The Legionnaire is a younger version of the Lord of Chaos Mordru, determined to avert his destiny.
History
Mordru is a young wizard from Gemworld. When he began to come into his magical abilities at the age of sixteen, her peered into the future and saw the villain he was destined to become.[1] He travelled through time, attempting to join multiple superhero teams throughout history in order to change his future, but was turned down by each of them due to their conflicts with his future self. He had some adventures during the Golden Age of Heroes alongside The Atom, Ma Hunkel, and the All-Star Squadron, then abruptly disappeared from historical records.[2]
Helena Wayne, Batman's daughter from the future, inadvertently erased her own timeline and was stranded in the present, becoming a temporal anomaly. She began recruiting villains and the children of villains who had been her teammates in the future into the JSA to offer them a second chance. Mordru approached them and asked to join, believing that they were the only version of the JSA who would give him a chance.[2]
Many in the JSA did not trust Mordru, but allowed him to join on a provisional basis. A few weeks later, as the JSA were attempting to capture Gentleman Ghost, Icicle destroyed a magic orb which Craddock was carrying. The orb turned out to contain the demon Surtur, who would bring about Ragnarok if he was not stopped. Mordru drained Hawkman's life energy, killing him, and channeled it into Craddock. This restored Craddock to life and, as his ghostly form was Surtur's "anchor" to Earth, instantly banished Surtur and the army of zombies which Gentleman Ghost had summoned. Hawkman quickly returned to life, but the JSA were horrified by Mordru's actions, as well as his seeming inability to understand that what he had done was wrong.
At a team meeting directly afterwards, Hawkman angrily demanded that Mordru be kicked off the team immediately. He told them that, although he had returned to life, dying was still extremely traumatic for him as he not only relived all his prior deaths, but also every time he watched Hawkwoman die. The JSA took a vote on Mordru's continuing membership and, while they were deliberating, Helena attempted to counsel him. Mordru insisted that he had had no other choice, and she tried to make him understand that casually killing people was deeply disturbing, even if they came back to life again. The JSA narrowly voted to let Mordru stay, but as soon as they did the Legion of Super-Heroes teleported in from the future and demanded that they hand Mordru over.[3]
The two teams fought until Nassour also appeared from the future, accompanied by the Legion of Substitute Heroes. He revealed that Eclipso was among them, and had used his powers to manipulate the two sides into violence so he could take over all their minds. Eclipso revealed himself, ripping his way out of Wildcat. Eclipso took control of most of them with the Heart of Darkness, but Huntress and Mordru were able to resist long enough to shoot the Heart with an enchanted arrow. The diamond shattered, restoring Wildcat and trapping Eclipso inside when it reformed.
Mordru said he would take the Heart back to Gemworld for safe keeping, but didn't know what to do after that. Rainbow Girl suggested that he return to the future with them, so the Legion could continue to see that he was on the right path. He agreed and went with them to the 31st Century, where he joined that century's Justice Society.[1]
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Notes
- Mordru was created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan, first appearing in Adventure Comics #369. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Mordru first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in The New Golden Age #1 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank.
Related
- 7 Appearances of Legionnaire (Prime Earth)
- 6 Images featuring Legionnaire (Prime Earth)
- Quotations by or about Legionnaire (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Legionnaire (Prime Earth)
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