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Legion of Super Heroes

  • TV Series
  • 2006–2008
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Legion of Super Heroes (2006)
SuperheroActionAnimationComedyFamilySci-Fi

The adventures of a young Clark Kent, as Superman, during his time with a team of teenage superheroes in the far future.The adventures of a young Clark Kent, as Superman, during his time with a team of teenage superheroes in the far future.The adventures of a young Clark Kent, as Superman, during his time with a team of teenage superheroes in the far future.

  • Stars
    • Yuri Lowenthal
    • Andy Milder
    • Kari Wahlgren
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    • Stars
      • Yuri Lowenthal
      • Andy Milder
      • Kari Wahlgren
    • 15User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 7 nominations total

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    Yuri Lowenthal
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    • Superman…
    • 2006–2008
    Andy Milder
    Andy Milder
    • Lightning Lad…
    • 2006–2008
    Kari Wahlgren
    Kari Wahlgren
    • Saturn Girl…
    • 2006–2008
    Adam Wylie
    Adam Wylie
    • Brainiac 5…
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    Shawn Harrison
    Shawn Harrison
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    Michael Cornacchia
    Michael Cornacchia
    • Bouncing Boy…
    • 2006–2008
    Alexander Polinsky
    Alexander Polinsky
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    • 2007–2008
    Heather Hogan
    Heather Hogan
    • Phantom Girl
    • 2006–2008
    Phil Morris
    Phil Morris
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    • 2007–2008
    Wil Wheaton
    Wil Wheaton
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    • 2007–2008
    Jennifer Hale
    Jennifer Hale
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    Richard McGonagle
    Richard McGonagle
    • High Elder…
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    James Arnold Taylor
    James Arnold Taylor
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    • 2006–2007
    Lex Lang
    Lex Lang
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    • 2006–2008
    David Lodge
    David Lodge
    • Tharok…
    • 2006–2007
    Corey Burton
    Corey Burton
    • Brainiac
    • 2007–2008
    Bumper Robinson
    Bumper Robinson
    • Star Boy
    • 2007–2008
    Dave Wittenberg
    Dave Wittenberg
    • Ferro Lad
    • 2007
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    james_mercel

    Very well done!

    Originally titled, "Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes," the "Boy" became Superman, reportedly due to the recent verdict in the "Superboy" rights case between DC and the Siegel estate. With that in mind, they did a great job of explaining who the Legion is, without an origin story, and while it's not exactly "Adventure" #247, the spirit is all there. The design of the Fatal Five was great, and they're all used effectively, as are the Legionnaires. Triplicate Girl's "tri-jitsu" really comes alive, and Bouncing Boy was made for animation! The psychic rings of Saturn, emanating latitudinally from Imra's head is a great visual, and while I'd not have taken Brainiac 5 in this route, being a "transformer" who may be an up-grade of the original Braniac, turned good works really well here. I'd have liked to have seen more Legionnaires, but there are more in the opening, and the Mission Monitor Board symbols suggest that we can, and hopefully will, see any of the others, at any time.

    Now if IMDb can just get the credits for the show updated!!!
    9mikexx

    Lovingly-crafted and respectful of DCAU; simply wonderful - vote:10

    With the cancellation of the "Teen Titans" and issuance of the hideously awful "Superman: Brainiac Attacks" simultaneously in 2006, I was sure I was witnessing the final end of the glorious reign of the intelligently-written and superbly-drawn and -scored sequence of DC superhero cartoons beginning in 1991 with Bruce Timm's Batman, and continuing on through the 1990s and 2000s with Superman, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, The Zeta Project, Justice League, and the "high anime" Titans. But just as I was about to curl up in a fetal position shaking from withdrawal, along comes the thoroughly delightful "Leagion of Super-Heroes" which pushes all the right buttons. From the look of especially the second episode, plots are going to be quite adventurous compared to the usually Earth-bound shows of the other series.

    Animation style: I would describe the designs of the various characters as being between those of "New Batman" or Superman and those of the "Teen Titans", but closer to the former (and young Clark Kent wouldn't look at all out of place if he were appearing in a time-traveling episode of Justice League). ***There is NO "high anime" "mugging the camera" -- so "purists" and "fanboys" can take heart.*** The show appears to have a decent budget at least on par with Justice League (or a lesser one more frugally spent) to permit a good score and higher frame-rate polished-up animation which avoids any "only the lips are moving" or "clunky CGI" feelings. There's a noticeable amount of cheap "bouncing cut-outs" in the first episode (I'm guessing Ep1 is partly cobbled from recycled in-house promotional materials) -- but the second episode is a knock-out.

    Target audience is children, but the writing isn't forcibly "dumbed-down" or insulting to the intelligence. If you're hoping to see blood or evil malevolences like Darkseid laying waste to the countryside with omega-beams, you can forget it -- but if you can put your "TV-14+ rating" preferences aside, you'll find you can have a good time on the couch alongside a grade-school kid. Rest-assured: Clark will get blasted, fried, squished, stomped into the concrete, you name it -- all in the very first episode. In short, whole lotta butt-whoopin' just the way there should be in a DC cartoon. The second episode demonstrates that, while red ink won't be overflowing the bathtubs, the series will be capable of creepy and mysterious scripts that'll definitely have little tykes freaked and cartoon-buff adults glued.

    In my opinion, "Legion" is going to be a huge winner -- the creators have obviously done their homework.

    Geek stuff: Care has been taken to not disrupt the "continuity" of the Bruce Timm/Paul Dini "universe" by having the Legion "borrow" Clark Kent as a young man (big teenager?) prior to his even thinking of becoming Superman, and literally promise to bring him right back to the moment after they've left (hopefully after at least fifty episodes!) -- so nothing is "screwed up" by the basic premise. Nifty treat: The reason why Superman's cape is so indestructible may be finally answered. A continuity non-carryover I'm willing to put up with: Superman doesn't need a suit to survive in space.
    10jared-25331

    One of the most underrated DC animated shows

    Legion of Super Heroes (2006-2008) is a DC animated show that aired on Kids' WB when I used to be a kid and I loved it. Now in the year 2025, I gave the show a rewatch and it is still awesome.

    Positives for Legion of Super Heroes (2006-2008): The thing I love about this movie is that it was one of the first DC animated shows to focus on a group of heroes who I was not familiar with and I was invested in them as a team. Now a lot of that probably has to do with the fact that we have Superman as one of the main characters of the team. I liked the members of the legion of super heroes like Brainiac 5, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Phantom Girl, Timber Wolf and Bouncing Boy. You have some great villains for our heroes to fight off particularly the Fatal Five in the first season. I also like how in Season 2 we have two versions of Superman on the same team and they do things differently with their powers. I also liked the storyline with Brainiac 5 being tormented and slowly being turned to a villain by his ancestor the original Brainiac and it leads to a damn good finale for Season 2. And finally, this show has the bingeable feel that a lot of these DC animated shows have where you want to click on the next episode instantly.

    Overall, Legion of Super Heroes (2006-2008) was a fantastic and highly underrated DC animated show from the 2000s that more people need to be watching and I am dying to see these characters in live-action form.
    1koriandr_star

    DC animation at its worst

    I could never understand it, what went wrong? What did Batman: TAS and Justice League/unlimited both have in common? A respective display of teamwork, good dialogue and visual display of characters that made the show look it was aiming to reach more than just children. Both of the two shows excelled in art and a respectable script. The legion of super heroes is a blatant attempt to cash in on the teen Titans. And I only liked that show because at the start of the season its episodes were telling but it went downhill, all too willing to settle for melodramatic one shot story episodes in later seasons. It was still good though, Slade helped add the serious tone and each character actually had character development.

    The legion of superheroes falls flat for two key reasons: The first is that the legion was poorly depicted in JLU anyway and that many like me expected supergirl to appear in the legion series as to continue from the JLU.

    The second, that with other then the name of bouncing boy being really lame, it's not really about the legion but a shameless hero worship and let's all relay on superman/teen or whatever. There is no real foe or a villain worthy enough to be superman's rival, given superman: TAS and JLU gave us darkseid, one can only imagine who could fill the next big villain boots. Answer? No one.

    The animation is awful, whatever happened to shows that made decent attempts in detailed drawings? Surely the legion has more talented heroes then the names already given, a lot of the characters are very generic, no defining element? Thin bodied and all big heads? That's the art style as a whole with powers and such that you would have already seen it all before and kids would have as well. Again it doesn't help when it's all about superman, if DC wants to expand with their media then they have to do more, not just focus on lesser characters but give those the characters the decent animation drawings, plot and script they need.
    10smlubecki

    Awesome show and worthy addition to the animated DCU

    Being a long time Legion fan I was truly "worried" about how this would pan out. Well after viewing the first season I can say that ALL my fears were baseless. The producers have taken great care to portrait the Legion properly. I was worried about the team mix as well (Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Braniac 5, Timber Wolf, Phantom Girl and Bouncing Boy ) but it worked and it was mixed enough with other Legion standards that there only seemed to be a static team in press releases only. The producers have done an amazing job at mixing and blending different era's of Legion lore into an extremely cohesive bond and there is enough small touches that long time legion fans can truly appreciate (such as the use of Interlac on display screens). My only real gripe is with Braniac 5 and his robot-like body....It's more suited towards Gears of the DnA era of the Legions history. But in the series it works. And with the season finale of Sundown and seeing all the members of the Legion I can't wait until next season.

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      This series was originally developed because of Cartoon Network's desire to have a Superman-centric series to coincide with the movie Superman Returns (2006) and Superman as part of the Legion worked for them. When Cartoon Network passed on the show, Kids WB! stepped in and they, too, wanted a Superman-centric series with Superman fresh out of Smallville, learning to be Superman.
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    • Release date
      • September 23, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Legión de superhéroes
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      • DC Comics
      • Warner Bros. Animation
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