Leland McCauley

Leland McCauley is a fictional character in the 30th Century DC Universe. He has been a frequent antagonist of the Legion of SUPER-Heroes.

Character History

Pre-Zero Hour

Leland McCauley was a wealthy tycoon and industrialist, one of the richest men in the galaxy, though not quite as rich as Legion of Super-Heroes benefactor R.J. Brande. This caused him no end of envy, and he always considered Brande a rival, though Brande seems to have considered him more of an annoyance at first.

McCauley employed an agent to INFILTRATE Brande's staff on Brande's private planetoid. The agent was thwarted by members of the Legion, though the resulting attack caused a great deal of destruction and risked lives. When the Legion attempted to interrogate the agent, he replied that he knew they couldn't kill him because of the Legion code. Brande, who was not a member of the Legion, then killed him, and the Legion broke into McCauley's fortified headquarters to return the body. (Brande was apparently in his rights by 30th century United Planets law).

v4 Legion

One of McCauley's products, an "Omnicom" was featured prominently throughout the v4 Legion, including ones used by various Legionnaires to store and send messages, keep diaries, and so on. They Appear to be a kind of personal communicator.

McCauley was apparently involved somewhat in the resistance movement against the Dominators, and emerged as a powerful political figure after the earth was freed from Dominion control, where he was allied with Universo.

In the opening story-arc of Legionnaires, McCauley attempts to reform the Fatal Five as his personal supervillain team. Inevitably, they rebel against his control.

Post Zero Hour

McCauley was once again a powerful industrialist, and again a rival of the Legion, to the point of funding his own private super-hero team named "Workforce". He managed to lure Lightning Lad away from the Legion, and many pre-Zero Hour legionnaires were now found in its ranks as well, including Karate Kid and Ultra Boy.

His industrial activities made him many enemies, including Mano of the Fatal Five, whose world was poisoned by McCauley. Mano attempted to assassinate McCauley, but was prevented by the Legion.

Later, he hired Doctor Regulus whose experiments went out of control, dooming another world, and [...] Colossal Boy in the process.

Post Legion Lost

Once again a powerful political figure, after the events of Legion Lost the Legion returned to find McCauley was President of the United Planets. Again, he had a private super-hero team, this time working for the presidency, which now included Mon-El. While fighting them, the Legion discovered the skeleton of Leland McCauley in a sewer, meaning the man claiming to be McCauley was an impostor. The impostor was eventually revealed as Ra's al Ghul

He has not yet shown up in the latest reboot of the Legion.

Powers

Leland McCauley is an ordinary human being, and has no powers other than his vast wealth. He is intelligent, cunning, ruthless, and completely amoral.

References

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