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Legends (comics), the Glossary

"Legends" is a comic book crossover story line that ran through a six-issue, self-titled limited series and various other titles published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987.^[1]

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1986 in comics
Comics by John Ostrander
Comics by Len Wein
Justice League storylines

Action Comics

Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. Legends (comics) and Action Comics are comics by John Byrne (comics), comics by Len Wein and superhero comics.

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Amanda Waller

Amanda Blake Waller (née White), also known as "the Wall", is a fictional character featured in some American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Batman

Batman is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Batman (comic book)

Batman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman as its main protagonist. Legends (comics) and Batman (comic book) are comics by Len Wein.

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Beast Boy

Beast Boy (Garfield Logan) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Black Canary

Black Canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle is the name of three superheroes appearing in a number of American comic books published by a variety of companies since 1939. Legends (comics) and Blue Beetle are 1986 comics debuts.

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Brimstone (DC Comics)

Brimstone is an alias used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Captain Marvel (DC Comics)

Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam is a superhero in American comic books originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics.

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Comic book

A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Cosmic Boy

Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn) is a superhero appearing in comics published by DC Comics.

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Crisis on Infinite Earths

Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 1985 to 1986 American comic book crossover series published by DC Comics. Legends (comics) and Crisis on Infinite Earths are dC Comics limited series.

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Crossover (fiction)

A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story.

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Darkseid

Darkseid is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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DC Universe

The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. Legends (comics) and DC Universe are superhero comics.

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Detective Comics

Detective Comics (later retitled as Batman Detective Comics) is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. Legends (comics) and Detective Comics are comics by Len Wein.

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DK (publisher)

Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.

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Doctor Fate

Doctor Fate, also known as Fate or collectively as Fate's Legacy, is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Firestorm (character)

Firestorm is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Legends (comics) and Firestorm (character) are comics by John Ostrander and superhero comics.

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Glorious Godfrey

Glorious Godfrey is a DC Comics supervillain who is part of The Fourth World series of comic books in the early 1970s.

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Green Lantern Corps

The Green Lantern Corps is a fictional intergalactic law enforcement agency and superhero team appearing in comics published by DC Comics.

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Guy Gardner (character)

Guy Gardner, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, usually in association with the Green Lantern Corps, of which he is a member.

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J. M. DeMatteis

John Marc DeMatteis (born December 15, 1953) is an American writer of comic books, television and novels.

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John Byrne (comics)

John Lindley Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American writer and artist of superhero comics.

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John Ostrander

John Ostrander (born April 20, 1949) is an American writer of comic books, including Suicide Squad, Grimjack and Star Wars: Legacy.

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Justice League

The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Justice League International

Justice League International (JLI) is a fictional DC comics superhero team that succeeded the original Justice League from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The team enjoyed several comic books runs, the first being written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, with art by Kevin Maguire, created in 1987. Legends (comics) and Justice League International are superhero comics.

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Karl Kesel

Karl Kesel (born January 7, 1959) is an American comics writer and inker whose works have primarily been under contract for DC Comics.

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Keith Giffen

Keith Ian Giffen (November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023) was an American comics artist and writer.

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Len Wein

Leonard Norman Wein (June 12, 1948 – September 10, 2017) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus).

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Limited series (comics)

In the field of comic books, and particularly in the United States, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues.

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Martial law

Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers.

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Martian Manhunter

The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. Legends (comics) and Martian Manhunter are comics by John Ostrander.

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Number sign

The symbol is known variously in English-speaking regions as the number sign, hash, or pound sign.

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Phantom Stranger

The Phantom Stranger is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, of unspecified paranormal origins, who battles mysterious and occult forces, sometimes under their Vertigo imprint. Legends (comics) and Phantom Stranger are comics by Len Wein.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Secret Origins

Secret Origins is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Legends (comics) and Secret Origins are 1986 comics debuts, comics by Len Wein and superhero comics.

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Shazam!: The New Beginning

Shazam!: The New Beginning is a comic book four-issue limited series published from April to July 1987. Legends (comics) and Shazam!: The New Beginning are dC Comics limited series.

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Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in The Brave and the Bold #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, created by John Ostrander, debuted in Legends #3 (January 1987). Legends (comics) and Suicide Squad are comics by John Ostrander.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Superman vol. 2

Superman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero of the same name. Legends (comics) and Superman vol. 2 are comics by John Byrne (comics) and superhero comics.

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Ted Kord

Theodore Stephen "Ted" Kord is the second Blue Beetle, a superhero who was originally published by Charlton Comics and later acquired by DC Comics.

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Teen Titans

The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series.

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Trade dress

Trade dress is the characteristics of the visual appearance of a product or its packaging (or even the design of a building) that signify the source of the product to consumers.

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Trade paperback (comics)

In comics in the United States, a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, or a series of stories with an arc or common theme.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_(comics)

Also known as Legends Miniseries, Macro-man.

Legends (comics), the Glossary

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1986 in comics

Comics by John Ostrander

Comics by Len Wein

Justice League storylines

References