List of Legion of the Unliving members
The Legion of the Unliving is the name of five groups of fictional characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The five versions first appear in Avengers #131 (Jan. 1975); Avengers Annual #16 (Dec. 1987); Avengers West Coast #61 (Aug. 1990); Avengers #353 (Sep. 1992) and Avengers vol. 3, #10 (Nov. 1998) respectively. The groups were created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema; Tom DeFalco and various artists; Roy Thomas and Daniel Bulanadi; Len Kaminski and M.C. Wyman[1] and Kurt Busiek and George Pérez.
Membership
[edit]listed alphabetically, after leader
Legion of the Unliving I
[edit]Avengers #131 - 132 (Jan. - Feb. 1975); Giant-Size Avengers #3 (Feb. 1975)
- Baron Heinrich Zemo - A Nazi scientist.
- Flying Dutchman's Ghost - Also referred to as the Captain of the Flying Dutchman.
- Frankenstein's Monster - A simulacrum created by Victor Frankenstein.
- Human Torch - A pyrokinetic android.
- Midnight - A martial artist. He is also known as Midnight Sun.
- Wonder Man - An ionic-powered superhero.
Legion of the Unliving II
[edit]Avengers Annual #16 (Dec. 1987)
- Baron Blood - A vampire.
- Black Knight (Sir Percy) - A black knight from the medieval times.
- Bucky Barnes - The sidekick of Captain America (it was later revealed Bucky never actually died).
- Captain Marvel - A Kree superhero.
- Death Adder - A death adder-themed villain (later revived).
- Dracula - A vampire lord (at the time all vampires in the Marvel Universe had been destroyed).
- Drax the Destroyer - A human enhanced by Kronos. (later revived)
- Executioner - An Asgardian half-giant.
- Green Goblin - This version is either Norman Osborn or Bart Hamilton (later Comics established that Norman Osborn had never actually died so it must be Hamilton).
- Hyperion - This is the Squadron Sinister version.
- Korvac - A computer technician from Earth-691.
- Nighthawk - The CEO of Richmond Enterprises.
- Red Guardian (Alexi Shostakov) - A superhero that was around during World War II.
- Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) - A sword-wielding villain turned avenger
- Terrax the Tamer - A Herald of Galactus. (later revived)
Legion of the Unliving III
[edit]Avengers West Coast #61 (Aug. 1990)
- Black Knight (Nathan Garrett) - A descendant of Sir Percy of Scandia and an enemy of Giant-Man who uses an arsenal of medieval weapons that employ modern technology (including a lance that fired bolts of energy) and genetically engineers and creates a winged horse called Aragorn.
- Grim Reaper - The criminal brother of Wonder Man.
- Iron Man 2020 - A counterpart of Iron Man from the year 2020 on Earth-8410.
- Left Winger and Right Winger - A wrestling duo. They were not actually dead but in comas.[citation needed]
- Oort the Living Comet - A super-fast character from the future who claims to be an enemy of Quicksilver.
- Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)
- Toro - A pyrokinetic partner of the Human Torch android.
Legion of the Unliving IV
[edit]Avengers #353 (Sep. 1992)
- Amenhotep - An ancient vampire.
- Baron Heinrich Zemo
- Count Nefaria - A Maggia crimelord with ion-based abilities.
- Inferno - A steel-skinned supervillain who can generate heat.
- Nebulon - An Ul'lula'n.
- Necrodamus - A sorcerer.
- Red Guardian (Alexi Shostakov)
- Star Stalker - A mutant Vorm.
Legion of the Unliving V
[edit]Avengers vol. 3, #10 (Nov. 1998)
- Captain Marvel
- Doctor Druid - A druid.
- Grim Reaper
- Hellcat - A cat-themed superhero.
- Mockingbird - This version is a Skrull imposter.
- Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)
- Thunderstrike - A former host of Thor.
- Wonder Man
References
[edit]- ^ Avengers vol. 1, #353