Volume 2 / The New 52
The second series, part of The New 52, depicts seven Legionnaires (Chameleon Girl, Dawnstar, Gates, Timber Wolf, Tellus, Tyroc, and Wildfire) from the post-Infinite Crisis "Retroboot" Legion trapped in the twenty-first century pursuing a villain who released a pathogen. The series was cancelled with issue #16.
Legion Lost: Run from Tomorrow
When the team arrives in the 21st century, their technology does not work as intended. They had been chasing Alastor, who has released the mutagenic Hypertaxis pathogen. Timber Wolf quickly apprehends Alastor, who has destroyed a small town; however, as the team attempts to return to their own time, their Time Bubble malfunctions due to the pathogen transforming Alastor. Gates attempts to teleport himself and Alastor away, but Chameleon Girl is accidentally teleported along with Gates and Alastor and presumed dead.[11] During a town memorial service for those killed in Alastor's attack, the Legion confronts a doctor who was exposed to the pathogen. Having been transformed into living energy, he refuses to accept his new form and commits suicide.[12]
Timber Wolf then interrupts a fight between two creatures exposed to the pathogen and learns that one of them is an infected Chameleon Girl.[13] While attempting to contain Chameleon Girl, Wildfire, Tyroc, and Timber Wolf are ambushed by the Black Razors. Meanwhile, Tellus and Dawnstar locate Alastor and try to reason with him.[14] After Tyroc incapacitates the Black Razors, they go ahead and help the others with Alastor. Tellus defeats Alastor with a telepathic assault. Gates returns, although half of his body is scarred.[15] Timber Wolf and Chameleon Girl are confronted by Martian Manhunter, who renders Timber Wolf unconscious, letting the military agents arrest them. The others attempt to break into the military installation to save their friends. Manhunter helps the team and heals Chameleon Girl once he realizes they are heroes from the future.[16]
Legion Lost: The Culling
In "The Culling", the Legion are dropped into battle with the Teen Titans; initially, they believe each other to be enemies, but they end up teaming up to escape Harvest, who uses technology from the Legion's time.[17] The team recognizes Bart Allen, who is apparently a criminal in the future.[18] Chameleon Girl is revealed to be an agent of Echo, a branch of the Science Police, with a secret mission in the present. Tellus is revealed to know the Hypertaxis pathogen would essentially become inert in the present time. Harvest also claims that he manipulated the Legion into sending them back in time.[19] After fighting with Harvest, the team finds a Time Bubble, which they use to return to their time.[20]
Responding to a beacon, the Legion finds a member of the Science Police, Nathaniel Adym, who has come to the present to assign a new mission to the team.[21] In the same moment, Wildfire crashes down from the sky, and the team is attacked by Daggor, who plants a world-killer machine. Lacking firepower, Adym sends a distress signal to Echo agent Jocelyn Lure, who arrives with Superboy, Caitlin Fairchild, and Ridge. Harvest and his henchmen arrive to fight Daggor, as well as activating a hypnotic trigger on Superboy, making him go out of control.[22] Adym plans to use his Time Bubble to travel back an hour and set off a bomb, which would destroy half of the continent but stop Daggor's machine and save the future.[23] Gates and his past self work together to send Daggor, Thrax, and Adym's bomb into a distant sun.[24]
Aftermath
The Legionnaires are stranded in the 21st century until Brainiac 5 calls them to battle Infinitus in Justice League United. At the end of the story, the group returns to the 31st century.[25]
