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R.E.B.E.L.S.

L.E.G.I.O.N. – which stood for Licensed Extra-Governmental Interstellar Operatives Network – was led by Brainiac’s fiercely intelligent and Machiavellian son Vril Dox and operated for all intents and purposes as a peacekeeping patrol for hire, not unlike the Green Lantern Corps if they were rent-a-cops. The stories took place not in the 31st century but in the present, and the group included a number of original characters as well as an incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes’ Phantom Girl (known in the series as Phase).

“R.E.B.E.L.S.” has to do with the new premise. Brainiac 2 has been deposed from command of L.E.G.I.O.N., and his interplanetary police force has been turned into an army of occupation. Dox and his new strike team must fight an insurgent campaign, a guerilla war to free the people who paid good money for Dox’s protection R.E.B.E.L.S.

Members include Strata, who hails from the same rocky race that gave us the classic Legionnaire, Blok. Strata was in the original “L.E.G.I.O.N.” Wildstar, Tribulus, Bounder and the Emerald Princess, all of whom are reminiscent of some LSH heroes and villains.

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