Legion of Doom: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Legion of Doom was an influential hacker group from the 1980s and 1990s. It released the LOD Technical Journals.

The Legion of Doom was founded by the hacker Lex Luthor to educate new generations of hackers on the internet. The Legion of Doom split into two factions after Phiber Optik (a new member of LOD) was thrown out because of a feud with Erik Bloodaxe. Phiber Optik joined another group, the Masters of Deception as did some other former LOD members who opposed Erik Bloodaxe. The division of these two rival hacker factions led to the Great Hacker War, where both groups competed for prestige in the hacker community by gaining access to computer and telephone networks.

The Legion of Doom disbanded in the early 90's after Operation Sundevil and Operation Redux began the era of US Secret Service crackdowns on hacker groups.

The Legion of Doom was a group of villains led by Lex Luthor that appeared in the Super Friends, an animated series that starred superheroes from DC Comics. Its members included, at various times:

• Lex Luthor: Superman's super-power-less arch-nemesis
• Cheetah: Wonder Woman's nemesis
• Gorilla Grod: A super-intelligent gorilla
• Sinestro: Green Lantern's arch-nemesis
• Braniac: A super-intelligent alien android
• The Riddler: One of Batman's tamer enemies
• The Toymaster: Another Batman enemy
• Black Manta: Aquaman's arch-nemesis
• Solomon Grundy: a hillbilly zombie

The Legion of Doom was also an alternative stage name used by the professional wrestling tag team better known as the Road Warriors.