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117-561: Mon-El appears in the second season of Supergirl , portrayed by Chris Wood . Additionally, Superman X, a character loosely based on Mon-El, appears in the animated series Legion of Super Heroes , voiced by Yuri Lowenthal . A precursor to the Lar Gand character appeared in the story "Superman's Big Brother", in Superman #80 (February 1953). He was named Halk Kar , and had a logo-less costume almost identical to Superman's, but with

234-704: A "pocket universe" created by the Time Trapper , a mysterious being living at the end of the universe. Severely injured and dependent on life-support equipment during a battle with the Time Trapper after Superboy's death , Mon-El dies during the Magic Wars which destroys much of the technology throughout the United Planets . The Time Trapper later revives him, hoping to use his body to preserve his own waning existence, but Mon-El kills him to prevent

351-677: A "super-hero club" called the Legion of Super-Heroes. Their club had been formed with Superboy as an inspiration, and they had time travelled to recruit Superboy as a member. After a series of tests, Superboy was awarded membership and returned to his own time. Although intended as a one-off story focusing on Superboy, the Legion proved so popular that it returned for an encore in Adventure Comics #267 (December 1959). In this story, Lightning Boy had been renamed Lightning Lad , and their costumes were very close to those they wore throughout

468-519: A 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe, Gand appears as the field leader of the Legion of Super-Heroes. It is further revealed that this version, as the entire Legion, is possibly the original one from before the Flashpoint event as they are even aware of these reality-altering events. In Doomsday Clock , Mon-El is erased from existence when Doctor Manhattan alters the timeline. However, he

585-428: A Monday, and "El" for Superboy's own Kryptonian family name (although in 1964, Bob Rozakis wrote a letter to Adventure Comics in which he pointed out the existence of the alloy monel "which had characteristics similar to the hero of the same name"). He adopted a human secret identity (Bob Cobb) to integrate into Superboy's hometown of Smallville . The character was then shown to be immune to kryptonite , which

702-433: A changed future, leading into the threeboot Legion of Super-Heroes comics. Resulting from the 2005–2006 " Infinite Crisis " storyline, time and space once again were realigned and altered, this incarnation of Mon-El and his exploits were thought to have been erased from the timeline. In Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #2, this version of Mon-El resurfaced as well as his post-"Zero Hour" Legion teammates. The character

819-635: A character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . Supergirl (season 2) The second season of the American television series Supergirl , which is based on the DC Comics character Supergirl / Kara Zor-El , a costumed superheroine who is the cousin to Superman and one of the last surviving Kryptonians . The season was ordered in May 2016, and unlike

936-655: A close analogue of the pre- Crisis Legion to continuity, as seen in The Lightning Saga story arc in Justice League of America and Justice Society of America , and in the Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes story arc in Action Comics . Mon-El is included in their number. In the latter story, it was revealed that Mon-El was banished back into the Phantom Zone by Earth Man . In

1053-643: A crossover with the Teen Titans in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #16 and the Teen Titans/Legion Special , a new Legion of Super-Heroes series was launched (the so-called " Threeboot " incarnation), written by Mark Waid (who had previously rebooted the title following the events of Zero Hour ) and penciled by Barry Kitson . This new series recreated the team from the beginning and used the Boy/Lad/Girl/Lass/Kid codenames, which

1170-484: A dark story leading to the near-collapse of the United Planets and the Legion. In the wake of the disaster, a group of Legionnaires disappeared through a spatial rift and the two existing Legion series came to an end. The miniseries Legion Lost (2000–2001) chronicled the difficult journey of these Legionnaires to return home, while the ensuing miniseries Legion Worlds (2001) showed what was happening back in

1287-493: A dose of Brainiac 5's anti-lead serum in a timely fashion. Eltro Gand, a distant descendant of his older brother, sacrificed his life force to restore Mon-El to life. After a long romantic relationship, he and fellow Legionnaire Shadow Lass marry. The Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot removed Superman's adventures as Superboy from the character's history. Mon-El's character history remained unchanged, however, with his encounter with Superboy said to have taken place in

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1404-539: A duplicate Valor from the Legion's time (a second version of Valor created by the Time Trapper) to take his other self's place, "patched" into the 20th century timeline by Waverider . He was tasked with completing Valor's legendary feats such as stopping the Dominators' second invasion of Earth and seeding the U.P. worlds so that 30th century history would play out as it was supposed to transpire. However, history

1521-468: A few issues later, to a darker and sketchier style inspired by Argentinian artist José Muñoz . A new Legion of Super-Heroes comic (the third publication under the title) was launched in August 1984. It used a new "deluxe" printing format utilizing Baxter paper instead of the cheaper newsprint that classic comics had always been printed on. The existing Legion series, still on newsprint and renamed Tales of

1638-464: A group of former Legionnaires worked to re-form the Legion in this harsh new universe, in which Earth was ruled by the alien Dominators . Shortly after this storyline began, the decision was made to retroactively remove Superboy completely from Legion history. Writer Mark Waid stated that "Because of inter-office politics and machinations ... it was decided that there was no Superboy, but we weren't even allowed to reference him at all ." This left

1755-474: A heroic career in the 20th century as Valor , stopping a second Dominator -led invasion of Earth, freeing thousands of humans who had been experimented on by the Dominators and seeding them on a series of worlds between Dominion space and Earth as a "buffer zone" to prevent future invasions. These colonists had gained metahuman powers due to the experiments and would (by the time of the Legion), evolve into many of

1872-537: A key player in the following The Legion comic book series. With the rest of the Legionnaires, M'Onel is lost when Superboy (Kon-El) and the Teen Titans lose the Persuader 's axe while trying to return to their own time. M'Onel attempts to hold the Legionnaires in a human chain, but is sucked into a vortex . Shikari is the only one who escapes when she is pulled free by the temporal currents. She arrives in

1989-536: A lengthy tale by Conway (and later Roy Thomas ) involving Ultra Boy's disappearance during a mission, and his long odyssey to rejoin the team. This story told the tale of the Legionnaire Reflecto (only glimpsed during the "Adult Legion" stories in Adventure Comics ), featured villainy by the Time Trapper and Grimbor the Chainsman , and saw Superboy rejoin the team. Paul Levitz returned to write

2106-409: A mission to save the future, and they are forced to remain there after contracting a pathogen that could destroy the 31st century if they returned. The Legion Lost series ended with the time-lost Legionnaires still stranded in the 21st century. This era of the Legion's publication concluded with issue #23 in August 2013, with the title's cancellation. In the final issue, the United Planets disbanded

2223-617: A modified version of his red and blue costume (similar to the costume of the Golden Age Halk-Kar) complete with a Superman S-Shield over his left chest. He assists the Science Police in capturing Parasite . Mon-El also attempts to apprehend Bizarro , only to turn back after he escapes to Bizarro World . Upon returning home, Mon-El asks Superboy to reprogram Kelex , the android at the Fortress of Solitude , to repair

2340-629: A new Legion continuity was created, beginning with a retelling of the origin story starting in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #0 and then continued in the spin-off sister series Legionnaires #0 (both released in October 1994). Lightning Lad was renamed Live Wire , and after the group's founding, a large number of heroes were added to the roster very quickly. Several members from the previous continuity were given new codenames, and some new heroes were added, including XS (the granddaughter of Barry Allen,

2457-508: A new alien , who quickly hypnotizes Kara and escapes to Earth-1 to do the same to Barry. Kara wakes up in a dream where she is a lounge singer . On May 12, 2016, Warner Bros. Television announced that Supergirl had been renewed for a second season of 22 episodes and would move to The CW from CBS . Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg served as the season's showrunners. It was also announced that, beginning with this season, production would relocate to Vancouver from Los Angeles . In

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2574-405: A possible future version of the Legion. The Legion's last appearance in Adventure Comics was #380 (May 1969), and they were displaced by Supergirl in the next issue. The early 1970s saw the Legion relegated to the status of back-up feature. First, the team's stories were moved to Action Comics for issues #377–392 (June 1969 – September 1970). Following Mort Weisinger's retirement from DC,

2691-510: A scene where Barry Allen and Cisco Ramon of Earth-1 arrive at Kara's loft enlisting her help with a problem on their Earth, thereby setting up the Arrowverse crossover event " Invasion! " that begins on The Flash season 3 episode 8 , continues on Arrow season 5 episode 8 and concludes on Legends of Tomorrow season 2 episode 7 . This scene is later repeated in the Flash episode of

2808-626: A sea of superhero shows, not necessarily standing out, but not ever being terrible. Melissa Benoist still does a fantastic job of portraying "the Girl of Steel," but we are hitting Smallville -levels of drama with the rest of the characters". PopMatters writer James Plath rated the season 7 out 10 stars. Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino ,

2925-524: A son of Jor-El and thus also his own older brother. Superman quickly realizes that Halk Kar is less powerful than he is and – instead of subjecting him to embarrassment over the fact that he may be weaker than his younger brother – opts to use his own powers to cover for Halk Kar's deficiencies. This plan backfires, as Halk Kar begins to assume a superior attitude to Superman and even begins to make romantic advances on Superman's girlfriend, Lois Lane . Finally, Halk Kar recovers his memory, and explains that he

3042-521: A treasury-sized special written by Levitz and drawn by Grell. In #241–245 (July–December 1978) Levitz and Sherman (and then Joe Staton ) produced what was at that time the most ambitious Legion storyline: " Earthwar ", a galactic war between the United Planets and the Khunds, with several other villains lurking in the background. During this period, Karate Kid was spun off into his own 20th century-based self-titled series, which lasted 15 issues. Levitz left

3159-493: A tryst. He is later arrested by Maggie, who reveals that a painting is missing. Alex convinces Maggie to give them 24 hours to prove Winn's innocence. They find and capture Lyra, who reveals that her brother, Bastian, owes a large sum to a smuggler named Mandrax. She steals paintings to pay down Bastian's debt. Winn frees Lyra as part of a sting operation . The DEO and Guardian then confront and arrest Mandrax and free Bastian. Winn later forgives Lyra's dishonesty. The DEO has captured

3276-491: Is from the planet Thoron, which is in the same star system as Krypton. Years ago, while on a pioneer voyage into space, he landed on Krypton with his damaged rocketship. There he met Jor-El, who explained that Krypton's destruction was imminent and repaired Halk Kar's rocketship, sending him away with the note which had a map from Krypton to Earth on it. Krypton exploded shortly afterward, causing Halk Kar to be put into suspended animation until he drifted to Earth to meet Superman,

3393-413: Is radioactively poisonous to all Kryptonians. Believing that Mon-El has been deceiving him, Superboy tries to trick him with a fake kryptonite meteor made of lead , which turns out to be Mon-El's weakness. Furthermore, exposure to lead is irreversibly fatal to Daxamites, which Mon-El explains, having regained his memory. Guilt-ridden over inadvertently poisoning him, Superboy saves his life by sending him to

3510-579: Is restored when Superman convinces Manhattan to undo his actions. In The New Golden Age , Mon-El is among the Legionnaires who arrive in the present and confront the Justice Society over their decision to recruit Legionnaire, a young, heroic incarnation of Mordru . A separate, contemporary character named Mon-El appears in the DC All In initiative as the Phantom King , the leader of

3627-485: Is social reform as well as protecting people and inspiring them with the legends of superheroes of old, even though the team isn't appreciated by government authorities. The Legion is worshiped by thousands of young people on different worlds, collectively known as the "Legionnaires", who follow the group in a cult -like manner. The Legionnaires based on Earth keep a constant vigil outside Legion headquarters. Beginning with issue #16, The Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 5)

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3744-577: Is split in two-halves each with their own self-contained " big bad " story: Project Cadmus serves as the "big bad" of the first half, and Queen Rhea for the second half. The season establishes that Alex Danvers is gay, with Maggie Sawyer being her partner. Chyler Leigh , who plays Alex, explained, "it's not like this thing that all of a sudden is just spilling out, it's a discovery for her". She added, "You have so many stories [...] where people are already established as gay, lesbian, bi[sexual]; these are people who are coming in like that" and described

3861-563: Is the first season to air on The CW . Cyborg Superman unleashes a virus in the alien bar, killing every alien there except Mon-El, who is quarantined by the DEO. Eliza Danvers, visiting for Thanksgiving, determines that the virus is Kryptonian . At the Fortress of Solitude, Kara learns that Henshaw was after "Medusa", a virus created by her father, Zor-El , to kill non-Kryptonians in case of alien invasion. At L-Corp, she stops Henshaw from getting

3978-565: The Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds miniseries, which follows after Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes , Mon-El is rescued from the Phantom Zone by his teammates. Upon leaving the Zone, Mon-El once again suffers the effects of lead poisoning, but as in the past, is inoculated with an antidote created by Brainiac 5 . He and Shadow Lass are then sent on a mission to Oa to recruit the immortal Sodam Yat (the last Guardian of

4095-476: The Legion of Substitute Heroes . The Legion was based on Earth and protected an organization of humans and aliens called the United Planets alongside the Science Police . The setting for each story was 1000 years from the date of publication. In Adventure Comics #346 (July 1966), Jim Shooter , 14 years old at the time, wrote his first Legion story. Soon thereafter, Shooter became the regular writer of

4212-654: The Metropolis Science Police, until he is captured by Sam Lane's Project 7734, who fake his death at the hand of Flamebird and Nightwing . Mon-El manages to escape, but ends up stranded in the Forlorn Dimension, helping Captain Atom to get free from the clutches of Mirabai, the evil queen of the Forlorn and Sam Lane's chief ally. Following his escape, Mon-El returns to Metropolis wearing

4329-474: The Phantom Zone . Generally, the abilities of Lar Gand and other Daxamites are similar to those of Superman and other natives of the planet Krypton (super-strength; speed; flight; x-ray vision, heat vision, microscopic and telescopic vision powers; invulnerability; and super hearing). However, he is vulnerable to the inert element lead , rather than the radioactive element Kryptonite . Mon-El appears as

4446-608: The Silver Age of Comic Books . The Legion's popularity grew, and they appeared in further stories in Adventure Comics , Action Comics , and other titles edited by Mort Weisinger over the next few years. The ranks of the Legion, only hinted at in those first two stories, was filled with new heroes such as Chameleon Boy , Invisible Kid , Colossal Boy , Star Boy , Brainiac 5 , Triplicate Girl , Shrinking Violet , Sun Boy , Bouncing Boy , Phantom Girl , Ultra Boy , and Supergirl . In Adventure Comics #300 (September 1962),

4563-492: The crossover story Invasion! to become a hero. He briefly joins L.E.G.I.O.N. , where Vril Dox II cures his lead poisoning. He plays a significant part in the Eclipso: The Darkness Within crossover, in which Superman gives him the name "Valor". A solo series Valor about the character lasted for 23 issues, beginning with Lar as an adventurous young man exploring the universe in a spaceship with

4680-518: The first season which aired on CBS , this season was picked up by The CW . While the first season was filmed in Los Angeles , beginning with this season filming relocated to Vancouver , to reduce the high production costs of the series. The season was filmed from July 2016 to April 2017. Alongside Melissa Benoist , who stars in the title role, principal cast members Mehcad Brooks , Chyler Leigh , Jeremy Jordan , and David Harewood return from

4797-408: The first season , and are joined by Chris Wood and Floriana Lima . Former series regular Calista Flockhart returns in a recurring capacity. The season premiered on The CW on October 10, 2016, and ran until May 22, 2017, over 22 episodes. It received overall critical acclaim, being viewed as an improvement over the first season. The series was renewed for a third season on January 8, 2017. This

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4914-505: The "Reboot" Legion came from Earth-247 (a metafictional homage to the Legion's first appearance in Adventure Comics #247), which was destroyed in Infinite Crisis , and the "Threeboot" Legion came from the reconstructed Earth-Prime. Johns stated that the intent of the mini-series was to validate the existence of all three versions of the team while simultaneously restoring the pre- Crisis Legion's continuity. The incorporation of

5031-678: The DEO's cave setting, saying "It was cool in the beginning, and it just for some reason didn't feel like it was bringing everything together", hence the reason for shifting to the skyscraper setting. Melissa Benoist , Mehcad Brooks , Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Jordan , and David Harewood return from the first season as Kara Danvers / Supergirl, James Olsen, Alex Danvers, Winn Schott and J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter, respectively. They are joined by Chris Wood and Floriana Lima , portraying Mon-El and Maggie Sawyer, respectively. Harewood also portrays Hank Henshaw , who becomes this series' version of Cyborg Superman . The season establishes Olsen as

5148-572: The Dominion. The older Legion would defend Earth while the younger Legion would act as the last line of defense for the United Planets as the Omega Men. Instead, a parallel title, Legionnaires, was launched, starring the "SW6" Legion, whose origins were not resolved until the Zero Hour crossover by a different writing team. Legionnaires was lighter in tone than the main Legion book, and it

5265-624: The Legion after a cataclysmic battle with the Fatal Five, and the individual Legionnaires retired to their homeworlds or the Science Police. The entire Legion was remobilized to battle Infinitus in the six-issue "Infinitus Saga" in Justice League United , written by Jeff Lemire (December 2014 – May 2015). The "Infinitus Saga" featured Brainiac 5 as leader, the return of the Legion Lost team to active Legion status and

5382-543: The Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Comics Universe , and first appeared in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958). Initially, the team was closely associated with the original Superboy character ( Superman when he was a teenager), and was portrayed as a group of time travelers . Later, the Legion's origin and back story were fleshed out, and

5499-466: The Legion is black; Colossal Boy, who is now a giant who shrinks to human size; and Phantom Girl, who exists in two universes at once and has conversations with people in her own dimension while talking to Legionnaires at the same time. The future universe of this Legion is an emotionally and mentally repressive society which involves human sexuality and contact being kept at arms' length as well as Orwellian surveillance of minors. The Legion's main goal

5616-399: The Legion next appeared in the 2008 Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds limited series, written by Johns and drawn by George Pérez . The mini-series features the post- Infinite Crisis Legion and Superman teaming up with the "Reboot" and "Threeboot" incarnations of the Legion to fight Superboy-Prime , the Legion of Super-Villains, and the Time Trapper. It was revealed in the mini-series that

5733-409: The Legion of Super-Heroes with issue #314, continued running new material for a year, then began reprinting stories from the new Legion of Super-Heroes with issue #326. Tales continued publishing reprints until its final issue, #354 (December 1987). The new series was launched in August 1984 with a five-part story featuring the Legion of Super-Villains . Giffen left in the middle of the story and

5850-438: The Legion received their own regular feature, cover-billed "Superboy in 'Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes'". While they shared space with Superboy solo stories for a couple of years, they eventually displaced Superboy from the title entirely as their popularity grew. Lightning Lad was killed in Adventure Comics #304 (January 1963) and revived in issue #312 (September 1963). It was the Adventure Comics run which established

5967-580: The Legion stories, with Curt Swan, and later Win Mortimer , as artist. Shooter wrote the story in which Ferro Lad died—the first "real" death of a Legionnaire (although Lightning Lad had been believed dead for a while before)—and introduced many other enduring concepts, including the Fatal Five , Karate Kid , Princess Projectra , Shadow Lass , the Dark Circle , Mordru , and the "Adult Legion",

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6084-483: The Legion was passed to the oversight of editor Murray Boltinoff and began appearing occasionally as a backup in Superboy , starting with #172 (March 1971), with writers E. Nelson Bridwell and Cary Bates and artist George Tuska . Dave Cockrum began drawing the series with Superboy #184 (April 1972), again increasing the team's popularity. The first comic book published under the title Legion of Super-Heroes

6201-660: The Legion's general workings and environment. A club of teenagers, they operated out of a clubhouse in the shape of an inverted yellow rocket ship which looked as if it had been driven into the ground. The position of Legion leader rotated among the membership. Each Legionnaire had to possess one natural superpower which no other member possessed; despite this, several members had overlapping powers, particularly Superboy, Supergirl, Mon-El , and Ultra Boy. Some issues included comical moments where candidates with bizarre, useless, or dangerous abilities would try out for membership and be rejected; five of these flawed candidates went on to form

6318-413: The Phantom Zone for brief periods of time, and he is considered an honorary Legionnaire. Brainiac 5 later creates a long-term antidote (which still requires periodic ingestion), and he becomes a full member. During his long career, he is written as one of the Legion's three most-powerful members along with Superboy and Ultra Boy , and serves two terms as leader. Mon-El apparently dies after failing to take

6435-399: The Phantom Zone to save him from its collapse. Mon-El is cured of his lead poisoning by a cure left anonymously for him by the Legion. In the 21st century, he adopts the human alias of Clark's cousin "Jonathan Kent" from London, and acts as protector of Metropolis while Superman joins the off-Earth settlement of New Krypton, populated by refugees from the planet's destruction. He briefly joins

6552-609: The Retroboot version of the team. Legion of Super-Heroes was relaunched in September 2011 with issue #1. Simultaneously, DC Comics cancelled Adventure Comics and replaced it with a new volume of Legion Lost . While Legion of Super-Heroes continued the adventures of the team from that title's previous volume, Legion Lost featured Wildfire , Dawnstar, Timber Wolf, Tyroc , Tellus, Gates and Chameleon Girl . The Legion Lost characters are stranded on 21st century Earth during

6669-532: The Trapper from further manipulating events throughout history. This wipes Superboy's pocket universe out of existence, and alters the timeline. The Trapper's role and powers are usurped by his underling Glorith, and Lar Gand is recast as Valor. In the new "Glorithverse" reality, Lar Gand replaced the non-existent Superboy as the Legion's inspiration. As detailed in the story "The Legend of Valor" ( Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) Annual #2, 1991), Lar Gand would enjoy

6786-537: The United Planets during their absence. A new series, The Legion , was launched in which the Legion was reunited and given a new base and purpose. Written for its first 33 issues by Abnett and Lanning, the series was cancelled with issue 38. The most notable addition to the team during the title's publication was the Post- Crisis Superboy, a 21st-century clone of Superman and Lex Luthor , who had previously been granted honorary membership. Following

6903-469: The Universe ) into the war against Superboy-Prime and the Legion of Super-Villains . Mon-El forms a bond with the reluctant Yat as both a fellow Daxamite and as one who has outlived family and friends. Later on, he is chosen to become a Green Lantern by Dyogene. Before leaving, he told Shadow Lass that even though he is a GL, the Legion, Earth and his friends will always be his family. In The New 52 ,

7020-432: The artificial intelligence Babbage, encountering various aliens and civilizations. After #12 however, things became complex. Glorith had continued altering the timeline, inadvertently recreating the original Time Trapper in the process. Travelling back to when Lar Gand was a young man in another attempt to win his affection, she accidentally caused his death. Attempting to undo the damage this caused history, she called forth

7137-407: The book, to be replaced full-time by Gerry Conway. Superboy departed from the Legion due to a villain's plot, and the book was renamed simply The Legion of Super-Heroes starting with issue #259 (January 1980). Editor Jack C. Harris hired Steve Ditko as guest artist on several issues, a decision which garnered a mixed reaction from the title's readership. Jimmy Janes became the regular artist in

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7254-563: The constraints of shooting mainly inside the studio at Los Angeles. Pedowitz said the series' move to Vancouver made crossovers with another CW superhero series, The Flash , "easier to facilitate" as the series also films in Vancouver. Filming for the season began in July 2016, and ended in April 2017. The score for the season was composed by Blake Neely . The episode "Medusa" ends with

7371-459: The crossover. Kara/Supergirl appears in all three episodes as a visitor to their universe due to Supergirl being set in a different Earth, referred to as Earth-38 by the inhabitants of the Arrowverse, and has been informally referred to as "Earth-CBS" by Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim, named for the network where Supergirl first aired. Similarly, the episode "Star-Crossed" ends with Music Meister hypnotizing Kara and fleeing to Earth-1 to do

7488-438: The events of his own series. He was found by the loan shark of Superboy's agent and was tricked into fighting Superboy as the whole battle was being recorded for the purpose of betting on the winner. When Superboy saw that Valor was sick after he started to become weakened and more disoriented as a result of Vril Dox's anti-lead serum wearing off, Superboy placed him in the "Stasis Zone" (the Phantom Zone by another name), where he

7605-448: The extradimensional Phantom Zone , where he would be able to observe things happening in the outside world, but as a phantom would not age and his lead poisoning would not progress. This provided for a means to use the character in contemporary stories set in the 30th century with the Legion of Super-Heroes . In these stories, Legion member Saturn Girl creates a temporary antidote to his lead poisoning, allowing him to be released from

7722-541: The group was given its own monthly comic. Eventually, Superboy was removed from the team altogether and appeared only as an occasional guest star. The team has undergone two major reboots during its run. The original version was replaced with a new rebooted version following the events of the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! storyline in 1994 and another rebooted team was introduced in 2004. A fourth version of

7839-468: The grown-up son of Jor-El referred to in the note. Halk Kar returns to Thoron in his repaired rocketship, leaving Superman with the experience of briefly having had a brother. The Halk Kar plot was reused in Superboy #89 (June 1961), in a story set during Superman's career as Superboy , one that simply disregarded the history outlined in the original (a practice common at the time). The character's name

7956-533: The humans relinquish Mon-El, who surrenders. Kara accompanies him and learns that Mon-El is actually the Prince of Daxam. The ship is commanded by his parents, who want him to lead his people and rebuild Daxam. Kara becomes angry with Mon-El for lying to her. She and Mon-El return to Earth. He apologizes several times, but to no avail. She eventually ends the relationship. Mon-El demands his parents leave him and Earth. Meanwhile, Winn and Lyra break into an art museum for

8073-639: The inclusion of a number of Legionnaires from other continuities in the Legion's active ranks. A new Legion of Super-Heroes series from writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Ryan Sook was announced by DC Comics in June 2019. A prelude two-part series entitled Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium was released in September and October, with the ongoing series debuting in November 2019. The series ended in January 2021 with 12 issues. Alternative versions of

8190-477: The increasingly isolated Daxam and travel the stars, and is brought by his ancestor's ship to its pre-programmed destination: Earth, the Central American continent. February 2007's Action Comics Annual #10, gave a revised version of how Clark Kent met the character. It closely matches the 1960 story, but amnesiac Mon-El is poisoned when Clark tries to test whether he is Kryptonian using kryptonite, and

8307-483: The isotope required to disperse Medusa. Lena refuses to help when Kara reveals that Lillian is Cadmus' leader. Later, Lena willingly gives Lillian the isotope. Kara and J'onn confront the Luthors and Henshaw before Medusa is disseminated via rocket launcher. J'onn fights Henshaw, becoming a White Martian, while Kara chases the rocket, which explodes and disperses Medusa. However, Lena has double-crossed Lillian and rendered

8424-529: The lead poisoning antidote, is returned to the recreated Phantom Zone by Superman and Chameleon, where he remains until rescued by the Legion in 1,000 years. Whether his long isolation has caused memory loss or he is carefully avoiding a time paradox by never mentioning his 21st century adventures is unknown. In the final issue of War of the Supermen , it is revealed that Billi is pregnant, presumably with Mon-El's child. The events of Infinite Crisis restore

8541-421: The lead poisoning using kryptonite, but this wears off, requiring him to be returned to the Phantom Zone. Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds reveals that this future is not the future of New Earth but instead the future of Earth-Prime. The full actual past of this version of Mon-El is unknown, however he claimed to have known Supergirl and Superman in the past. In conjunction with the crossover " Infinite Crisis ",

8658-525: The nature of Daxam, and thus Mon-El, was heavily retconned . He became the remote descendant of a male human and Bal Gand, a female Daxamite who visited Earth during the height of the Maya culture. She returned to Daxam, rather than let her child be born as an apparent demigod on Earth, but programmed her spaceship to return him to Earth if Daxamite xenophobia made that necessary. Generations later, her descendant Lar Gand gives in to his suppressed instinct to escape

8775-402: The previous continuities had moved away from using. Initial issues of this series reintroduced the characters, and provided new and divergent origins for them. Most characters resemble their previous counterparts in costume and powers, with the most notable exceptions including Chameleon Boy, now called simply Chameleon and depicted as an androgynous creature; Star Boy, who in this version of

8892-555: The protective lead casing for the meteor both poisons him and restores his memories. He recalls that upon arriving at Earth, a sunspot storm ruptured his fuel cells, causing him to crash (and explaining how his ship missed Central America by thousands of miles, crash-landing in Smallville instead) and lose his memory. Clark again uses a portal to the Phantom Zone to put Mon-El in stasis until his lead poisoning can be cured. In Superman #685 (April 2009), Superman releases Mon-El from

9009-452: The question of where the Legion's inspiration came from without the influence of Superboy. The writers' solution was a massive retcon , in which Mon-El served in the role of paragon instead of Superboy, with several more retcons to follow. Issue #5 featured an alternate universe story in which the restructuring took place, and the Time Trapper was replaced in continuity by his onetime underling Glorith. One major storyline during this period

9126-443: The recurring role of Lena Luthor . Tyler Harron worked as the production designer for the season. With the move of the production to Vancouver from Los Angeles, Harron decided to take elements from the existing sets and rebuild them in Vancouver from scratch, rather than pack the sets such as CatCo and Kara Danver's loft, ship them to Vancouver and rebuild them there. This was done due to the difficulty of having separate crews to ship

9243-507: The red and blue colors reversed. He was created by Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino . Lar Gand first appeared in Superboy #89 and was created by Robert Bernstein and George Papp . Halk Kar crash-lands on Earth in a rocketship and is rescued by Superman, who discovers that Halk Kar suffers from amnesia . Discovering that Halk Kar has a note from Jor-El (Superman's father) mentioning his son, Superman assumes that Halk Kar must not only be from his own planet Krypton , but he must be

9360-685: The respect of the United Planets, which they did through two well-earned victories: successfully defending Earth from the White Triangle Daxamites, a group of Nazi-style racial purists; and exposing United Planets President Chu as the mastermind behind the Braal-Titan War, the Sun Eater hoax, the formation of the Fatal Five and the brainwashing of future Legionnaire Jan Arrah . New writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning came on board with penciller Olivier Coipel to produce

9477-407: The return of Giffen and a four-part story "The Magic Wars", concluding in #63 (August 1989). Giffen took over plotting as well as penciling with the Legion of Super-Heroes volume 4 title which started in November 1989, with scripts by Tom and Mary Bierbaum and assists by Al Gordon . Five years after the Magic Wars, the United Planets is a darker place and the Legion a distant memory. However,

9594-434: The return of the original versions of Star Boy (now called Starman), Dream Girl , Wildfire, Karate Kid, Timber Wolf , Sensor Girl , Dawnstar , and Brainiac 5. Though several differences between the original and Lightning Saga Legions exist, Geoff Johns stated that this incarnation of the Legion shares the same history as the original Legion up to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths , with Clark Kent having joined

9711-777: The same to Barry, thus initiating the events of The Flash season 3 episode " Duet ". The season began airing on The CW on October 10, 2016, in the United States, and ended on May 22, 2017. It premiered on the same day as the United States in Canada on Showcase , and on October 24, 2016, in the United Kingdom on Sky One . The season was released on DVD in Region 2 on August 21, 2017, on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 1 on August 22, and DVD Region 3 on August 23. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave

9828-497: The season 7.3 out of 10, giving the verdict, "In many ways, Supergirl improved in its second season as the show moved to The CW and bolstered its already solid cast with several new favorites. This season not only looked better, it managed to blend epic superhuman conflicts with very real, authentic character drama and a status quo marked by plenty of anti-alien sentiment in National City. But not every character benefited from

9945-420: The second Flash ), Kinetix , Gates , and Sensor , a reimagined version of Princess Projectra. While in some ways following the pattern of the original continuity, the new continuity diverged from the old one in several ways: some characters died as they had previously, others did not , and some Legion members spent time in the 20th century where they recruited Ferro . The Legion also started out having to earn

10062-519: The second season a 92% approval rating from critics with an average rating of 7.91/10, based on 19 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "The arrival of the more famous cousin in Supergirl does nothing to detract from the show's lead, who continues to deliver strength, action, and relatability." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 81 out of 100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Jesse Schedeen of IGN rated

10179-438: The second season as a "great opportunity to show somebody who's figuring it out, the light bulb moment and putting the puzzle pieces together." While the first season showed that the DEO operates in an isolated cave located "in the middle of nowhere", the second season shows that the DEO has relocated to their other base, a skyscraper in National City. Kreisberg explained that the creative team of Supergirl "fell out of love" with

10296-408: The second season, Kara Danvers / Supergirl and James Olsen end their romantic relationship, in favor of maintaining a platonic one. Kreisberg said regarding this decision, "We realized that the best scenes between [Kara and James] were just the nice, sweet scenes where they were being friends." He also said that while the theme of the first season was "how does Kara become Supergirl?", the theme of

10413-460: The second would be "how does Supergirl become Kara?". Kriesberg said another theme of the season was "about coming into one's own and becoming who you are", such as Winn Schott becoming who he is by joining the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO), and J'onn J'onzz embracing his Martian Manhunter persona, which he spent 300 years concealing, but does not have to any longer. The season

10530-631: The series were in the 100 Page Super Spectacular format. Cockrum was replaced on art by Mike Grell as of issue #203 (August 1974) which featured the death of Invisible Kid. With #231 (September 1977), the book's title officially changed to Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes and also became a "giant-size" title. At this point, the book was written by longtime fan Paul Levitz and drawn by James Sherman , although Gerry Conway frequently wrote as well. Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad were married in All-New Collectors' Edition #C-55 (1978),

10647-483: The series with #284. Pat Broderick and Bruce Patterson illustrated the title for a short time before Keith Giffen began on pencils, with Patterson, and then Larry Mahlstedt, on inks. The creative team received increased popularity following " The Great Darkness Saga ", which ran from #287; #290–294; and Annual #3, featuring a full assault on the United Planets by Darkseid . Comics historian Les Daniels observed that, "Working with artist Keith Giffen, Levitz completed

10764-536: The series, as her original contract stipulated that she work near her home in Los Angeles. The CW president Mark Pedowitz said Flockhart wanted to remain with the series and that "We're in ongoing discussions... we're happy to have her in [in whatever capacity] works out." Flockhart ultimately reached a deal to be recurring in the second season. Andrea Brooks originally auditioned for the role of Sawyer, although she herself admitted that she did not feel that role

10881-627: The sets to Vancouver and unpack them there. Kara's loft was designed to look almost exactly as it was in the first season, while CatCo was substantially redesigned. The second season was filmed in Vancouver, rather than Los Angeles where the first season was shot. This was done to reduce the high production costs of the series, one of the issues that made CBS wary to renew the series on their network. Kriesberg explained that it "would've started to feel very small" if production had continued in Los Angeles, and that they chose to relocate to Vancouver to shoot in its outdoor locations, rather than continue facing

10998-402: The shake-ups this season, and not every lingering Season 1 problem was addressed. And while the season as a whole had more good elements than bad, the final trio of lackluster episodes managed to end the year on a real down note." Evan Valentine of Collider ranked the season at number 10 in his list of best and worst superhero television series of 2017, writing, " Supergirl is a stalwart within

11115-548: The starship he came to Earth in. He also enters into a sexual relationship with Billi Harper, the Guardian's grandniece. Following a battle with Atomic Skull , Mon-El was invited to join the new Justice League of America at the invitation of Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi) . After helping to save New Krypton and seeding the UP worlds in accordance with time-loop instructions from the Legion, Mon-El, now near death having become immune to

11232-458: The team , nearly identical to the original version, was introduced in 2007. In 2019, DC announced a new series written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Ryan Sook . Superboy was the featured series in Adventure Comics in the 1950s. In Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958) by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino , Superboy met three teenagers from the 30th century: Lightning Boy , Saturn Girl , and Cosmic Boy , who were members of

11349-623: The team as the teenage Superboy prior to the start of his career as Superman. This version of the Legion next appeared in the " Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes " storyline in Action Comics #858–863. In the year 3008, the Earth's sun has turned red and several failed Legion applicants who were born on Earth have banded together to form the Justice League of Earth under the leadership of Earth-Man after he claims that Superman

11466-481: The team's continuity. As part of the Zero Hour storyline, the Legion's original continuity came to an end in September 1994 with Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #61. The "Five Years Later" era of the Legion was not subsequently reprinted by DC Comics until the announcement of a hardcover omnibus collection scheduled for release in 2020, almost 26 years after the conclusion initial storyline. Following Zero Hour ,

11583-409: The three teams into mainstream DC continuity was shown in Action Comics #864 (June 2008). In the story, Batman recounts the Justice League of America and Justice Society of America's battle alongside the original Legion to defeat Mordru, the "Reboot" team's assistance in destroying a Sun-Eater in the 20th century, and his own recent encounter with the "Threeboot" team. This version of the Legion

11700-445: The transformation of Legion into a science-fiction saga of considerable scope and depth." The Legion celebrated issue #300 (June 1983) by revisiting the "Adult Legion" storyline through a series of parallel world short stories illustrated by a number of popular Legion artists from previous years. The story served to free up Legion continuity from following the "Adult Legion" edict of previous issues. Giffen's style changed abruptly

11817-409: The vigilante Guardian , unlike the comics where Jim Harper is the vigilante. The producers decided to depict Sawyer as a Latino for the series, unlike the comics where she is a white blonde; however, the character's homosexuality was retained for the series. With the move of production to Vancouver, it was unclear if Calista Flockhart , who played Cat Grant in the first season, would remain with

11934-407: The virus inert. Lillian is arrested, but Henshaw escapes. Eliza cures Mon-El and uses Medusa to restore J'onn's Green Martian form. Alex comes out to Eliza, who supports her. Later, Maggie and Alex kiss after Maggie admits she does have feelings for Alex. An unknown alien race is searching for Mon-El. Barry Allen and Cisco Ramon arrive from their Earth to enlist Kara's help. The Daxamites demand

12051-481: The worlds that would join the United Planets. After completing this task and an indefinite number of other 20th-century ventures, he would be placed in the Bgztl Buffer Zone by the time sorceress Glorith , to be rescued by the Legion in the 30th century. None of these events had otherwise been depicted in comics about the 20th century. In his new history, Lar Gand was inspired by his father's sacrifice in

12168-560: The younger Legion and leading to a fight to the death in which Legionnaires on both teams would die, with the victims' names being picked at random. Afterwards, the older team would explore the Vega System as a 30th-century version of the Omega Men in a new series while the younger team would act as the main Legion on Earth. Giffen's other conclusion was for several of the younger and older Legionnaires to die while liberating Earth from

12285-451: Was a "good fit". She was subsequently sent a further script to audition for the role of Janice. Having won the role, it was not until she received her first episode script that she discovered she would in fact be playing the recurring role of Eve Teschmacher . The character's name is a reference to a character of the same name played by Valerie Perrine in Superman (1978) and its 1980 sequel . Katie McGrath also joined this season in

12402-461: Was a four-issue series published in 1973 that reprinted Legion tales from Adventure Comics . In the same year, the Legion returned to cover billing on a book when Superboy became Superboy starring the Legion of Super-Heroes with #197 (August 1973). Crafted by Bates and Cockrum, the feature proved popular and saw such events as the wedding of Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel in Superboy #200 (Feb 1974). Issues #202 (June 1974) and #205 (Dec. 1974) of

12519-425: Was a human who gained his powers from "Mother Earth". Earth-Man uses the claim to have Earth secede from the United Planets and ban all aliens from Earth, resulting in several Legionnaires going underground. With the help of Superman, the Legion eventually restores the sun to its normal state, and defeats Earth-Man and the Justice League of Earth just as the United Planets is about to attack the Earth. This version of

12636-468: Was changed to Lar Gand, his homeworld was changed to Daxam , and he was made younger to roughly match Superboy's age. He was an explorer who had landed on Krypton, where Jor-El warned him of the planet's imminent destruction and gave him a map to Earth. He suffered amnesia upon landing on Earth, where he met Superboy. As he gained powers like Superboy, the hero concluded that he was a long-lost brother, and named him Mon-El : "Mon" because he landed on Earth on

12753-561: Was featured in the second Adventure Comics series from September 2009 to October 2011, with the feature focusing on the Legion Academy from April 2011 onwards. This Legion played a part in the " Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton " storyline in 2010, where the ongoing continual events of " The Lightning Saga " concluded in its entirety. A new Legion of Super-Heroes ongoing series was published from May 2010 to August 2011, written by Paul Levitz and drawn by Yildiray Cinar , featuring

12870-464: Was introduced again following another reboot of Legion history in 2004. In Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #23 (December 2006), Saturn Girl senses a telepathic call for help, which turns out to be Mon-El in the Phantom Zone, suffering from 1,000 years of sensory deprivation and dying from lead poisoning. He is confused as to who put him in the Phantom Zone, but remembers the "S" symbol and attacks Supergirl . Brainiac 5 makes an anti-toxin for

12987-464: Was playing out much earlier than it was supposed to which led to some changes in Valor's exploits. This was one of the many destabilizations of the timestream that eventually led to the 1994 " Zero Hour " storyline, and the "Legion Reboot ". The character appeared again following the "Zero Hour" reboot , in Superboy (vol. 4) #17. He was amnesiac, but had vague memories of his time with L.E.G.I.O.N. and

13104-480: Was replaced by Steve Lightle , who stayed on the book for a year. The debut story arc saw the death of Karate Kid in issue #4 (November 1984). Levitz and Lightle co-created two Legionnaires, Tellus and Quislet, whose unusual appearances contrasted with the humanoid appearances of the other Legionnaires. Greg LaRocque began a lengthy run in #16 (November 1985), including a crossover with John Byrne 's recently rebooted Superman titles in #37 and #38. The crossover

13221-617: Was retitled Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes with Supergirl traveling to the future and joining the Legion. With issue #31, Tony Bedard replaced Waid as writer. The title reverted to The Legion of Super-Heroes with issue #37 and Jim Shooter became the writer. The series ended with issue #50, in which the script was credited to "Justin Thyme", a pseudonym previously used by uncredited comic book artists. The " Lightning Saga " crossover in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #8–10 and Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #5–6 featured

13338-409: Was the discovery of Batch SW6 , a group of clones of the early Legion (from their Adventure Comics days), created by the Dominators. Giffen's original conclusion for the storyline was that the clones would have been revealed to be the real Legion, and the ones whose adventures had been chronicled since the 1950s were the clones. The adult Legion's secret programming would kick in, forcing them to fight

13455-539: Was the first of several attempts by DC editors to explain the origins and fate of Superboy and his history with the Legion, in light of the revisions to the DC Universe caused by Crisis on Infinite Earths that removed Superman's career as Superboy from his personal history. In the crossover, the Legion's Superboy was revealed to have come from a parallel "pocket universe" created by the Time Trapper. The crossover ended with Superboy's death. Levitz's run ended with

13572-433: Was trapped for a thousand years before being released by the Legion and a time-traveling Superboy, and injected with Brainiac 5's improved version of his ancestor's serum. To avoid the religious fervor his return would cause, the Legion kept secret the fact this new Legionnaire was the legendary Valor. He took the name M'Onel , which Legion founder R. J. Brande claimed to be Martian for "He Who Wanders". M'Onel would become

13689-561: Was written by the Bierbaums and drawn by Chris Sprouse . Giffen left the book after a storyline which involved the destruction of Earth, and the Bierbaums continued writing, overseeing the return of several classic characters. When the Bierbaums left, writer Tom McCraw took over and made a number of changes, such as forcing several Legion members underground, which required them to take on new identities and costumes, and bringing back long-absent Legionnaire Wildfire . In 1994, DC rebooted

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