For every superhero as popular and inescapable as Batman or Superman or Spider-Man, there are more than a few relegated to an existence as a D-list reject. Throughout the nearly 100 years that both Marvel and DC Comics have been around, they’ve given us more than a fair share of ridiculous characters forever trapped in the realm of D-list obscurity. You’ve certainly heard of Wolverine (because Hugh Jackman has been playing him for over 20 years), but what about the Karate Kid? Or Mr. Immortal? Or even Blue Marvel?
In the case of DC Comics, there’s an entire superhero team made up of D-list characters you’ve never heard of, but it works perfectly in their favor because those characters are all from thousands of years into the future. The Legion of Superheroes, a superhero team made up of metahuman young adults from the 31st century, made their debut in 1958’s Adventure Comics #247, and since then they’ve fought relative obscurity to become a DC Comics mainstay. Even though you may not know of them, there’s a small chance that one of their members might be joining the upcoming Jimmy Olsen spinoff TV show — and he’s arguably the most well-known and ridiculous out of all of them.
