![]() ![]() 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 bring the heroes (and ally the Silver Surfer) to the Realm of Death to battle the Legion of 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. 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 themselves 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 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 PĂ©rez. The five versions first appear in Avengers #131 (Jan. ![]()
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