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{{short description|Fictional supervillain team}}
{{short description|Fictional supervillain team}}
The '''Lethal Legion''' is the name of seven teams of [[fictional characters]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]].
The '''Lethal Legion''' is the name of seven teams of fictional characters appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]].


==Publication history==
==Publication history==
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The second version of the Lethal Legion appeared in ''Avengers'' #164 (Oct. 1977)
The second version of the Lethal Legion appeared in ''Avengers'' #164 (Oct. 1977)


The third version in ''[[West Coast Avengers]]'' vol. 2, #1 (Oct. 1985).
The third version in ''[[West Coast Avengers (comic book)|West Coast Avengers]]'' vol. 2, #1 (Oct. 1985).


The fourth version appeared in ''Marvel Age Annual'' #1 (1985).
The fourth version appeared in ''Marvel Age Annual'' #1 (1985).
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==History==
==History==
===Grim Reaper's Lethal Legion===
===Grim Reaper's Lethal Legion===
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|caption=The original ''Lethal Legion'' on the cover of ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #79 (Aug. 1970)<br>Art by [[John Buscema]].
|caption=The original ''Lethal Legion'' on the cover of ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #79 (Aug. 1970)<br>Art by [[John Buscema]].
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|name=Lethal Legion
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|debut=''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #78 (July 1970)
|debut=''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #78 (July 1970)
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===Count Nefaria's Lethal Legion===
===Count Nefaria's Lethal Legion===
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|name=Lethal Legion
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
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|debut=''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #164(October 1977)
|debut=''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #164(October 1977)
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===Grim Reaper's second Lethal Legion===
===Grim Reaper's second Lethal Legion===
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|name=Lethal Legion
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
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|debut=''[[West Coast Avengers]]'' Vol. 2 #1 (October 1985).
|debut=''[[West Coast Avengers]]'' Vol. 2 #1 (October 1985).
|creators=[[Jim Shooter]]<br>[[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]
|creators=[[Steve Englehart]]<br>[[Al Milgrom]]
|base=Various
|base=Various
|members=[[Black Talon (comics)#Black Talon (Samuel Barone)|Black Talon]] (Barone)<br>[[Erik Josten|Goliath]]<br>[[Grim Reaper (comics)|Grim Reaper]]<br>[[Man-Ape]]<br>[[Nekra]]<br>[[Ultron|Ultron-12]]
|members=[[Black Talon (comics)#Black Talon (Samuel Barone)|Black Talon]] (Barone)<br>[[Erik Josten|Goliath]]<br>[[Grim Reaper (comics)|Grim Reaper]]<br>[[Man-Ape]]<br>[[Nekra]]<br>[[Ultron|Ultron-12]]
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===Porcupine's Lethal Legion===
===Porcupine's Lethal Legion===
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|name=Lethal Legion
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|debut=''[[Marvel Age]]'' #1 (1985)
|debut=''[[Marvel Age]]'' #1 (1985)
|creators=[[Kurt Busiek]]<br>James Fry<br>[[Keith Williams (comics)|Keith Williams]]
|creators=[[Kurt Busiek]]<br>James Fry<br>[[Keith Williams (comics)|Keith Williams]]
|base=Various
|base=Various
|members=[[Attuma]]<br>[[Batroc the Leaper]]<br>Black Tiger<br>[[Bulldozer (comics)|Bulldozer]]<br>[[Gorilla-Man#Arthur Nagan|Gorilla-Man]] (Nagan)<br>Kurr'fri<br>[[Piledriver (comics)|Piledriver]]<br>[[Porcupine (comics)#Alexander Gentry|Porcupine]]<br>[[Sabretooth (comics)|Sabretooth]]<br>[[Thundra]]<br>[[Trapster#Peter Petruski|Trapster]]<br>[[Unicorn (comics)#Milos Masaryk|Unicorn]]<br>[[Whirlwind (comics)|Whirlwind]]<br>[[Wrecker (comics)|Wrecker]]
|members=[[Attuma]]<br>[[Batroc the Leaper]]<br>Black Tiger<br>[[Bulldozer (comics)|Bulldozer]]<br>[[Gorilla-Man#Arthur Nagan|Gorilla-Man]] (Nagan)<br>Kurr'fri<br>[[Piledriver (comics)|Piledriver]]<br>[[Porcupine (comics)#Alexander Gentry|Porcupine]]<br>[[Sabretooth (character)|Sabretooth]]<br>[[Thundra]]<br>[[Trapster#Peter Petruski|Trapster]]<br>[[Unicorn (Marvel Comics)#Milos Masaryk|Unicorn]]<br>[[Whirlwind (comics)|Whirlwind]]<br>[[Wrecker (comics)|Wrecker]]
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A fourth version appears in the title ''[[Marvel Age]]''. They were led by the [[Porcupine (comics)#Alexander Gentry|Porcupine]] and consisted of [[Attuma]], [[Batroc the Leaper]], [[Bulldozer (comics)|Bulldozer]], Black Tiger, Kurr'fri of the Saurians, [[Gorilla-Man#Arthur Nagan|Gorilla-Man]] (Nagan), [[Piledriver (comics)|Piledriver]], [[Sabretooth (comics)|Sabretooth]], [[Thundra]], [[Trapster#Peter Petruski|Trapster]], [[Unicorn (comics)#Milos Masaryk|Unicorn]], Whirlwind, and [[Wrecker (comics)|Wrecker]]. The Lethal Legion tracked down and battle [[Captain America]] who is aided by several other Marvel heroes. Their battle with the superheroes was witnessed by the [[Beyonder]]. The outcome of the battle was not shown, but it is assumed that the heroes won.<ref>''Marvel Age Annual'' #1 (1985). Marvel Comics.</ref>
A fourth version appears in the title ''[[Marvel Age]]''. They were led by the [[Porcupine (comics)#Alexander Gentry|Porcupine]] and consisted of [[Attuma]], [[Batroc the Leaper]], [[Bulldozer (comics)|Bulldozer]], Black Tiger, Kurr'fri of the Saurians, [[Gorilla-Man#Arthur Nagan|Gorilla-Man]] (Nagan), [[Piledriver (comics)|Piledriver]], [[Sabretooth (character)|Sabretooth]], [[Thundra]], [[Trapster#Peter Petruski|Trapster]], [[Unicorn (Marvel Comics)#Milos Masaryk|Unicorn]], Whirlwind, and [[Wrecker (comics)|Wrecker]]. The Lethal Legion tracked down and battle [[Captain America]] who is aided by several other Marvel heroes. Their battle with the superheroes was witnessed by the [[Beyonder]]. The outcome of the battle was not shown, but it is assumed that the heroes won.<ref>''Marvel Age Annual'' #1 (1985). Marvel Comics.</ref>
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===Satannish's Lethal Legion===
===Satannish's Lethal Legion===
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|debut=''Avengers West Coast'' #98 (September 1993)
|debut=''Avengers West Coast'' #98 (September 1993)
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In the title ''Avengers West Coast'' the [[demon]] [[Satannish]] creates another version using the souls of four [[wikt:infamous|infamous]] historical killers that were found in [[Mephisto (comics)|Mephisto]]'s section of Hell. They have been given powers along with Hangman and the group battle the renamed ''Avengers West Coast''. The group consisted of Axe of Violence (a demonically-enhanced version of [[Lizzie Borden]] with an axe replacing one hand), Coldsteel (a demonically-enhanced version of Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]], now an 8&nbsp;ft. giant with superhuman strength), Cyana (a demonically-enhanced version of [[Lucrezia Borgia]] with poisoned claws), and Zyklon (a demonically-enhanced version of Nazi official [[Heinrich Himmler]] who can belch deadly gas fumes from his mouth). This incarnation eventually lost their powers and their souls were destroyed during the struggle between Mephisto and Satannish.<ref>''Avengers West Coast'' #98 - 100 (Sep. - Nov. 1993). Marvel Comics.</ref>
In the title ''Avengers West Coast'' the [[demon]] [[Satannish]] creates another version using the souls of four [[wikt:infamous|infamous]] historical killers that were found in [[Mephisto (comics)|Mephisto]]'s section of Hell. They have been given powers along with Hangman and the group battle the renamed ''Avengers West Coast''. The group consisted of Axe of Violence (a demonically-enhanced version of [[Lizzie Borden]] with an axe replacing one hand), Coldsteel (a demonically-enhanced version of Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]], now an 8&nbsp;ft. giant with superhuman strength), Cyana (a demonically-enhanced version of [[Lucrezia Borgia]] with poisoned claws), and Zyklon (a demonically-enhanced version of Nazi official [[Heinrich Himmler]] who can belch deadly gas fumes from his mouth). This incarnation eventually lost their powers and their souls were destroyed during the struggle between Mephisto and Satannish.<ref>''Avengers West Coast'' #98 - 100 (Sep. - Nov. 1993). Marvel Comics.</ref>
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===Grim Reaper's third Lethal Legion===
===Grim Reaper's third Lethal Legion===
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|debut=''Dark Reign: Lethal Legion'' #1 (August 2009).
|debut=''Dark Reign: Lethal Legion'' #1 (August 2009).
|creators=[[Frank Tieri (writer)|Frank Tieri]] (writer), Mateus Santolouco (artist)
|creators=[[Frank Tieri (writer)|Frank Tieri]] (writer), Mateus Santolouco (artist)
|base=Various
|base=Various
|members=[[Absorbing Man]]<br>[[Grim Reaper (comics)|Grim Reaper]]<br>[[Mister Hyde (comics)|Mister Hyde]]<br>[[Nekra]]<br>[[Tiger Shark (Marvel Comics)|Tiger Shark]]<br>[[Wonder Man]]
|members=[[Absorbing Man]]<br>[[Grim Reaper (comics)|Grim Reaper]]<br>[[Mister Hyde (Marvel Comics)|Mister Hyde]]<br>[[Nekra]]<br>[[Tiger Shark (Marvel Comics)|Tiger Shark]]<br>[[Wonder Man]]
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A new version of the Lethal Legion appears during the "[[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]]" storyline in the three-issue [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] ''Dark Reign: Lethal Legion''. The Grim Reaper (now aided by his brother Wonder Man) recruits villains to oppose criminal mastermind [[Norman Osborn]].<ref>''Dark Reign: Lethal Legion'' #1 - 3 (Aug. - Oct. 2009). Marvel Comics.</ref>
A new version of the Lethal Legion appears during the "[[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]]" storyline in the three-issue [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] ''Dark Reign: Lethal Legion''. The Grim Reaper (now aided by his brother Wonder Man) recruits villains to oppose criminal mastermind [[Norman Osborn]].<ref>''Dark Reign: Lethal Legion'' #1 - 3 (Aug. - Oct. 2009). Marvel Comics.</ref>


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===Challenger's Lethal Legion===
===Challenger's Lethal Legion===
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|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|debut=''Avengers'' #676 (January 2018).
|debut=''Avengers'' #676 (January 2018).
|creators=
|creators=
|base=Various
|base=Various
|members=[[Blood Brothers (comics)|Blood Brothers]]<br>Captain Glory<br>Drall<br>Ferene the Other<br>Mentacle<br>[[Metal Master (comics)|Metal Master]] II
|members=[[Blood Brothers (comics)|Blood Brothers]]<br>[[Kree#Known Kree|Captain Glory]]<br>Drall<br>Ferene the Other<br>Mentacle<br>[[Metal Master (comics)|Metal Master]] II
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An alien version of the Lethal Legion was formed by [[Grandmaster (Marvel Comics)|Grandmaster]] to go up against [[Challenger (comics)|Challenger]]'s [[Black Order (comics)|Black Order]] in a contest where Earth is the battlefield and they had to collect the Pyramoids. While the [[Blood Brothers (comics)|Blood Brothers]], Mentacle, and [[Metal Master (comics)|Metal Master]] II faced off against [[Black Dwarf (comics)|Black Dwarf]], [[Black Swan (comics)|Black Swan]], and Supergiant's psychic projection in [[Rome]], Captain Glory, Drall, and Ferene the Other faced off against [[Corvus Glaive]], [[Ebony Maw]], and [[Proxima Midnight]] in [[Cusco]], [[Peru]]. Both of these confrontations were interrupted by the Avengers.<ref>''Avengers'' #676-677. Marvel Comics.</ref>
An alien version of the Lethal Legion was formed by [[Grandmaster (Marvel Comics)|Grandmaster]] to go up against [[Challenger (comics)|Challenger]]'s [[Black Order (comics)|Black Order]] in a contest where Earth is the battlefield and they had to collect the Pyramoids. While the [[Blood Brothers (comics)|Blood Brothers]], Mentacle, and [[Metal Master (comics)|Metal Master]] II faced off against [[Black Dwarf (comics)|Black Dwarf]], [[Black Swan (comics)|Black Swan]], and Supergiant's psychic projection in [[Rome]], Glah-Ree of the [[Kree]], Captain Glory, Drall, and Ferene the Other faced off against [[Corvus Glaive]], [[Ebony Maw]], and [[Proxima Midnight]] in [[Cusco]], [[Peru]]. Both of these confrontations were interrupted by the Avengers.<ref>''Avengers'' #676-677. Marvel Comics.</ref>


Each of its members were revealed to have been saved from their approaching deaths in exchange that they partake in his contest against Challenger.<ref>''Avengers'' #681. Marvel Comics.</ref>
Each of its members were revealed to have been saved from their approaching deaths in exchange that they partake in his contest against Challenger.<ref>''Avengers'' #681. Marvel Comics.</ref>
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===Count Nefaria's second Lethal Legion===
===Count Nefaria's second Lethal Legion===
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|debut=''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 5 #41 (March 2020)
|debut=''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 5 #41 (March 2020)
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A wheelchair-bound Count Nefaria forms another version of the Lethal Legion which now consists of Grey Gargoyle, Living Laser, and Whirlwind. The group raids a Project Pegasus facility to look for the Catalyst so that Count Nefaria can regain his powers. He revealed to the scientist that mentioned it was relocated that he got a copy of the information from [[Chameleon (comics)|Chameleon]] as the scientist knows the Catalyst's full potential. Count Nefaria kills the scientist with his abilities so that he won't tell anyone how to stop him. When Whirlwind and Living Laser stated to Count Nefaria that he should be resting, Count Nefaria stated that he needed the exercise.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 5 #41. Marvel Comics.</ref>
Count Nefaria forms another version of the Lethal Legion which now consists of Grey Gargoyle, Living Laser, and Whirlwind. The group raids a Project Pegasus facility to look for the Catalyst so that Count Nefaria can regain his powers. He revealed to the scientist that mentioned it was relocated that he got a copy of the information from [[Chameleon (comics)|Chameleon]] as the scientist knows the Catalyst's full potential. Count Nefaria kills the scientist with his abilities so that he won't tell anyone how to stop him. When Whirlwind and Living Laser stated to Count Nefaria that he should be resting, Count Nefaria stated that he needed the exercise.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 5 #41. Marvel Comics.</ref>


At Empire State University, Dr. [[Lizard (comics)|Curt Connors]] reveals the Catalyst to the crowd when the Lethal Legion attacks. While Grey Gargoyle and Whirlwind attack the people present, Living Laser helps Count Nefaria to operate the Catalyst. Spider-Man shows up and has a hard time fighting them due to the fact that his mind was focused on what a revived [[Sin-Eater (comics)|Sin-Eater]] did to [[Overdrive (comics)|Overdrive]]. Sin-Eater shows up and starts using the same gun he used on Overdrive on Whirlwind and Grey Gargoyle while taking their powers. Immobilizing Spider-Man with Grey Gargoyle's powers, Sin-Eater proceeded to do the same thing to Living Laser and Count Nefaria. All four of them were sent to Ravencroft where they started to act like model inmates. Norah Winters was allowed by Norman Osborn to interview them about Sin-Eater.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 5 #46. Marvel Comics.</ref>
At Empire State University, Dr. [[Lizard (comics)|Curt Connors]] reveals the Catalyst to the crowd when the Lethal Legion attacks. While Grey Gargoyle and Whirlwind attack the people present, Living Laser helps Count Nefaria to operate the Catalyst. Spider-Man shows up and has a hard time fighting them due to the fact that his mind was focused on what a revived [[Sin-Eater (comics)|Sin-Eater]] did to [[Overdrive (comics)|Overdrive]]. Sin-Eater shows up and starts using the same gun he used on Overdrive on Whirlwind and Grey Gargoyle while taking their powers. Immobilizing Spider-Man with Grey Gargoyle's powers, Sin-Eater proceeded to do the same thing to Living Laser and Count Nefaria. All four of them were sent to Ravencroft where they started to act like model inmates. Norah Winters was allowed by Norman Osborn to interview them about Sin-Eater.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 5 #46. Marvel Comics.</ref>


As a side-effect of Sin-Eater's suicide upon copying [[Julia Carpenter|Madame Web]]'s precognition revealed that [[Harry Osborn#Kindred|Kindred]] was using them, the Lethal Legion regained their sins and are among the villains that went on a rampage.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 5 #56. Marvel Comics.</ref>
As a side-effect of Sin-Eater's suicide upon copying [[Julia Carpenter|Madame Web]]'s precognition revealed that [[Kindred (Marvel Comics)|Kindred]] was using them, the Lethal Legion regained their sins and are among the villains that went on a rampage.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 5 #56. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Hank Pym's Lethal Legion===
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|debut=''Avengers Inc.'' #4 (December 2023)
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|members=[[Hank Pym]]<br>[[Black Ant (comics)|Black Ant]]<br>[[Blizzard (Marvel Comics)|Blizzard]]<br>[[Bullet (Marvel Comics)|Bullet]]<br>[[Cobra (Marvel Comics)|Cobra]]<br>[[Lodestone (comics)|Lodestone]]<br>Mortar<br>[[Oddball (character)|Oddball]]<br>[[Piecemeal (character)|Piecemeal]]<br>[[Speed Demon (character)|Speed Demon]]<br>[[Sunstroke (comics)|Sunstroke]]<br>[[Supercharger (comics)|Supercharger]]
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After having separated himself from Ultron upon his defeat, a fragment of Hank Pym's conscious recreated his body in an older appearance and worked with [[Black Ant (comics)|Black Ant]] into killing villains (consisting of [[Blizzard (Marvel Comics)|Blizzard]], [[Bullet (Marvel Comics)|Bullet]], [[Cobra (Marvel Comics)|Cobra]], [[Lodestone (comics)|Lodestone]], Mortar of the [[Bastards of Evil]], [[Oddball (character)|Oddball]], [[Piecemeal (character)|Piecemeal]], [[Speed Demon (character)|Speed Demon]], [[Sunstroke (comics)|Sunstroke]], and [[Supercharger (comics)|Supercharger]]) with his ant projectiles and reviving them into his Lethal Legion in order to prepare for Ultron's return while faking their deaths. Wasp and Moon Knight learned the truth when they finally encountered Hank Pym. The "Victor Shade" persona that Hank Pym put into Whirlwind's body gets hijacked by Ultron-12 as he knocks Hank out. As Wasp remembers that Ultron-12 is the "good Ultron", she learns from him that he only knocked out Hank to protect him from the Lethal Legion as Ultron takes control of them. In the nick of time, [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]], Mayor [[Luke Cage]], [[Nadia van Dyne]], [[Cassandra Lang|Stinger]], [[Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)|Valkyrie]], and [[Vision (Marvel Comics)|Vision]] show up to help fight the possessed Lethal Legion. When Ultron was defeated and Ultron-12 creates a new body for himself that he calls Mark Twelve, the Lethal Legion recover as they leave with Hank to regroup in [[Sub-Atomica]] and prepare for Ultron's return as part of Protocol S.<ref>''Avengers Inc.'' #4-5. Marvel Comics.</ref>
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==Membership==
==Membership==
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==Other versions==
==Other versions==
===Heroes Reborn===
===Heroes Reborn===
In the ''[[Heroes Reborn (1996 comic)|Heroes Reborn]]'' reality, the Lethal Legion was formed by [[Enchantress (Marvel Comics)#Heroes Reborn|Enchantress]] and consisted of [[Executioner (comics)#Skurge|Executioner]], [[Scarlet Witch#Heroes Reborn (1996)|Scarlet Witch]], [[Ultron|Ultron-5]], and [[Wonder Man]]<ref>''Avengers'' Vol. 2 #7. Marvel Comics.</ref> The Lethal Legion is later betrayed by Loki who takes the Gamma Core's energy for himself.<ref>''Avengers'' Vol. 2 #8. Marvel Comics.</ref>
The Lethal Legion appear in ''[[Heroes Reborn (1996 comic)|Heroes Reborn]]'', formed by the [[Enchantress (Marvel Comics)#Heroes Reborn|Enchantress]] and consisting of the [[Executioner (comics)#Skurge|Executioner]], the [[Scarlet Witch#Heroes Reborn (1996)|Scarlet Witch]], [[Ultron|Ultron-5]], and [[Wonder Man]].<ref>''Avengers'' Vol. 2 #7. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Avengers'' Vol. 2 #8. Marvel Comics.</ref>


==In other media==
==In other media==
===Television===
===Television===
The Lethal Legion appears in ''[[The Super Hero Squad Show]]''. This version of the group was founded and led by [[Doctor Doom]] and consists of the [[Abomination (character)|Abomination]], [[MODOK]], [[Mole Man]], [[Fin Fang Foom]], [[Megataur]], [[Tricephalous (comics)|Tricephalous]], Manoo, [[Klaw (character)|Klaw]], [[Toad (Marvel Comics)|Toad]], [[Melter]], the [[Wrecking Crew (comics)|Wrecking Crew]], [[Sabretooth (character)|Sabretooth]], the [[Juggernaut (character)|Juggernaut]], [[Pyro (Marvel Comics)|Pyro]], [[Whirlwind (comics)|Whirlwind]], [[Zzzax]], [[Egghead (Marvel Comics)|Egghead]], the [[Ringmaster (comics)|Ringmaster]], [[Trapster|Paste Pot Pete]], [[Mystique (character)|Mystique]], the [[Crimson Dynamo]], and [[Batroc the Leaper]]. Additionally, [[Songbird (comics)|Songbird]] worked undercover in the Lethal Legion as Screaming Mimi. Doom forms the group to help him in his quest to collect the Infinity Fractals and rebuild the Infinity Sword. In season two, [[Molecule Man]] and [[Volcana (Marvel Comics)|Volcana]] join the Lethal Legion to help break Doom out of the [[Vault (Marvel Comics)|Vault]] and combat [[Thanos]] and the [[Silver Surfer|Dark Surfer]].
The Lethal Legion appears in ''[[The Super Hero Squad Show]]'', founded and led by [[Doctor Doom]] and consisting of the [[Abomination (character)|Abomination]], [[MODOK]], [[Mole Man]], [[Fin Fang Foom]], [[Megataur]], [[Tricephalous (comics)|Tricephalous]], Manoo, [[Klaw (character)|Klaw]], [[Toad (Marvel Comics)|Toad]], [[Melter]], the [[Wrecking Crew (comics)|Wrecking Crew]], [[Sabretooth (character)|Sabretooth]], the [[Juggernaut (character)|Juggernaut]], [[Pyro (Marvel Comics)|Pyro]], [[Whirlwind (comics)|Whirlwind]], [[Zzzax]], [[Egghead (Marvel Comics)|Egghead]], the [[Ringmaster (comics)|Ringmaster]], [[Trapster|Paste Pot Pete]], [[Mystique (character)|Mystique]], the [[Crimson Dynamo]], and [[Batroc the Leaper]]. Additionally, [[Songbird (character)|Songbird]] worked undercover in the Lethal Legion as Screaming Mimi. Doom formed this version of the group to help him collect the Infinity Fractals and rebuild the Infinity Sword. In the second season, [[Molecule Man]] and [[Volcana (Marvel Comics)|Volcana]] join the Lethal Legion to help break Doom out of the [[Vault (Marvel Comics)|Vault]] and combat [[Thanos]] and the [[Silver Surfer|Dark Surfer]].


===Video games===
===Video games===
*The Lethal Legion appears in ''[[Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game)|Marvel Super Hero Squad]]''.
* The Lethal Legion appears in ''[[Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game)|Marvel Super Hero Squad]]''.
*The Lethal Legion appears in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes]]''. This version of the group is co-led by Doctor Doom, [[Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]], and [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]].
* The Lethal Legion appears in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes]]'', co-led by Doctor Doom, [[Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]], and [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]].
*The Lethal Legion appears in ''[[Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy]]''. This version of the group is composed of bounty hunters led by Captain Glory and consists of the [[Blood Brothers (comics)|Blood Brothers]].
* The Lethal Legion appears in ''[[Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', led by Captain Glory and consisting of the [[Blood Brothers (comics)|Blood Brothers]]. This version of the group are bounty hunters and associates of Lady Hellbender.


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://marvel.com/universe/Lethal_Legion Lethal Legion] at Marvel.com
* [http://marvel.com/universe/Lethal_Legion Lethal Legion] at Marvel.com
* [http://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Lethal_Legion_%28Grim_Reaper%29_%28Earth-616%29 Lethal Legion I] at Marvel Wiki
* [http://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Lethal_Legion_%28Count_Nefaria%29_%28Earth-616%29 Lethal Legion II] at Marvel Wiki
* [http://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Lethal_Legion_%28Porcupine%29_%28Earth-616%29 Lethal Legion IV] at Marvel Wiki
* [http://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Lethal_Legion_%28Satannish%29_%28Earth-616%29 Lethal Legion V] at Marvel Wiki
* [http://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Lethal_Legion_(Grandmaster)_(Earth-616) Lethal Legion VI] at Marvel Wiki
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/lethallegiongr.htm Lethal Legion I] at Marvel Appendix
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/lethallegionma.htm Lethal Legion IV] at Marvel Appendix
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/lethall4.htm Lethal Legion V] at Marvel Appendix
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The Lethal Legion is the name of seven teams of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

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The first version of the Lethal Legion appeared in The Avengers #78 (Jul. 1970).[1]

The second version of the Lethal Legion appeared in Avengers #164 (Oct. 1977)

The third version in West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #1 (Oct. 1985).

The fourth version appeared in Marvel Age Annual #1 (1985).

The fifth version of the Lethal Legion appeared in Avengers West Coast #98 (Sep. 1993)

The sixth version of the Lethal Legion appeared in the limited series Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1 (Aug. 2009).

History

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Grim Reaper's Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
The original Lethal Legion on the cover of Avengers #79 (Aug. 1970)
Art by John Buscema.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAvengers #78 (July 1970)
Created byRoy Thomas (Writer)
John Buscema (Artist)
Tom Palmer
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Grim Reaper
Living Laser
Man-Ape
Power Man
Swordsman

The original Lethal Legion are formed by the villain Grim Reaper (the brother of Avenger Wonder Man) and consisted of Man-Ape, Power Man, Living Laser, and Swordsman. Man-Ape attacks Captain America, but is beaten back by the Avengers. However, he captures the Black Panther's girlfriend Monica binding her hand and foot with metal clamps. Black Panther is lured into a trap by Man-Ape, and despite getting past him he is knocked out by an exploding dummy of Monica. Black Panther is chained and with Man-Ape, he meets the other members of the Lethal Legion.[2]

Grim Reaper dispatched the Lethal Legion members to different locations to meet the Avengers. Power Man and Swordsman were sent to the water main below Avengers Mansion, Living Laser and Man-Ape were sent to the nearby power station, and Grim Reaper seemingly departed to Greenwich Village. Black Panther broke free and contacted the Avengers to warn them about the Lethal Legion's plot. Grim Reaper returns and uses the knockout gas in his scythe to knock out Black Panther while revealing that he planned to have the Avengers lured to the locations of which Black Panther knew about. While the other members of the Lethal Legion defeat the different Avengers, Vision defeats Power Man (who had been sent to capture him at Avengers Mansion). He disguises himself as Power Man and Power Man as him and takes him to the base. The Lethal Legion places the Avengers in an hourglass container and then fills it with deadly gas. When "Power Man" arrived with "Vision," Grim Reaper detected the brain patterns of Wonder Man and shattered the hourglass to save Vision's life only to realize that the vision in the hourglass was actually Power Man. At that point, Vision aided the Avengers into defeating the Lethal Legion who are handed over to the authorities.[3]

Count Nefaria's Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAvengers #164(October 1977)
Created byJim Shooter
John Byrne
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Count Nefaria
Living Laser
Power Man
Whirlwind

A second version, formed by European villain Count Nefaria reappears in the title, composed of Living Laser, Whirlwind and Power Man. He magnifies their powers, but is revealed to be a manipulative ploy to steal their magnified powers in a failed bid to destroy the Avengers. The depowered villains are sent to prison.[4]

Grim Reaper's second Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceWest Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #1 (October 1985).
Created bySteve Englehart
Al Milgrom
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Black Talon (Barone)
Goliath
Grim Reaper
Man-Ape
Nekra
Ultron-12

The Grim Reaper returns in the title West Coast Avengers, leading a third version against the superhero team consisting of Black Talon (Barone), Goliath, Man-Ape, Nekra, and Ultron-12. Grim Reaper has Ultron lead a squadron of robots to spring Goliath from a compound that he is imprisoned in. When Goliath is freed by Man-Ape, the three villains work together to take out the Avengers as Ultron-12 states that he has his own plans for Wonder Man. The three villains escape with an unconscious Henry Pym and Wonder Man. Hawkeye figures out that Grim Reaper is behind this.[5]

The three villains meet up with Grim Reaper. Internal squabbling and personal agendas overtake the villains and they are defeated and scattered.[6]

Porcupine's Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceMarvel Age #1 (1985)
Created byKurt Busiek
James Fry
Keith Williams
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Attuma
Batroc the Leaper
Black Tiger
Bulldozer
Gorilla-Man (Nagan)
Kurr'fri
Piledriver
Porcupine
Sabretooth
Thundra
Trapster
Unicorn
Whirlwind
Wrecker

A fourth version appears in the title Marvel Age. They were led by the Porcupine and consisted of Attuma, Batroc the Leaper, Bulldozer, Black Tiger, Kurr'fri of the Saurians, Gorilla-Man (Nagan), Piledriver, Sabretooth, Thundra, Trapster, Unicorn, Whirlwind, and Wrecker. The Lethal Legion tracked down and battle Captain America who is aided by several other Marvel heroes. Their battle with the superheroes was witnessed by the Beyonder. The outcome of the battle was not shown, but it is assumed that the heroes won.[7]

Satannish's Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAvengers West Coast #98 (September 1993)
Created byRoy Thomas
David Dzon
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Axe of Violence (Lizzie Borden)
Coldsteel (Joseph Stalin)
Cyana (Lucrezia Borgia)
Hangman
Zyklon (Heinrich Himmler)

In the title Avengers West Coast the demon Satannish creates another version using the souls of four infamous historical killers that were found in Mephisto's section of Hell. They have been given powers along with Hangman and the group battle the renamed Avengers West Coast. The group consisted of Axe of Violence (a demonically-enhanced version of Lizzie Borden with an axe replacing one hand), Coldsteel (a demonically-enhanced version of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, now an 8 ft. giant with superhuman strength), Cyana (a demonically-enhanced version of Lucrezia Borgia with poisoned claws), and Zyklon (a demonically-enhanced version of Nazi official Heinrich Himmler who can belch deadly gas fumes from his mouth). This incarnation eventually lost their powers and their souls were destroyed during the struggle between Mephisto and Satannish.[8]

Grim Reaper's third Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceDark Reign: Lethal Legion #1 (August 2009).
Created byFrank Tieri (writer), Mateus Santolouco (artist)
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Absorbing Man
Grim Reaper
Mister Hyde
Nekra
Tiger Shark
Wonder Man

A new version of the Lethal Legion appears during the "Dark Reign" storyline in the three-issue limited series Dark Reign: Lethal Legion. The Grim Reaper (now aided by his brother Wonder Man) recruits villains to oppose criminal mastermind Norman Osborn.[9]

Absorbing Man, Grey Gargoyle, Mister Hyde, and Tiger Shark later reformed the Lethal Legion and end up fighting the Avengers.[10]

Challenger's Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAvengers #676 (January 2018).
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Blood Brothers
Captain Glory
Drall
Ferene the Other
Mentacle
Metal Master II

An alien version of the Lethal Legion was formed by Grandmaster to go up against Challenger's Black Order in a contest where Earth is the battlefield and they had to collect the Pyramoids. While the Blood Brothers, Mentacle, and Metal Master II faced off against Black Dwarf, Black Swan, and Supergiant's psychic projection in Rome, Glah-Ree of the Kree, Captain Glory, Drall, and Ferene the Other faced off against Corvus Glaive, Ebony Maw, and Proxima Midnight in Cusco, Peru. Both of these confrontations were interrupted by the Avengers.[11]

Each of its members were revealed to have been saved from their approaching deaths in exchange that they partake in his contest against Challenger.[12]

When Challenger reveals his secret player in the form of a resurrected Hulk, most of the Lethal Legion are defeated with Hulk breaking Captain Glory's spine and presumably killing Mentacle.[13]

After the contest is ended by the Avengers, the Lethal Legion regrouped and fled to Knowhere. As they have nowhere to return to after each one's near-death experience, the Lethal Legion decides to stay together and see what they can accomplish.[14]

Count Nefaria's second Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAmazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #41 (March 2020)
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Count Nefaria
Grey Gargoyle
Living Laser
Whirlwind

Count Nefaria forms another version of the Lethal Legion which now consists of Grey Gargoyle, Living Laser, and Whirlwind. The group raids a Project Pegasus facility to look for the Catalyst so that Count Nefaria can regain his powers. He revealed to the scientist that mentioned it was relocated that he got a copy of the information from Chameleon as the scientist knows the Catalyst's full potential. Count Nefaria kills the scientist with his abilities so that he won't tell anyone how to stop him. When Whirlwind and Living Laser stated to Count Nefaria that he should be resting, Count Nefaria stated that he needed the exercise.[15]

At Empire State University, Dr. Curt Connors reveals the Catalyst to the crowd when the Lethal Legion attacks. While Grey Gargoyle and Whirlwind attack the people present, Living Laser helps Count Nefaria to operate the Catalyst. Spider-Man shows up and has a hard time fighting them due to the fact that his mind was focused on what a revived Sin-Eater did to Overdrive. Sin-Eater shows up and starts using the same gun he used on Overdrive on Whirlwind and Grey Gargoyle while taking their powers. Immobilizing Spider-Man with Grey Gargoyle's powers, Sin-Eater proceeded to do the same thing to Living Laser and Count Nefaria. All four of them were sent to Ravencroft where they started to act like model inmates. Norah Winters was allowed by Norman Osborn to interview them about Sin-Eater.[16]

As a side-effect of Sin-Eater's suicide upon copying Madame Web's precognition revealed that Kindred was using them, the Lethal Legion regained their sins and are among the villains that went on a rampage.[17]

Hank Pym's Lethal Legion

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Lethal Legion
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAvengers Inc. #4 (December 2023)
In-story information
Base(s)Various
Member(s)Hank Pym
Black Ant
Blizzard
Bullet
Cobra
Lodestone
Mortar
Oddball
Piecemeal
Speed Demon
Sunstroke
Supercharger

After having separated himself from Ultron upon his defeat, a fragment of Hank Pym's conscious recreated his body in an older appearance and worked with Black Ant into killing villains (consisting of Blizzard, Bullet, Cobra, Lodestone, Mortar of the Bastards of Evil, Oddball, Piecemeal, Speed Demon, Sunstroke, and Supercharger) with his ant projectiles and reviving them into his Lethal Legion in order to prepare for Ultron's return while faking their deaths. Wasp and Moon Knight learned the truth when they finally encountered Hank Pym. The "Victor Shade" persona that Hank Pym put into Whirlwind's body gets hijacked by Ultron-12 as he knocks Hank out. As Wasp remembers that Ultron-12 is the "good Ultron", she learns from him that he only knocked out Hank to protect him from the Lethal Legion as Ultron takes control of them. In the nick of time, Ant-Man, Mayor Luke Cage, Nadia van Dyne, Stinger, Valkyrie, and Vision show up to help fight the possessed Lethal Legion. When Ultron was defeated and Ultron-12 creates a new body for himself that he calls Mark Twelve, the Lethal Legion recover as they leave with Hank to regroup in Sub-Atomica and prepare for Ultron's return as part of Protocol S.[18]

Membership

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Main article: List of Lethal Legion members

Other versions

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Heroes Reborn

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The Lethal Legion appear in Heroes Reborn, formed by the Enchantress and consisting of the Executioner, the Scarlet Witch, Ultron-5, and Wonder Man.[19][20]

In other media

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Television

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The Lethal Legion appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, founded and led by Doctor Doom and consisting of the Abomination, MODOK, Mole Man, Fin Fang Foom, Megataur, Tricephalous, Manoo, Klaw, Toad, Melter, the Wrecking Crew, Sabretooth, the Juggernaut, Pyro, Whirlwind, Zzzax, Egghead, the Ringmaster, Paste Pot Pete, Mystique, the Crimson Dynamo, and Batroc the Leaper. Additionally, Songbird worked undercover in the Lethal Legion as Screaming Mimi. Doom formed this version of the group to help him collect the Infinity Fractals and rebuild the Infinity Sword. In the second season, Molecule Man and Volcana join the Lethal Legion to help break Doom out of the Vault and combat Thanos and the Dark Surfer.

Video games

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
  2. ^ Avengers #78. Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ Avengers #79. Marvel Comics.
  4. ^ Avengers #164 - 166 (Oct. - Dec. 1977). Marvel Comics.
  5. ^ West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #1. Marvel Comics.
  6. ^ West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #2. Marvel Comics.
  7. ^ Marvel Age Annual #1 (1985). Marvel Comics.
  8. ^ Avengers West Coast #98 - 100 (Sep. - Nov. 1993). Marvel Comics.
  9. ^ Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1 - 3 (Aug. - Oct. 2009). Marvel Comics.
  10. ^ Hawkeye: Blindspot #1. Marvel Comics.
  11. ^ Avengers #676-677. Marvel Comics.
  12. ^ Avengers #681. Marvel Comics.
  13. ^ Avengers #684. Marvel Comics.
  14. ^ Avengers #690. Marvel Comics.
  15. ^ Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #41. Marvel Comics.
  16. ^ Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #46. Marvel Comics.
  17. ^ Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #56. Marvel Comics.
  18. ^ Avengers Inc. #4-5. Marvel Comics.
  19. ^ Avengers Vol. 2 #7. Marvel Comics.
  20. ^ Avengers Vol. 2 #8. Marvel Comics.
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