Legion (Marvel Comics)

Legion
Artwork for the cover of New Mutants vol. 3, 21 (January, 2011 Marvel Comics)  Art by Dave Wilkins
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New Mutants #25 (March 1985)
Created by	Chris Claremont (writer) Bill Sienkiewicz (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	David Charles Haller
Species	Human mutant
Team affiliations	Muir Island X-Men X-Men
Notable aliases	Daniel Haller Cyndi Rodney Ian Lucas Fanya Jack Wayne Boris Zachary Sylvester Jemail Karami
Abilities	Reality warping Shapeshifting Levitation/Flight Telepathy Telekinesis Teleportation Dimensional travel

Legion (David Charles Haller) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, typically as a villain or supporting character in stories featuring the X-Men and related characters. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz,^[1] the character first appeared in New Mutants #25 (March 1985).

He is the mutant son of Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller. 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.

The character was portrayed by Dan Stevens in the FX television series Legion (2017–19), which was developed, written, directed, and produced by Noah Hawley.