LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
Original Legion
The Strictly post-Crisis Chronology
Things to know:
- This chronology is edited assuming that today is 1990 and Mon-El's murder
of the Time Trapper has torn the Legion's history asunder. Before this,
the Legion existed in a single universe, when Superboy was from the Time
Trapper's "Pocket Universe."
Post-Crisis Reality (January 1986-March 1990):
In the new timeline, which will be referred to as the "post-Crisis reality," Superman was the only survivor of Krypton. His powers did not develop fully until he was an adult, and he never had a career as Superboy. Superboy existed only in a "Pocket Universe" created by one of the Legion's greatest foes, the Time Trapper, a powerful entity who dwelled at the end of time. The Trapper orchestrated the creation of the Legion in order to oppose the sorcerer Mordru, who was otherwise destined to rule the universe. To that end, the Trapper created Superboy, the Legion's historic inspiration, and connected his world to the Legion's so that the Legionnaires would believe Superboy was part of their history. Superboy still became a member of the Legion, but whenever the Legionnaires traveled back in time to visit him, the Trapper surreptitiously diverted them to the Pocket Universe. Superboy eventually discovered the truth and died saving his world from the Time Trapper's machinations. He did not live to become Superman. In the "real" universe, Superman was the only survivor of Krypton. Kara Zor-El never existed, and the post-Crisis Supergirl is a protoplasmic life form created in the Pocket Universe, not a Kryptonian; she was never a Legionnaire. The post-Crisis Legion timeline virtually unraveled when Mon-El destroyed the Time Trapper, thereby removing all of the historical tampering he had done to cause the Legion's formation. - Color
Codes:
A new member joins the Legion. A Legionnaire dies. Major storyline. - 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.
- All 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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