In pre-
Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, the Legion of Super-Villains was founded by Benno Tarik, who suffered irreparable damage to his vocal cords during a battle with the
Science Police and developed a pathological hatred of law and order. Tarik founded a school for supervillains, which served as the headquarters and recruiting grounds for the Legion's first incarnation, and blackmailed
Colossal Boy into joining as a teacher. The Legion first appears when
Lex Luthor creates a radio to contact the future, feeling there must be an evil counterpart to the Legion of Super-Heroes. In the last incarnation, they conquer
Orando, the homeworld of
Princess Projectra, and transport it to another dimension as a base of operations. Each villain is assigned to kill one Legionnaire, but only Nemesis Kid succeeds, fatally wounding
Karate Kid.
Post-Crisis In the fourth volume of
Legion of Super-Heroes, the Legion of Super-Villains disbands and several of its members reform. Echo joins the Legion during the
Five Year Gap, but resigns after the events of Black Dawn. Lightning Lord returns to his home planet of
Winath to work on his family's farm. Ron-Karr joins the
Legion of Substitute Heroes and Spider Girl joins the Legion, changing her codename to Wave. Saturn Queen marries
Matter-Eater Lad and becomes the queen of her homeworld
Titan. These events were erased from continuity following the
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! event, which rebooted the Legion's continuity.
Post-Zero Hour Following
Zero Hour, the Legion of Super-Villains appears in
Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, a tie-in to the
Final Crisis event. This incarnation of the Legion is led by
Superboy-Prime and includes Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen, Cosmic King, Sun Emperor, Beauty Blaze,
Ol-Vir, Tyr, Zymyr,
Hunter, and Chameleon Chief as well as Black Mace,
Universo, Dr. Regulus,
Grimbor the Chainsman,
Mordru,
Esper Lass, Magno Lad, Micro Lad, Echo, Terrus, the League of Super-Assassins (Silver Slasher, Lazon, Neutrax, Mist Master, and Titania), the
Fatal Five (
Tharok,
Emerald Empress,
Persuader,
Mano, and
Validus), and the
Justice League of Earth (Radiation Roy, Tusker,
Spider Girl, Golden Boy, Storm Boy, and
Earth-Man). The Legion of Super-Villains also appears in
Superman/Batman, where its members attempt to remake the universe by tampering with the origins of
Superman and
Batman and adopting them as their "children", transforming them into the dictators of Earth and eliminating other members of the
Justice League. Superman and Batman overcome their brainwashing due to the
Darkseid of another reality telling them what had happened. They restore the timestream to its proper course and take the villains to the 31st century to be imprisoned, but retain their memories of the altered timeline. ==Roster== •
Akka - Expert martial artist from the planet Sklar. She was killed by Saturn Queen. •
Beauty Blaze - Possesses heat and fire-based abilities. •
Chameleon Chief (Jall Tannuz) - A
Durlan who can shapeshift and transmute matter. •
Cosmic King (Laevar Bolto) - He possesses transmutation powers similar to
Element Lad. •
Echo (Myke-4 Astor) - Sound and sonic-based abilities. •
Hunter (Adam Orion) - The son of the original Hunter (Otto Orion), he seeks revenge on the Legion for his father's death. •
Immortus - A living brain implanted in a powerful android body. •
Ol-Vir - He is a
Daxamite who possesses similar abilities to
Mon-El, but lacks his immunity to
lead. •
Questor (Xart Prax) - A technologically amplified
Coluan with heightened intelligence. •
Ron-Karr - A
Neptunian who can become flat. •
Sun Emperor (Nigal Douglous) - Has solar powers similar to
Sun Boy. •
Terrus - Possesses ground-based abilities and a body made up of a swarm of insects. •
Tyr - A warrior from the planet Tyrraz with a bionic gun in place of his right arm. •
Zymyr - A native of the planet Gil'Dishpan who can create portals. The remaining villains are members of the League of Super-Assassins: •
Lazon - He can turn into light. •
Mist Master - He can turn into any vapor or gas. •
Black Mace (Mick Yardreigh) - A highly trained and super-strong mercenary. •
Doctor Regulus (Zaxton Regulus) - A mad scientist with
pyrokinetic abilities. •
Fatal Five - A group consisting of five of the greatest criminals in the universe. •
Emerald Empress - Possesses various abilities derived from the Emerald Eye of Ekron. •
Mano - Possesses a disintegrating anti-matter touch. •
Persuader - Wields an atomic axe that can cut through anything. •
Tharok - A man who was transformed into a cyborg after losing the left side of his body in an accident. •
Validus - An alien monster with super-strength, enhanced durability, energy projection, and immunity to telepathy. •
Grimbor the Chainsman - A master craftsman and expert trap master. •
Justice League of Earth - A group of Legion of Super-Heroes rejects who attempt to save Earth by turning it into a xenophobic society. •
Earth-Man (Kirt Niedrigh) - He can absorb and duplicate superpowers. •
Golden Boy (Klint Stewirt) - He can change the structure of any element into gold via touch. •
Storm Boy (Myke Chypurz) - He can control the weather. •
Tusker (Horace Lafeaugh) - He has ivory-like tusks that can grow to certain sizes, and possesses a healing factor and enhanced strength, durability, and agility. •
Mordru - A powerful wizard. •
Superboy-Prime - A version of Superboy from
Earth-Prime. •
Universo - An ex-Green Lantern Corps member with hypnotic abilities. ==In other media==