The Lethal Legion is a team of fictional characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The first version of the Legion appears in The Avengers #78 (Jul. 1970); the second version in Avengers #164 (Oct. 1977); the third version in West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #1 (Oct. 1985); the fourth Avengers West Coast #98 (Sep. 1993) and the final version in the limited series Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1 (Aug. 2009). The teams were created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema; Jim Shooter and various artists; Steve Englehart and Al Milgrom; Roy Thomas and Tim Dzon; and Frank Tieri and various artists respectively.

Grim Reaper's Lethal Legion

Avengers #78–79 (Jul.–Aug. 1970)

  • Grim Reaper: Madman with a hand replaced by a scythe that harbours powerful technology.
  • Living Laser: An inventor of highly advanced lasers.
  • Man-Ape: One of Wakanda's greatest warriors who performed a forbidden ritual that gave him superhuman strength.
  • Power Man (Erik Josten): Gained superhuman strength and durability due to an ionic ray.
  • Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne): A master swordsman with different weapons in his sword.

Count Nefaria's Lethal Legion

Avengers #164–166 (Oct.–Dec. 1977)

Grim Reaper's second Lethal Legion

West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #1–2 (Oct.–Nov. 1985)

Porcupine's Lethal Legion

Marvel Age Annual #1 (1985)

  • Attuma: An Atlantean barbarian.
  • Batroc the Leaper: A skilled French combatant.
  • Beetle: An engineer who invented a battle suit that enables flight and has other functions.
  • Black Tiger
  • Kurr'fri: A member of the Saurians that Ms. Marvel had encountered.
  • Gorilla-Man
  • Piledriver
  • Porcupine: A criminal with a battle suit based on a porcupine.
  • Sabretooth: A beast-like mutant.
  • Thundra: A super-strong woman.
  • Trapster: A criminal skilled with adhesives.
  • Unicorn
  • Whirlwind
  • Wrecker: A criminal with an enchanted crowbar giving him superhuman strength.

Satannish's Lethal Legion

Avengers West Coast #98–100 (Sep.–Nov. 1993)

Grim Reaper's third Lethal Legion

Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1–3 (June–Aug. 2009)

  • Grim Reaper
  • Nekra
  • Absorbing Man: A thug who was given a potion enabling him to absorb the properties of whatever he touched.
  • Grey Gargoyle: A French chemist who can turn people to stone for an hour by touching them.
  • Tiger Shark: A criminal with the DNA of a shark.
  • Mister Hyde: A scientist who developed a formula that gives him superhuman strength.
  • Wonder Man: Given superhuman strength and durability by an ionic ray.

Grandmaster's Lethal Legion

Avengers #676 (Jan. 2018)

  • Blood Brothers: Two Roclites.
  • Captain Glory: A Kree who was a captain in the Kree Armada.
  • Drall: An Endrionic gladiator.
  • Mentacle: A Rigellian with four tentacles for legs who has psychic abilities.
  • Metal Master II: An Astran who admired the works of his predecessor.
  • The Other: An unspecified alien.

Count Nefaria's second Lethal Legion

Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #41 (March 2020)

Other media

The Super Hero Squad Show version

The following are members of the Lethal Legion in The Super Hero Squad Show and its related media:

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