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When the character is confronted by the Vision and forced to accept that he actually committed suicide, the Legion rebel. Legion of the Unliving IVĪ fourth version appears in the title Avengers, with the former villains' spirits summoned and placed in the bodies of dead civilians - effectively zombies - by Avengers foe the Grim Reaper (empowered by a demon called Lloigoroth) who mistakenly believes the Avengers had murdered him. Immortus himself is judged by the entities the Time Keepers and forced to become the nexus himself. Seeking to use the Scarlet Witch as a nexus point from which to control all of time, Immortus summons the Legion to delay the pursuing Avengers, although they are almost totally defeated by the heroes. The third version of the Legion appears in the title Avengers West Coast, and is created by reoccurring Avengers foe Immortus. Losing the game disorients the Grandmaster and Death is released, with the entity banishing all the Elders from its realm, restoring all heroes to life and then returning them to Earth. The Grandmaster then proposes another competition and adds the fallen heroes to the Legion, until tricked by Hawkeye in a game of chance.

Almost all the Avengers are killed stopping the Legion and defusing the bombs, with only Captain America and Hawkeye surviving. A battle to the death follows, and when Thor observes fellow Asgardian the Executioner act dishonourably he realizes the Legion are in fact only copies of the original beings, minus their personalities. Intending to destroy the universe - via six bombs - and recreate it with his fellow Elders, the Grandmaster decides to eliminate opponents the Avengers (including the West Coast Avengers) by having fellow Elder the Collector take the heroes (and ally the Silver Surfer) to the Realm of Death to battle the Legion of the Unliving. The second version of the Legion is featured in an Avengers annual, in which the Elder of the Universe the Grandmaster, usurps the power of the entity Death.

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Only the Human Torch android is allowed to remain as it is revealed that the character is in fact the Vision, years before being modified by the robot Ultron. Kang flees when confronted by the Thunder God Thor, with Immortus reviving Iron Man and healing the Vision and returning the Legion back to their respective eras. Although partially successful in their mission (the original Human Torch kills Iron Man and the Vision is wounded), the Legion frees itself from Kang's control and aid the Avengers. As the name implies, the members of the Legion were all characters established as being deceased in Marvel continuity, being pulled from time a moment before their deaths. The original Legion appears during the Celestial Madonna storyline in the titles Avengers and Giant-Size Avengers, having been summoned from time by the villain Kang the Conqueror (at the suggestion of his future self Immortus) to kill the superhero team. The groups were created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema Tom DeFalco and various artists Roy Thomas and Daniel Bulanadi Len Kaminski and Chris Eliopoulos and Kurt Busiek and George Pérez.Ī new version of the legion was created by James Aaron this n his 2019 run on The Avengers.įictional character biography Legion of the Unliving I

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After the Winter Guard leaves the prison where Dracula is held, the Shadow Colonel sets off blood bombs full of dead vampire blood within.The five versions first appear in Avengers #131 (Jan. In Avengers #16, Ghost Rider restores control of himself and the Avengers manage to wrestle back the Legion of the Unliving, but this was all only one part of the Shadow Colonel’s plan. (Photo: David Marquez, Erick Arciniega, Jason Aaron, Marvel Entertainment) Iron Man is forced to reveal himself in order to help Winter Guard members Crimson Dynamo, Red Guardian, and Darkstar quell the chaos. Iron Man man does not achieve much in his discussion with Dracula before Dracula instigates a riot in the prison where he’s being kept. Avengers #16 reveals the Shadow Colonel’s plan. Meanwhile, the Shadow Colonel is hatching a different plan. Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, turned himself over to the Winter Guard, a team of Russian superheroes, in exchange for asylum. The major threats being vampire civil war, the legion of the unliving, led by the mysterious Shadow Colonel, is hunting others of their kind. Since then, they’ve been steeped in fighting international threats. The current team of Avengers banded together to defend the world from Loki’s army of dark celestials.

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