICS #276
Height: 5’6” Weight: 106 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Black



In the latter half of the 30th Century, attracted by the spreading fame of the new Legion of Super-Heroes ( see LSH ), Tinya Wazzo left her native Bgtzl and journeyed across the dimensions to Earth. Using her power to become an immaterial phantom to enter the Legion headquarters undetected and unopposed, she demonstrated her worthiness to become a member of the Legion. Taking the name Phantom Girl, she began the longest consecutive membership in the team’s history.
When Ultra Boy ( see Ultra Boy ) made himself appear to be a criminal in order to track down a group of space raiders, Phantom Girl was the only Legionnaire to continue to believe in his innocence. This faith became the beginning of one of the great Legion romances, and the couple is equally in love today.



Tinya, like all inhabitants of Bgtzl, possesses the ability to transform herself into an immaterial phantom. In that form, she cannot be harmed by material objects, and moves through walls, floors, or other barriers.
As a Legionnaire, Tinya has completed personal combat training and wears the LSH flight ring, which permits her to fly. Art by Jaime Hernandez