Back Legion of Super-Heroes German Legión de Super-Héroes Spanish Avaruussankarien legioona Finnish La Légion des super-héros French לגיון גיבורי-העל HE Legione dei Super-Eroi Italian リージョン・オブ・スーパーヒーローズ Japanese Legion of Super-Heroes Dutch Legião dos Super-Heróis Portuguese Legiunea Supereroilor Romanian
| Legion of Super-Heroes | |
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.png) Artwork for the cover of Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 6, 9 (March, 2011 DC Comics) Art by Yıldıray Çınar | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | (Original) Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958) (Reboot) Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #0 (October 1994) (Threeboot) Teen Titans/Legion Special (November 2004) (Post-Infinite Crisis) Justice League of America vol. 2 #8 (April 2007) |
| Created by | Otto Binder (writer) Al Plastino (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Legion Clubhouse Legion Outpost Legion World |
| Roster | |
| See: List of Legion of Super-Heroes members | |
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Comics Universe, and first appeared in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958).
The team is closely associated with the original Superboy character (Superman when he was a teenager) and in their first appearances was portrayed as a group of time travelers. Later, the Legion's origin and back story were fleshed out, and the group was given its own monthly comic.
Initially Superboy's role as the inspiration for the formation of the Legion and their multiple adventures together were retconned in the 90's by editorial mandate as a consequence of the editorial decision at that time to eliminate the origin of Superman as Superboy, later in the 2000's the origin of Superman as Superboy was restored once again after the editorial ban was lifted, this restored the classic origin of the Legion being created because the founding Legionnaires were inspired by Superboy's exploits in Smallville, as well as the multiple adventures together in the future of the Legion of Super-Heroes with Superboy (Clark Kent), Supergirl and later Jon Kent.
The team has undergone two major reboots during its run. The original version was replaced with a new rebooted version following the events of the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! storyline in 1994 and another rebooted team was introduced in 2004. A fourth version of the team, nearly identical to the original version, was introduced in 2007. In 2019, DC announced a new series written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Ryan Sook.