LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
Original Legion
The Strictly "Glorith Reality" Chronology
Things to know:
- This chronology is edited assuming that Glorith was the mastermind behind much of the Legion's pivotal history, and that Valor was both the Legion's inspiration and greatest member.
Glorith Reality (March 1990-September 1994):
With the destruction of the Time Trapper, a divergent timeline was created in which the Legion never existed. Without the Legion, the sorcerer Mordru conquered the universe in the 30th century. The inhabitants of that timeline discovered that history had been altered and made a bargain with Mordru's ambitious First Wife, Glorith of Baaldur, to cast a magical spell to put Glorith in the place of the vanished Time Trapper. When the spell was cast, a new timeline, referred to as the "Glorith reality" was created in which the Legion was inspired by a 20th-century hero called Valor (who had been Mon-El in the previous timeline), who eventually emerged in the 30th century and joined the Legion, filling the roles played in previous timelines by both Superboy and Mon-El. A descendant of Valor, Laurel Gand, also joined the Legion, filling the role played by Supergirl in the pre-Crisis timeline. Superboy and the Pocket Universe still existed, but the Legion met him as a stranger only a few weeks before his death. The Glorith reality was shattered when Glorith attempted to alter history to win the heart of Valor and accidentally caused his death in the 20th century, years before he had fulfilled his historical destiny. As a result of this disaster, the Time Trapper was able to reassert his existence in Glorith's reality, leading to an unraveling of time that culminated in the Legion's entire 30th century timeline coming to an end. - 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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