When he had killed the mutant precog Destiny, David had absorbed her psyche. Years later, David awoke from his coma believing his psyche fully healed.

When the X-Men and X-Factor defeated the Shadow King, David was again left in a coma. While under the Shadow King's influence, David killed the mutant Destiny and destroyed 2/3 of the island. Soon after, David was possessed by the Shadow King. The New Mutants tracked him down and, after a struggle, convinced Wayne to allow David to again assume control. However, this allowed Jack Wayne to take control of David's body, and he left the island. ĭuring his time at Muir Island, David saved Moira and Wolfsbane from a fatal accident by accessing the telekinetic abilities of his Jack Wayne alter. Ultimately Karami, Wayne, and Cyndi continued to exist as David's most prominent alters. Some of the alters resisted Karami, most notably Jack Wayne, a swaggering adventurer who was telekinetic, and Cyndi, a temperamental, rebellious girl who was pyrokinetic. In the process, Karami tried to unifique many alters has he could trying to end David's catatonic state.

The Karami alter, which manifested telepathic abilities, struggled for years to separate his consciousness from David's. The trauma (possibly in conjunction with the nature of his reality-altering powers) had caused that David's mind dissociate chronically until it became into a Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and each alter manifesting different mutant abilities. As he slowly recovered, he was moved to the care of Moira MacTaggert at the Muir Island mutant research facility. Being linked to so many others at their time of death, David was rendered catatonic for years. In the process, he unintentionally absorbed the mind of the terrorist leader, Jemail Karami, into his own. The trauma of the situation caused an initial manifestation of David's mutant powers, as David incinerated the minds of the terrorists. ĭavid, at a young age, was living with his mother and stepfather in Paris when his home was attacked by terrorists and his stepfather was killed. Gabrielle became pregnant with David, but did not tell Charles. The two had an affair which ended amicably. While working in an Israeli psychiatric facility, Charles Xavier met a patient named Gabrielle Haller. that's asking the reader to bend so far he will break.' Fictional character biography 'Oh, by the way, one of them is so nuts he shouldn't be setting foot off Muir Island'. Believing that a group of people will come together to form a team is enough of a suspension of disbelief. David explained 'I don't mind building a story around, but working him into a group – you're really asking for a bit much from the reader. However, writer Peter David was uncomfortable with this, and ultimately editor Bob Harras independently came to the conclusion that Legion should not be used in the series. In 1991, Legion was assigned to be a co-starring character in the newly revamped X-Factor, as a member of the eponymous superteam. He fully appeared for the first time in the following issue, New Mutants # 26 (April 1985), in his debut story: 'Legion.' ( March 2017)Ĭreated by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz, Legion first appeared as an abstract photo in the notes of Moira MacTaggert after the conclusion of New Mutants #25 (March 1985). The character was portrayed by Dan Stevens in the critically acclaimed FX television series Legion (2017–19), which was developed, written, directed, and produced by Noah Hawley.

Legion takes the role of an antihero who has a severe mental illness, including a form of dissociative identity disorder in which each of his identities exhibits different mutant abilities or powers. He is the mutant son of Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller. Legion ( David Charles Haller) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. 3, 21 (January, 2011 Marvel Comics)Ĭameo Appearance: New Mutants #25 (March 1985)įull Appearance: New Mutants #26 (April 1985) Artwork for the cover of New Mutants vol.

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