Credo
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The Credo were formed by Singularity, the mad hero of Lorcus Prime, when he found that the homeworld which had rejected him had been wiped out by the Progeny in his absence, with the aim of exterminating all trace of the Progeny - including the Legion of Super-Heroes, when he found that the Progenitor had been a member of the team who had revealed his homeworld's deception to him.
With the Progenitor dead, and the Rosette destroyed, the Progeny had been left vulnerable, and the Credo made heavy progress.
The Legion first encountered the group, though not their leader, when a small group composed of Saturn Girl, Wildfire, Invisible Kid and Spark petitioned the Kwai matriarch Enkenet to lend the Kwai's talents as guides to allow their new interstellar teleportation system, Threshold, to work.
While Saturn Girl was conflicted, especially when she found that some Porgeny had been given amnesty and were living with the Kwai, when they happened upon a massacre by the Credo, she repulsed them, saying the Progeny were under the Legion's protection. When the Credo, including a number of defectors, reported back to Singularity, he recognised the name.
He and the Credo continued until they captured a Legion team guarding R.J. Brande, who was acting as a United Planets Special Envoy to the Second Galaxy. Several Credo members followed M'Onel, the only escapee, back through the Threshold to Legion World, where they saw what appeared to be the Progenitor - Live Wire resurrected in Element Lad's body - and fled back to report.
The rest of the active Legion confronted Singularity shortly after, but while Kid Quantum (Jazmin Cullen) confronted him personally, he made it clear he held the Legion in nothing but contempt, calling them "true Progeny" and saying that he - and the Credo - would not stop until they purged the Galaxy of "[their] taint." The Legion left soon after, on being apparently told that the captured Legionnaires and Brande would be returned if they handed over Live Wire. On being told, Live Wire volunteered to be handed over, and while this was rejected out of hand by Kid Quantum, he handed himself over anyway. Singularity immediately rescinded his terms and prepared to delete the "Progeny-spawn" at dawn.
However, Violet and Cosmic Boy had foreseen Live Wire handing himself over, and arranged for the Espionage Squad to follow him. They freed Live Wire and the Second Galaxy team, then the rest of the Legion attacked the base from outside and proceeded to rout the Credo. Faced with defeat, Singularity decided to overload himself, preparing to explode and take the Legion with him - but Live Wire stopped this, trapping him in stasis with a layer of Silver Tromium. Defeated and shaken after being saved by the "Progenitor", the Credo would apparently disperse, although their later actions are unknown.
