LELAND MCCAULEY

Real Name: Leland McCauley III

Class: Human

Occupation: Entrepreneur, financier

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Leland McCauley IV (son, deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Andes, Earth, 30th Century

First Appearance: Adventure Comics I #374 (November, 1968)

Powers: Leland McCauley had vast wealth and political connections at his disposal.

History: Leland McCauley was the wealthiest man on Earth until upstart entrepreneur R.J. Brande made the scene, supplanting him. Leland's fortunes continued to fall, going from the sixth  wealthiest man in the galaxy to the twelfth, and he blamed R.J. Brande for all his misfortune.  He believed the Legion of Super-Heroes, who Brande was a benefactor of, were responsible for his wealth, so he became fixated on destroying them.

(Legion of Super-Heroes III #13) - Leland McCauley had a number of business meetings at his Andean estate before catching up with his more covert agents. One of them had been monitoring Mojai Desai, the new President of Earth, and concluded he would not be an impediment to McCauley’s projects, including his development of the Himalayas. Another agent had seduced a councilor from Mars to ensure the U.P. would vote for McCauley’s inner-belt manufacturing proposal. Charon had been keeping his eyes on R.J. Brande, who McCauley was still obsessed with and hoped for the financial ruin of. R.J. Brande had another meeting with the Proteans, this time on his own estates, to discuss the Protean freedom movement. McCauley was trying to locate his former pet Protean, who’d been freed when the U.P. made the resolution that Proteans were sentient beings. McCauley knew his former pet knew his business secrets and could get him in a world of trouble if the Protean ever revealed all the illegal activities he was involved in.

Comments: Created by Jim Shooter & Win Mortimer.

Leland McCauley received a profile in Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #3.

Leland McCauley's appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes III #13 was reprinted in Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #338.

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