| Wanderers | |
|---|---|
 Cover toWanderers #1, art byKen Steacy. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #375 (December 1968) |
| Created by | Jim Shooter (script) Win Mortimer (art) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | 30th century |
| Member(s) | Aviax (Ornitho) Celebrand Dartalon (Dartalg) Elvar (Elvo) Psyche Quantum Queen Re-Animage (Immorto) |
The Wanderers are a fictional group ofsuperheroes appearing incomics published byDC Comics. They first appeared as allies of theLegion of Super-Heroes inAdventure Comics #375 written byJim Shooter, illustrated byWin Mortimer with a cover byNeal Adams.[1] DC published a thirteen-issue series featuring the team in the late 1980s.
In their first appearance, the Wanderers were introduced as a team of adventurers that had existed for several years before the Legion of Super-Heroes were formed.[2] The team's symbol was amandala which Celebrand wore across his neck. The Wanderers were:
After meeting the Legion, the Wanderers are exposed to radiation from the Nefar Nebula which temporarily turns them evil. The Legionnaires become allies of the group after returning them to normal.[2]
The Wanderers then reappeared as guests atDuo Damsel andBouncing Boy's wedding,[3] and also reappeared during the Legion'sbattle with Darkseid.[4]
In June 1988, the Wanderers appeared in a self-titled series written byDoug Moench, which ran for thirteen issues. Original artistSteve Dillon redesigned the characters, but was replaced byDave Hoover and Robert Campanella, who redesigned them again.[5] In this series, all the Wanderers were killed then recreated by Clonus, theirController mentor, with upgraded powers and drastically different bodies.
The new Wanderers later solve the murder of their original selves and become agents of theUnited Planets.[6][7]
In the "Threeboot", the Wanderers are a black ops superhero team created by the United Planets to battle theDominators. All of the Wanderers except Lightning Lord (Mekt Ranzz) are killed fighting the Dominators. Mekt then recruits heroes such asPolar Boy,Inferno,White Witch,Nemesis Kid, andPlant Lad and recreated the team.[8] The Wanderers join forces with the Legion to stop a Dominator invasion of the United Planets.[9] After helping the Legion defeat the Dominators, the Wanderers are offered Legion membership by Supergirl, but flee when Mekt is arrested for mind-controlling the population of his home planetWinath.[10][11] Other members of the team included a figure resemblingLegion of Super-Villains member Tyr and the team's coordinator Tarik.[12]
The members of this version of the Wanderers includes:
Following the events ofFinal Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, the1994 Legion, whose universe was destroyed inInfinite Crisis, travel theMultiverse in an attempt to find and rescue survivors of other lost universes and take the name "the Wanderers".[13]
