List of Legion of Super-Heroes members
Character Real name Home world Membership notes Powers
Duplicate Girl / Duplicate Damsel ( formerly Triplicate Girl and Duo Damsel -- name varied between Duplicate Girl and Duplicate Damsel during this period ) Luornu Durgo Cargg First appeared in Action Comics # 276 ( May 1961 ) , already a member . Revealed in Superboy # 147 ( May/June 1968 ) to be the Legion 's fourth member . One of her three selves was killed by Computo in Adventure Comics # 340 ( January 1966 ) . Another one of her selves assumed the name Una , as seen in Countdown # 41 ( July 18 , 2007 ) , and was killed by rats infected with the Morticoccus virus in Countdown to Final Crisis # 5 ( March 26 , 2008 ) . Subsequently , acquired the ability to create numerous duplicates , as revealed in Final Crisis : Legion of 3 Worlds # 5 ( September 2009 ) . Unlike her original counterpart , none of her selves were ever killed by the Time Trapper The ability to create numerous duplicates Originally , the ability to split into three bodies
Phantom Girl Tinya Wazzo Bgztl First appeared in Action Comics # 276 ( May 1961 ) , already a member . Revealed in Superboy # 147 ( May/June 1968 ) to be the Legion 's fifth member Intangibility
Superman ( formerly referred to as Superboy during visits to the late 30th century ) Kal-El ( a.k.a . Clark Kent ) Krypton First appeared in Action Comics # 1 ( June 1938 ) . Joined the team as a teenager ( as revealed in Justice Society of America vol . 3 , # 5 ( June 2007 ) ) . Used the name Superboy when visiting the late 30th century ( as revealed in Adventure Comics vol . 2 , # 1 ( October 2009 ) and depicted in Superman : Secret Origin # 2 ( December 2009 ) ) See Powers and abilities of Superman
Chameleon Boy Reep Daggle Durla First appeared in Action Comics # 267 ( August 1960 ) , already a member Shapeshifting
Colossal Boy Gim Allon Earth First appeared in Action Comics # 267 ( August 1960 ) , already a member Ability to grow to gigantic size
Invisible Kid Lyle Norg Earth First appeared in Action Comics # 267 ( August 1960 ) , already a member . Killed by Validus in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes # 203 ( July-August 1974 ) Invisibility to the naked eye
Star Boy ( a.k.a . Starman ) Thom Kallor Xanthu First appeared in Adventure Comics # 282 ( March 1961 ) , already a member . Joined the Justice Society of America ( as Starman ) in the 21st century in Justice Society of America vol . 3 , # 1 ( January 2007 ) . Revealed as the Starman from Kingdom Come in Justice Society of America vol . 3 , # 2 ( February 2007 ) . Killed by falling debris in Legion of Super-Heroes vol . 7 , # 18 ( May 2013 ) . Resurrected prior to Justice League United Annual # 1 ( December 2014 ) Ability to increase the mass of objects ; for a time , had powers similar to those of Superboy ; ability to travel the space-time continuum , as revealed in Justice Society of America vol . 3 , # 20 ( December 2008 )
Brainiac 5 Querl Dox Colu First appeared and joined in Action Comics # 276 ( May 1961 ) 12th level intelligence
Supergirl Kara Zor-El ( a.k.a . Linda Lee Danvers ) Krypton First appeared in Action Comics # 252 ( May 1959 ) Arrived on 21st century Earth in Superman/Batman # 8 ( May 2004 ) . Future membership with the post- Infinite Crisis team foreshadowed in Supergirl vol . 5 , # 52 ( June 2010 ) , occurred in Supergirl Annual vol . 5 , # 2 ( 2010 ) . Membership put her in history in the Silver Age stories of the Legion , not in the current Legion . Implied to have been killed between the Silver Age and current Legion . Killed by the Anti-Monitor in Crisis on Infinite Earths # 7 ( October 1985 ) See Powers and abilities of Superman
Sun Boy Dirk Morgna Earth First appeared in Action Comics # 276 ( May 1961 ) . Joined prior to Adventure Comics # 290 ( November 1961 ) . Killed in a Legion Cruiser crash caused by Tharok in Legion of Super-Heroes vol . 7 , # 17 ( April 2013 ) . Resurrected prior to Justice League United Annual # 1 ( December 2014 ) Heat and light generation
Shrinking Violet Salu Digby Imsk First appeared in Action Comics # 276 ( May 1961 ) . Joined prior to Adventure Comics # 290 ( November 1961 ) Ability to shrink to microscopic size
Bouncing Boy Chuck Taine Earth First appeared in Action Comics # 276 ( May 1961 ) . Joined prior to Action Comics # 287 ( April 1962 ) Super-bouncing
Ultra Boy Jo Nah Rimbor First appeared and joined in Superboy # 98 ( July 1962 ) Super-strength , super-speed , flight , invulnerability , flash vision , and penetra-vision ( all approximately at Kryptonian power levels ) , only one of which can be used at a time
Mon-El Lar Gand Daxam First appeared in Superboy # 89 ( June 1961 ) . Sent to the Phantom Zone by a teenage Clark Kent in Action Comics Annual # 10 ( 2007 ) . Released from the Phantom Zone in the 21st century by Superman in Action Comics # 874 and Superman # 685 ( April 2009 ) . Joins the 21st century Science Police as Jonathan Kent in Superman # 686 ( May 2009 ) . Joins the 21st century Justice League of America in Justice League of America vol . 2 , # 41 ( March 2010 ) . Joins the Legion after spending 1000 years in the Phantom Zone , as depicted in Adventure Comics vol . 2 , # 11 ( July 2010 ) Same powers as a Kryptonian , but with vulnerability to lead instead of Kryptonite ; see Powers and abilities of Superman
Matter-Eater Lad Tenzil Kem Bismoll First appeared and joined in Adventure Comics # 303 ( December 1962 ) Can eat any substance
Element Lad ( formerly Mystery Lad ) Jan Arrah Trom First appeared and joined in Adventure Comics # 307 ( April 1963 ) Elemental transmutation
Lightning Lass ( also Light Lass ) Ayla Ranzz Winath First appeared and joined in Adventure Comics # 308 ( May 1963 ) Electrical manipulation ; control and generation of electrical fields . Later gravity negation , then regained her original powers
Dream Girl Nura Nal Naltor First appeared and joined in Adventure Comics # 317 ( February 1964 ) Precognition
Ferro Lad Andrew Nolan Earth First appeared and joined in Adventure Comics # 346 ( July 1966 ) . Died destroying the Sun-Eater in Adventure Comics # 353 ( February 1967 ) Ability to transform into iron , which also provides him with superhuman strength and invulnerability
Karate Kid Val Armorr Earth First appeared and joined in Adventure Comics # 346 ( July 1966 ) . Killed battling Nemesis Kid in Legion of Super-Heroes vol . 3 , # 4 ( November 1984 ) . Resurrected during the Mystery Years and first appeared as Trident in Justice League of America vol . 2 , # 3 ( December 2006 ) . Revealed as Karate Kid in Justice League of America vol . 2 , # 7 ( May 2007 ) . Died from the Morticoccus virus in Countdown to Final Crisis # 7 ( March 12 , 2008 ) Mastery of all known martial arts
Post-Infinite Crisis Legion ( 1958–1989 , 2007–2015 ) -- Silver Age members
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team in comic book series published by DC Comics. The team has gone through various iterations. Starting with the founding trio of Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl, all versions of the team include teenage superheroes from several planets and alien races. In some versions, the team swells to two dozen or more members, with different sub-groupings, such as the Legion of Substitute Heroes.