Who Is Tellus? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tellus is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Ganglios, with over 169 comic issue appearances. Tellus was a telepathic and telekinetic student of the Legion Academy and eventually became a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He and teammate Quislet were the first non-humanoid Legionnaires.

Who is Tellus?

Current Events After traveling back in time with a number of his teammates from the Legion of Superheroes , the remainder of the team (referred to as Legion Lost out of continuity) is on the trail of Alastor who threatens to release a virus which can destroy all of mankind. After nearly stopping him in Minnesota the team travels to New York City in their continued attempt to track him. While there Tellus makes contact with a comatose woman. Origin In the latter half of the 30th Century, Ganglios was born on the gigantic water world of Hykraius. Despite poisonous methane elements in the atmosphere and water of Hykraius keeping contact with humans to a minimum, Ganglios learned of the existence of the Legion of Super-Heroes . His people were very new to the outside galaxy, having only recently made contact with other worlds thanks to the Gil'Dan. He was one of the first Hykraians to venture off-world. Traveling to Earth, he was accepted into the Legion Academy and took the codename Tellus.

Key facts

Tellus is of alien origin and first appeared in "Reunion". The character is published by DC Comics. With 169 recorded issue appearances, Tellus ranks among the most featured characters in comics.