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The Liberty Legion is a fictional superhero team in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team was first created in 1976 and set during World War II. Composed of existing heroes from Marvel's 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books predecessor, Timely Comics, the team was assembled and named by writer Roy Thomas in a story arc running through ''The Invaders'' #5–6 (March & May 1976) and ''Marvel Premiere'' #29–30 (April & June 1976). ==Publication history== The genesis of the Marvel Comics superhero team the Liberty Legion came in the 1970s' World War II-set period series ''The Invaders'', starring a team composed of Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, and the original Human Torch, plus sidekicks Bucky and Toro, all characters that had appeared in Marvel's 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics. ''The Invaders'' #5 (cover-dated March 1976) featured cameo appearances by fellow Timely characters Miss America, the Patriot, and the Whizzer, who would go on to the Liberty Legion, and the Fin, who would not.〔(''The Invaders'' #5 ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 The team was formally assembled and named the following month in ''Marvel Premiere'' #29 (April 1976), with additional Timely superheroes the Blue Diamond, Jack Frost, Red Raven and the Thin Man joining.〔(''Marvel Premiere'' #29 (April 1976) ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 The team went on to star in two more installments of this four-story arc, in ''The Invaders'' #6 and ''Marvel Premiere'' #30 (June 1976),〔(''The Invaders'' #6 ) and (''Marvel Premiere'' #30 ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 all written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by various artists. Never headlining its own series except for the those issues of ''Marvel Premiere'', the Liberty Legion went on to guest-star in ''The Invaders'' #35–37 (Dec. 1978 – Feb. 1979); in the final two-thirds of a three-part story arc running through ''The Fantastic Four Annual'' #11, ''Marvel Two-in-One Annual'' #1 (both 1976), and ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #20 (Oct. 1976); and in issue #3 (June 1993) of the 1990s miniseries ''The Invaders''. The Thin Man would go on to co-star in the 2004–05 series ''The New Invaders''. A new, unrelated version of the Liberty Legion, known as the Liberteens, based in modern-day Pennsylvania, debuted in ''Avengers: The Initiative Annual'' #1 (2008).〔(''Avengers: The Initiative Annual'' #1 ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberty Legion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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