The current Superman storyline involves Bizarro and Bizarro Earth, and as such, introduces several new Bizarro characters we've never seen before, incluidng Boyzarro (a Bizarro Superboy). The Bizarro Justice League has gone missing, and in Superman #43 (March 2018), we learn that they've been kidnapped by the Legion of Fun.
The Legion of Fun is, of course, a bizarro version of the Legion of Doom, a collection of supervillains that first appeared in the premiere episode of Challenge of the Superfriends (September 1978) and were the main antagonists for that season.
Interestingly, although the Legion of Doom appears here under a (slightly) different name, the name has appeared before with a different roster!
It first appeared in Extreme Justice #17 and #18 (June/July 1996). A separate team using the name appeared in Teen Titans #98 and #99 (July and August 2011), and a third team was the focus of Flashpoint: Legion of Doom #1-3 (June-August 2011), but all three teams simply used the name; their line-ups did not reflect the Super Friends roster at all. This is the first time the group as it appeared in the show - minus one or two characters - has appeared in comics.
Well...that's not completely true. In the interest of completion, I should note that the Legion of Doom appeared - with a greatly expanded team - in Alex Ross's Justice miniseries (2005). However, that story was outside continuity.
You're in luck Chad, a version of the Legion of Doom is gonna show up in the Justice League re-launch coming up in June. But that's not all!
ReplyDeleteThe JLA line up for the re-launch is Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, John Stewart, Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders), Cyborg, Aquaman, and the Flash, which is a combination of the movie and DCAU line-ups (albeit with a different Hawkgirl than the DCAU one).\
Oh and the League will be operating out of the Hall of Justice.
Here's the scoop: http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/03/24/justice-league-hall-of-justice-legion-of-doom/