Legion of Super-Heroes The Adult Legion - Membership

The following list is of the known membership in the Adult Legion as of 2986 (entries followed by an asterisk denotes Reserve status). There may be other members in the adult team that were not seen in the chronicles; this is especially true of the teen auxiliary in the Adult L.S.H., whose membership is comprised of heroes under the age of 21 (Adventure Comics No. 358 "The Legion Outpost"). There are other heroes - some identified, some not - who are former members of the Adult Legion.

COSMIC MAN | SATURN WOMAN | LIGHTNING MAN | CHAMELEON MAN | SUPERMAN* | BRAINIAC 5 | SUN MAN | ULTRA MAN* | ELEMENT MAN | TIMBER WOLF | PROTY II* | POLAR MAN | COLOR KING | LEX LUTHOR | MR. MXYZPTLK | FERRO MAN | WHITE WITCH

Cosmic Man
 
Cosmic ManCurrent Status: Rokk is one of three married men who are still full-time Legionnaires. He is married to Night Woman, former member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes.

Rokk and Lydda Krinn live (most likely) on Braal, as Cosmic Man must commute to Earth in his cruiser to attend Legion meetings.

Cosmic Boy was the first leader of the Legion and, as Cosmic Man, he served again as leader for the team's 22nd year (2983-2984).

Appeared In: Superman No. 147/3, Action Comics No. 289/2, Superman No. 155/2, Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1, World's Finest Comics No. 168

For information concerning Cosmic Man's career as Cosmic Boy, click here.

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Saturn Woman
 
Saturn WomanCurrent Status: Imra continues her dedicated career as a Legionnaire although she married Lightning Man (revealed in the second adult Legion tale, Action Comics No. 289/2). This happy event most likely occurred shortly after the events in Superman No. 147/3, her first adult Legion appearance, when she was almost sacrificed to save the Man of Steel.

Sometime before December 25th, 2973, Saturn Woman was awarded a plaque from the Science Council in gratitude for using her mental powers to drive off a space-monster attack on Earth (Action Comics No. 289/2).

Appeared In: Superman No. 147/3, Action Comics No. 289/2, Superman No. 165/1, Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1, World's Finest Comics No. 168

For information concerning Saturn Woman's career as Saturn Girl, click here.

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Lightning Man
 
Cosmic Man and Lightning ManCurrent Status: Garth is one of three married men who are still active Legionnaires. He is married to Saturn Woman, who is also a full-time member.

He is an uncle to his sister Ayla's three children - Loni, Brin, and Bran Londo.

Lightning Man's brother, Lightning Lord, continues to be his nemesis in the Legion of Super-Villains.

Appeared In: Superman No. 147/3, Action Comics No. 289/2, Superman No. 155/2, Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1

For information concerning Lightning Man's career as Lightning Lad, click here.

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Chameleon Man
 
Chameleon ManCurrent Status: Reep continues to be an active member of the Legion. He was first seen as an adult at the Christmas party Supergirl and Superman attended in 2973 (Action Comics No. 289/2).

According to "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 358, "Chameleon Man, Sun Man and Color King were among those [members] who were absent on mission[s]" during the events of Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1.

Appeared In: Action Comics No. 289/2, Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1 (behind the scenes, Adventure Comics No. 358 "The Legion Outpost")

For information concerning Chameleon Man's career as Chameleon Boy, click here.

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Superman (Reservist)
 
Superman visits the Adult LegionCurrent Status: Although Superboy left the active roster in Action Comics No. 387/2, according to the "Metropolis Mailbag" letter column of Action Comics No. 391, he was kept on as a Reservist.

Although he had met the adult members of the Legion previously, it wasn't until the year 2983 that Superman was called to their time to act in his reserve capacity (Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1).

Appeared In: Superman No. 147/3, Action Comics No. 289/2, Superman No. 155/2, Superman No. 165/1, Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1, World's Finest Comics No. 168, Superman No. 213

For information concerning Superman's Legion career as Superboy, click here.

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Brainiac 5
 
Brainiac 5 in the Adult LegionCurrent Status: Querl seems to act as the team's unofficial "alumni officer," keeping in monthly contact with former members. He has also taken up smoking the 30th-century version of a pipe that one assumes is tobacco-free and possibly contains special herbs to calm his still often cranky disposition.

Appeared In: Action Comics No. 289/2, Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1, World's Finest Comics No. 168, Superman No. 213

For information concerning Brainiac 5's early career, click here.

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Sun Man
 
Sun ManCurrent Status: Dirk continues to be an active member of the Legion.

He was first seen as an adult at the Christmas party Supergirl and Superman attended in 2973 (Action Comics No. 289/2).

According to "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 358, "Chameleon Man, Sun Man and Color King were among those [members] who were absent on mission[s]" during the events of Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1.

In 2985, Sun Man helped capture Mordru (Superman No. 213).

Appeared In: Action Comics No. 289/2, Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1 (behind the scenes, Adventure Comics No. 358 "The Legion Outpost"), Superman No. 213 (behind the scenes)

For information concerning Sun Man's career as Sun Boy, click here.

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Ultra Man (Reservist)
 
Ultra Man, Legion ReservistCurrent Status: Jo gave up his full membership in the Legion to devote more time to his family. He is married to Phantom Woman and has two children - a boy, Ronn, and a girl, Arna, who inherited their parents' powers.

Jo has a job as quadrant director of the Science Police.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

For information concerning Ultra Man's career as Ultra Boy, click here.

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Element Man
 
Element ManCurrent Status: Jan continues to call the Legion his home and was first seen as an adult member in Adventure Comics No. 354.

In 2985, Element Man helped capture Mordru (Superman No. 213).

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1, Superman No. 213 (behind the scenes)

For information concerning Element Man's career as Element Lad, click here.

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Timber Wolf
 
Timber Wolf in the Adult LegionCurrent Status: Brin is one of three married men who are still active Legionnaires, and the only one of those with children. He is married to Light Lady and they have a girl, Loni, and twin boys, Brin and Bran.

Timber Wolf commutes to Earth to take part in Legion missions. Most likely he lives on the planet Winath with his family, since Ayla hails from there.

In 2983, he was hospitalized after being slugged by the iron fist of Douglas Nolan, who has the same super-power that his twin brother, Ferro Lad, had (Adventure Comics No. 354).

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

For information concerning Timber Wolf's earlier career, click here.

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Proty II (Reservist)
 
Proty II in the Adult LegionCurrent Status: Proty II's membership in the Legion is indicated by Saturn Woman when she said "we fellow members of the Legion have to help each other" (Superman No. 165/1). She referred to Proty II in that story as her "pet," so it is possible that either the Legion of Super-Pets still exists as a reserve branch of the adult Legion or that, like the Substitute Heroes, it merged into the main team due to dwindling ranks.

Appeared In: Superman No. 165/1

For information concerning Proty II's early career in the Legion of Super-Pets, click here.

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Polar Man
 
Polar ManCurrent Status: Former member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. Some time after 2970, with so many members quitting the Legion and the Substitute Heroes, the two groups merged (Adventure Comics No. 354).

Appeared In: Action Comics No. 289/2 (retroactively, possibly in the shadows of one panel), Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1

For information concerning Polar Man's career as Polar Boy, click here.

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Color King
 
Current Status: According to "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 358, "Chameleon Man, Sun Man and Color King were among those [members] who were absent on mission[s]" during the events of Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1.

Former member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. According to Polar Man in Adventure Comics No. 354 "with so many members quitting the Legion and the Substitute Heroes, the two groups merged."

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354-355/1 (behind the scenes, Adventure Comics No. 358 "The Legion Outpost")

For information concerning Color King's career as Color Kid, click here.

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Lex Luthor
 
Lex Luthor in the Adult LegionCurrent Status: The 30th century descendant of Superman's foe, the original Lex Luthor, he sought to live down his ancestor's evil reputation by applying for the Legion in 2983 incognito. After he and his friend, Mr. Mxyzptlk, saved the lives of the Legionnaires and defeated the Legion of Super-Villains, they were both unanimously accepted into the team.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 355/1

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Mr. Mxyzptlk
 
Mr. MxyzptlkCurrent Status: The 30th century descendant of Superman's foe, the original Mr. Mxyzptlk, and brother of Mask Man, he sought to live down his family's evil reputation by applying for the Legion in 2983 incognito. After he and his friend, Lex Luthor, saved the lives of the Legionnaires and defeated the Legion of Super-Villains, they were both unanimously accepted into the team.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 355/1

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Ferro Man
 
Ferro ManCurrent Status: According to "The Legion Outpost" letter column of Adventure Comics No. 370, Ferro Lad's twin brother, Douglas Nolan, is a "fully accredited member."

Douglas is the twin brother of Ferro Lad and initially hated the Legion, blaming them for Andrew's death. Later, after seeing all the monuments they erected honoring his brother, Douglas realized that the Legion was not to blame. In 2983, Douglas' old hatred flared up again, and he tried to destroy the Legion, but only because he was being hypnotically controlled by Saturn Queen of the Legion of Super-Villains. After Saturn Woman freed his mind, he soon joined the Legion.

Appeared In: Adventure Comics No. 354

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White Witch
 
Current Status: Evidence of Xola's membership in the Adult Legion is given by the adult Brainiac 5 in Superman No. 213: "By the way, some of our Legion buddies... Sun Man, White Witch and Element Man... rounded up Mordru after they got the vault to Earth." The White Witch's name being sandwiched as it was between Sun Man's and Element Man's strongly indicates that she became a member of the Adult Legion of Super-Heroes.

Appeared In: Superman No. 213 (behind the scenes)

For information concerning the White Witch's earlier career, click here.

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