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Intro

HeroClix is a miniature game where the figure stats are on a wheel in the base of each figure. Because the stats are on a wheel, they can change as the character takes damage or heals, making the game more dynamic than miniature games where the stats remain constant through the life of the figure. Moving the dial from one position to another makes a clicking sound, hence "HeroClix".

Originally, the characters have powers and team affiliations that vary with their experience levels: Rookie, Experience, and Veteran (R, E, and V), and the characters typically had stronger powers (or do it better) at higher levels. Some of them even have "Unique" or "Special Edition" figures, even more powerful, or representing a specific, unusual period in the character's history. Each experience level cames with its own color (yellow = Rookie, blue = Experienced, red = Veteran, silver = Unique, bronze = Special Edition from the box, gold = Super Rare from a tournament win) painted in a ring around each base.

In 2007, the stylings of the game underwent a revamp and the experience levels were greatly deprecated. Figures were now accompanied by a character card, that allowed individualized powers to be produced, greatly increasing the flexibility of the game to represent unusual powers. The colored rings no longer appeared on the dial (but can still be determined from the background color of the character's picture on his card). Most characters have only one version released in a set. This means less diversity of options for a single character, but meant sets could cover more characters per set.

The various series of HeroClix have been released in waves, typically 3-4 per year, since 2003. Legion-related figures have been seen in most of the DC releases. Over the years, Legionnaires and their villains have appeared in their Preboot, Reboot and Threeboot incarnations. In some cases, figures are released in both their code name and civilian names, or with different code names depending on rank.

Heroclix Waves

Note: The name listed below is for the version of the character as defined by the costume. Some figures were released with different and chronologically inappropriate code-names for a given costume (such as the 2006 release of Shadow Lass and Umbra in the Umbra costume, or the 2007 release of Mon-El, Valor, and M'Onel with the M'Onel costume). Characters listed on two separate lines in the table have two different sculpt figures with different powers. See the table below for full details.

Cosmic Justice (2003)

Unleashed (2004)

Legacy (2005)

Collateral Damage (2006)

Giants (2006)

Origin (2007)

Legion of Super Heroes Starter Game (2007)

The set also includes:

  • 2 objects (a communications dish and a hovering news-bot)
  • 3'x3' full-color, 2-sided HeroClix map
  • A HeroClix rulebook and PAC (Powers and Abilities Card) cards for each of the 8 Legionnaires
  • 1 Feat card, 1 Battlefield Condition (Defiance and Drag) and terrain and object tokens (Barrier, Smoke, and Special, various robots, etc.)
  • 1 HeroClix base turning ring and 2 dice

All but the dice and ring are branded with either the "Legion of Super Heroes" logo or the "L" symbol.

Justice League (2007)

Crisis (2008)

Arkham Asylum (2008)

DC 75th Anniversary (2010)

Superman (2011)

A new Legion Additional Team Ability was also released in association with this set.

Superman Fast Forces (2011)

  • Supergirl (has the Legion keyword, but not the team ability)
  • Superman (has the Legion keyword, but not the team ability)

Table of Figures

Character Series Costume Rookie (yellow) Experienced (blue) Veteran (red) Unique (silver) Special Edition (bronze) Super Rare (gold) Promotional (purple) Bystander (pog)
Bouncing Boy Justice League Preboot 016
Brainiac 5 Unleashed Reboot 019 020 021 207 (as Querl Dox)
Brainiac 5 Superman 008
Chameleon Unleashed Reboot 037 038 039
Colossal Boy Giants Threeboot 003 003
Cosmic Boy Cosmic Justice Reboot 043 044 045 215 (as Rokk Krinn)
Cosmic Boy LSH Starter Set Threeboot 003
Cosmic King Arkham Asylum 039
Dawnstar Crisis 022
Dominators DC 75h Anniversary 003 019
Dream Girl Justice League Threeboot 048
Earth Man Superman 023
Element Lad Arkham Asylum 037
Emerald Empress Collateral Damage Preboot 061 062 063 209 (as Emerald Eye of Ekron)
Invisible Kid Superman 024
Karate Kid Crisis 024
Kid Quantum Legacy Reboot 031 032 033
Legionnaire bystander Origin Threeboot B002
Lightning Lad LSH Starter Set Threeboot 001
Lightning Lord Arkham Asylum 032
Live Wire Cosmic Justice Reboot 046 047 048 216 (as Garth Ranzz)
Mano Origin Preboot 022 023 024
Matter-Eater Lad Crisis B001
Matter-Eater Lad Superman 025
M'Onel Origin Reboot 073 (as Mon-El) 074 (as Valor) 075
Mordru Cosmic Justice Preboot 092
Persuader Legacy Reboot 067 068 069 211 (as Nyeun Chun Ti) 211 (as Nyeun Chun Ti)
Phantom Girl LSH Starter Set Threeboot 005
Princess Projectra Superman As Sensor Girl 038
Saturn Girl Cosmic Justice Reboot 049 050 051 217 (as Imra Ardeen)
Saturn Girl LSH Starter Set Threeboot 002
Saturn Queen Arkham Asylum 057
Science Police Unleashed Preboot 010 011 012 204 (as Shvaughn Erin)
Shadow Lass Collateral Damage Reboot 034 035 (as Umbra) 036
Shrinking Violet LSH Starter Set Threeboot 008
Star Boy Superman 007
Starman Superman 041
Sun Boy Superman 022
Superboy DC 75th Anniversary 026
Supergirl Unleashed Preboot 076 077 078 218 (as Kara Zor-El)
Supergirl Origin Threeboot 055 056 057
Supergirl Crisis 056
Supergirl Superman 010
Supergirl Superman Fast Forces 002
Superman LSH Starter Set Threeboot 007
Superman Superman Fast Forces 001
Tharok Justice League Glorithverse 031
Timber Wolf LSH Starter Set Threeboot 004
Time Trapper Justice League Reboot 056
Triplicate Girl Origin Threeboot 052 053 054 204 (as Duo Damsel)
Ultra Boy LSH Starter Set Threeboot 006
Validus Giants Preboot 002
Wildfire Legacy Reboot 043 044 045 203 (as Drake Burroughs) 203 (as Drake Burroughs)
Wildfire Superman 039


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