Heroes of Lallor
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The Heroes of Lallor are a group of fictional superheroes in the DC Comics
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 universe. They appear in stories featured in Adventure Comics
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involving the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team in the 30th and 31st centuries of the . The team first appears in Adventure Comics #247 , and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino....

.

Fictional history

The original Heroes of Lallor are five super-powered youths born roughly during the same time period on Lallor, a planet run by a dictatorship. Their superpowers result from their parents' exposure to atomic radiation. Though raised by the government, they are eventually banished for opposing the dictatorship. First appearing in Adventure Comics #324, these heroes have "stronger" powers than the members of the Legion of Super-Heroes. They are tricked into fighting the Legion by a relative of the Jungle King, who had fallen in battle to the Legion previously. During the battle, Duplicate Boy
Duplicate Boy
Duplicate Boy is a fictional superhero in the first appearing in a story by science fiction writer Edmond Hamilton in Adventure Comics #324...

 and Shrinking Violet fall in love; their relationship survives this battle. The dictatorship is overthrown and the heroes choose to remain on Lallor.

In Adventure Comics #339, one of the members, Beast Boy, who had been shunned by Lallorian society, flees to a jungle planet, Vorn. There he leads the animals on the planet in a revolt against humans. He dies saving a little girl from an attack by one of the animals. He is buried on Shanghalla
Shanghalla
Shanghalla is a fictional planetoid in the 30th century . Its name appears to be a portmanteau of Shangri-La and Valhalla.Shanghalla is a memorial planetoid for the greatest heroes of the Galaxy. The deceased former members of the Legion of Super-Heroes are buried there alongside other great...

, the memorial planet.

The Heroes of Lallor help the Legion out several times against the Fatal Five
Fatal Five
The Fatal Five are fictional characters, a supervillain team of the 30th century in the DC Comics universe. They were created by Jim Shooter and first appeared in Adventure Comics #352 as enemies of the Legion of Super-Heroes....

 and Darkseid
Darkseid
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.

Duplicate Boy and Shrinking Violet break up after Imskian rebels kidnap her and replace her in the Legion by a Durlan
Durlan (DC Comics)
The Durlans are a fictional extraterrestrial species, a race of shapeshifting beings from the planet Durla, as depicted in DC Comics.-Fictional history:...

 named . Violet confronts Duplicate Boy for uncovering the imposter via x-ray and failing to rescue her.

The Heroes of Lallor make a single appearance in post-Zero Hour
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Legion continuity. In Legionnaires #49 (Jun 97), Beast Boy, Gas Girl, and Splitter
Arm Fall Off Boy
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 appear in a single panel, being told they cannot help the Legion as they are needed on Lallor. Evolvo had previously been established as a member of the Workforce
Workforce (comics)
The Workforce is a semi-heroic super-team in DC Comics' post-Zero Hour Legion of Super-Heroes continuity. It was introduced in Legion of Super-Heroes #64 .-Fictional history:...

.

Members

  • Beast Boy (Ilshu Nor) — Able to transform into any animal or beast and duplicate their special abilities. He is not related to Beast Boy
    Beast Boy
    Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan, known as Beast Boy or Changeling, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics...

    , the Teen Titans member.
  • Evolvo Lad (Sev Tcheru) — Able to evolve into a super-intelligent human with a large cranium or devolve into a super-strong Cro-Magnon.
  • Duplicate Boy
    Duplicate Boy
    Duplicate Boy is a fictional superhero in the first appearing in a story by science fiction writer Edmond Hamilton in Adventure Comics #324...

    (Ord Quelu or Quelu Ord) — able to duplicate any super power.
  • Life Lass (Somi Gan) — Able to animate any object.
  • Gas Girl (Tal Nahii) — Able to turn into any gas or vapor.

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