After the events of the 2011 "Flashpoint" series, the history of the DC Universe was altered, resulting in The New 52. Raven makes her New 52 debut in the first issue of the Phantom Stranger. There she is shown as a girl in a black and white striped sweater becoming distraught at a funeral over the level of overwhelming emotion that is emanating from the people there. The Phantom Stranger takes Raven to Stonehenge, the portal between Earth and the realm of Trigon. Being told by a "higher power" what must be done, the reluctant Stranger unwillingly hands her over to Trigon.
Lex Luthor teams up with the Legion of Super-Villains when he meets Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, and Saturn Queen. They try to kill Superman but the Legion intervenes.[11] Superboy deals with the Legion again when an impostor Sun Boy tricks him into releasing Cyclops the Robot.[12] Chameleon Boy helps Superboy hide his secret identity from Lana Lang by impersonating Clark Kent.[13] Brain-Globes brainwash the 3 founding Legionnaires and force them to attack Superboy. Beppo, Comet, Krypto and Streaky become the Legion of Super-Pets after being enlisted to stop them.[14] Supergirl is brought to the future to fight Positive Man. The Legion are replaced by Chameleon Men, and Supergirl teams up with Streaky's descendant Whizzy to stop them.[15] Supergirl tries to set Superman up with Saturn Woman when she decides he needs to get married.[16] Ultra Boy of Rimbor becomes a Legionnaire when he proves himself against Superboy with the help of Legion advisor Marla Latham. Pete Ross is invited to attend a meeting of the Legion as a special guest for keeping Superboy's secret identity.[17] The Legion also team up with Superman and Antonino Rocca to take down bank robbers.[18] Lex Luthor sends his robot Urthlo to battle the Legion. Saturn Girl develops a serum that allows Mon-El to survive outside the Phantom Zone for brief periods, and they induct him into the Legion.[19] Storm Boy is rejected as a Legionnaire, and Bouncing Boy encourages the other applicants by telling of his own rejection and later acceptance by the Legion.[20] Sun Boy loses his powers and leaves the Legion, but regains them in time to stop Kranyak from attacking the Legion.[21] Matter-Eater Lad of Bismoll becomes a member of the Legion, and helps them take down the conqueror Meglaro.[22]
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Supergirl and the Super-Pets stop Satan Girl from killing the female Legionnaires with a Red Kryptonite device.[32] Jimmy Olsen becomes an honorary member of the Legion as Elastic Lad for his service to Superman. Chameleon Boy adopts a new pet and names it Proty II.[33] Ron-Karr is denied membership in the Legion. The villain Alaktor briefly switches Mon-El, Superboy and Ultra Boy's minds with those of Adolf Hitler, John Dillinger and Nero.[34] The Legion of Substitute Heroes finally reveal themselves, and they're accepted as worthy allies to the Legion. After a contest to determine the most worthy Substitute Hero, Stone Boy is invited to join the Legion but declines.[35] Ultra Boy is expelled from the Legion because he has a criminal record, but it's revealed that he faked this to go undercover. He then begins dating Phantom Girl, the only member to believe in his innocence.[36] The Legionnaires begin pursuing the Time Trapper, but are unable to travel more than thirty days into the future because of his Iron Curtain of Time. Rann Antar is denied membership in the Legion. Dream Girl joins the Legion to save several members from a disaster she foresaw, then resigns to perfect her power further after her vision is revealed to be faulty. Lightning Lass becomes Light Lass when Dream Girl uses Naltorian science to alter her powers.[37]
Sun Boy betrays the Legion due to space fatigue, so they pass an amendment to prevent space fatigue in the future.[38] The Legion girls try to help Jimmy Olsen make Lucy Lane jealous.[39] The Legion are defeated by a citadel on Throon, and the substitutes make themselves a Suicide Squad to save the day.[40] Radiation Roy is denied membership. Dev-Em reforms and helps them take down Molock the Merciless, but declines an offer of membership so he can become a government agent.[41] Bouncing Boy loses his powers because of a matter reducer ray, and is demoted to reserve status. The Time Trapper attempts to destroy the Legion, but they send him fleeing through the Iron Curtain of Time by using their greatest weapon the Concentrator.[42] Proty II becomes a member of the Legion of Super-Pets.[43] Double-Header and Spider Girl are denied membership. Proty designs a test to decide the Legion's next leader, and Saturn Girl wins a second consecutive term.[44]
The Legion are attacked by a villain named Starfinger who appears to have numerous powers. He holds the United Planets ransom while he destroys the seven wonders of the universe.[57] It's revealed that Starfinger is a brainwashed Lightning Lad with an artificially enhanced robotic arm, and the real Starfinger is his doctor Lars Hanscom.[58] Lightning Lad and Ultra Boy pretend to marry their girlfriends Saturn Girl and Phantom Girl to uncover alien spies.[59] The Time Trapper returns and sends his henchwoman Glorith to kill the Legionnaires, but an accident causes them to be de-aged into babies instead. The super-powered toddlers are easily manipulated into commiting crimes for Uncle Time Trapper, and he kills Glorith for failing him. He is defeated when Element Lad turns his ship into candy, and the Legion leave him stranded on a distant world.[60] Beast Boy goes rogue and embraces his animal nature, declaring war on humanity. The Legion put down his insurrection, and he dies saving a child from one of the wild animals he released.[61]
Ferro Lad, Karate Kid, Nemesis Kid and Princess Projectra are selected as new Legionnaires. Earth is attacked by the Khund warlord Garlak, and they suspect one of the new members has sold them out.[68] Nemesis Kid is revealed as the traitor, and they defeat the Khunds but Nemesis Kid escapes.[69] Invisible Kid is elected the new leader, with Superboy as his deputy. The Legion battles Doctor Regulus, who has sworn revenge on Sun Boy.[70] Universo steals a Time Bubble to divert the Legion while he takes over Earth. They defeat him with the help of his son, Rond Vidar.[71] Superboy and Supergirl are forced to resign and have their memories of the future erased when Earth is surrounded by a Green Kryptonite cloud. They send two mysterious new members named Sir Prize and Miss Terious to act in their place. Prince Evillo sends his Devil's Dozen henchmen Apollo, The Hag, Sugyn and Wild Huntsman to commit crimes across the universe. R.J. Brande calls them for help, and it's revealed that he is the Legion's wealthy benefactor.[72] Color Kid becomes a member of the substitutes and they battle the super-pets when Supergirl thinks they are villains. Miss Terious and Sir Prize are revealed to be Dream Girl and Star Boy, who are welcomed back into the Legion. Evillo's doctor Zan Orbal betrays him by restoring the powers of Bouncing Boy, giving Lightning Lad a replacement human arm, and returning Matter-Eater Lad to his normal size. They defeat Evillo, and The Hag is revealed to be Dream Girl's brainwashed sister, the White Witch, a heroine of their home planet Naltor. The Legion defeats Evillo. Superboy and Supergirl are able to return when Color Kid transmutes the Green Kryptonite cloud into harmless Blue Kryptonite.[73]
The super-pets fight against their masters when they feel unappreciated, but they prove themselves by foiling an intergalactic crime ring.[87] The Fatal Five lure a Legion team to investigate the newly hostile planet Talok VIII in order to trick them into freeing the Five from the other dimension where Validus and Persuader's clash had previously accidentally imprisoned them. The Legion team up with Talok's champion Shadow Lass to liberate her world.[88] Shadow Lass becomes a member of the Legion and helps fight the Fatal Five when they take over Metropolis.[89] The Legion Clubhouse is severely damaged in the battle and replaced by an expansive Legion Headquarters, which is bankrolled by the United Planets. Earth is invaded by the Dark Circle. Brainiac 5 stops them by using a Miracle Machine the Controllers gave to the Legion in gratitude for defeating the rogue Controller. They decide that the Miracle Machine's power to turn thoughts into reality is too dangerous, and it must be sealed in Inertron.[90] The girl Legionnaires attack the boys when they're brainwashed by Thora of the matriarchal world Taltar. Supergirl defeats Thora when she discovers her plot and Thora takes her own life.[91]
Invisible Kid is killed by Validus while valiantly trying to protect Legion Headquarters. This is tragic, but allows him to be with his departed sweetheart Myla in a ghost dimension.[134] The Legion is shocked to learn of a forgotten applicant named Anti-Lad who wiped their memories when he returned to the 75th Century. Brainiac 5 nearly dies when he builds a fake Supergirl android in his sleep.[135] The Master mind-controls the Legionnaires and tries to execute Ultra Boy and Lana Lang, but he is defeated by Superboy.[136] Ferro Lad and Invisible Kid are cloned, but Brainiac 5 is unable to design a clone that doesn't explode after 48 hours. Projectra believes Orando has been overthrown, but Karate Kid reveals that this is one of her own illusions.[137] Science Police cadet Roon Dvron assists the Legion by helping take down Universo. Lightning Lad crosses paths with Lightning Lord again on the anniversary of their parents' deaths.[138] The Legion of Super-Villains returns with Lightning Lord, Nemesis Kid, Radiation Roy, Spider Girl, and new members Chameleon Chief and Sun Emperor. They attempt to discredit the Legion by assassinating a diplomat, but they are defeated by Chameleon Boy posing as Chameleon Chief.[139]Superboy pursued Element Lad as he returned to his home-planet Trom to confront the genocidal space-pirate who murdered his people, Kivun Roxxas, and successfully convinced his comrade not to go through with the sociopathic monster's extrajudicial execution.[80] While the rest of the LSH went on a mission in Space Sector 14 to capture master thief Benn Pares, Superboy remained in Legion HQ to guard the Miracle Machine from Pares's clutches. When the thought of entering a space-serpent's maw to reach Pares's lair sent Ultra Boy into a panic-attack that endangered the integrity of the Legion Cruiser, Superboy's stray thought about extricating his fellow Legionnaires from their peril was picked up by the Miracle Machine and teleported Superboy to within Pares's lair, to capture the villain and rescue the team.[81] Superboy led a team consisting of Brainiac 5, Wildfire, and Shadow Lass on a mission to reprogram the computer systems of a fully automated industrial planet owned by Leland McCauley, the United Planets' second-wealthiest man. Things became complicated when McCauley's spoiled son entered the picture, forcing the Legionnaires to save him from his father's deranged former employee who had sabotaged the planet's all-cybernetic security mechanisms.[82] Superboy was also involved in the Legion's missions when a hitman from Bgztl tried to assassinate Phantom Girl and later when the team had to ally with Tyroc to retrieve a stolen fortune in jewels from a gang on Marzal Island. In spite of initial mistrust of Superboy and his comrades, Tyroc came to see that they were essentially good and noble and accepted Superboy's offer to apply for Legion membership.[83][84] While on a more leisurely sojourn in the world of the 30th century, Superboy happened upon Legion Academy rookie Laurel Kent, a future descendant of his with the sole power of invulnerability. Laurel revealed to Superboy that she bore a close facial resemblance to the woman whom he would ultimately be destined to marry, but the post-hypnotic suggestion, which keeps Superboy from retaining knowledge of his future, kicked in and blocked her existence out of his mind upon return to the 20th century.[85] Superboy and Sun Boy conspired to arrange Tyroc's final qualifying exam to join the LSH, creating a shared villain persona named "Zoraz" and producing the backstory that he had contingencies against the special abilities of all existing Legionnaires. This was intended to force Tyroc to think on his toes and take the initiative to pursue and capture "Zoraz" when a situation was manufactured where the fictional enemy had infiltrated Legion HQ. After passing the test with flying colors, Tyroc had to contend with disgruntled Legion reject Absorbency Boy, who held particular animus toward Tyroc for occupying the vacancy in the Legion roster that he had tried for previously.[86] 2ff7e9595c
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