Superman Main Character Index
Title Character
Clark Kent/Kal/El/Superman
Supporting Cast
Lois Lane | Jimmy Olsen | Ambush Bug | Steel
Villains
Central Rogues Gallery (Alexander "Lex" Luthor, Bizarro, Vril Dox/Brainiac, Cyborg-Superman, Darkseid, Doomsday, Lobo, Mister Mxyzptlk, Mongul, Phantom Zone Criminals [General Zod]) | A-L | M-Z (Superboy-Prime)
Spin-Offs
Supergirl (Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers/Supergirl, Supporting Cast, Rogues Gallery) | Power Girl | Superboy (Conner Kent/Kon-El, Jonathan "Jon" Samuel Kent, Supporting Cast, Rogues Gallery) | Legion of Superheroes (The Founders, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Five Years Later, Postboot, Threeboot, Retroboot, Rebirth, Other Heroes, The Fatal Five, The Legion of Supervillains, Other Villains, Supporting Cast)
Useful Notes on Legion Continuity:
The Legion of Super-Heroes has been ongoing in one form or another since 1958, encompassing four completely distinct continuities and several more "branch" continuities. That being the case, there are many alternate versions and a lot of Character Development involved, and what tropes apply to what characters varies from version to version. Here's a thumbnail reference for what refers to what part of continuity:
Preboot—The original continuity, prior to the 1994
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! continuity reboot. These stories take place on Earth-1 (Pre-Crisis), Earth-0 (Post-Crisis continuity) or an Earth-2-ish continuity (Post-Flashpoint continuity).
5YL /
V4 /
TMK—"Five Years Later", the fourth volume of the Preboot title, a
Darker and Edgier continuation following (as the title suggests) a five-year
Time Skip. The 5YL stories were mostly written by
Tom and
Mary Bierbaum and drawn by
Keith Giffen, usually abbreviated to "TMK".
Softboot /
Glorithverse—The state of Legion continuity after a
Cosmic Retcon unleashed during V4 to write the Pocket Universe Superboy out of continuity. Glorith was a time-controlling villainess who took advantage of the retcon.
Batch SW6—One of the most significant ongoing storylines from 5YL, involving a group of time-paradox duplicates of the early Legion (who went on to star in the
Spin-Off Legionnaires until
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!). The term comes from the cryptic labels of the
People Jars the duplicates were found in.
note Well, that was the reason in-story. It actually came from half of a fan's postal code. Retroboot /
Deboot /
Johnsboot—The version of the original continuity Legion that appeared starting in 2007's "The Lightning Saga", branching off from the Preboot continuity just before 5YL, except that Superboy didn't die.
note Superboy had to die because changes to Superman's history post-Crisis erased Superboy from history. A "Pocket Universe" Superboy was introduced and killed to patch the plot holes. Superman's history was (partly) changed back, so this is no longer necessary. So named because it brought back the "classic" Legion and their costumes, de-rebooting them, and was started by
Geoff Johns.
Reboot /
Postboot—The continuity following the 1994
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! reboot, up until it was rebooted again in 2004. These stories take place on Earth-247.
Archie Legion—The relatively lighter initial portion of the Reboot, based on the general tone and artist Philip Moy's art style reminding many of
Archie Comics.
DnA—The
Darker and Edgier "Legion of the Damned" and "Legion Lost" stories by the team of
Dan Abnett a
nd
Andy Lanning.
Threeboot—The continuity following the 2004 reboot, re-envisioning the Legion as a rebellious youth movement in a stagnant society. These stories take place on Earth-Prime.
Characters below are listed in the era in which they were introduced, not when they joined the Legion. For instance, Night Girl was introduced in the 1960s but didn't become a full member until 2007, while Kid Quantum was introduced in 1990 but Retconned into being a member during the Silver Age era.
The Animated Adaptation from 2006 has its own main page and character sheet.
The Tomorrowverse Direct-To-Video animated movie, Legion of Super-Heroes (2023), has character sheets as part of the general Tomorrowverse character pages.
- The Founders note Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn), Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen) & Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz)
- Silver Age (1960-1969) note Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5/5. 1 (Querl Dox), Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Colossal Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Ferro Lad, Invisible Kid I (Lyle Norg), Karate Kid, Lightning Lass, Magnetic Kid, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El/Valor, Night Girl, Phantom Girl (Tinya & Enya Wazzo), Polar Boy, Princess Projectra, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy/Starman (Thom Kallor), Sun Boy, Superboy (Clark Kent), Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Timber Wolf, Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel, Ultra Boy & White Witch
- Bronze Age (1970-1989) note Blok, Chameleon Girl, Comet Queen, Computo II, Dawnstar, Invisible Kid II (Jacques Foccart), Quislet, Tellus, Tyroc & Wildfire
- Five Years Later (1989-1994) note Andromeda, Catspaw, Dragonmage, Impulse I (Kent Shakespeare), Kid Quantum I (James Cullen), Neon, Reflex, Spider-Girl/Wave
- Postboot (1994-2004) note Gates, Gear, Kid Quantum III (Jazmin Cullen), Kinetix, Magno, Monstress, Shikari Lonestar, Superboy (Kon-El), Thunder & XS
- Threeboot (2004-2009) note Dream Boy, Gazelle, Sizzle, Theena & Turtle
- Retroboot (2008-2013) note Chemical Kid, Dragonwing, Glorith II & Harmonia
- Rebirth (2020-2021) note Gold Lantern, Monster Boy, Doctor Fate, X-Ray Girl
- Other Heroes note Green Lantern (Rond Vidar), Dev-Em, Inferno II, Heroes of Lallor (Beast Boy (Ilshu Nor), Duplicate Boy, Evolvo Lad, Gas Girl & Life Lass), Legion of Substitute Heroes (Antennae Lad, Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, Double Header, Fire Lad, Infectious Lass, Porcupine Pete, Rainbow Girl & Stone Boy), Uncanny Amazers (Atmos, Atom'X, Insect Queen, Konk & Phrenologax Lad), The Wanderers (Dartalg, Elvo, Immorto, Ornitho, Psyche, Quantum Queen & Grav), WorkForce (Amber, Blast-Off, Dune, Evolvo, Lori Morning, Particon, Radion & Repulse)
- The Fatal Five note The Emerald Empress, Mano, The Persuader, Tharok, Validus, Mordecai, Flare, Caress & Mentalla
- The Legion of Super-Villains note Tarik the Mute, Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen, Sun Emperor, Superboy-Prime, Chameleon Chief, Esper Lass, Nemesis Kid, Ron-Karr, Tyr & Zymyr
- Other Villains note Charma, Composite Man, Computo, Darkseid, the Dominators, Glorith, Grimbor the Chainsman, The Justice League of Earth, the Khunds, Leland McCauley, Mordru the Merciless, Nardo, Praetor Lemnos, Ra's al Ghul, Sklarian Raiders, Time Trapper, Universo & The White Triangle
- Supporting Characters note The Athramites, Gym'll, Koko, Lamprey, Lori Morning, Mandalla, Marla Latham, M'rissey, Proty, R. J. Brande, the Science Police (Gigi Cusimano, Lon Norg, Officer Dvron & Shvaugn Erin)