''Superboy's Legion'' is a two-issue comic book

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, published by

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d February and March 2001, under the

Elseworlds Elseworlds is the publication imprint (trade name), imprint for American comic books produced by DC Comics for stories that take place outside the DC Universe Canon (fictional), canon. Elseworlds publications are set in alternate realities that ...

imprint. It is written by Mark Farmer, with art by Farmer and

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. The comic series is a tale about the baby Kal-El, the last survivor of the doomed planet

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, arrives on Earth in the 30th century and is found by billionaire R.J. Brande. As Kal grows up, he decides to find other super-powered teens like himself and form a Legion of Super-Heroes. The story uses elements from the Silver Age Comics, most notably the original ''

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'' series.

Plot

In the year 2987,

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, the galaxy's richest man and head of Brande Industries, discovers a life pod in an

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containing Kal-El of

. Brande adopts Kal, who takes the name Kal Brande and becomes a superhero. After an argument with Brande, Superboy flies to the location of Krypton and meets the

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Talu-Katua. He is inspired to form the Legion, a superhero team, alongside Imra Ardeen and Rokk Krinn. They hold televised tryouts and induct

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, Colossal Boy, Shrinking Violet,

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, Element Lad, and Shadow Lass into the group. Subsequently, the group stops an asteroid from destroying the planet Rimbor. The Legion is attacked by the

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, during which Colossal Boy is killed and Cosmic Boy loses an arm to Persuader. The Five kidnap Brainiac 5 under orders from their leader,

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. The Legion arrives on Colu to rescue Brainiac 5, during which the Science Police computer

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is destroyed. Saturn Girl befriends the

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's Emerald Eye and convinces it to serve as Universo's replacement. The Legion defeats Luthor, who is revealed to be an android based on the original. Afterward, the Legion becomes the official heroes of the newly formed United Planets. Superboy hands over leadership of the Legion to

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and begins dating Lois Olsen.

Collections

In November 2024, ''Superboy's Legion'' was re-released as part of a collection alongside the Elseworlds stories '' Son of Superman'', ''Supergirl: Wings'', and '' Superman: True Brit''.

References

External links

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Plot

Collections

See also

References

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