Okay.. so I have hesitated to get into the Legion for a few reasons.

  1. It scares people. Too many characters, locations, and things going on.
  2. The goal of this site is to ease you into these concepts, so how do I boil it down to the essence when we are talking about a cast of 30+?

Here’s how. First off, I will have faith in your comprehension skills and hopefully you will have some faith in my ability to convey this team to you. And there ARE some shorthand methods we can use. In any team book there are typically shortcuts you can use to “decode” the world we are in.

  • It’s the 30th Century, so it’s all futuristic at the same time it is Super-Heroes so it’s a mingling of Star Wars/Star Trek and other sci-fi tropes along with the 20th century heroes.
  • It’s about the characters. Heroes fighting villains is great, but why should you care? The reason: These characters for a true legion are all different, conflicts occur, relationships begin and end.
  • The writer and artist in this era of the Legion, Mr. Paul Levitz and Mr. Keith Giffen gave us a “short-hand” in the form of symbols that represent each of the Legionnaires. Like More >