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| The Legion Academy | |
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 Legion Academy students Comet Queen, Chemical Kid, and Dragonwing as depicted inAdventure Comics #524 (May 2011). Art byPhil Jimenez (penciler),Andy Lanning (inker), and Steve Wands (letterer). | |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #371 (August 1968) |
| Created by | Jim Shooter; Curt Swan |
| In-universe information | |
| Locations | Montauk Point, Metropolis |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
The Legion Academy is a training school for members of theLegion of Super-Heroes. It was created byJim Shooter andCurt Swan,[1] and has been re-used and revisited by subsequent creators in the many evolving iterations of the Legion that have been published over the decades.
Known students include Chemical Kid,Chemical King,Comet Queen, Crystal Kid,Dawnstar, Dragonwing, Glorith, Nightwind, Gravity Kid,Karate Kid (Myg), Lamprey, Laurel Kent, Magnetic Kid, Mandalla, Mentalla, Power Boy, Shadow Kid, Tellus,Timber Wolf, Variable Lad, Visi-Lad, Westerner, and Urk.
In more recent stories, the Academy is run by long-term LegionnairesDuplicate Damsel andBouncing Boy, a couple who take on quasi-parental roles with the students. Also assisting isNight Girl, a former member of theLegion of Substitute Heroes.[2] The most recent cast included a mix of older and new characters, including Power Boy, Gravity Kid, Chemical Kid, Variable Lad, Glorith, and Dragonwing.
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