Legion of Super-Heroes - Parody / Homages

Parody / Homages

  • In the satire comic normalman, there was a 33rd century team called the Legion of Superfluous Heroes. In their first appearance, Uranus Girl wanted to save normalman, but Lighthead Lad pointed out they needed to do roll call first. They appear throughout the series doing roll call (they have a seemly endless list of members). A recurring gag was the comic would go back to them at random moments. Lighthead Lad lost his place (thanks to Yelling Girl) and was going begin the roll call again, only to be killed by the members of the Legion (who also died due to the resulting blast). It's revealed the Legion was in a time loop.
  • In New Year's Evil: Mr. Mxyzptlk #1, Mxyzptlk attempts to recruit a parody of the Legion, called the Logjam of Super-Heroes, from his comic book collection. Despite its many members, the only ones who were properly identified were Batter-Eater Lad, Beachball Boy, Butler-Eater Lad, Butter-Eater Lad, Button-Eater Lad, Kid Kid, Kid Lass, Lightning Lice, Loud Kid, Mutton-Eater Lad, and Negative Lass.
  • In X-Men # 107, a team of heroes called the Imperial Guard appeared. Many of their members, designed by former Legion artist Dave Cockrum, were based on Legionnaires: Astra (Phantom Girl), Electron (Cosmic Boy), Fang (Timber Wolf), Hobgoblin (Chameleon Boy), Impulse (Wildfire), Magic (Projectra), Mentor (Brainiac 5), Midget (Shrinking Violet), Nightside (Shadow Lass), Quasar (Star Boy), Smasher (Ultra Boy), Starbolt (Sun Boy), Tempest (Lightning Lad) and Titan (Colossal Boy). The team was led by Gladiator (Mon-El and Superman).
  • The one-shot The Legion of Stupid Heroes is an obvious parody of the Legion.
  • SFA Spotlight # 5 has a Spider-Ham-style parody of the Legion called the Legion of Super-Furries. The members of which are funny animal parodies of various members.
  • In Big Bang Comics # 12, there is Legion-homage called the Pantheon of Heroes. This team also come from the 30th century. Members are Angelfish, Anti-Matter Lad, Brain Boy, Butterfly Queen, Clone Boy, Devil Boy, Dragon Fist, Galactic Lad, Golden Girl, Ghost Girl, Gravity Girl, Jupiter Boy, Kid Warlock, Laughing Boy, Nature Boy, Photon, Snowstar, Tele-Girl, and Ultragirl.

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