The Legion Fan Club

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Fan Club
Name: The Legion Fan Club
Dates: 1972 -
Founder(s): Mike Flynn
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Focus: Legion of Super-Heroes
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The Legion Fan Club was a Legion of Super-Heroes fanclub.

The Legion Fan club created The Legion Outpost, a fanzine for the team.

Mike Flynn founded The Legion Fan Club via a letter that was published in the letters page of Superboy #182 (February 1972). By Superboy #188, it listed the Legion Fan Club having 143 members.

Bringing Back The Legion of Super-Heroes

The Legion Fan Club had the main goal of gaining a new Legion of Super-Heroes comic book title publication since at the time the team faded back in favor of other characters.

Letters asking for new original Legion adventures were sent to DC Comics by fans from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

The goal of the club was realized in September 1973, the Legion of Super-Heroes received a new “permanent” home as a feature in Superboy #197. Murray Boltinoff credited the Legion Fan Club membership for bringing the Legion back.

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