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| 2 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Superman}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 3 | '''Title Character'''\ |
| 4 | [[Characters/SupermanTheCharacter Clark Kent/Kal/El/Superman]]\ |
| 5 | '''[[Characters/SupermanSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]'''\ |
| 6 | [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] | [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] | ComicBook/AmbushBug | ComicBook/{{Steel}}\ |
| 7 | '''[[Characters/SupermanRoguesGallery Villains]]'''\ |
| 8 | [[Characters/SupermanCentralRoguesGallery Central Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Alexander "Lex" Luthor]], [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Vril Dox/Brainiac]], [[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], [[Characters/SupermanDoomsdayCharacter Doomsday]], Characters/{{Lobo}}, [[Characters/SupermanMisterMxyzptlk Mister Mxyzptlk]], [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryPhantomZone Phantom Zone Criminals]] [[[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]]]) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL A-L]] | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryMToZ M-Z]] ([[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]])\ |
| 9 | '''Spin-Offs'''\ |
| 10 | ''Characters/{{Supergirl}}'' ([[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers/Supergirl]], [[Characters/SupergirlSupportingCast Supporting Cast]], [[Characters/SupergirlEnemies Rogues Gallery]]) | ''Characters/PowerGirl'' | ''Characters/{{Superboy}}'' ([[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner Kent/Kon-El]], [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan "Jon" Samuel Kent]], [[Characters/SuperboySupportingCast Supporting Cast]], [[Characters/SuperboyEnemies Rogues Gallery]]) | ''Characters/LegionOfSuperheroes'' ([[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesFounders The Founders]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesSilverAge Silver Age]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesBronzeAge Bronze Age]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesFiveYearsLater Five Years Later]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesPostboot Postboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesThreeboot Threeboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesRetroboot Retroboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesRebirth Rebirth]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesOtherHeroes Other Heroes]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesTheFatalFive The Fatal Five]], '''The Legion of Supervillains''', [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesOtherVillains Other Villains]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesSupportingCharacters Supporting Cast]])-]]]]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | !!The Legion as a whole |
| 17 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/legion_of_supervillains_pin_up_by_portela_d38pxx5.jpg]] |
| 18 | * {{Archenemy}}: The LSV is the collective nemesis of the LSH, especially in the Preboot/Retroboot continuity. |
| 19 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Not actual aristocrats, but check out the names on most of them, especially the original three. |
| 20 | * CardCarryingVillain: The LSV isn't hiding its evil nature from anybody. Whether this is because they genuinely see themselves as evil, or are under the impression that they are the heroes and the name is ironic, varies. |
| 21 | * EvilCounterpart: Not only was its original leadership a case of PsychoRangers vis-a-vis the LSH, but the organization as a whole is the ideological counterpart to the LSH. |
| 22 | * LegionOfDoom: Have evolved over the years into a conglomeration of various criminal and supervillain organisations, united largely by their hatred for the Legion of Super Heroes. |
| 23 | * PsychoRangers: How they started out, with [[PsychoElectro Lightning Lord]], [[MindRape Saturn Queen]], and [[BigBad Cosmic King]] balancing out [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Lad]], [[{{Telepathy}} Saturn Girl]], and [[StandardizedLeader Cosmic Boy]]. Some later members, like [[PyroManiac Sun Emperor]] have conformed with this, others, like Nemesis Kid, have not. |
| 24 | * TerribleTrio: Originally made up of Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, and Saturn Queen. |
| 25 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: The initial trio of Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, and Saturn Queen. |
| 26 | * VillainsDoTheDirtyWork: The time-traveling older versions of Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, and Saturn Queen tricked the false Legionnaire Vorm aka Dynamo Boy into a one-way trip to the far future after he got every Legionnaire but himself dismissed. |
| 27 | * VillainTeamUp: |
| 28 | ** In time the LSV came to absorb other, smaller, organizations such as the League of Super-Assassins and half the members of the Legion of Super-Rejects. |
| 29 | ** They also worked with Grimbor the Chainsman after he went insane. |
| 30 | ** Ol-Vir turned out to be one of Darkseid's agents. |
| 31 | ** A great number of otherwise solo villains joined up with them around ''Final Crisis'', though its unclear if this is on a permanent basis. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | !Members |
| 34 | |
| 35 | !!Founder |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Tarik the Mute]] |
| 38 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tarik_the_mute_0.jpg]] |
| 39 | ->'''AKA:''' Benno Tarik |
| 40 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Earth |
| 41 | ->'''Abilities:''' Wealth, intellect |
| 42 | ->''"Legionnaires, you see before you the man who fell for your trick and brought you here! I cannot abide stupidity! Watch...And his fate will also be yours!"'' |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Caught in the crossfire between the Science Police and a gang of bank robbers, Tarik's larynx was completely destroyed. In compensation, he was granted a robot that could transmit his thoughts into speech. Alas, his mind was twisted by his experience and he vowed revenge against all law enforcement agencies. Turning Colossal Boy's parents (Wynn and Marte Allon) into glass, he blackmailed the Legionnaire into giving him information about the Legion's training and used that information to form a Legion of Super Villains. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | Released early from prison after several years due to a terminal heart condition and good behavior, Tarik secretly spent the rest of his life programming his translator robot to kill Marte Allon, who was now President of Earth. Activated upon his death, the robot failed when the Legion destroyed it. |
| 47 | ---- |
| 48 | * ArchEnemy: Seemed to have a real hate-on for Colossal Boy, likely due to his Science Police background, and preferred to strike at him via his parents. |
| 49 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Accidentally injured by a cop, Tarik decides to destroy all law enforcement. |
| 50 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 51 | ** Of RJ Brande, who founded and funded the Legion of Super-Heroes. |
| 52 | ** Started the Legion of Super Villains, a counterpart to the LSH. |
| 53 | ** Used the training secrets he'd made Colossal Boy steal to create an training academy much like the LSH's. |
| 54 | * EvilOldFolks: Rather elderly and started the LSV. |
| 55 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: From an innocent bystander to the founder of the one of the galaxy's most deadly super-villain teams, which would go on the fight the LSH for years. |
| 56 | * IHaveYourWife: Had Colossal Boy's parents turned into glass and held them hostage for Legion training secrets. |
| 57 | * KillerRobot: Programmed his assistant into one in a last ditch attempt to kill Marte Allon. |
| 58 | * MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: He reprogrammed his RobotBuddy into an assassin, activated after he died of a terminal heart condition and targeting Colossal Boy's mother. |
| 59 | * RobotBuddy: In compensation for his injuries he was issued one of these to serve as a speaker and bodyguard. |
| 60 | * StartOfDarkness: Getting shot in the throat. |
| 61 | * [[TakenForGranite Taken For Glass]]: Utilizes a ray gun that can turn people into glass, and a [[LiterallyShatteredLives sledgehammer]] for when YouHaveFailedMe. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | !!Charter Members |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:As a Whole]] |
| 67 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/legion_of_super_vill.jpg]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Before their proper introduction in the comics, their older selves went back in time from the future to fight their Adult Legion foes when they were teenagers. |
| 70 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: In ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow, they're shocked to see that Brainiac has taken over Luthor's body and downright horrified when he animates Luthor's corpse. |
| 71 | * HeroKiller: In ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow they team up to kill the EmpoweredBadassNormal Lana Lang. Saturn Queen reads her mind to learn that it was a radioactive spring which gave Lana powers, Cosmic King turns the traces of radioactive material into normal body salts, and Lightning Lord brings the shock. |
| 72 | * OhCrap: ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow has them killing Lana. When Superman finds out he narrowly misses frying Lightning Lord with his his heat vision; Saturn Queen reads Superman's mind and sees he's ready to '''KILL''', and they all start filling their spandex undies. |
| 73 | * OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Inverted. They go back in time to fight their foes' younger selves. |
| 74 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Yeah, in ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' after they get ''[[ThouShaltNotKill Superman]]'' angry enough to kill them they decide to beat feet. |
| 75 | * TimeyWimeyBall: Technically, the specific incarnations of them from further into the Legion's future and their timeline ought to be have been radically different or nonexistent, due to the way events unfold in the present for their contemporary selves. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Cosmic King]] |
| 79 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cosmic_king.jpg]] |
| 80 | ->'''AKA:''' Laevar Bolto |
| 81 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Venus |
| 82 | ->'''Abilities:''' Transmutation of chemical elements |
| 83 | ->''"Superman, as punishment for your many brave and worthy deeds, we vote that you be executed!"'' |
| 84 | |
| 85 | Venus was settled in the 21st Century by a splinter group of humans seeking refuge from an increasingly interplanetary culture, and so desperate that they didn't care about the planet's harsh environmental conditions. The extremely lethal native fauna of Venus fanned the flames of their isolationism into a fanatical hatred and mistrust of "unnatural" (that is, not Terran in nature) things, particularly those capable of deceiving the colonists via disguise, shape-shifting or transmutation. |
| 86 | |
| 87 | With the Venusian colonies refusing to join the United Planets and thus struggling to survive, Laevar Bolto became a scientist in the hopes of finding some way to make the lives of his people easier. Having none of the prejudices that crippled other Venusians, Laevar hit upon the idea of a transmutation ray. During a lab accident, he stumbled into its path and gained transmutation powers of his own. |
| 88 | |
| 89 | Presenting his ideas and abilities before the ruling council of Venus, Bolto was treated as a blasphemous abomination and forced off the planet, but not before his lab and research were destroyed. |
| 90 | |
| 91 | Life didn't get better. The Science Police treated him with suspicion because of his record as a exiled criminal scientist, and his movements among the United Planets were heavily restricted due to his transmutation powers and their potential to destabilize planetary economies. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | When the LSV offered him a place among their ranks, the embittered scientist eagerly joined them, no longer seeking to help anyone but himself. |
| 94 | ---- |
| 95 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: After accidentally gaining his powers, he was exiled from his home planet of Venus, where transmutation is regarded as inherently evil. |
| 96 | * BigBad: In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} at least, where he was not only a founding member of the Legion, but the leader of the initial TerribleTrio, and counterpoint to Cosmic Boy. |
| 97 | * BeardOfEvil: In later versions. The original was clean-shaven. |
| 98 | * CoolHelmet: Sometimes pictured in a space suit and helmet. |
| 99 | * DemotedToExtra: He's one of the founding members of the Legion of Super Villains, but he doesn't get nearly the screen time of Saturn Queen, Lightning Lord, or even {{Sixth Ranger}}s like Nemesis Kid. The various reboots have sometimes forgotten him completely. |
| 100 | * EvilCounterpart: To Cosmic Boy, though their powers are vastly different. In fact, his powers make him more like Element Lad or Chemical King. As the leader of the original TerribleTrio however, and the man who formulated the LSV's ideology, he is very much the EvilCounterpart to Cos. |
| 101 | * TheExile: Kicked off of Venus for practicing transmutation. |
| 102 | * EyeBeams: His transmutation rays usually come out of his eyes. |
| 103 | * FaceHeelTurn: Bolto started his experiments with the intention of helping his people survive on Venus. His ill-treatment at the hands of his people and the UP wore all the goodness out of him. |
| 104 | * FantasticRacism: His home planet regarded his transmutation powers as evil. |
| 105 | * FreudianExcuse: Exiled from his home planet for trying to help them. |
| 106 | * TheLeader: Of the original Legion of Super Villains, where he is first among equals in the TerribleTrio. |
| 107 | * MadScientist: Averted. Pre-supervillany, he was a perfectly sane scientist who wanted to solve Venus's myriad problems but was rejected and hated by his society as a result. So now he's an ''angry'' scientist. |
| 108 | * MagnetismManipulation: Has displayed magnetic powers on occasion, despite it not being his main ability. |
| 109 | * MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Whatever Bolto's other issues might be, he hasn't got any problems with aliens or non-Venusian humans and pioneered a form of science his people despised for cultural reasons. |
| 110 | * OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: As a scientist, he thought his planet's prejudices were ridiculous. |
| 111 | * RealityWarper: Creates an alternate reality in which he and his colleagues raised Superman and Batman. |
| 112 | * {{Revenge}}: In classic Super Villain fashion, he sees his actions as a way of getting back at the Venusians who banished him. |
| 113 | * StartOfDarkness: Tried to create a transmutation ray to solve his planet's environmental problems. Was shunned and exiled for it. [[CreateYourOwnVillain Way to]] go [[NiceJobBreakingItHero people]]. |
| 114 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: Bolto got tired of being treated like a criminal by both his own people and the UP pretty quickly. |
| 115 | * TimeyWimeyBall: His older future self showed up with Saturn Queen and Cosmic King to bedevil the Legion well before his present self, but events later in the comic should've wiped his teammates as they were then from history. |
| 116 | * {{Transmutation}}: Cosmic King can break up the molecular structure of elements and rearrange them. To do this he must know the exact elemental makeup of the object or living thing he is using his powers on. |
| 117 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: By the standards of his people, even the notion of using transmutation to solve Venus's many problems was blasphemous, let alone accepting and embracing his transformation into something no longer human (again, by their standards). |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Lightning Lord]] |
| 121 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lightning_lord_pre_crisis_dc_comics_lsh_legion_super_villains_ranzz_e.jpg]] |
| 122 | ->'''AKA:''' Mekt Ranzz |
| 123 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Winath |
| 124 | ->'''Abilities:''' Electrical generation and direction |
| 125 | ->''"My name is Mekt Ranzz, perhaps better known as Lightning Lord. And I have a very simple question for you: Where... is... my... brother... ?"'' |
| 126 | |
| 127 | The older, and dangerously unstable, brother of Garth and Ayla Ranzz, Mekt was born a solo on a world where twins are the norm. Ostracized as a freak, and resenting his siblings for their closeness, Mekt was already well on his way to a mental breakdown when the trio's encounter with the lightning beasts and acquisition of control over electricity, drove him around the bend. Styling himself "Lightning Lord", Mekt became a founding member of the Legion of Super Villains, alongside Cosmic King and Saturn Queen, frequently warring with his brother and sister. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | Well-established as Lightning Lad/Live Wire's arch-nemesis, Lightning Lord is the only member of the LSV to make it into every reboot (except the Bendisboot, much to the annoyance of the fans). |
| 130 | ---- |
| 131 | * AdaptedOut: The Bendisboot has given no hint to him existing at all within the newest version of the Ranzz Family. |
| 132 | * AllTakeAndNoGive: From his point of the view, as the oldest it's his natural right to demand whatever he wants from Garth and Ayla. At no point has he ever done anything to demonstrate why either of them should associate with him for any reason. |
| 133 | * AloofBigBrother: Even at his most sympathetic, Mekt is aloof and remote. |
| 134 | * {{Antihero}}: Threeboot only, where he leads a black ops superhero team. |
| 135 | * ArchEnemy: To his brother and sister in the Preboot, Postboot, and Retroboot continuities. |
| 136 | * ArtisticAge[=/=]YoungerThanTheyLook: He looked about sixty in his original appearances. Later versions have been better about this, but the combination of his ravaged face and white hair still make him look a lot older than his younger brother, whether this is supposed to be the case or not. |
| 137 | * BigBad: In the reboots where he is the leader. |
| 138 | * BigBrotherBully: Most versions of Mekt are implied to have been bullying and abusive towards Garth and Ayla when they were younger as his way of venting about the way Winathian society treated him for being a "Solo." This is best exemplified in the Classic and Retroboot Legions where Mekt repeatedly stalks Ayla and tries to force her to obey him (or tries to kill her when she naturally rebels) and in the Reboot where he destroyed Live Wire's arm. |
| 139 | * BreakoutVillain: Easily the best known member of the LSV and the one who has made it into the most reboots. |
| 140 | * BrokenPedestal: In the Postboot, Garth is convinced Mekt was a great guy who was warped into a criminal life by the lightning powers. It takes having his own arm blown off, Sparks' words and Mekt himself boasting for Garth to finally accept the powers did nothing but make an already corrupt figure worse. |
| 141 | * CainAndAbel: With Lightning Lad and Light Lass, his two younger siblings. In the Preboot continuity he was still rather protective of them despite this, while in the Postboot continuity he hated them both. |
| 142 | * CorruptTheCutie: Preboot he would repeatedly try to get Light Lass to come over to his side. |
| 143 | * DeathSeeker: In the Threeboot, where he's an unbalanced antihero looking to die. |
| 144 | * EntitledBastard: He frequently espouses that his siblings should defer to him just because he's older, and thus becomes enraged whenever they defy his orders. |
| 145 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Preboot Mekt cares about Ayla and wants her to leave the LSH and join up with him. |
| 146 | * EvilCounterpart: To his brother Garth, alias Lightning Lad/Live Wire. |
| 147 | * EvilOldFolks: Has this look in the early years of the Preboot. Since the initial Legion of Super Villains are from even farther into the future than the Legion of Super Heroes, this is justifiable. |
| 148 | * EvilRedhead: When he's not a WhiteHairBlackHeart or an [[ArtisticAge old man]]. |
| 149 | * FantasticRacism: His original and Retroboot counterparts were openly contemptuous about Garth's marriage to Saturn Girl due to her being a mindreading Titanian. God only knows how he would've reacted to being around his nephews, who're Titanian on their mom's side. |
| 150 | * FreudianExcuse: If you think [[LonersAreFreaks being a solo counts]]. Most versions of him grew up in a society where not having a twin made you seem like a freak, and as a result he lashed out against others and was abusive towards his younger siblings. Because solos in Winathian society are viewed as the other, it's likely Mekt's mental instability was brushed off as a common trait and thus nothing was done to help his increasingly violent behavior. Spark of the Reboot Legion especially believed that her Mekt was always rotten to the core. |
| 151 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: By the time of the Retroboot, Garth made it clear that Mekt's excuse of growing up without a twin did nothing to justify the years Mekt's spent trying to kill Garth and Ayla. |
| 152 | * HeelFaceTurn: In most continuities, Mekt turned into a good guy, or at least ''less'' of a bad guy. |
| 153 | * IfICantHaveYou: He's made it clear that if Ayla won't submit to him and become his "twin" then Mekt will kill her the first chance he gets. He's tried repeatedly. She always kicks his ass. |
| 154 | * LonersAreFreaks: His mental instability is usually attributed to being born a "solo" on a world where twins are the norm. |
| 155 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: His hair was permanently bleached after receiving a particularly hard blast of lightning during a fight with his brother. |
| 156 | * TheMentallyDisturbed: DependingOnTheWriter he's been written as sadistic, sociopathic, and suicidal. What he's never been is right in the head. |
| 157 | * MightMakesRight: The Preboot Lightning Lord argues that as he and his siblings have powers that normal people do not, they have the right to take what they want and damn the law. |
| 158 | * PetTheDog: The Preboot version has a genuine soft spot for his sister, who he wishes would join him in his life of crime. |
| 159 | * PlayingTheFamilyCard: The classic version of Mekt often tries to invoke this, believing Garth and Ayla should be subservient to him as their older brother. It never works. |
| 160 | * PsychoElectro: Though how [[AxeCrazy psycho]] he is varies from version to version. |
| 161 | * ReplacementGoldfish: He wants to kill Garth and take Ayla to "replace" the twin he never had/wants to replace Garth as Ayla's twin after he kills him. Either way you put it, he's crazypants. |
| 162 | * TheResenter: Resents the twins for having one another. |
| 163 | * ShockAndAwe: Gained lighting powers at the same time as his siblings. |
| 164 | * SingleIssuePsychology: In some continuities where he becomes sane, his recovery is helped along by being placed in a therapy program where singleton Winathians like him are paired up with other singletons. |
| 165 | * TheSociopath: The Postboot version, who was bad to the core from the time the siblings were children. |
| 166 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: Mekt is completely obsessed with forcing Ayla to become his "twin," to the point he had Radiation Roy track her down when she left the Legion and bring her to him. He's not deluded enough to believe she ''is'' his twin, but he's deluded enough to believe he can force Ayla into the role and will do anything to make it happen. |
| 167 | * TimeyWimeyBall: His middle-aged future self showed up with Saturn Queen and Cosmic King to bedevil the Legion well before his present self, but events (either being driven completely crackers in the standard timeline or turning good in 5YL) ''should'' have wiped this version of him out. |
| 168 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Often drawn with white hair, regardless of whether he is age appropriate or not. |
| 169 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Invoked in-universe during the Postboot. Live Wire believed that the lightning abilities which the three of them gained would wind up corrupting them, which is why Mekt became a criminal. When Garth finally confronted his brother with this theory, Mekt rebuffed it, and Ayla finally managed to convince Garth that Mekt was always rotten... after Mekt had destroyed Garth's right arm. |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Saturn Queen]] |
| 173 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/satq.jpg]] |
| 174 | ->'''AKA:''' Eve Aries |
| 175 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Titan |
| 176 | ->'''Abilities:''' Telepathy |
| 177 | ->''"I'm from the planet Saturn, where there has been no crime at all for centuries, and where everyone can perform amazing mental feats! One day, when I traveled to Earth, I felt a sudden desire to outwit the law with my powers of super-hypnotism, and so I joined the Legion of Super-Villains!"'' |
| 178 | |
| 179 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: A contemporary Saturn Queen came to appear in the 5YL Legion comics, with no apparent connection to the LSV, though sometimes she's mentioned in-universe as still being a member (and implied to have hypnotized her way out of legal trouble). She also married Evillo so she could use him to get a Saturnian relic meant to improve a user's hypnotic powers. But she ''seems'' to have changed for the better after claiming the Saturnian throne. Hopefully. |
| 180 | * TheBaroness: At her iciest. |
| 181 | * CardCarryingVillain: In the original comics, there was no crime on Saturn due to certain minerals in the rings (hey, it was UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}). Upon coming to Earth, and getting out of range of the rings, she just decided, "hey I think I'll turn evil for the Hell of it." |
| 182 | * EvilCounterpart: To Saturn Girl. |
| 183 | * EvilMatriarch: In "Absolute Power" and the Kandor arc of the new Supergirl series. She seems to have developed an obsession with having a child to serve as her [[TheDragon Dragon]]. In both cases, she's gotten to watch said child die. |
| 184 | * EvilRedhead: Even after her turn in 5YL, she's kind of a greedy power-luster. |
| 185 | * ForceAndFinesse: Saturn Girl ''can'' use her powers offensively, but she prefers communication and hypnotic suggestions over the mental attacks and MindControl of Esper Lass. |
| 186 | * ForTheEvulz: Why she originally became a villain. |
| 187 | * FreudianExcuse: Being able to read the every thought of the people she meets has convinced her that they are all scum, and deserve to be taken advantage of. |
| 188 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Invoked by her codename. |
| 189 | * HazyFeelTurn: Her 5YL self is more of an selfish and amoral adventurer than a villain, but being Queen of Saturn and marrying Tenzil seems to have settled her down, at least for now. |
| 190 | * HeelFaceTurn: In the original comics, prompted by Superman exposing her to Saturnian elements. More recent versions, not so much. |
| 191 | ** Her Five Years Later counterpart turned and stayed good, eventually marrying Matter-Eater Lad and becoming queen of Titan. |
| 192 | * HumansAreBastards: More like all living beings are bastards. This has become her belief in the most recent reboot. |
| 193 | * IceQueen: And one who isn't going to be defrosted. At times her portrayal verges on TheBaroness. |
| 194 | * MarriageOfConvenience: |
| 195 | ** She and Evillo married so they could use each other to find the Hypnostone. |
| 196 | ** She married Tenzil Kem/Matter-Eater Lad because getting married and siring an heir was a requirement for being Queen of Saturn. Also, she may actually like him. |
| 197 | * MindControl: Specializes in this. |
| 198 | * MindRape: Inflicts it on her victims, including Superman. |
| 199 | * MisanthropeSupreme: Which she uses to justify her ForTheEvulz tendencies. |
| 200 | * {{Telepathy}}: Like all Saturnians. |
| 201 | * TimeyWimeyBall: Her middle-aged future self showed up with Lightning Lord and Cosmic King to bedevil the Legion well before her present self, but events (either being turned good by Superman or being not-exactly-evil to start with) ''should'' have wiped this version of her from the timeline. The contemporary version's still a bit younger than that version was, thus it's still possible she may do an actual heel turn. |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | !!Other Members |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[folder:Black Mace]] |
| 207 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_mace_dc_comics_lsh_legion_super_heroes_taurus.jpg]] |
| 208 | ->'''AKA:''' Mick Yardreigh |
| 209 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Earth |
| 210 | ->'''Abilities:''' Superhuman physical abilities, highly skilled in combat. |
| 211 | |
| 212 | See Characters/LegionOfSuperHeroesOtherVillains under "Taurus Gang". |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Chameleon Chief]] |
| 216 | [[quoteright:164:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chameleon_chief.jpg]] |
| 217 | ->'''AKA:''' Jall Tannuz |
| 218 | ->'''Homeworld:''' ''Not'' Durla, according to him |
| 219 | ->'''Abilities:''' Shapeshifting, can also change objects (unlike typical Durlans) |
| 220 | ->''"It’s too late, Chameleon Boy – the last hours of your group have arrived and our revenge is at hand!"'' |
| 221 | |
| 222 | Apart from the fact that he was brought into the LSV by Nemesis Kid and claims not to be Durlan despite looking almost exactly like one, nothing has been revealed about Chameleon Chief since his 1954 debut. |
| 223 | ---- |
| 224 | * BaldOfEvil: Durlans don't have hair, and as mentioned, he looks almost exactly like one. |
| 225 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Whether or not he has antennae. Even the ''Who's Who'' contradicts itself, having one picture with and the other without. |
| 226 | * EvilCounterpart: To Chameleon Boy. |
| 227 | * IAmNotWeasel: Looks like a Durlan, has the same powers as a Durlan, but apparently not actually Durlan. ''What'' he is is never made clear, but he can change the shapes of other things and Durlans can't. |
| 228 | * MysteriousPast: If he's not a Durlan, what ''is'' he? Where did he come from? Is he a {{Mutant}}? Was it some sort of TeleporterAccident? [[RiddleForTheAges We might never know]]. [[MyRealDaddy Then again, maybe that's for the best]]. |
| 229 | * NoNameGiven: His real name wasn't revealed until his ''Who's Who'' entry. |
| 230 | * OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Inverted. His first appearance involves going back in time with the original trio of LSV members to attack the teen versions of their Legion. |
| 231 | * VoluntaryShapeShifting: He can also shapeshift objects besides himself, unlike Durlans. |
| 232 | [[/folder]] |
| 233 | |
| 234 | [[folder:Doctor Regulus]] |
| 235 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_regulus.jpg]] |
| 236 | ->'''Real Name''': Zaxton Regulus |
| 237 | ->'''Homeworld:''' |
| 238 | ->'''Abilities:''' Solar energy generation and manipulation, scientific genius |
| 239 | |
| 240 | See Characters/LegionOfSuperHeroesOtherVillains. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Hunter]] |
| 244 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adam_orion_002.png]] |
| 245 | ->'''AKA:''' Adam Orion |
| 246 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Simbali |
| 247 | ->'''Abilities:''' Impressive tracking and hunting abilities, advanced weaponry. |
| 248 | ->''"Leave 'em be -- not even worth a knife."'' |
| 249 | |
| 250 | Adam Orion is the son of Otto Orion, a twisted big-game hunter who attempted to mount the Legionnaires' heads upon his wall. Otto died because he had set his belt to explode if the Legionnaires defeated him in order to have the life-or-death competition he craved. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | Roughly four years later, his son planned to hunt down the Legionnaires individually and chose to start with Bouncing Boy, viewing him as the weakest. Bouncing Boy managed to outsmart him and turn the tables, capturing the stunned Hunter. |
| 253 | |
| 254 | Later, he would join the third incarnation of the Legion of Super-Villains. |
| 255 | |
| 256 | During 5YL, he was hired by the Dominators to hunt down RJ Brande and Reep Daggle/Chameleon Boy as they searched for the Soul of Antares. Kid Quantum, the aforementioned Soul (long story), saved them from dying at his hands. |
| 257 | |
| 258 | Once the timeline was restored, he surfaced as a member of Saturn Queen's LSV. |
| 259 | |
| 260 | Apart from this not much is known. |
| 261 | ---- |
| 262 | * BadassNormal: His prey is the Legion of Super-Heroes, and he can keep up with powered members of the LSH just fine. |
| 263 | * DidntSeeThatComing: Bouncing Boy exposed himself to cold water before Hunter captured him, and suddenly sneezed, bouncing out of the way of his gun and hitting him from an unpredictable angle. Yes, Hunter didn't expect Bouncing Boy to, uh...bounce. |
| 264 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Saturn Queen summons an entity to gift him with a tracking superpower. |
| 265 | * EyeScream: Unless the patch is fake, this happened to him at some point. |
| 266 | * EvilRedhead: Yes, and in pigtails, too, at least at first. |
| 267 | * GadgeteerGenius: Uses cutting-edge weaponry and traps against his foes. |
| 268 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: He planned to do this with the Legion, starting with Bouncing Boy. |
| 269 | * MeaningfulName: Orion was a famed hunter in Greek mythology. |
| 270 | * RevengeBeforeReason: Rather than execute Bouncing Boy right away, he chose to hunt him through the jungle first. This allowed Bouncing Boy to figure out a way to defeat him. |
| 271 | * ScarilyCompetentTracker: Like his father. Saturn Queen also summons an entity to give him inter-dimensional tracking powers on top of his natural skill. |
| 272 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Even the so-called "weakest" Legionnaire is still a Legionnaire, as he found to his dismay. |
| 273 | * YouKilledMyFather: His beef with the Legion. Although Otto's death was a suicide triggered upon being defeated, Adam believed that the Legion faked it to cover their murder. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:League of Super-Assassins]] |
| 277 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/league_of_super_assassins.jpeg]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | One day the peaceful planet of Dryad/Korlon erupted into chaos! Massive quakes tore apart homes, volcanic fissures opened up in the planets crust. The planet was doomed! In all the madness, a group of six native kids saw a group of distinctly costumed individuals ordering citizens to leave their homes, tearing buildings apart to get to the people inside and even manhandling them if they couldn't keep up. Thus they developed a unforgiving grudge against...the Legion of Superheroes due to misunderstanding their rescue and evac efforts as an invasion that had somehow destroyed Dryad. |
| 280 | |
| 281 | The Dark Man, an evil-er clone of Tharok took advantage of the vulnerable youths, brainwashed them, gave them powers and then pointed them at the Legion. Although initially successful with their surprise attack, they were beaten by the Subs and imprisoned. |
| 282 | |
| 283 | While in prison, the Legion offered them the chance to get out in exchange for providing information on their master, the Dark Man. Of them all only Blok, who had been somewhat resistant to the Dark Man's powers, agreed to help. Subsequently, he would join the Legion. |
| 284 | |
| 285 | The Legion of Super-Villains eventually sprang the LSA out of prison and they have acted as a branch of that august group ever since. |
| 286 | |
| 287 | Oh, and they hate hate ''hate'' Blok. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Dark Man used a combination of brainwashing and psychic powers to twist their traumatized minds. It didn't take as well with Blok. |
| 291 | * CategoryTraitor: Following his defection to the Legion, the remaining Super-Assassins bear a particular hatred for Blok for joining the people they believe destroyed Dryad. |
| 292 | * DoomedHometown: Home''world'', actually. Dryad tore itself apart due to natural forces triggered by a solar nova, but don't tell ''them'' that. |
| 293 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Blok was implied by the others to have been mutated into his rocky form by the Dark Man at first, before it was established that his race was native to Dryad. We can probably chalk this up to the brainwashing. |
| 294 | * IAmAMonster: The blame the Legion for their inhuman forms and abilities...which they ''know'' they received from the Dark Man...willingly. Brainwashing again, probably. |
| 295 | * InsaneEqualsViolent: Justified in that this was The Dark Man's goal. |
| 296 | * {{Misblamed}}: As mentioned, the Legion was leading a ''rescue effort'' on Dryad. |
| 297 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Brainiac 5 ''had'' been deemed hopelessly insane, but the intriguing problem the LSA posed led him to counter their plan and get them captured as well as using Lazon's siphoned energy to awaken his suspended friends. This gave the Legionnaires hope Brainiac could be restored, and they undertook a risky plan to do so. |
| 298 | * RiddleForTheAges: What made the Dark Man pick these particular kids out of the massive amount of dispossessed colonists? Scratch that, why did he pick them out of the vast number of people he could've chosen in the whole galaxy? There wasn't anything special about them before they were altered. How did he come into contact with these kids to begin with? Why did he only pick ''six''? |
| 299 | * SanityHasAdvantages: With Brainiac 5's guidance, the Substitute Legion were able to coordinate their powers to create a nightmarish, confusing hellscape which caused the unstable Assassins to have a breakdown. |
| 300 | * TokenGoodTeammate: One of the reasons Blok agreed to help the Legion find the Dark Man was because he was disturbed by the wanton cruelty and violence he'd programmed into the other Super-Assassins. |
| 301 | * TragicVillain: Their hatred for the Legion stems from a terrible misunderstanding. Who knows how they might have turned out if not for the Dark Man's interference? |
| 302 | |
| 303 | !!Lazon |
| 304 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5488439_img_6074.jpg]] |
| 305 | ->'''AKA:''' Chey-Nu |
| 306 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Dryad aka Korlon |
| 307 | ->'''Abilities:''' Light manipulation, Energy form |
| 308 | ->''"Don’t bother running, Dawnstar — I am as fast as light in this form!"'' |
| 309 | |
| 310 | The nominal leader of the team, Lazon is a ''little bit'' less whacko than the others, and has the ability to become a beam of light, as well as generating light and lasers in his human form. |
| 311 | ---- |
| 312 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: In light form he can survive in a vacuum and without oxygen. |
| 313 | * BlindedByTheLight: Another of his abilities. |
| 314 | * EnergyBeing: In light form. |
| 315 | * {{Flight}}: In light form, he can travel at the speed of light. |
| 316 | * TheLeader: A cross between the levelheaded and charismatic types, at least by comparison. Titania and the Silver Slasher are driven towards excessive violence, Mist Master's a cocky brat who cracks when things go bad, and Neutrax is a genius, but a cold fish. Lazon's the most effective leader among them due to his personality not being as extreme as theirs and therefore being capable of thinking more clearly. He still hates the Legion and wants to see them dead just as much as the others, of course. |
| 317 | * LightEmUp: He can become a laser beam, or simply fire them. |
| 318 | * ManOfKryptonite: He can alter his wavelength to imitate red sunlight or Kryptonite radiation, which is how he takes out Superboy. |
| 319 | * SecondaryColorNemesis: Orange features prominently in his uniform. |
| 320 | * SuperSpeed: In light form. |
| 321 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Quanto of the Taurus Gang. |
| 322 | |
| 323 | !!Mist Master |
| 324 | [[quoteright:286:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/95952_158778_mist_master.jpg]] |
| 325 | ->'''AKA:''' Ye Sti-Tuan |
| 326 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Dryad aka Korlon |
| 327 | ->'''Abilities:''' Gas Form, Gas Generation |
| 328 | ->''"Grow, fool! Grow as tall as you want! But you’ll never escape me! Who ever escaped – a cloud?"'' |
| 329 | |
| 330 | Considered the most powerful among them by his teammates due to being able to turn into a large volume of gas whose composition he can alter to knock out or kill, Mist Master isn't entirely certain of himself. |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | * CurbStompBattle: His attack on Colossal Boy. As he puts it, who ''ever'' outgrew a cloud? |
| 333 | * DeadlyGas: He can make his gaseous form fatal to breathe in. |
| 334 | * DirtyCoward: As long is a fight's going well, he's a mocking little snot, but when the tables turn, he's the first of the group to run. |
| 335 | * {{Flight}}: In gas form of course. |
| 336 | * KnockoutGas: He can merely knock people out with his gaseous form, if he chooses. |
| 337 | * SecondaryColorNemesis: He wears all green, and his mist form is green, too. |
| 338 | * ShapeshifterBaggage: An interesting case. He seems to be able to add to or take away mass from himself in gas form, though he could simply be becoming less dense. |
| 339 | * SuperSmoke: His power. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | !!Neutrax |
| 342 | [[quoteright:263:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2019004_neutrax03.jpg]] |
| 343 | ->'''AKA:''' Wan Ki Muur |
| 344 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Dryad aka Korlon |
| 345 | ->'''Abilities:''' High Intellect, "Neutralizing" Eye-beams |
| 346 | ->''"They call me Neutrax, because I possess a most peculiar ability. But enough about me...I imagine you want to attack us. Please, feel free!"'' |
| 347 | |
| 348 | The most intelligent member of the team, Neutrax is an arrogant teen with the ability to neutralize powers...and body functions. |
| 349 | ---- |
| 350 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He's bright yellow, probably due to the process that gave him powers. |
| 351 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: He believes that his intellect and power make him superior |
| 352 | * DeadlyGaze: His neutralizing beams can also neutralize someone's heartbeat or brain, not just superpowers. |
| 353 | * DePower: What his neutralizing EyeBeams do. |
| 354 | * EvilCripple: Can't use his legs and is far from nice. |
| 355 | * GadgeteerGenius: Implied by his helping Nemesis Kid and Zymyr set up the equipment which teleported Orando. |
| 356 | * {{Sadist}}: He gets a kick from watching powerless heroes struggle against his teammates. |
| 357 | * SemanticSuperpower: He neutralizes...stuff, so he can take away superpowers, shut down machines, and stop the bioelectricity of a living body. |
| 358 | * TheStoic: Projects a cold and analytical front, until things start going wrong. |
| 359 | * SuperWheelChair: His legs were crippled during the destruction of Dryad, so he has a hoverchair. |
| 360 | |
| 361 | !!Silver Slasher |
| 362 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/276141_184307_silver_slasher.jpg]] |
| 363 | ->'''AKA:''' Ki-Lan |
| 364 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Dryad aka Korlon |
| 365 | ->'''Abilities:''' Metallic Skin, Super Speed and agility, Metal Claws, Skilled fighter |
| 366 | ->''"The lovely Phantom Girl! How lovely will you be, I wonder, once you’ve felt my silvery caress?"'' |
| 367 | |
| 368 | A vicious, arrogant young lady, Silver Slasher's metallic skin and claws actually allowed her to defeat Timber Wolf in their first confrontation. |
| 369 | ---- |
| 370 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: She can hold her breath for a superhumanly long time, and her metal skin protects her from a vacuum. |
| 371 | * ChromeChampion: Except a villain. |
| 372 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She was horrified when Sun Emperor flash-fried an innocent woman in front of her. |
| 373 | * SmugSuper: She believes that she's unbeatable due to her metal skin and claws. |
| 374 | * SuperReflexes: She can keep up with opponents who have a degree of super-speed, such as Timber Wolf |
| 375 | * SuperSpeed: Seems to have a form of this limited to spinning and reflexes. |
| 376 | * SpinAttack: She can do a "buzzsaw spin", whirling around super-quickly with her claws slashing all around her. |
| 377 | * WolverineClaws: Her finger- and toenails are super-sharp metal talons. Some appearances give her a number of other sharp protrusions, as well. |
| 378 | |
| 379 | !!Titania |
| 380 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5483968_img_5930.jpg]] |
| 381 | ->'''AKA:''' Real Name Unknown. |
| 382 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Dryad aka Korlon |
| 383 | ->'''Abilities:''' Superhuman strength and toughness, skilled fighter |
| 384 | ->''"Can't panic! I have the strength, what more do I need? An enemy! Must find someone to fight!"'' |
| 385 | |
| 386 | Being the angriest member of an angry, ''angry'' team takes work, but Titania steps up to the plate. And then she breaks the plate and crumbles each half to dust in one of her super-strong hands. |
| 387 | ---- |
| 388 | * TheBigGuy: The largest member of the team after Blok. |
| 389 | * FieryRedhead: Probably the shortest-tempered member. |
| 390 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike the rest of her group, Titania's real name has never been revealed. |
| 391 | * SecondaryColorNemesis: Her costume varies between magenta and purple. |
| 392 | * StatuesqueStunner: An attractive redhead who's easily six-and-a-half feet tall. Even when she's drawn muscular, she's well-proportioned. |
| 393 | * SuperStrength: Physically the strongest of the team, demonstrated to be somewhat stronger than Ultra Boy when he's focusing his power into strength. (It's a long battle that eventually tilts in her favor.) |
| 394 | * SuperToughness: She doesn't need metal skin to be as tough as the Silver Slasher. |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[/folder]] |
| 397 | |
| 398 | [[folder:Legion of Super-Rejects]] |
| 399 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/legion_of_super_reje.jpg]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | Six disgruntled young Legion rejects: Calorie Queen, Chameleon Kid, Esper Lass, Magno Lad, Micro Lad and Phantom Lad, joined forces to prove their superiority over their counterparts within the present Legion, and thus worthiness to take their places. After an initial success (via surprise attack), they were defeated. |
| 402 | |
| 403 | |
| 404 | Following this incident, half the team went back to civilian life (and thus are not listed here), but Esper Lass, Magno Lad, and Micro Lad decided instead to throw in their lot with the Legion of Super-Villains. |
| 405 | ---- |
| 406 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 407 | ** Thanks to taking the Legion by surprise, the Super-Rejects won their initial skirmish with their counterparts handily...until Superboy showed up and whupped them all. |
| 408 | ** In their second match, with Superboy agreeing to stay on the sidelines, the Legionnaires used teamwork to easily defeat their would-be usurpers. |
| 409 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: |
| 410 | ** Even if the Rejects ''had'' succeeded in defeating their counterparts, there was no way in hell the Legion would let people who'd physically and mentally assaulted their long-time friends and comrades on the team. |
| 411 | ** Not to mention that as far as can be seen the LSR didn't, say, train or practice together in order to see what the people they intended to replace might be able to do in a fight. |
| 412 | * DisproportionateRetribution: The Super-Rejects' response to getting turned down from the Legion was to violently attack their counterparts in the Legion in the hopes of usurping them. After losing, Esper Lass, Magno Lad, and Micro Lad decided to join the LSV in their attempts to ''kill'' the Legion. |
| 413 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: A group of StrongButUnskilled randos who'd only known each other for an hour or so versus the Legion, who had ''years'' of experience fighting super-powered foes alongside each other. They only won the first time by surprising their counter parts, and the Legionnaires were about to regroup before Superboy showed up. |
| 414 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Phantom Lad and Micro Lad believed that as males, they were inherently superior to their female counterparts. The ladies worked in tandem to wipe the smirks off their faces. |
| 415 | * StrongButUnskilled: The Rejects may have been as powerful or stronger than their counterparts, but lost due to their lack of training and teamwork. |
| 416 | * UnwantedRescue: The Legionnaires whom they had attacked and tried to replace were less than happy when Superboy interfered, telling him essentially to butt out and let them fight their own fights. |
| 417 | * WouldHitAGirl: Phantom and Micro Lad had no qualms about attacking their female counterparts. |
| 418 | ---- |
| 419 | |
| 420 | !!Esper Lass |
| 421 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/esper_lass.png]] |
| 422 | ->'''AKA:''' Meta Ulnoor |
| 423 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Titan |
| 424 | ->'''Abilities:''' High Intellect, Psychic powers |
| 425 | ->''"Imra Ardeen...Saturn Girl! Nobody will remember your name once I – Meta Ulnoor – take your place in the Legion as Esper Lass!"'' |
| 426 | |
| 427 | Meta Ulnoor, considered the most promising young psychic on Titan since Saturn Girl, was limited only by her arrogance, which led her to reject high honors on Titan in order to claim SG's place within the Legion. |
| 428 | ---- |
| 429 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Not content with being honored on Titan, she sought to join the Legion for the sake of prestige. |
| 430 | * EvilCounterpart: To Saturn Girl. |
| 431 | * FlatEarthAtheist: Thinks it's ridiculous to believe in Darkseid, as Ol-Vir does. |
| 432 | * {{Foil}}: Powers-wise she's a direct foil for Saturn Girl. |
| 433 | * KidWithTheLeash: Ol-Vir is a Darkseid worshiper whose strength is a huge asset to the team. Whenever he starts getting all...fanatic-y...Esper Lass uses her powers to calm him or knock him out before he does something crazy. |
| 434 | * {{Pride}}: Her greatest flaw. |
| 435 | * PsychicPowers: |
| 436 | ** MindControl: Uses this to keep the real whackjobs among the LSV (like Ol-Vir) in line. |
| 437 | ** MindProbe: Scans even alien minds with ease. |
| 438 | ** MindRape: This mental attack easily tore through an unprepared Saturn Girl's defenses. |
| 439 | ** {{Telepathy}}: ''De rigueur'' for every Titanian. |
| 440 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Believed that since her powers were at least on par with Saturn Girl's (and possibly superior in some respects, such as attacking), she ought to be allowed to join the Legion even though the Legion's rule about having at least one unique power was well-established at that point. Then she thought she could win a position by defeating her counterpart in mental combat. |
| 441 | * SpoiledBrat: What she amounts to. |
| 442 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: A blue loincloth, silver boots and...um, a boob sheath? |
| 443 | * TeenGenius: Titan trains its children in advanced sciences, and she's the only humanoid in the galaxy who understands Gil’dishpan dimension transporting technology thanks to reading Zymyr's mind. |
| 444 | |
| 445 | !!Magno Lad |
| 446 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magno_lad08.jpg]] |
| 447 | ->'''AKA:''' Kort Grezz |
| 448 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Braal |
| 449 | ->'''Abilities:''' Extremely powerful magnetic abilities. |
| 450 | ->''"We're not all children to be frightened by an enemy, Chameleon Boy – whatever shape you change into, Magno Lad stands his ground!"'' |
| 451 | |
| 452 | A three-time champion of magno-ball and Champion of the Braalian Magnetic Olympics before the age of eighteen, Kort may be one of (if not ''the'') most powerful Braalians when it comes to raw magnetic power. |
| 453 | ---- |
| 454 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Years as a sportsman have given him a talent for assessing his opponents and thinking on his feet. |
| 455 | * DesecratingTheDead: After a fashion. His reaction to being rejected was to try and smash the memorial statue of Ferro Lad at Legion HQ. Esper Lass stopped him [[DidntThinkThisThrough from committing vandalism on the Legion's doorstep]]. |
| 456 | * EvilCounterpart: To Cosmic Boy. |
| 457 | * ExtraOreDinary: As a result of his magnetic powers, he can manipulate metal. |
| 458 | * FaceHeelTurn: A reluctant one, but a turn nonetheless. |
| 459 | * {{Foil}}: Powers-wise, his magnetic abilities are a direct counter to Cosmic Boy's. |
| 460 | * HollywoodEncryption: He can use his magnetic powers to hack security systems. |
| 461 | * HotBloodedSideburns: He's got a blond pair. |
| 462 | * MagnetismManipulation: An ability common to all Braalians. ML is incredibly strong by their standards. |
| 463 | * IveComeTooFar: He didn't realize how evil the LSV were when he joined, but now it's too late to salvage his reputation. |
| 464 | * RealMenWearPink: His uniform features magenta heavily. |
| 465 | * StrongButUnskilled: He's got far more raw power than Cosmic Boy, whose own magnetic powers are ''well'' above-average for a Braalian. However, the Legion founder has had years of practice with applying his powers in various situations, particularly combat, and so is considerably more flexible. |
| 466 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Believed that his superior magnetic powers meant that he was more worthy for Legion-hood than Cosmic Boy. |
| 467 | * WorldsStrongestMan: So far he's the strongest Braalian in terms of raw magnetic power that we've seen. |
| 468 | |
| 469 | !!Micro Lad |
| 470 | [[quoteright:338:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/micro_lad.jpg]] |
| 471 | ->'''AKA:''' Lalo Muldron |
| 472 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Imsk |
| 473 | ->'''Abilities:''' Can shrink to microscopic levels |
| 474 | ->''"I wanted to be a...a big man! I deserve to be one of you! Can't you see that"'' |
| 475 | |
| 476 | Lalo Muldron is a fiercely patriotic Imskian who believed that by joining the Legion he could use the publicity to spread the word about what he perceived to be Imsk's poor treatment by the United Planets. |
| 477 | |
| 478 | After his rejection and before joining the LSV, Lalo became a member of a terrorist sect on Imsk which kidnapped Shrinking Violet of the Legion and trapped her in a sensory deprivation tank for several months while extracting information from her brain and sending an impostor to take her place. |
| 479 | |
| 480 | Recently, he briefly joined Saturn Queen's incarnation of the LSV, but was unceremoniously killed by another member. |
| 481 | ---- |
| 482 | * CListFodder: Killed off to show how scary the new LSV and Akka in particular were. |
| 483 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Inflicted this on Shrinking Violet. |
| 484 | * DesecratingTheDead: Shrinking Violet gave his corpse a SpitefulSpit. |
| 485 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: After being recruited for Saturn Queen's new LSV, he protested during her we-have-a-destiny speech, saying that he was only interested in achieving Imskian independence...which got him stabbed InTheBack by Akka for having the temerity to interrupt. |
| 486 | * EvilCounterpart: To Shrinking Violet. |
| 487 | * EvilRedhead: It makes him easier for the reader to see, after all. |
| 488 | * {{Foil}}: Powers-wise, he's a foil for Shrinking Violet. He's also anti-UP and she's not. |
| 489 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Fittingly, part of his punishment for Vi's kidnapping and torture involved serving time in a sens-tank himself. |
| 490 | * HumanAliens: As an Imskian. |
| 491 | * PatrioticFervor: Very pro-Imskian. It's why he wanted to join the Legion in the first place. |
| 492 | * SizeShifter: All Imskians can shrink. |
| 493 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: From his perspective. He believes that Imsk has been oppressed by the United Planets and is such a separatist that he's ready, willing, and eager to resort to terroristic means to make things right. |
| 494 | [[/folder]] |
| 495 | |
| 496 | [[folder:Nemesis Kid]] |
| 497 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nemesis_kid.jpg]] |
| 498 | ->'''AKA:''' Hart Druiter |
| 499 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Myar |
| 500 | ->'''Abilities:''' Spontaneously develops powers to defeat a single opponent |
| 501 | ->''"It took you a lifetime to gain your power-- and me only seconds to acquire and better it."'' |
| 502 | |
| 503 | A Khund spy and alchemist who infiltrated the Legion, Nemesis Kid had the power to defeat any single opponent in combat. Run out of the Legion after his treachery was revealed, he later joined the LSV, briefly becoming their leader. |
| 504 | ---- |
| 505 | * ArchEnemy: To Karate Kid. |
| 506 | * DeerInTheHeadlights: Pinned to the spot in terror upon seeing [[spoiler:Projectra's]] DeathGlare. |
| 507 | * EscapeArtist: After being imprisoned, he managed to force his power to adapt a way for him to get out, although it apparently took some time. |
| 508 | * MadScientist: An evil alchemist in this case, which would probably overlap with EvilSorcerer. |
| 509 | * ManOfKryptonite: Literally when fighting Superboy, but more generally, his power usually lets him generate an opponent's specific weakness. |
| 510 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Pretty much the ultimate embodiment of this trope, with how his power is literally to adapt whatever power he needs to defeat his current opponent. Something that either negates their primary advantage, or plays to their biggest weakness. |
| 511 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivers one of these to [[spoiler:Karate Kid]], basically killing him with his bare hands. |
| 512 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:Delivers a fine one when he realizes that Projectra is going to ''destroy'' him.]] |
| 513 | * TheMole / SixthRangerTraitor: He joined the Legion to spy on them for the Khunds. Later, he became a member of the Legion of Super-Villains. |
| 514 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When confronted with multiple super-powered opponents his power usually adapts some form of quick escape. [[DependingOnTheWriter If it doesn't fail outright.]] |
| 515 | * SecondaryColorNemesis: His costume is mostly green and Nemesis is even part of his codename. |
| 516 | * SmugSnake: Thinks his abilities make him better than the Legionnaires. |
| 517 | * SixthRanger: Joins the Legion of Supervillains long after its foundation, yet becomes the leader. |
| 518 | * SwissArmySuperpower: His power can literally do anything if it could help him defeat his opponent. In the cartoon, his power was simplified so that he could just {{Depower}} superhumans. |
| 519 | * {{Turncoat}}: A Legion member who turned out to have been a spy for the Khunds. |
| 520 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Adapts ''one'' power to defeat ''one'' opponent, which uncontrollably changes if he encounters another. Strength enough to beat Superboy would be nice to take into battle against a group, but as soon as he ran into, say, Phantom Girl it would turn into the ability to affect intangible people instead. The one Legionnaire who could clean his clock reliably was Duo Damsel, possible the weakest member. He could adapt to defeat any single opponent, or to escape from multiple opponents, but she's both simultaneously, and a more skilled fighter. [[spoiler:And when it came to Projectra, it turned out the ability to see through illusions wasn't all that great against the widow of the greatest martial artist in the universe. [[NeckSnap KRRACK!]]]] |
| 521 | [[/folder]] |
| 522 | |
| 523 | [[folder:Ol-Vir]] |
| 524 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ol_vir_002.jpg]] |
| 525 | ->'''AKA:''' Ol-Vir |
| 526 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Daxam |
| 527 | ->'''Abilities:''' Daxamite yellow-sun powers--equivalent to a Kryptonian of the same age. |
| 528 | ->''"We beseech thee, lord of the darkness-- take this man as our sacrifice to thee! As I felt thy touch, let also these others-- feel the sensual touch of your evil."'' |
| 529 | |
| 530 | One of Darkseid's plans to invade the galaxy involved switching the places of Apokolips and Daxam, thus exposing the Daxamites to yellow sunlight, and then taking over their minds and turning them into a massive army of super-powered slaves. During the subsequent invasion, Ol-Vir, a Daxamite child of around twelve, was sent to Takron-Galtos, the space prison planet, to destroy it and set free the criminals within. |
| 531 | |
| 532 | He received unexpected resistance in the form of Chameleon Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes, who was himself an inmate at the time. Bereft of his shape-shifting abilities, Cham managed to trick Ol-Vir into entering the force-field cage of Validus, who gave him quite a bad time. |
| 533 | |
| 534 | Upon Darkseid's defeat, Daxam was returned to its proper location and the evil god's hold over its denizens was removed. Although the planet was quarantined by the United Planets, the UP also helped with rebuilding and everything seemed to be on its way back to normal. |
| 535 | |
| 536 | Except Ol-Vir, who apparently had gone genuinely insane and kept worshiping Darkseid. The first chance he got, he escaped back to a yellow-sun world and back to Takron-Galtos, where he began a cult and fried several guards as human sacrifices. When the Legion showed up to stop him, so did the Legion of Super-Villains who offered him a rescue. |
| 537 | |
| 538 | Joining their invasion of Orando, Ol-Vir was defeated when Element Lad turned his clothes to lead, and he flew screaming into space, where, presumably, Darkseid either saved him or cloned his body. |
| 539 | |
| 540 | Resurfacing once more on Rimbor, an "Ol-Vir" who resembled one of Darkseid's cloned Servants of Darkness worked alongside Validus as dictated by his dark master. This would prove to be his final mission... |
| 541 | ---- |
| 542 | * ArtisticAge: He's drawn looking somewhat older after his first appearance. He might have hit a growth spurt--or maybe the editors didn't want the Legionnaires to be seen wailing on a small child, even if that child is invulnerable. |
| 543 | * BoltOfDivineRetribution: Darkseid disintegrated him when he questioned why the dark god showed mercy [[spoiler:and restored Saturn Girl's child to her]]. |
| 544 | * BrainwashResidue: After being mind-controlled by Darkseid, the Daxamites were restored to sanity...except for Ol-Vir, who remained a fanatical worshiper of the dark god. |
| 545 | * [[BrainsAndBrawn Brawn And Brawn]]: He and Validus were teamed up on Rimbor by Darkseid. |
| 546 | * ClothingDamage: Not a sexy example. When Element Lad turns his clothes into lead, Ol-vir tears off some of them with his fading super-strength as he screams and flies away. |
| 547 | * TheCult: |
| 548 | ** He tried to start one on Takron-Galtos as he freed the inmates and preached about Darkseid's wonderful plan for their lives. |
| 549 | ** He also tried to start one on Rimbor, distributing idols and such. |
| 550 | * CuteBruiser: He's got the sweetest widdle fweckles, and such adowable widdle waughter as he wips you to shweds wif his handsie-hands. Okay, he's a bit older than ''that''... |
| 551 | * DidntSeeThatComing: On Takron-Galtos, he didn't expect Chameleon Boy to judo-flip him into Validus's cage. |
| 552 | * DrivenToMadness: It's unclear why Ol-Vir wasn't restored to sanity like his fellow Daxamites. It's possible that he had psychotic tendencies and/or his mind was just too scarred by the atrocities he'd committed to go back--or that Darkseid deliberately kept him insane. |
| 553 | * EnfantTerrible: He's about twelve, and has already killed in the name of his dark lord. |
| 554 | * HowDoIShotWeb: He had trouble regulating his newly-acquired XRayVision at first, which saved Chameleon Boy's life during Ol-Vir's attack on Takron-Galtos as the terrible titanic tween kept looking through both the pillars that Cham was hiding behind ''and'' Cham himself. |
| 555 | * HumanSacrifice: During his attack on Takron-Galtos, Ol-Vir fried guards with his heat vision, offering up their lives to Darkseid. |
| 556 | * IAmNotWeasel: In time, he began taking on the craggy appearance of one of Darkseid's twisted clones. However, he furiously denied that he was one of them. |
| 557 | * IAmWho: Apparently he was either cloned at some point or replaced by a clone, but completely unaware of this, furiously denying it when his opponents note his newly-craggy appearance. |
| 558 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: Managed to survive being trapped in a cell with the angriest and most powerful entity in the galaxy, and then to survive lead exposure (fatal to Daxamites). [[GodWasMyCopilot Darkseid was his Co-pilot]], after all. Until he wasn't. |
| 559 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 560 | ** He's part of Darkseid's cosmic joke--since the Dark God's plans keep getting foiled by children, he uses children to strike at his foes. |
| 561 | ** While he's searching for Chameleon Boy, the hero notes that since Ol-Vir can't control his XRayVision he's looking straight through him. Thus Cham is a better chameleon than ever, even ''with'' his powers neutralized. |
| 562 | * KidsAreCruel: Particularly when they serve the New God of Evil. |
| 563 | * KryptoniteFactor: Lead affects Daxamites like Kryptonite, but unlike the big K it keeps doing its thing even after they're out of its presence. |
| 564 | * LogicalWeakness: |
| 565 | ** Being a 12 or 13-year old his Daxamite powers are weaker than those of Mon-El, who was an adult when Ol-Vir was introduced. This still puts him close to Superboy's level, so it's not really comforting. |
| 566 | ** He's also not very experienced or sophisticated with the use of his powers. As such, some of the finer applications (like freezing breath) escape him, and it's also possible to catch him off-guard, as when Chameleon Boy caught him in mid-air with a well-timed judo flip. |
| 567 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Darkseid keeps watch over him and occasionally bails him out of trouble. |
| 568 | * OhCrap: During his attack on Takron-Galtos, Chameleon Boy managed to trick Ol-Vir into a cell with powerful force fields...[[SummonBiggerFish Oh, and also Validus]]. |
| 569 | * OneManArmy: When the kid you're sending is roughly on the level of ''Superboy'', he's about all you need. |
| 570 | * ReligiousBruiser: Ol-vir's all ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' for Darkseid. |
| 571 | * SuperpowerLottery: Has all the powers of a Daxamite under a yellow sun, which are identical to that of a Kryptonian. |
| 572 | * TantrumThrowing: [[spoiler:He has a big ol' flail-around-on-the-ground one after Darkseid restores Validus to his proper form. [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Darkseid doesn't put up with it]]]]. |
| 573 | * TokenReligiousTeammate: He frequently annoyed his fellow LSV members with his proselytizing, and tried to make sure their plans served Darkseid (at this point largely believed to be a myth). As such, Esper Lass had to knock him out/manipulate him quite a bit. |
| 574 | * TragicVillain: A child whose life and potential were destroyed when he was driven irrevocably insane and ultimately [[spoiler:killed]] by Darkseid's whim. |
| 575 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Human sacrifice and mass destruction are usually off the table 'til people are at least in their ''mid''-teens or so. |
| 576 | * WeaksauceWeakness: |
| 577 | ** Like all Daxamites, he's fatally allergic to lead. Fortunately for him, Darkseid likes keeping him around. |
| 578 | ** His powers start fading rapidly under a red sun, as with all Daxamites and Kryptonians. |
| 579 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Darkseid decides this after Ol-Vir questions one of his decisions]]. |
| 580 | * YouthfulFreckles: For that deceptively innocent appearance. |
| 581 | [[/folder]] |
| 582 | |
| 583 | [[folder:Radiation Roy]] |
| 584 | [[quoteright:303:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/radiation_roy_4.jpg]] |
| 585 | ->'''AKA:''' Roy Travich |
| 586 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Earth |
| 587 | ->'''Abilities:''' Paralysis ray |
| 588 | ->''"Your power won’t protect you from my radiation, Phantom Girl!"'' |
| 589 | |
| 590 | See Characters/LegionOfSuperHeroesOtherVillains, and note that that he received a major overhaul after the Silver and Bronze ages. |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:Ron-Karr]] |
| 594 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rk_adv372_640x524.jpg]] |
| 595 | -->'''Homeworld:''' Neptune |
| 596 | -->'''Abilities:''' Able to flatten his body to two-dimensions. |
| 597 | ->''"I am Ronn-Karr of Neptune, and my super-power is...the power of flattening--like this!"'' |
| 598 | |
| 599 | His application for Legion membership was rejected, as his power is considered "too unusual." He joins the Legion of Super-Villains during the five part war between the two Legions in the 1980s Legion of Super-Heroes series. He was not that helpful. He eventually redeems himself when he joins the Legion of Substitute Heroes, whose 1985 special he was referred to in, in their fight against the Dominators' control of Earth. |
| 600 | ---- |
| 601 | * HeelFaceTurn: Joined the Substitute Heroes. |
| 602 | * PaperPeople: His only power is to turn his body two-dimensional. |
| 603 | * RedemptionPromotion: By 5YL, when he'd become a good guy, he'd practiced with his power enough to make himself more of a RubberMan. |
| 604 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Shockingly, his talent to turn into a conspicuous piece of wall art or slide under doors didn't impress the Legion. |
| 605 | [[/folder]] |
| 606 | |
| 607 | [[folder:Spider-Girl (Wave)]] |
| 608 | [[quoteright:188:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spider_girl.jpg]] |
| 609 | ->'''Alias''': Sussa Paka |
| 610 | ->'''Homeworld''': Earth |
| 611 | ->'''Abilities''': Prehensile hair, hair growth and retraction. |
| 612 | ->''"My, what a great big gun you have! Bet you feel like a real man!"'' |
| 613 | |
| 614 | Spider Girl is Sussa Paka who has been both an enemy and member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Her power is prehensile hair that she can use to ensnare opponents. |
| 615 | |
| 616 | She originally applied for Legion membership and was rejected, which lead her to join the Legion of Super-Villains lead by Tarik the Mute alongside Radiation Roy. |
| 617 | |
| 618 | During the Five Years Later era she became a hero and Legionnaire using the codename Wave. However, this was later retconned, and she appeared as a villain in the xenophobic Justice League of Earth. |
| 619 | |
| 620 | Reboot Legion continuity introduced a new Spider Girl as a member of the super-hero team Workforce. |
| 621 | ---- |
| 622 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In original continuity Spider-Girl's initial hair color was strawberry blonde, though it grew more reddish in later appearances. After she reformed and changed her code name to Wave, she dyed her hair blue. In reboot (Earth-247) continuity, her hair was bright red. In retroboot continuity, Spider-Girl's hair is now greyish-white. |
| 623 | * AddledAddict: in 5YL continuity, Cosmic King charmed her into joining the LSV and kept her loyal by getting her addicted both to the drugs he could synthesize and his psychological manipulation. After she was captured, she got clean while incarcerated on Labyrinth. |
| 624 | * AllThereInTheManual: Her "Who's Who" entry states that, while she is from Earth, she was chosen by the matriarchal society of the planet Taltar as an agent to stage a coup on Earth and thus gave her her powers. |
| 625 | * AnimalMotifs: Her "web-like hair" which became more web-like after she dyed it grey. |
| 626 | * ChivalrousPervert: Her FYL counterpart constantly put the moves on Ultra Boy. |
| 627 | * CombatStilettos: Her high heels in the Johnsboot are exceedingly sharp, almost to the point that one must wonder if she borrowed them from [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Esme Squalor]]. |
| 628 | * DeadpanSnarker: FYL. |
| 629 | * EvilRedhead: Originally. |
| 630 | * {{Expy}}: Subverted. Though she bore a strong resemblance to Marvel Comics' [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Medusa]], whose primary attribute is also prehensile hair, Spider-Girl is actually the earlier character, appearing a year prior to Medusa's debut in 1965. |
| 631 | * FirstGirlWins: Inverted with her Reboot counterpart, who had been dating Ultra Boy while he was with the Workforce only to lose him to Apparition. |
| 632 | ** MythologyGag: This is a reference to the fact that she lost Ultra Boy to Phantom Girl in the continuity that preceded the Reboot Legion. |
| 633 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Depending on the continuity. Her Pre-Crisis counterpart was evil, FYL counterpart went from lovable thief to legitimate hero, while her Reboot counterpart was kind of self-serving neutral but not evil, and her Johnsboot counterpart was once again evil. |
| 634 | * HeroicNeutral: In 5YL, Once clean of Cosmic King's manipulation, she shook out to this, mostly being interested in adventure, money, and men, but also finding herself helping the law (and the Legion, particularly Ultra Boy) out against truly evil or repugnant criminals. |
| 635 | * HopelessSuitor: She falls for Ultra Boy, but he only loves Phantom Girl. |
| 636 | * IceQueen: Her Johnsboot counterpart. |
| 637 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Jo Nah discovers Phantom Girl may still be alive in the 20th Century, Sussa, who had been nursing a crush on him, told him to go after her. |
| 638 | * LovableRogue: Her FYL counterpart. |
| 639 | * MeaningfulAppearance: She dyed her hair to a shade of blue after she changed her codename to Wave. Her Johnsboot counterpart dyed her hair to a shade of grey to play up the spider aspect of her name by giving it a literal web-like appearance. |
| 640 | * MindOverMatter: Her control over her hair has been described as limited-range telekinesis. |
| 641 | * NonIndicativeName: Her Wave codename had nothing to do with water powers but the fact that her now blue hair could create the image of a wave. |
| 642 | * PowerIncontinence: Like so many rejects, she blew her audition when she lost control of her powers, nearly strangling Brainiac 5. |
| 643 | * PrehensileHair: She can control the movement of her hair as if it were countless thin appendages growing from her head. A psionic field permeates her mutagenically altered hair-cells, causing mutual attraction across the gaps between strands. She can use her hair as a means of locomotion, climbing about much like a spider, and in battle she uses her hair to ensnare or bind her opponents, much like a spider's webs. |
| 644 | * ReallyGetsAround: Her list of boyfriends across continuities include Earth-Man, Radiation Roy and his Reboot counterpart Radion, FYL and Reboot Ultra Boy, and she once made goo-goo eyes to Lightning Lord. |
| 645 | * RecruitingTheCriminal: By 5YL, she was a successful freelance thief, who eventually joined the Legion. |
| 646 | * RedheadInGreen: Originally she wear a green leotard and has long red hair. |
| 647 | * RomancingTheWidow: Seems like she and Jo aren't meant to work out in ''any'' continuity, even after Tinya's apparently out of the picture. |
| 648 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During the Silver Age when the Legion broke up Tarik the Mute's supervillain school, Sussa fled during the battle with the Legion. |
| 649 | %%* {{Stripperiffic}} |
| 650 | [[/folder]] |
| 651 | |
| 652 | [[folder:Sun Emperor]] |
| 653 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sun_emperor_dc_comics_lsh_legion_super_villains_g.jpg]] |
| 654 | ->'''AKA:''' Nigal Douglous |
| 655 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Earth |
| 656 | ->'''Abilities:''' Solar energy generation and manipulation |
| 657 | ->''"Don’t threaten us, Legionnaire! I’ll burn this ship out of the stars before you take us to a new prison!"'' |
| 658 | |
| 659 | Nigal Douglas of Earth is a sociopathic pyrokinetic supervillain. |
| 660 | |
| 661 | Like many young children, Nigal Douglous had a hobby. Like many burgeoning psychopaths, this hobby involved torturing small animals to death. The fun and games ended one fateful day when Nigal accidentally killed a visiting alien who happened to look like a small dog. |
| 662 | |
| 663 | Deemed too dangerous for normal society, yet too young for a trial, Nigal was sent to a juvenile reform center, where it was hoped that court-ordered therapy would straighten him out. |
| 664 | |
| 665 | After some years, he met a beautiful young chemist and fellow inmate by the name of Reise Taylor, and the two of them fell in love. Upon their release (presumably upon reaching eighteen), Reise began doing illegal experiments on Nigal which gave him the ability to absorb and manipulate solar/heat energy. These experiments drove him even more insane than he had been before as a side-effect, and during his worst periods of instability he began calling himself "Sun Emperor". |
| 666 | |
| 667 | After flipping out and burning poor Reise alive, he joined the LSV. |
| 668 | ---- |
| 669 | * AccidentalMurder: Or so he says. One of the animals Nigal killed as a child turned out to be a small sapient alien that he claimed he thought was a dog. |
| 670 | * AxCrazy: Dinged all the boxes for psychopathy as a youth and went even more bonkers as a result of the treatment that gave him his powers. |
| 671 | * CharacterDevelopment: He seemed to have his head together pretty well in his earlier appearances, but started letting his crazy flag fly in later ones. |
| 672 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Nigal was pissed off that Saturn Queen recruited Sun Killer instead of him into her new Legion of Super-Villains. |
| 673 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: As a budding young psychopath, he hooked up with a biochemist at the reform center, who set up an illegal lab to give him his powers. He then burned her to death during a psychotic break. LoveHurts, [[TooDumbToLive alright]]. |
| 674 | * EvilCounterpart: To Sun Boy |
| 675 | * EvilRedhead: Depicted with red or reddish-brown, but decidedly red (as in burning) hair in later appearances. |
| 676 | * ForTheEvulz: He once murdered a waitress for no apparent reason other than he felt like it, freaking out his teammates, who are known as vicious psychopaths. |
| 677 | * PlayingWithFire: Can destroy an entire village with one blast. |
| 678 | * PyroManiac: Getting his powers made him even worse. |
| 679 | * TheSociopath: Lifelong therapy hasn't even put a dent in it. |
| 680 | * SpareAMessenger: After destroying a village, one injured survivor asks Sun Emperor why he did it. Deciding he likes the old man's pluck, Emperor tells him to spread word of what had happened. |
| 681 | [[/folder]] |
| 682 | |
| 683 | [[folder:Superboy-Prime]] |
| 684 | ->'''AKA:''' Kal-El (Clark Kent) |
| 685 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Krypton/Earth-Prime |
| 686 | ->'''Abilities:''' Super-strength, speed, senses, flight, and invulnerability |
| 687 | ---- |
| 688 | See Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime. |
| 689 | [[/folder]] |
| 690 | |
| 691 | [[folder:Terrus]] |
| 692 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terrus.jpg]] |
| 693 | ->'''AKA:''' Unknown |
| 694 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown |
| 695 | ->'''Abilities:''' Geokinesis. |
| 696 | |
| 697 | Terrus joined the LSV prior to their invasion of the planet Orando, and set a trap to attack the Legionnaires who approached the planet. |
| 698 | |
| 699 | Oh, he's also a bunch of alien insects in a scarecrow costume. Bet you're really curious about his backstory ''now'', eh? Well, too bad! That's all we get. He's not even in the ''Who's Who''! |
| 700 | ---- |
| 701 | * DishingOutDirt: Terrus can control earth and minerals. |
| 702 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Sun Emperor frying an innocent person in front of him makes him flinch. |
| 703 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: It would seem so, given Tyr's angry reaction to Terrus telling him he should do something, and Titania threatening him when he asks about the Super-Assassins' past. |
| 704 | * TheGadfly: From what we can see he appears to have a grinning, taunting personality. |
| 705 | * MeaningfulName: "Terrus" as in "Terra", and also "terrifying" which is quite appropriate for a guy who dressed like a creepy scarecrow and happens to be made of bugs. |
| 706 | * MysteriousPast: So far we know even less about ''him'' than we do ''Chameleon Chief''! |
| 707 | * TheWormThatWalks: Upon his defeat, Terrus turns out to apparently bee--sorry, be a colony of sentient alien bugs. |
| 708 | [[/folder]] |
| 709 | |
| 710 | [[folder:Tusker]] |
| 711 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tusker.jpg]] |
| 712 | ->'''AKA:''' Horace Lafeaugh |
| 713 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Earth |
| 714 | ->'''Abilities:''' Growing his tusks |
| 715 | |
| 716 | See Characters/LegionOfSuperHeroesOtherVillains, and note that that he received a major overhaul after the Silver and Bronze ages. |
| 717 | [[/folder]] |
| 718 | |
| 719 | [[folder:Tyr]] |
| 720 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyr_49.jpg]] |
| 721 | ->'''AKA:''' Tyr the Hunter |
| 722 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Tyrraz |
| 723 | ->'''Abilities:''' Bionic gun arm, command of Tyrraz |
| 724 | ->''"Teen-Aged fools! If only they knew my faithful Gun-Hand is orbiting high above Metropolis right now... computing how it's going to plot my escape... and the Legion's end!"'' |
| 725 | |
| 726 | Tyr is a native of Tyrraz, a mobile planet devoted to the practice of war. Due to an unspecified accident, one of his arms was replaced with a cybernetic gun. |
| 727 | |
| 728 | In his first appearance, Tyr kidnaps Legion member Timber Wolf (who was believed killed by his fellow Legionnaires), and brainwashes him into becoming an assassin. After an unsuccessful attempt to kill Earth's president, Timber Wolf manages to overcome Tyr and break his conditioning. He later joins the Legion of Super-Villains. |
| 729 | |
| 730 | Reboot Tyr is a member of the Dark Circle. |
| 731 | ---- |
| 732 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is red. |
| 733 | * ArmCannon: Tyr is equipped with a powerful bionic gun in place of one of his real arms. The gun can fire powerful energy blasts, and can somehow control the minds of others. The gun can detach itself from Tyr's body and fly away, in the event he is captured, so it can bust him out later. |
| 734 | * DelinquentHair: He's got a mohawk. |
| 735 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Zigzagged. He's briefly shocked when he sees that the Legion has brought in the heavily-pregnant Saturn Girl to help fend off the LSV's invasion of Orando, calling it madness. Then he decides to shoot her anyway while her labor pains keep her from fighting back. |
| 736 | * TheMerch: Despite being a relatively obscure villain, let alone one who had never fought the Justice League, Tyr got an action figure as part of the 1980's Super Powers collection, just because the [[Creator/{{Kenner}} toy company people]] thought he looked cool (hey, they weren't wrong...). |
| 737 | * MindControl: His ArmCannon can somehow control the minds of others. |
| 738 | * PlanetSpaceship: As mentioned, Tyrraz is a huge-ass mobile weapons platform in the shape of a planet. |
| 739 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Tyr comes from Tyrraz, a planet dedicated to the practice of war. |
| 740 | [[/folder]] |
| 741 | |
| 742 | [[folder:Zymyr]] |
| 743 | [[quoteright:214:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zymyr.jpg]] |
| 744 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Hykraius |
| 745 | ->'''Abilities:''' Teleportation via Warp, telepathy. |
| 746 | ->''"Traveling with me to my own sanctuary, they dared? Being finished with Legionnaires, Zymyr wished to be...shall be? Disposing of humans, please...quickly!"'' |
| 747 | |
| 748 | Zymyr is a brilliant scientist and member of the long lived and technologically sophisticated race known as the Gil'Dishpan. Zymyr dissented from the official policy of gentle co-existence with sentient beings of races unsuitable for survival on the high pressure worlds Gil'Dishpan dwelled on. Zymyr believed that such lesser creatures were suitable for the amusement of his fellow master beings, and committed what were decreed to be crimes in experimenting on humans. |
| 749 | ---- |
| 750 | * AcidAttack: The Gil'dishpan have pod-like protuberances which can shoot poisonous/acidic fluid which even some super-beings are vulnerable to. Of course, since they have to live in bubbles outside their proper environment, this can be a bit hard to use. |
| 751 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: His experiments were considered too sick for the Gil’dishpan to tolerate. |
| 752 | * AVillainNamedZrg: No "G", but extra points for "Y" being the only vowel. |
| 753 | * BubbleBoy: Comes from an aquatic world and breathes a methane atmosphere. |
| 754 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Tries to avoid killing his foes, as they may make for interesting future subjects. |
| 755 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Eventually left the LSV on bad terms, annoyed by their irrationality and lack of concern over killing his test subjects. |
| 756 | * FantasticRacism: Against humans. He'll work with them if he can get something out of it, but his disdain is still clear. |
| 757 | * GadgeteerGenius: An expert in Gil'dishpan teleportation technology, which he can combine with his own powers. |
| 758 | * HatesBeingTouched: Although it's not so much a matter of pathology as the fact that being able to phase through his bubble means that Phantom Girl can directly injure him. |
| 759 | * MadScientist: The Gil'dishpan as a race were once [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy imperialist conquerors]] (largely reformed), and this lens filters his approach to science, as other 'inferior' races are ripe for experimentation. |
| 760 | * {{Mutant}}: Although his race is famous for its warp transportation technology, he's only member of his race with inherent powers in that regard. |
| 761 | * MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: By the 30th Century, the Gil'dishpan race as a whole have adopted more of a peaceful attitude toward other races. As mentioned, Zymyr sees them (particularly humanoids) as test subjects. |
| 762 | * OhCrap: When Phantom Girl reaches through his bubble and grabs him, he panics. |
| 763 | %%zce* PlayingWithSyringes: Whenever he can get away with it. |
| 764 | * PsychicPowers: |
| 765 | ** {{Telepathy}}: How his race communicates. |
| 766 | ** MindProbe: And it goes the other way, too. |
| 767 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has little interest in sticking around and helping his humanoid teammates when the tables turn against them. |
| 768 | * StarfishAlien: Gil’dishpan somewhat resemble bent-over sea cucumbers. |
| 769 | * StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Pretty much exactly like Yoda. |
| 770 | * TeleportersAndTransporters: His primary power, allowing him to open a PortalDoor over interstellar distances. |
| 771 | * ThirdPersonPerson: But uses "I" as well, apparently randomly. |
| 772 | * VanishingVillage: He and Nemesis Kid combined his abilities and the Kid's alchemy to send Orando into another dimension, where they could experiment on its people without interference. |
| 773 | [[/folder]] |
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