LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
Original Legion
The Strictly pre-Crisis Chronology
Things to know:
- This chronology is edited assuming that today is 1985 and though the
Crisis on Infinite Earths is happening, the multiverse has not collapsed.
No information from after 1985 is included.
Pre-Crisis Reality (April 1958-January 1986):
The original Legion of Super-Heroes reality was one of several possible future timelines of the parallel world called Earth-One (the other major timeline was Earth After Disaster, the world of Kamandi). On Earth-One, Superman began his heroic career while a young man, calling himself Superboy. His teenage exploits inspired the formation of the 30th century Legion of Super-Heroes. The Legionnaires traveled back in time to meet Superboy, who joined the team and shared many adventures with them throughout his teen years. Although Superman no longer regularly visited the Legion after he reached adulthood, his teenage cousin Supergirl (Kara Zor-El of Krypton) became a Legionnaire, often meeting Superman as a teenager. Superman and Supergirl also visited one of the Legion's possible futures, meeting adult versions of the teenage Legionnaires. The pre-Crisis timeline came to an end in 1986 during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, when the multiverse was destroyed and replaced by a new unified timeline with no alternate Earths and an altered history. - Color
Codes:
A new member joins the Legion.
A Legionnaire or "good character" dies.
Major storyline.
Imaginary Stories that are not technically part of any continuity.
Adult Legion stories: These were an alternate future timeline for the pre-Crisis Legion. They were not the "real" future of the Legion and were not part of Legion continuity, although some of them were part of Superman/Supergirl continuity.
- Issue information in parentheses indicates one of two things: (a) the tale was retold/corroborated in additional stories, and/or (b) the tale was told out of chronological order. Certain events that have never been chronicled in print (the five-year gap, Kid Quantum's admission and "death", etc.) use asterisks (*) in place of issue numbers and cover dates.
- Characters' first appearance IN PRINT is bolded. This often differs from their first chronological appearance.
- When the placement of a tale within continuity is in question, the event is usually placed in the most recent possible time.
- Any 30th Century dates come from 2995: The Legion of Super-Heroes Sourcebook and/or Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 4).
- Only the inheritors to a title display the level of succession. Example: "Invisible Kid II" (for Jacques Foccart), but just "Invisible Kid" (no "I" for Lyle Norg).
- Consideration for inclusion is based on an event's relevancy to the Legion, its members and their legacy. This includes major Legion series and key issues from other DCU series.
- Comics book titles have been abbreviated:
| Legion v.1 = | Legion of Super-Heroes, 4-issue limited series (reprint only, 1973) |
| Legion v.2 = | Legion of Super-Heroes, 2nd series (#259-313; continues numbering of Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, 1980-84) |
| Legion v.3 = | Legion of Super-Heroes, 3rd series, 55 issues (1984-88) |
| Legion v.4 = | Legion of Super-Heroes, 4th series, 125 issues (1989-2000) |
| Superboy v.1 = | Superboy, 1st series, #172,173, 176, 178, 183, 184, 188, 190, 191, 193, 195 (1971-73) |
| Superboy & the Legion = | Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (#197-258; continues numbering of Superboy, 1st series, 1973-79) |
| Tales of the Legion = | Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes (#314-354; continues numbering of Legion of Super-Heroes, 2nd series; 1984-87) |
| LG* = | Legionnaires |
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