The origins of the Alien Parasite are unknown. Somehow, it came
to reside in the body of Captain Comet while
Comet was in the servitude of Dagon-Ra. After three years of incubating
in Comet's body, it found a suitable vessel with which it could procreate.
It targeted the energy-wielding L.E.G.I.O.N.naire known as Lady
Quark, who it believed would sustain its offspring after the procreation
process. (LEGION #45) Instead, Quark's teammate, Phase,
expelled the leech from Comet and fooled it into inhabiting a lump of
bio-matter encoded with Quark's DNA. The parasite was horrified — it's
proper life cycle was broken. As it shrieked, it molded the matter into
a new body. (#46)
It left Cairn vowing revenge on Dox. In this new body, it now possessed
the powers of both Quark and Captain Comet — the L.E.G.I.O.N.'s
two most powerful members. (#47)
The Parasite remained hidden waiting for the proper time to strike.
It ultimately found Lady Quark when she was dispatched to the planet
Ith'kaa to retrieve several stranded teammates. Quark was ambushed and
the Parasite left her for dead. It assumed Lady Quark's form then continued
on to Ith'kaa, where it also incited a battle with Captain Comet. With Garryn
and Marij'n Bek watching, it left Comet for dead. (#62-63) When
they returned to L.E.G.I.O.N. headquarters on Cairn, Marij'n accused
Quark of the murder, but the parasite told Dox that Comet had died in
an earthquake. Though the story was odd, Vril Dox trusted
Lady Quark and so saw no reason to continue questioning her. However,
he opted for a covert approach, requesting that L.E.G.I.O.N.naire Telepath secretly
read Quark's mind. (#64)
Unfortunately the Parasite sensed his mental probe and threatened to
kill him as well if he revealed anything. Telepath lied to Dox and cleared
her (#66) but he enlisted another ally and transmitted
the truth about "Lady Quark" to Marij'n. (#67)
Meanwhile, Vril Dox's megalomaniacal son, Lyrl, had began to brainwash
all L.E.G.I.O.N. officers. The effect failed on the Parasite, but sent
it into a rage. (#69). Dox's suspicions grew,
and when the parasite lost control again, Marij'n Bek was there with
the solution. She had been hard at work creating a weapon that would "unravel" Lady
Quark's genetic code. She fired the weapon at the Parasite and reduced
it to dead matter. (#70)
NAME + ALIASES: Dagon-Ra of Trom
FIRST APPEARANCE: L.E.G.I.O.N. #14
"What use is mere wealth to one who can turn the very air to gold
with a single thought?" Indeed, this is the reason Dagon-Ra set
out from his homeworld of Trom in search of power.
As a pirate, Dagon-Ra amassed a fleet of at least a hundred ships and
enlisted over a thousand crew members — both willing and not.
Over several years he culled some impressive super-powered minions.
By chance, Dagon-Ra was alerted by the telepath called Qi'Qi of Zsiglon.
Qi'Qi merely wanted to contact the outside world, but Dagon-Ra exterminated
all the Zsiglonites and took Qi'Qi prisoner, where he became known simply
as The Telepath.
His operations were nearly halted by the legendary space hero Adam Blake, Captain
Comet, but Dagon-Ra's powers were too much for Blake's considerable
talents. Blake was held as a prisoner for years. The feather in his
cap was Lady Quark, who initially approached Dagon-Ra because she was
impressed with his empire. She also soon fell into his trap and was
forced to do his bidding.
Unlucky for Dagon-Ra, his empire grew to its peak just as Vril
Dox's L.E.G.I.O.N. was gaining strength. Dox was contacted by Alanna
and Sardath of Rann with a request help them free Adam
Strange from the evil matter transmuter. Dox then sent his most
powerful member, Lobo, undercover to infiltrate
Dagon-Ra's pirate ring. Lobo successfully infiltrated Ra's band and
began sowing the seeds of dissent.
With the power of Lar Gand and
the Emerald Eye at his disposal, Dox soon launched a full-scale attack
on Dagon-Ra. The Telepath declared his betrayal of Dagon-Ra and orchestrated
the battle to render his master unconscious. Lobo moved to kill Dagon-Ra,
but he was halted by Lar Gand. While they argued, a massive boulder fell
on Dagon-Ra, killing him. (LEGION #14-18)
The Ice Man
NAME + ALIASES: None
FIRST APPEARANCE: L.E.G.I.O.N. #32
By
his own admission, the Ice Man was a being of pure organic energy. Somewhere
along the line, it took the form and identity of the Ice Man and the
profession of hired assassin. He could change his body back and forth
from a body to a fluid-like energy form.
The Ice Man was hired by the galactic mobster Maximilian
G'odd to kill Lobo, while G'odd's operatives would strike at the
core of the L.E.G.I.O.N. itself. The Ice Man claimed that did not work
for the money, but that he accepted payment simply because it was the
only way his employers would respect his talents. He got Lobo's attention
by killing one of his precious space dolphins. (#33) He
made quick work of Lobo — an assassin himself — and buried
him underneath a mountain of rock. He left him, he thought, for dead. (#34)
But Lobo was not so easily defeated. He crawled his way out of this
grave and tracked down the Ice Man. With Lobo more prepared, this battle
was more protracted and the Ice Man was nearly defeated. He ultimately
escaped by changing into his energy form, which left no trail for Lobo
to follow. (#38)
The Ice Man was again hired to bring down the core members of the L.E.G.I.O.N.
when they were framed for the murder of dozens of planetary leaders.
He absorbed information from the computers on a research station then
set course for the rebels. (REBELS #11)
When they engaged in battle, Vril Dox trapped the Ice Man's energies
in their strange alien ship, which ran off brain power. (#12) The
Ice Man escaped by calling out to the demon Neron. Their ship jumped
across the galaxy to Earth, but Dox was more clever; he offered an even
sweeter deal to Neron, who agreed to help him destroy the Ice Man. (#13) The
Ice Man has not been seen since.
Ig'nea
NAME + ALIASES: Ig'nea G'odd KNOWN RELATIVES: Maximilian G'odd (father,
deceased) FIRST APPEARANCE: L.E.G.I.O.N.
#30 (Aug. 1991)
Ig'nea is the daughter of the galactic gangster, Maximilian
G'odd. G'odd made his living on all things illegal, and so, the
L.E.G.I.O.N. became an increasing threat to his organization. G'odd
came up with a plan to divide and conquer the L.E.G.I.O.N., using his
daughter's power of persuasion among others. Ig'nea was sent to apply
for L.E.G.I.O.N. membership and she was quickly accepted as a new recruit. (LEGION
#30) She displayed the power to generate heat and flame, but
kept secret her other power: persuasion. She told them that she hailed
from the planet Esprito, which may or may not be true. G'odd's planet
was never named.
Ig'nea's presence was meant to sow dissent among the L.E.G.I.O.N.naires.
She set about sabotaging the organization and taking out one of its most
crucial players: Vril Dox. She made Dox fall in love with her, even propose
marriage, and led him to disband the L.E.G.I.O.N. totally. Dox then accompanied
her to her father's home world where G'odd offered Dox a position in
his organization. Dox was completely under her spell and accepted — but
he soon woke up. One day Dox secretly witnessed Ig'nea reveal her true
colors; he saw her force a servant to kill himself.
Luckily, the L.E.G.I.O.N. also figured out what was going on came to
Dox's rescue. In the end, Dox found himself in a stalemate, pointing
a gun at Ig'nea as she threatened to burn him inside-out. He chose to
let her escape. (#39)
Shortly after this battle, Vril Dox killed G'odd, and Ig'nea began planning
her revenge. She assembled a massive army from the galaxy's most cruel
most powerful mercenaries to wipe Dox and his child from existence. She
was able to capture Stealth and her son, and used this to lure Dox into
a trap. With the L.E.G.I.O.N. watching she delivered a critical stab
wound to Stealth and offered Lyrl in exchange for Dox.
Ig'nea drew the L.E.G.I.O.N. to the uninhabited world of Bartok IV,
where her new team ambushed them. This gambit failed as well; some of
her henchmen were taken into custody and she escaped yet again. (#48-50)
She next appeared when Dox and the other core members were on the run
from Dox's son Lyrl. Dox allied himself with the Blood Circle, who were
also affiliated with Ig'nea. Dox planned to help them rob the Worldbank,
but during the heist, he ran into Ig'nea. She tried to take the money
for herself, but the entire underground complex collapsed and Ig'nea
was apparently buried within. Her final fate is unknown. (REBELS
#9-10)
"L.E.G.I.O.N.s" of Super-Villains
The
first group of super-villains to oppose the L.E.G.I.O.N. were assembled
by the mobster Maximilian G'odd. G'odd set his own
daughter Ig'nea after Dox, hired the Ice
Man to take down their wild card, Lobo, and a band of six mercenaries
to go after the core team itself.
This team headed attacked in space, bringing a L.E.G.I.O.N. ship crashing
down on an asteroid. The massive energy powers of Ronzin Daark gave the
mercenaries the upper hand, but just as Daark was about to deliver the
killing blow, Captain Comet unleashed the full extend of his own powers.
The energy mental discharge took out all their opponents, and permanently
lobotomized Ronzin Daark. The Telepath was able to elicit that G'odd
had hired them, and they were all taken into custody. (L.E.G.I.O.N.
#35-37)
They were:
Dogtag, a doglike cyborg
Kondor, a flyer
Ronzin Daark, an energy wielder
Wreeth, an insectoid
Yatini who had telekinesis
Zyn, a gray-skinned behemoth
Shortly after this battle, Vril Dox killed G'odd, and his daughter
Ig'nea
began planning her revenge and trained her very own band of recruits.
She hired a large group of the cruelest and most powerful mercenaries
in the galaxy to wipe Dox and his child from existence. She also apparently
found a way to free her father's previous six agents from L.E.G.I.O.N.
custody. Ig'nea drew the L.E.G.I.O.N. in to the uninhabited world of
Bartok IV, where they were ambushed by her team. (#49-50) a
number of these wound up in LEGION custody (#54) Dox pays a visit and
Fer'ryl ignites
Charron, red-skinned man with an acid touch
Fer'ryl, a wolf-like creature who later died under interrogation
by Dox
Drakkan, a Khund
Electrix, with pale skin and electricity powers
Kromar, an armored man with a plasma energy staff
Grax, a blue-skinned powerhouse
Prolax, a woman who controlled the brain-dead Ronzin Daark
Varkan with an reptile-like body
and several other unnamed agents (a big guy, a robot, a wild-haired
sharp-toothed alien and a telepathic midget)
Maximilian G'odd
FIRST APPEARANCE: L.E.G.I.O.N. #29
Maximilian G'odd — known as G'odd-father — was a major
space gangster whose smuggling, protection, gambling and slave trade
enterprises were increasingly threatened by the L.E.G.I.O.N.'s presence.
To stem this tide, he formulated a three-pronged attack to take them
down. (LEGION #29)
First, he employed his own daughter, Ig'nea to
infiltrate the L.E.G.I.O.N. itself. Ig'nea became one of their new recruits
and used her powers of persuasion to seduce Vril
Dox and turn him into a romantic fool. (#30)
Second, he contracted the bounty hunter known as the Ice
Man to kill Lobo, the L.E.G.I.O.N.'s savage
wild card. (#32) Third, he assembled a group
of six skilled mercenaries to take on the rest of the core team. (#35)
This was a formidable plan, yet each of his operatives failed him. At
first, Ig'nea was successful in mesmerizing Dox. She even got him to
propose marriage to her, and to meet G'odd himself. G'odd offered Dox
a job in his organization, but Dox soon shook off Ig'nea's mind control. (#38)
The Ice Man was apparently successful too (#34),
but Lobo is notoriously hard to kill and soon dug himself out of the
grave in which Ice Man had buried him. (#38) Likewise,
the team of mercenaries was no match for the core L.E.G.I.O.N., which
included powerhouses Captain Comet and Lady
Quark.
As the L.E.G.I.O.N. converged on G'odd's home world, Dox confronted
G'odd himself. Dox intended to bring G'odd to trial, but made a critical
error in judgment. After securing G'odd, he left him in the company of
his pet dragon, Rebel. Starving, this savage beast actually ate his master!
His daughter found the beast devouring G'odd and she escaped to carry
out vengeance. (#39)
Later on, when Ig'nea attacked the L.E.G.I.O.N. again, Stealth killed
Rebel. (#50)
