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Legion of Super-Heroes
The Legion of Super-Heroes, with their allies and enemies Art by Phil Jimenez
Group publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #0 (October 1994)
Created by	Mark Waid and Tom McCraw (writers) Stuart Immonen (artist)
In-story information
Base(s)	Legion headquarters Legion World
Roster
See: List of Legion of Super-Heroes members
Legion of Super-Heroes
	Cover of Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #0 (October 1994). Art by Stuart Immonen & Ron Boyd.
Series publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series, Limited series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	(Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4)) October 1994 – May 2000 (Legionnaires) October 1994 – March 2000 (Legion Lost) May 2000 – April 2001 (The Legion) December 2001 – October 2004
Number of issues	(vol. 4): 64 Legionnaires: 63 Legion Lost: 12 The Legion: 38
Creative team
Writer(s)	Mark Waid Tom McGraw Dan Abnett Andy Lanning
Penciller(s)	Lee Moder Jason Armstrong Scott Kolins Olivier Coipel
Inker(s)	Ron Boyd
Colorist(s)	Tom McCraw
Creator(s)	Mark Waid and Tom McCraw (writers) Stuart Immonen (artist)

The 1994 version of the Legion of Super-Heroes (also called the post–Zero Hour or Reboot Legion) is a fictional superhero team in the 31st century of the DC Universe. The team is the second incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes, following after the 1958 version, and was followed by the 2004 rebooted version. It first appeared in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #0 (October 1994) and was created by Mark Waid, Tom McCraw and Stuart Immonen.

Publication history

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Following the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! continuity reboot, a new Legion continuity was created, beginning with a retelling of the origin story starting in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #0 and then continued in spin-off sister series Legionnaires #0 (both released in October 1994).^[1] Several members from the previous continuity are given new codenames and several new heroes are added, including XS, Sensor, Kinetix, and Gates.

While in some ways following the pattern of the original continuity, the new continuity diverged from the old one in several ways: some characters died as they had previously, others did not, and some Legion members spent time in the 20th century where they recruited Ferro. The Legion are initially not allies of the United Planets, earning their respect by exposing their president Chu as corrupt and defeating the White Triangle.^[2]

In Legion Lost, a group of Legionnaires disappear through a spatial rift and struggle to return home. The ensuing limited series Legion Worlds (2001) showed what was happening back in the United Planets during their absence.

A new series, The Legion, is launched in which the Legion reunites and gains a new base and purpose. Written for its first 33 issues by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, the series was cancelled with issue #38. The most notable addition to the team during the title's publication was the post-Crisis Superboy, a 21st-century clone of Superman and Lex Luthor who had previously been granted honorary membership.

Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds

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The post-Zero Hour Legion appears in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, written by Geoff Johns and drawn by George Pérez. The miniseries features the 1994 Legion teaming up with Superman and the post-Infinite Crisis and 2004 incarnations of the Legion to fight the Legion of Super-Villains and the Time Trapper.^[3]^[4]

Members

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Workforce

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Workforce
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #64 (January 1995)
Created by	Mark Waid (script) Lee Moder (art) Tom McCraw (art)
In-story information
Member(s)	Amber Blast-Off Dune Evolvo Lad Inferno Karate Kid Lori Morning Particon Radion Repulse Spider Girl Ultra Boy

The Workforce is a group founded by corrupt industrialist Leland McCauley as a response to the Legion. They solely operate for profit and disguise themselves as heroes.

Membership

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Original members

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Spider Girl (fired to create "Adult Workforce")
Evolvo (fired to create "Adult Workforce")
Ultra Boy (quit, joined Legion)
Karate Kid (quit, joined Legion)
Inferno (transported to 20th century Earth)

Later members

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Blast-Off ("killed", see Wildfire)
Particon (contract bought out by R.J. Brande)
Radion (contract bought out by R.J. Brande)

Adult Workforce

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Repulse
Amber
Dune
Lori Morning

In other media

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Elements of Workforce are incorporated into Legion of Super Heroes' incarnation of the Legion of Super-Villains.

References

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^ Irvine, Alex; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1970s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. The previously uninterrupted adventures of the team from the 30th Century had ended in the chaos of Zero Hour. But in this zero issue written by Tom McCraw and Mark Waid and drawn by Stuart Immonen, a new incarnation's adventures were only just beginning. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Wallace, Dan (2008). "Fatal Five". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1. OCLC 213309017.
^ "GEOFF JOHNS: LEGION OF 3 WORLDS, I - NEWSARAMA". 2008-12-16. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
^ Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #5 (July 2009)

External links

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Legion of Super-Heroes (Post-Zero Hour) at the DC Database Project
The Legion of Super-Heroes Reference File
Workforce at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original).

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Incarnations	1958 team 1994 team 2004 team
Founding members	Cosmic Boy Lightning Lad Saturn Girl
Notable members	Blok Bouncing Boy Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy Chameleon Girl Chemical Kid/Chemical King Colossal Boy Comet Queen Computo (Danielle Foccart) Dawnstar Dream Girl Earth-Man Element Lad Ferro Lad Laurel Gand Gates Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg and Jacques Foccart) Karate Kid (Val Armorr) Karate Kid (Myg) Jon Kent Khundian Legionnaires Kid Quantum Kinetix Lightning Lass/Light Lass Magno Matter-Eater Lad Mon-El Night Girl Phantom Girl Polar Boy Princess Projectra/Sensor Girl Sensor Shadow Lass Shrinking Violet Spider Girl/Wave Star Boy/Starman Sun Boy Timber Wolf Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel/Duplicate Damsel Tyroc Ultra Boy White Witch Wildfire XS
Special members	Elastic Lad (Jimmy Olsen) Insect Queen (Lana Lang) Pete Ross Superboy (Kal-El) Superboy (Kon-El) Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) Superman
Supporting characters	R. J. Brande Controllers Shvaughn Erin Inferno Laurel Kent Legion Academy Legion of Substitute Heroes
Antagonists	Anti-Monitor Brainiac Composite Superman Computo Dark Circle Darkseid Dominators Fatal Five Emerald Empress Persuader Justice League of Earth Khunds Legion of Super-Villains Mordru Nemesis Kid Ol-Vir Ra's al Ghul Sklarian Raiders Starfinger Superboy-Prime Universo Vandal Savage
World	Colu Daxam Items
Publications	"One of Us Is a Traitor" "The Death of Ferro Lad" "The Adult Legion" "Mordru the Merciless" "Earthwar" "The Exaggerated Death of Ultra Boy" "The Great Darkness Saga" Legionnaires 3 "The Universo Project" "The Greatest Hero of Them All" "The Terra Mosaic" "End of an Era" Legion Lost (vol. 1) "The Lightning Saga" "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds
Alternate continuities	Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099 Superboy's Legion
In other media	TV series JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash Justice League vs. the Fatal Five Film
Related articles	Adventure Comics Dev-Em The Final Night Heroes of Lallor Interlac Invasion! L.E.G.I.O.N. Legion of Super-Pets R.E.B.E.L.S. Science Police Sodam Yat United Planets Wanderers Workforce Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!
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Publication history

Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds

Members

Workforce

Membership

Original members

Later members

Adult Workforce

In other media

See also

References

External links