Even Supergirl didn't come around until a year later. What other significant characters predate the Legion in the Silver Age? Pretty much just the Martian Manhunter and the Flash.

Of course, the Justice Society is older, but they disappeared in the late 40s and didn't come back until the early 60s. Who knew that what was supposed to have been just another story would grow into the longest-running super-hero team in comics history? As the first super-powered team of the Silver Age (only the Challengers of the Unknown predate them, by a year, but they're non-powered), they're older than the Justice League (1960), Fantastic Four (1961), Avengers (1963), and X-Men (1963). In fact, there are lots of anniversary discussions on the DC boards!). But here we are anyway.Īccording to craigopher over at the Legion Wiki (a never-ending project), today is the 50th anniversary of the day that Adventure Comics #247 went on sale (as also noted on the CBR forums, the DC message boards, and Legion World. If you're not into the Legion - regardless of whether it's the Silver Age, pre-Crisis, Glorithverse/TMK, post-Zero Hour reboot, post-Infinite Crisis reboot, animated, or Lightning Saga - it's hard to explain the attraction. It's weird to think of it that way, but it's true. Around these parts, there are only two kinds of comics fans: Legion fans, and everyone else.

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