Legion of Night

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The Legion of Night is a fictional organization in the Marvel Comics universe. They were dedicated to opposing occult threats. The group was composed of Ariann Wright, Dr. Chan Liuchow, Dr. Katherine Reynolds, Martin Gold, Jennifer Kale, and Omen/Charles Blackwater.

The group was created by Steve Gerber and Whilce Portacio.

Dr. Chan Liuchow was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Strange Tales#89, the discoverer and original opponent of Fin Fang Foom, who in the group's eponymous two-issue prestige format limited series, became possessed by a demon, Aan Taanu.

Gerber had previously introduced Dr. Katherine Reynolds as a supporting character to Daimon Hellstrom in Marvel Spotlight #14 and Martin Gold as a supporting character to Lilith, Daughter of Dracula in Vampire Tales #6, while Jennifer Kale debuted in Adventure into Fear #11, which was Gerber's first story for Marvel. The other members of the team were introduced specifically for the series.

Man-Thing appeared in the series as well, but only in a vision, in which the normally mute and non-sentient character was able to speak with Jennifer.

Gerber has expressed interest in writing about the characters again, but Marvel has not.