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Legion of Super-Villains

The Legion of Super-Villains is a team of supervillains who appear in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as enemies of the Legion of Super-Heroes. They first appeared in Superman #147 (August 1961).

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Publisher
DC Comics
Created by
Robert Bernstein (writer) Al Plastino (artist)
First appearance
Superman #147 (August 1961)
Member(s)
Akka Chameleon Chief Cosmic King Esper Lass Hunter Immortus Lazon Lightning Lord Magno Lad Micro Lad Nemesis Kid Ol-Vir Questor Radiation Roy Ron-Karr Saturn Queen Spider Girl S…

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Legion of Super-Villains

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples143
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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Legion of Super-Villains

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related to Post-Zero Hour · 56
Legion of Super-Villains → Batman, Beauty Blaze, Black Mace, Chainsman, Chameleon Chief, Cosmic King, Darkseid, Dr, Earth, Earth-Man, Echo, Emerald Empress, Esper Lass, Fatal Five, Final Crisis, Following Zero Hour, Golden Boy, Grimbor, Hunter, Justice League
related to history · 31
Legion of Super-Villains → Benno Tarik, Colossal Boy, Cosmic King, Crisis, He, However, In, Infinite Earths, January, Kryptonite, Legion, Legion's, Lex Luthor, Lightning Lord, Living Kryptonite Men, Luthor, Mort Weisinger, Saturn Queen, Saturn Woman, Saturn's
related to In other media · 22
Legion of Super-Villains → Additionally, Esper Lass, First, Hunter, Imperiex, In, James Arnold Taylor, Khary Payton, Legion, Light Speed Vanguard, Lightning Lord, Lightning Storm, Ron-Karr, Shawn Harrison, Super Heroes, Super-Heroes, Super-Villains, Tara Strong, The Legion, This
related to Post-Crisis · 21
Legion of Super-Villains → Black Dawn, Crisis, Echo, Five Year Gap, In, Legion, Legion's, Lightning Lord, Matter-Eater Lad, Ron-Karr, Saturn Queen, Spider Girl, Substitute Heroes, Super-Heroes, Super-Villains, These, Time, Titan, Wave, Winath
related to External links · 8
Legion of Super-Villains → Archived, Cosmic Teams, Legion, Super-Villains, Super-VillainsSuperman, Unofficial Legion, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineDragon Hero
Created by · 1
Legion of Super-Villains → Robert Bernstein (writer) Al Plastino (artist)
First appearance · 1
Legion of Super-Villains → Superman #147 (August 1961)
Member(s) · 1
Legion of Super-Villains → Akka Chameleon Chief Cosmic King Esper Lass Hunter Immortus Lazon Lightning Lord Magno Lad Micro Lad Nemesis Kid Ol-Vir Questor Radiation Roy Ron-Karr Saturn Queen Spider Girl S…
Publisher · 1
Legion of Super-Villains → DC Comics
is a · 1
Legion of Super-Villains → team of supervillains who appear in American comic books published by DC Comics

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legion superman possesses super-villains lightning lord saturn abilities super-heroes first group powers queen boy cosmic lad ron-karr body hunter roy

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Legion of Super-VillainsCreated byRobert Bernstein (writer) Al Plastino (artist)1.00infobox
Legion of Super-VillainsFirst appearanceSuperman #147 (August 1961)1.00infobox
Legion of Super-VillainsMember(s)Akka Chameleon Chief Cosmic King Esper Lass Hunter Immortus Lazon Lightning Lord Magno Lad Micro Lad Nemesis Kid Ol-Vir Questor Radiation Roy Ron-Karr Saturn Queen Spider Girl S…1.00infobox
Legion of Super-VillainsPublisherDC Comics1.00infobox
Legion of Super-Villainsis ateam of supervillains who appear in American comic books published by DC Comics0.90text
Legion of Super-Villainsrelated to External linksCosmic Teams0.60section
Legion of Super-Villainsrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Legion of Super-Villainsrelated to External linksWayback MachineDragon Hero0.60section
Legion of Super-Villainsrelated to External linksLegion0.60section
Legion of Super-Villainsrelated to External linksSuper-VillainsSuperman0.60section
Legion of Super-Villainsrelated to External linksSuper-Villains0.60section
Legion of Super-Villainsrelated to External linksUnofficial Legion0.60section

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