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| Legion Year Three |
| Saturn Girl is elected leader. After receiving
a prediction that a Legionnaire will die battling Zaryan,
she suspends the others so that she will be the only possible
casualty. Despite her best efforts, Lightning Lad intervenes
and dies destroying Zaryan's ship. First reference to Triplicate
Girl's homeworld, Carggg (spelled "Cargg" in
this story). NOTES: Zaryan
was later described as a Khundian warlord. The Khunds were
not introduced until Adventure #346 (7.66). |
Adventure #304 (1.63) |
| Mon-El is permanently freed from the Bgztl Buffer Zone to
join the Legion full-time. Masquerading as Marvel Lad,
he is admitted to the Legion after inventing anti-gravity
element 152 and defeating a creature called a Sun-Eater.
He reveals his true identity and is accepted as a full-time Legionnaire.
1st apps. of Legion applicants Antennae Boy (Khfeurb Chee
Bez of Grxyor) and Dynamo Kid. NOTES: The
anti-gravity element Mon-El invents in this story is later used
as the basis of the Legion's flight rings. The sun-eater in this
story is clearly not the same as the one in Adventure #352-353
(1-2.67). |
Adventure #305 (2.63) |
| The inhabitants of the planet Trom are exterminated by the
pirate Kivun Roxxas. The sole survivor is 12 year-old Jan Arrah. NOTES: The
destruction of Trom was first revealed in Adventure Comics #307
(4.63); the date was established in Legion v.4 #31 (7.92). |
(Adventure #307, 4.63), (Legion v.4 #31, 7.92) |
| The Legion tries to travel back in time to help Supergirl against
a trio of escapees from the Phantom Zone, but they are blocked
by a temporal barrier erected by the three villains. |
Action #298 (3.63) |
| Rejected Legion applicants Polar Boy (Brek Bannin of
Tharr), Night Girl (Lydda Jath of Kathoon), Chlorophyll
Kid (Ral Benem of Mardru), Fire Lad (Staq Mavlin of
Shwar), and Stone Boy (Dag Wentim of Zwen) form the Legion
of Substitute Heroes. They secretly help to save the Earth
from an invasion by the Plant Men. NOTES: This
story was retold in Secret Origins #37, which introduced
rejected applicant Estimate Lad. The text of the original
story places the Legion in the 21st century rather than the 30th.
This is the first appearance of the Avenue of the Super-Heroes in
Metropolis. |
Adventure #306 (3.63), (Secret Origins #37, 2.89) |
| Jan Arrah joins the Legion as Mystery Lad and
helps bring Roxxas to justice. Afterwards, he renames himself Element
Lad. Applicants Camera Eye and "Green
Boy" are rejected. NOTES: In
this appearance only, Jan's chest emblem is a question mark.
This is the last story to place the Legion in the 21st century
rather than the 30th. Camera Eye was named in Great Darkness
Saga trade paperback, which printed
a key to the 1984 Giffen
Legion poster. Green Boy was never explicitly
named in the story. |
Adventure #307 (4.63) |
| "Lightning Lad" returns from the dead! After helping
the Legion bring the criminals of Thieves' Planet to justice, "Lightning
Lad" is revealed to be Garth's twin sister, Ayla Ranzz (not
named in this story), masquerading as her brother. She joins
the Legion as Lightning Lass. Chameleon Boy acquires a
shape-changing Protean "pet," Proty. |
Adventure #308 (5.63) |
| The Legion rejects applicants Rainbow Girl (Dori Aandraison
of Xolnar) and Jungle King. Jungle King travels to Monster
World and forms the Legion of Super-Monsters. He is eventually
killed by one of his own creatures. |
Adventure #309 (6.63) |
| Myke-4 Astor, born with destructive sonic powers and hideously
disfigured by Khundish experiments, joins a group of notorious
pranksters running rampant across the United Planets. NOTES: Echo
first appeared in the Adult Legion story
in Adventure Comics #355 (4.67). His first appearance
in the regular Legion timeline was in Legion v.4 #28 (4.92).
His history was given in the 2995 Sourcebook. Yes, this is the
source of my online alias. |
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| All the Legionnaires except Superboy are slain by the Mask
Man, a descendant of his foe Mr. Mxyzptlk. Superboy tricks
the imp into going back to the 5th Dimension, restoring the
Legion to life with no memory of what happened. First appearance
of Doll World, where all the inhabitants are tiny, the Mount
Rushmore of Space, and the Legion flag. |
Adventure #310 (7.63) |
| The Legion of Substitute Heroes defeats a band of aliens masquerading
as the Legion. Night Girl reveals her
love for Cosmic Boy. NOTES: Element
Lad's emblem changes to an 'E' in this story. |
Adventure #311 (8.63) |
| Chameleon Boy's pet Proty sacrifices his life to resurrect
Lightning Lad by channeling lightning through a special rod into
his corpse. NOTES: This story is the
first actual appearance of the planet Daxam. |
Adventure #312 (9.63) |
| The female Legionnaires are stricken with a "Crimson Plague" by
the masked Satan Girl, who is an evil
red kryptonite duplicate of Supergirl. First appearance of the
Puppet Planetoid, a playground for gigantic children in another
dimension. |
Adventure #313 (10.63) |
| The villainous Alaktor steals a Legion Time Bubble,
rescues Emperor Nero, John Dillinger, and Adolf Hitler from the
past, and transfers their minds into the bodies of Mon-El, Ultra
Boy, and Superboy. First appearance of Legion reject Ron-Karr (of
Neptune, spelled "Ronn Kar" in this story) of Neptune
and of the Lost World, an ancient planet capable of traveling
through space by means of an enormous rocket engine. |
Adventure #314 (11.63) |
| The Legion learns of the existence of the Substitute Heroes
and holds a contest to allow one of them to join the Legion.
Night Girl battles Sun Woman, a super-powered tyrant on
the planet Vannar. Stone Boy wins, but decides to stay with his
comrades. |
Adventure #315 (12.63) |
| Ultra Boy convinces the Legion he is secretly Rann Varal,
a notorious criminal, and gets himself expelled from the Legion
in order to capture a group of space pirates. He is later reinstated
after completing his mission. NOTES: This
story has the first signs of the romance between Ultra Boy and
Phantom Girl. |
Adventure #316 (1.64) |
| Dream Girl (Nura Nal of Naltor) joins the Legion.
The Legion discusses the Time Trapper. NOTES: This
story has the first signs of romance between Star Boy and Dream
Girl. |
Adventure #317 (2.64) |
| After she has a vision that a Legionnaire will die, Dream
Girl tries to protect the others by causing them to be expelled.
After the danger is past, she alters Lightning Lass's powers
with Naltorian super-science, allowing her to remain a Legionnaire
and then resigns. Lightning Lass changes her name to Light
Lass. |
Adventure #317 (2.64) |
| While the Legion helps to evacuate the population of the planet Xenn to
a new world, Sun Boy, suffering from space fatigue, strands a
group of Legionnaires on a remote, deserted planet. Superboy
and Mon-El once again try to crack the Time Trapper's Iron Curtain
of Time. NOTES: This was the first actual
appearance of the Time Trapper. |
Adventure #318 (3.64) |
| The Titanian royal family loans the Hypno-Stone of Ouranos
to California's Museum of Mystic Arts. Shortly afterwards, it
is stolen by Vidar (Universo). NOTES: The Legion volume
4 history of the "good" Saturn Queen explained a lot
about her apparently conflicting motivations and the mysterious
origins of the Legion of Super-Villains. Thus,
I leave these items in this chronology. |
(Legion v.4 #49, E11.93) |
| The Substitute Heroes come to the rescue when the Legion is
nearly wiped out by a citadel on the planet Throon. The
Subs are made reserve members of the Legion. First appearance
of the Planetary Chance Machine. |
Adventure #319 (4.64) |
| The Legion meets Dev-Em, a 20th century Daxamite sent to
the future by Mon-El, who is now living in the 30th century and
working for the Interstellar Counter-Intelligence Corps.
They help him capture the crime lord Molock. Dev-Em declines
Legion membership. First appearance of rejected Legion applicant Radiation
Roy (Roy Travich of Earth). NOTES: Dev-Em's
origin appears only in Who's Who in the LSH #1 (5.88).
His background is mentioned in Adventures of Superman #478
(5.91) and told in more detail in Who's Who #9 (5.91).
The whereabouts of his parents, who were shown to have traveled
with him to the 30th century, were never revealed. Molock may
be the same as Molock Hanscom, who later becomes Starfinger III. |
Adventure #320 (5.64) |
| Bouncing Boy resigns after losing his powers. The Time Trapper poses as Science Police Commissioner
Wilson in an attempt to capture the Concentrator.
Thwarted, he retreats to the distant future, hidden behind
the Iron Curtain of Time. NOTES: Secrets
of the LSH #1 (3.81) showed the Legion capturing the Concentrator
from Lucifer-Seven in 2973, its first chronological appearance. |
Adventure #321 (6.64) |
| Legion Year Four |
| The Legionnaires participate in a bizarre contest
devised by Proty II, commemorating Superman's history, to determine
the new Legion leader. Saturn Girl wins the contest and is
reelected. Phantom Girl demonstrates that she can enter and
leave the Phantom Zone at will, traveling into the Zone to
communicated with Gazor, a Kryptonian inmate sent to
the Zone centuries earlier after being captured by Jor-El.
1st apps. of Legion rejects Spider Girl (Sussa Paka
of Earth) and Double-Header (Dyvud/Frenk Retzun of Janus). NOTE:
The story says it's Superboy's anniversary of joining. |
Adventure #323 (8.64) |
| Dr. Marden King, the brother of Jungle
King, tries to avenge his brother's death by pitting the Heroes
of Lallor (Beast Boy, Duplicate Boy, Evolvo
Lad, Gas Girl, and Life Lass) against the
Legion. Shrinking Violet falls in love with Duplicate Boy. NOTES: Jungle
King died in Adventure Comics #309 (6.63). |
Adventure #324 (9.64) |
| Kid Psycho (Gnill Opral of Hajor)
applies for Legion membership, but is rejected because the
use of his powers shortens his life. |
(Superman v.1 #125, 12.65) |
| With the capitol of Talok VIII under
siege by the Yakka-Mahor hill people, the mayor sends Tasmia
Mallor, the granddaughter of Talok's recently deceased protector,
Sarven Mallor, to find the secret of her grandfather's "shadow
magic." She meets her cousin, Grev, and together they
encounter the spirits of their ancestors, who grant them both
the hereditary shadow powers. Tasmia becomes Shadow Lass, the
new protector of Talok VIII. NOTES: The
date is approximate, based on the apparent ages of Tasmia and
Grev in this story. |
(Secret Origins #8, 11.86) |
| Queen Azura of the planet Femnaz hypnotizes
the female Legionnaires into attacking their male comrades.
Supergirl invents a gas that nullifies Durlans' powers (later
called Cancellite). NOTES: Cancellite
was named in Legion v.2
#305 (11.83). A modified form working on Proteans appears
in Adventure Comics #334 (7.65). |
Adventure #326 (11.64) |
| Val Armorr earns the position of Keikan-cho,
placing him in charge of protecting Tokyo's shogun. He is publicly
honored for saving the shogun from an assassin, but harshly
criticized by his former teacher, Kashu, for the death of several
other guards during the incident. Val resigns from his position
to seek another path. NOTES: The date
is approximate, based on Val's apparent age in the story. |
(Secret Origins #47, 2.90) |
| The Legionnaires visit the planet Zuun (spelled "Zoon" in
this story), where Light Lass falls in love with Brin Londo
(Lone Wolf), a young man who gained super powers after
his father exposed him to rare zuunium radiation. Brin
erroneously believes that he is an android, Karth Arn,
not a human being, but the Legion demonstrates that he is indeed
human, given amnesia by the real Karth Arn. Brin later joins
the Legion Academy and trains to be a Legionnaire. NOTES: Brin's
Academy training is revealed in his next appearance in Adventure
#371 (8.68). Light Lass's costume replaces the cloud with
a new feather emblem in this issue. |
Adventure #327 (12.64) |
| The Legion admits Command Kid (Jeem
Rehtu of Preztor), unaware that he is possessed by a demon.
The demon is exorcised and Command Kid leaves the Legion to
return to Preztor. |
Adventure #328 (1.65) |
| The Legion, now equipped with flight rings,
battles the 30th century Bizarro Superboy, who creates
the Legion of Stupor-Bizarros on Htrae, the Bizarro
World. NOTES: The Bizarro World originally
debuted in Action #263 (4.60). It was created in Superman's
era, not Superboy's. |
Adventure #329 (2.65) |
| When the villain Vibrex (Dist Vetkoh
of Jupiter), master of vibration, disables the Legion's flying
belts, Brainiac 5 uses the anti-gravity Element 152 invented
by Mon-El to create the Legion flight rings. NOTES: Mon-El
invented Element 152 in Adventure Comics #305 (2.63). |
(Legion v.2 #267, 9.80) |
| Space pirate Vorm joins the Legion as Dynamo-Boy.
He engineers the expulsion of all the other members and names
himself leader. First appearance of Legion rejects Eye-ful
Ethel (Ethel Lyn Niwtyn of Earth) and The Mess (Meyer
Qayd of Earth). |
Adventure #330 (3.65) |
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| The adult Cosmic King, Lightning Lord,
and their younger disciple Saturn Queen travel ten years
back in time to join Dynamo-Boy's Legion of Super-Villains.
The villains defeat the Legion of Substitute Heroes, but are
ultimately beaten by the real Legionnaires, who strand Dynamo-Boy
in the distant future and return the adult villains to their
own era. First appearance of Legion rejects Animal Lad (Ennis
Janhson of Earth), Golden Boy (Klint Stewirt of Earth), Polecat (Dafe
Meron of Earth), and Tusker (Horace Lafeaugh of Earth). NOTES: First
app. of the canonical LSV. The Legion of Super-Villains claims
to have traveled back in time from "a few years in the
future." Who's Who in the LSH #4 (8.88) says that
this Saturn Queen is the teenage Eve Aries of Titan. The story
says that the villains were returned to stand trial in their
own time, but according to Who's Who in the LSH, they
were sent to Takron-Galtos, only to mysteriously vanish en
route. This Lightning Lord was later revealed as Garth and
Ayla Ranzz's brother. |
Adventure #331 (4.65) |
| Mordru attacks Earth. The Legion defeats him
by entombing him in an airless vault. NOTES: These
events were shown in flashback in Adventure Comics #369
(6.68). They were never depicted in any actual story. |
(Adventure #369, 6.68) |
| Lightning Lad loses his arm battling the Dxaundii,
the "Super-Moby Dick of Space," and becomes obsessed
with destroying the creature. |
Adventure #332 (5.65) |
| The Legion is menaced by a group of Proteans under the
influence of the evil Dr. Norm Eldor and meets the mysterious
masked hero Unknown Boy, who they later learn is Supergirl,
suffering from red kryptonite-induced amnesia. NOTES: This
story contains the first reference to the "post-hypnotic
suggestion" that keeps Superboy and Supergirl from remembering
details of the future. |
Adventure #334 (7.65) |
| The Legion meets Lars Hanscom and battles Starfinger,
who attempts to steal the wonder drug Rejuvium and to
destroy the "Seven Wonders of the 30th Century." First
appearance of Cosmic Boy's younger brother, Pol Krinn. |
Adventure #335 (8.65) |
| The Legion defeats Starfinger and discover
that he is secretly Lightning Lad, brainwashed by Dr. Hanscom.
First appearance of inertron and Metropolis's fusion
powersphere. |
Adventure #336 (9.65) |
| Legion Year Five |
| Brainiac 5 is elected leader. Phantom Girl,
Ultra Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad pretend to marry
and leave the Legion. Alien spies from Murra infiltrate the
Legion as Black-Out Boy, Magnetic Kid, and Size
Lad. The three spies are exposed and expelled, and the "married" members
return to duty. NOTES: Chlorophyll
Kid and Night Girl also pose as applicants. The Magnetic Kid
in this story is not the same as Magnetic Kid II (Pol
Krinn), who joins the Legion years later. |
Adventure #337 (10.65) |
| The Time Trapper sends his servant, Glorith
of Baaldur, to turn the Legionnaires into children. When
she fails, the Trapper devolves her into protoplasm. The
Legion destroys the Trapper's Iron Curtain of Time. The Trapper
is trapped in a time-stasis field. NOTES: This
was the first appearance of the Time Trapper's citadel at
the end of time. |
Adventure #338 (11.65) |
| Superboy persuades the Legion to grant Kid
Psycho (who was turned down a year before because his
powers endangered his life) reserve membership in the Legion. |
Superboy v.1 #125 (12.65) |
| The Legion fights Beast Boy of the Heroes of
Lallor, who dies saving a little girl's life. |
Adventure #339 (12.65) |
| Brainiac 5 creates the artificial intelligence Computo.
Computo runs out of control and attempts to take over the Earth,
holding several Legionnaires hostage and demanding that the
rest of the Legion leave the Earth forever. First reference
to the United Planets. |
Adventure #340 (1.66) |
| One of Triplicate Girl's three bodies is slain
by Computo. The Legionnaires send her ashes to Shanghalla,
the cemetery satellite. Triplicate Girl renames herself Duo
Damsel. While the Legionnaires hide out in the Batcave,
Proty II attempts to distract
Computo by posing as the Weirdo Legionnaire. The Legionnaires
unsuccessfully try to fight Computo by creating a Bizarro-Computo.
Bouncing Boy temporarily regains his powers and attempts to
rescue Saturn Girl from Computo's clutches. Brainiac 5 finally
destroys Computo with an anti-matter force. NOTES: Other
heroes shown to be interred on Shanghalla are Leeta 87, Mog
Vagor, Hate Face, Nimbok of Vaalor, and Beast Boy of Lallor.
This is the first 30th century appearance of the Batcave. Its
last chronological appearance was in Hex #11 (7.86),
set in 2045. |
Adventure #341 (2.66) |
| Brainiac 5 receives a visit from Rip Hunter
and Daniel Carter. They steal his Time Bubble and take it to
the 25th century for Booster Gold. (Brainy mentions Luornu's
recent death.) |
Booster Gold v.2 #10 (8.08) |
| Star Boy is put on trial for killing Kenz
Nuhor of Naltor. Superboy defends him, arguing that the
non-invulnerable Legionnaires should be allowed to kill in
self-defense. Star Boy is expelled. He and Dream Girl join
the Substitute Heroes. First appearance of Legion rejects Calamity
King (E. Davis Ester of Touston) and Color Kid (Ulu
Vakk of Lupra). NOTES: Brainiac
5 mentions that he was recently attacked by an android sent
by the Coluan computer tyrants overthrown by his ancestor.
This is the first reference in a Legion story to the fact
that the original Brainiac was an android, not a living being. |
Adventure #342 (3.66) |
| The Legionnaires are "jinxed" by
a group of scientists on the planet Thaun who are posing
as the Luck Lords. First appearance of Ventura,
the "Gamblers' Planet." NOTES: Thaun
may be the same as the planet Tharn, which became the new Sorcerer's
World following the destruction of Zerox in 2989. The real
Luck Lords are first seen in Legion v.3 #44-45 (3-4.88). |
Adventure #343 (4.66) |
| The Legionnaires are captured by Nardo and
imprisoned in the Super-Stalag of Space along with other
heroes, including Blockade Boy (Phyl Staad of Amadus), Plant
Lad (Noyt Echad of Simballi), Shadow Kid (Grev Mallor
of Talok VIII), and Weight
Wizard. Plant Lad is killed for resisting Nardo's guards. NOTES: Shadow
Kid was later revealed to be the cousin of Tasmia Mallor (Shadow
Lass). |
Adventure #344 (5.66) |
| The Legion escapes from the Super-Stalag of
Space, but Weight Wizard is killed. Nardo nearly kills
Matter-Eater Lad, but instead alters his atomic structure,
making him super-fat. Nardo is captured and the Super-Stalag
dismantled. |
Adventure #345 (6.66) |
| Jim
Shooter begins first tenure as writer |
| Karate Kid (Val Armorr of Earth), Princess
Projectra of Orando, Ferro Lad (Andrew Nolan of
Earth) and Nemesis Kid (Hart Druiter of Myar, the
Alchemist's Planet) join the Legion, which defends the Earth
against an invasion by the Khunds and their warlord, Garlak. NOTES: This
story indicates that the United Planets has only recently
discovered the Khundian homeworld. Later accounts make it
clear that Earth was aware of the existence of the Khunds
beginning in the 20th century. The Khund homeworld is said
to have been discovered by a telescope at the Palmer Observatory,
presumably named after Ray Palmer, the Atom, who first appeared
in Showcase Comics #34 (10.61). |
Adventure #346 (7.66) |
| Nemesis Kid is revealed to be a spy for the
Khunds. He is expelled from the Legion, but manages to escape.
The Khundian invasion force is defeated and Garlak captured. |
Adventure #347 (8.66) |
| Legion Year Six |
| Invisible Kid is elected leader. The Legion battles Dr.
Zaxton Regulus, who they learn was responsible for the
origin of Sun Boy. Duo Damsel reveals she has a crush on Superboy. |
Adventure #348 (9.66) |
| Vidar, now armed with the Hypno-Stone and calling himself Universo,
attempt to join the Legion in order to steal a Time Bubble. When
he is rejected, he hypnotizes Professor Huxton of the
Time Institute into luring the Legionnaires to a series of traps
throughout time. The Legion enlists the aid of young Rond
Vidar and his invention, the Time Cube, and manages
to escape Universo's traps in time to stop him from placing the
United Planets Inner Council under his hypnotic control. Rond
Vidar reveals that he is Universo's son. NOTES: Rond
Vidar is not named in this story; his name was not revealed until Adventure
#360. Universo's name was not revealed to be "Vidar" until Legion
v.2 #295 (1.83). |
Adventure #349 (10.66) |
| Superboy and Supergirl are forced to leave the
Legion when the Earth is surrounded by a cloud of green Kryptonite.
They ask the Legion to accept two masked heroes, "Sir Prize" and "Miss
Terious," as
their replacements. The Legion battles Prince Evillo of Tartarus and
his Devil's Dozen (Apollo, Tal Obrin of Geeqou;
the Hag; Sugyn; and the Wild Huntsman, Jake
Kafkranus of Tartarus), who kidnap Lightning Lad. First appearance
of the Legion's financier, R.J. Brande. NOTES: R.J.
Brande was not actually named until Adventure Comics #350
(12.66). The letters page contains an origin of Chameleon Boy. |
Adventure #350 (11.66) |
| The Hag, Xola Aq, is restored to her true form: the White
Witch, younger sister of Dream Girl. With her help, the
Legionnaires defeat Evillo and the Devil's Dozen. Evillo's
doctor, Zan Orbal, re-grows Lightning Lad's arm and restores
Bouncing Boy's powers. "Sir Prize" and "Miss
Terious" are revealed as Star Boy and Dream Girl. Color
Kid, now a member of the Substitute Heroes, changes the green
Kryptonite cloud to blue, allowing Superboy and Supergirl to
return to the 30th century. Bouncing Boy, Dream Girl, Star
Boy, Superboy, and Supergirl rejoin the Legion. The White Witch
predicts the fates of four Legionnaires, including Ferro Lad,
who she predicts will die, and Cosmic Boy, whose fate is "too
dreadful" to
reveal. |
Adventure #351 (12.66) |
| Mysa Nal returns to Zerox, the Sorcerer's World, where she
resumes her study of the mystic arts. |
(Legion v.2 #316, 10.84) |
| Projectra, Ferro Lad, and Karate Kid defeat Black Mace. NOTES: This
is the first chronological appearance of Black Mace, whose first
appearance in print was in Adventure Comics #374 (11.68). |
(Legion v.3 #31, 2.87) |
| When the Earth is menaced by the Sun-Eater, the Legion
is forced to enlist the help of the Fatal Five: the Emerald
Empress (Sarya of Venegar, armed with the Emerald
Eye of Ekron), Mano of Angtu, the Persuader, Tharok and Validus. NOTES: Tales
of the Legion Annual #3 (1984) later revealed that Validus
is time-displaced son of Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad, with "mental
lightning" powers. The letters page contains an origin of
Cosmic Boy. |
Adventure #352 (1.67) |
| The Legion and the Fatal Five try and
fail to stop the Sun-Eater. Tharok builds an absorbatron bomb,
which Superboy volunteers to carry to the creature's core.
Ferro Lad slugs Superboy and carries the bomb himself, destroying
the Sun-Eater at the cost of his own life. A memorial for Ferro
Lad is erected on Shanghalla. |
Adventure #353 (2.67) |
| Superboy, Mon-El, Brainiac 5, Element Lad, and Dream Girl
are transformed into children. First mention of Rokyn,
the world on which the Kryptonian city of Kandor was enlarged. NOTES: Brainiac
5's homeworld is called Yod in this story. Kandor was originally
enlarged in the 20th century in Superman #338 (8.79). |
Adventure #356 (5.67) |
| Superboy is captured by a Controller, who reveals that
he was the creator of the Sun-Eater. While the other Controllers fight evil,
he has decided to rule the universe. Superboy is apparently saved
by the ghost of Ferro Lad, and the renegade Controller dies after
being startled by some unseen force. NOTES: This
is the first appearance of the Controllers. Their full origin
was told in Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (10.85). It was
never definitely established if the Legion clubhouse really was
haunted by Ferro Lad's spirit. |
Adventure #357 (6.67) |
| On the jungle world of Simballi, the Legionnaires
are stalked by Otto Orion, the Hunter. Orion dies
after failing to defeat them. |
Adventure #358 (7.67) |
| Earth's new president, Kandru Boltax, who is also the
head of the United Planets' Inner Council, outlaws the Legion.
Some of the Legionnaires are imprisoned on Takron-Galtos after
defying a president order not to use their powers in public,
while the others become fugitives after even their parents and
Legion financier R.J. Brande turn against them. NOTES: President
Boltax's name is spelled Kandro in this story, but it is spelled
Kandru in most subsequent appearances. |
Adventure #359 (8.67) |
| The newly formed Legion Espionage Squad discovers that
Vice President Boltax has hypnotized Earth's population by drugging
the water. They add an antidote to the water supply with the
help of Rond Vidar and unmask "Boltax" as Universo.
The Legionnaires on Takron-Galtos escape and arrest the warden,
who is an accomplice of Universo. Rond Vidar is made an honorary
Legionnaire and the real Boltax is freed. NOTES: The
Legionnaires on Earth briefly take refuge in one of Lex Luthor's
former headquarters, Luthor's Lair. Luthor's Lair first appeared
in Action Comics #277 (6.61); the version shown in this
story was first seen in Superman v.1 #167 (2.64). |
Adventure #360 (9.67) |
| The Guardians of the Universe make Rond Vidar the Green Lantern
of Space Sector 2814. Because Green Lanterns are still barred
from U.P. space, Rond keeps his new role a secret. NOTES: Rond's
entry in Who's Who in the LSH #5 (9.88) indicates that
he was given his father's power ring after Universo's attempt
to outlaw the Legion, but shortly before Rond became an honorary
Legionnaire. |
(Legion v.3 #50, 9.88) |
| Tired of decades of conflict, the Dominators overthrow
their leader and begins peace talks with the United Planets.
The Legion escorts a caravan of Dominion ambassadors through
the 10th dimension and defends them against the "Unkillables," a
group of assassins ultimately revealed to be descendants of assassins
Lee Harvey Oswald, Brutus and Cassius, John Wilkes Booth, and
other famous killers. |
Adventure #361 (10.67) |
| The Legion battles Mantis Morlo and his army of Chemoids,
who threaten Daxam, Orando, and Naltor. A group of Legionnaires
visit Orando, where they meet Projectra's father, King Voxv.
Karate Kid reveals his affection for Projectra. NOTES: This
is the first actual appearance of the planet Orando. |
Adventure #362 (11.67) |
| The Legionnaires battle Mantis Morlo on Daxam and Naltor and
prevent him from destroying the Earth. NOTES: This
is the first actual appearance of the planet Naltor and of its
current High Seer, Beren Kah. |
Adventure #363 (11.67) |
| Shadow Lass (Tasmia Mallor) leads the Legion on a mission
to her homeworld, Talok VIII, which has been taken over
by the Fatal Five. |
Adventure #365 (2.68) |
| The Fatal Five flee Talok VIII for
Earth, where they seize two of the three keys to the U.P.'s Universal
Weapons Control Panel. Shadow Lass joins the Legion for their
showdown with the Fatal Five, which all but destroys the Legion
clubhouse. |
Adventure #366 (3.68) |
| The United Planets builds the Legion an elaborate new headquarters
in Metropolis. The Legion receives gifts from across the galaxy,
including the Miracle Machine from the Controllers dimension,
which they use to defeat an invasion by the Dark Circle.
First appearance of Sensei (Toshiaki White Crane), Karate
Kid's teacher, and of Tokyo, described as "one of the few
places in the 30th century to maintain some of its distinctive
local cultural flavor." NOTES: According
to Superboy #195 (6.73), the new Legion headquarters is
located at 344 Clinton Street, the same address where Clark Kent's
apartment building stood in the 20th century. |
Adventure #367 (4.68) |
| The female Legionnaires fall under the control of Thora of
the matriarchal world Taltar, who increases their powers
and turns them against their male comrades. |
Adventure #368 (5.68) |
| Saturn Girl recounts the origin of the Legion. NOTES: This
is the first telling of the Legion's origin. The origins of Lightning
Lad, Lightning Lass, and Lightning Lord (Mekt Ranzz) are shown
in flashback. This is the same Mekt that appeared in Adventure #331. |
Superboy v.1 #147 (5-6.68) |
| Mordru escapes from the airless vault beneath
Legion headquarters. The Legionnaires flee back to Superboy's
era to escape him. NOTES: The Legion's
first battle with Mordru, never shown in an actual story, is
shown in flashback. Mon-El mentions that Mordru made an earlier
attempt to conquer the galaxy "decades ago." |
Adventure #369 (6.68) |
| Mordru captures the Legionnaires and puts them on trial. The
White Witch and Princess Projectra convince Mordru that he has
destroyed the Legionnaires and trick him into accidentally burying
himself again. |
Adventure #370 (7.68) |
| Invisible Kid fights a member of the Taurus Gang with the
help of young Condo Arlik (Chemical King) and the ghost of Ferro
Lad. NOTES: This is the first chronological
appearance of the Taurus Gang, which first appeared in Adventure
Comics #374 (11.68). |
(Legion v.3 #59, 4.89) |
| Legion Year Seven |
| Ultra Boy is elected leader. Colossal Boy is blackmailed
by a gang of criminals who have kidnapped his parents, Wynn
and Marte Allon (not actually named in this story).
He is forced to spy on the Legion Academy. First appearance
of Academy student Chemical King (Condo Arlik of Phlon)
and return of Lone Wolf (now calling himself Timber Wolf).
Bouncing Boy is shown as an instructor at the Academy. |
Adventure #371 (8.68) |
| Chemical King and Timber Wolf join the Legion, which rescues
Colossal Boy's parents from Tarik the Mute and his new Legion
of Super-Villains (which includes Lightning Lord, Nemesis
Kid, Radiation Roy, Ron-Karr, and Spider Girl). NOTES: This
Legion of Super-Villains is the same version of the ones who
came from the future in Adventure #331. Some sources
suggest that Cosmic King was active behind the scenes though
he didn't appear in early stories such as this. |
Adventure #372 (9.68) |
| The Legionnaires meet Dawn Allen and Don Allen,
the Tornado Twins, the children of Barry Allen (Flash II),
who have inherited their father's super-speed powers. NOTES: This
story indicated that Dawn and Don were descendants of the Flash,
but it was not established that they were his children (or
that their powers were permanent, not temporary) until Legion
v.4 #17 (4.91). |
Adventure #373 (10.68) |
| Some of the Legionnaires are captured by the Scorpius
Gang, which blackmails their comrades into attacking
the rival Taurus Gang (Rogarth (Clave Rogarth
of Avalon), Black Mace (Mick Yardreigh of Earth), Mystelor (Zera
Oliet of Titan), Shagrek, and Quantro). Science
Police Chief Zoltorus is unmasked as the leader of
the Scorpius gang, which is defeated with the help of the
Legion of Substitute Heroes. First appearance of R.J. Brande's
business rival Leland McCauley III. |
Adventure #374 (11.68) |
| King Artros of Nadir forces the Legion to
battle the Wanderers (Celebrand, Dartalg, Elvo, Immorto, Ornitho, Psyche,
and Quantum Queen). First appearance of new Science
Police commander Ianos. Shadow Lass demonstrates a romantic
interest in Mon-El. NOTES: This is
the first actual appearance of Quantum Queen. She previously
appeared among the statues of dead Legionnaires in the Adult
Legion story in Adventure Comics #354 (4.67). |
Adventure #375 (12.68) |
| On the other-dimensional world of Nadir, Chameleon Boy defeats Kodar
the Black Vassal and romances Princess Elwinda — whom
he almost marries before the Legion draws him back to Earth. |
Adventure #376 (1.69) |
| The Legion pretends to turn mercenary in order to defeat Modulus.
Second appearance of Leland McCauley III. |
Adventure #377 (2.69) |
| To celebrate Brainiac 5's birthday, the Legion toasts him
with kono juice, only to find it has been poisoned.
With only 12 hours to live, Karate Kid tries to go out fighting
by taking on the Fatal Five single-handedly. |
Adventure #378 (3.69) |
| The poisoned Legionnaires are buried in space by their comrades,
who help the Seerons repel an army of invaders. The
poisoned Legionnaires are restored by use of the Miracle
Machine. The culprit is revealed to be Alek Korlo,
a small-time crook. First reference to Interlac, the "intergalactic
universal language of the 30th century." |
Adventure #379 (4.69) |
| With the help of the Legion of Super-Pets, the Legion outwits
the evil Skyzznx and his partner Alrrk. NOTES: This
was the last issue of the Legion's run in Adventure Comics. |
Adventure #380 (5.69) |
| Light Lass helps Timber Wolf break his addiction to the lotus
fruit of Oomar. |
Action #378 (7.69) |
| Uli Algor, an accomplice of the villain Sunburst,
infiltrates the Legion by posing as Shadow Lass. |
Action #379 (8.69) |
| One of Duo Damsel's bodies develops its own identity as Lelith,
falling in love with Nam'Lor of Ikros. Nam'Lor's
hyper-aura causes Lelith to become evil. He eventually leaves
and she returns to normal. NOTES: Notes
in 2995, the Legion Sourcebook established that this
was neither the first nor the last time Duo Damsel displayed
multiple personalities; Brainiac 5 speculates that it is a
repressed tendency of many Cargggites. |
Action #380 (9.69) |
| Despondent after learning that his father has lost all his
family's money gambling, Tenzil Kem (Matter-Eater Lad) cheers
himself up by taking Salu Digby (Shrinking Violet) on a date
in Metropolis. Duplicate Boy accuses Tenzil of trying to steal
his girl. |
Action #381 (10.69) |
| Karate Kid is elected leader. Superboy and Mon-El are kidnapped
by Cosvarr, who uses them to build his Protector androids. |
Action #382 (11.69) |
| The Sensei visits Karate Kid in Metropolis, where he persuades
him that he is trying too hard to make the other Legionnaires
live up to his own standards. |
(Secret Origins #47, 2.90) |
| Still depressed over his aborted romance with Princess Elwinda
of Nadir, Chameleon Boy poses as a human named Dane Roberts
to romance Projectra's friend Janice Warren. |
Action #383 (1.70) |
| Mon-El apparently dies of lead poisoning.
His descendant, Eltro Gand, sacrifices his own life
force to revive him. |
Action #384 (1.70) |
| The Legion visits Star Boy's homeworld, Xanthu, and battle
a Naltorian gang led by Yark Althu, the brother of Kenz
Nuhor, the man Star Boy killed in self-defense. NOTES: Star
Boy killed Kenz Nuhor in Adventure #342 (3.66). |
Action #385 (2.70) |
| Uli Algor is released from jail, where she was sent for
impersonating Shadow Lass, and tries to destroy the Legion
on the asteroid world Talus. NOTES: Uli
Algor first appeared in Action Comics #379 (8.69). |
Action #386 (3.70) |
| The U.P. informs the Legion that they face ruinous taxation
if they have more than 25 members. Superboy resigns to maintain
the limit. Supergirl also considers resigning. NOTES: In
the original story, the membership of 26 included Supergirl.
It is unclear how this sits in current continuity. |
Action #387 (4.70) |
| At the age of 13, Dawnstar goes to work as a freelance space
navigator. Eventually, R.J. Brande persuades her to attend
the Legion Academy, for which she will be paid a "handsome" salary. |
(Superboy & the Legion #240, 6.78) |
| The Legion battles the android Klim. |
Action #389 (6.70) |
| The Legion travels to the planet Lahum, where President
Peralla has instituted a dictatorship and is preparing
to conquer other worlds. The Legion Espionage Squad discovers
that the anti-Peralla revolutionaries, led by Diol Masrin,
are secretly allied with the Dark Circle. |
Action #390 (7.70) |
| On Lahum, the Legionnaires defeat both President Peralla
and Diol Masrin and restore democracy. |
Action #391 (8.70) |
| LEGION
OF THREE WORLDS, the first |
| The Tornado Twins marry and bear children: Don Allen marries
Meloni Thawne (a descendant of the evil Reverse-Flash) and have
a son, Bart Allen. Dawn Allen marries Jeven Ognats and they have
a daughter, Jenni Ognats. NOTES: Meloni
Thawne first appeared in Impulse #23 (3.97); Jeven Ognats
in Legion v.4 Annual #6 (1995). Flash Secret Files #1
(1997) gives Jenni's birthdate as 2978, Bart's as 2980. These
events are placed here, just before the Legionnaires began wearing
new uniforms. |
Legion v.4 Annual #6 (1995) |
| Angered by his descendant Meloni's marriage to a descendant
of the Flash, Professor Zoom (Eobard Thawne) launches
a campaign against the Tornado Twins. When the Twins use the
Cosmic Treadmill to escape him, they tear open time/space barriers,
bringing three Legions together from across the multiverse. They
force Zoom into retreat. NOTES: Eobard
Thawne first appeared in Flash v.1 #139 (1963). He has
gone by the aliases Reverse-Flash and Professor Zoom.
He is from the 25th Century. This event was first mentioned by
Superman in Justice Society v.3 #6 (7.07). |
(Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #3, 3.09) |
| The three Brainiac 5s create a new suit for Star Boy that is
essentially a map of the multiverse. NOTES: Placement
in the timeline is before many Legionnaires get new costumes;
Star Boy's last app. in his old costume is Superboy #173. |
(JSA: Kingdom Come Special: Magog, 1.09); (Final Crisis: Legion
of Three Worlds #2, 10.08) |
| The Twins and their mother Iris retreat with their
families to Earth-247. The Legions use Star Boy's suit to return
to their proper Earths. Only Brainiac 5 and Superman of Earth-0
retain any memory of this meeting. NOTE: The
Brainiac 5 of Earth-247 speculates that the Earth-0 Brainy retained
his memory because of his age. |
(Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #3, 3.09) |
| Earth-247: Shortly after migrating to Earth-247,
Dawn and Don Allen are killed by Dominator agents under the guidance
of Meloni's father, sworn enemy of the Allen clan. |
(Flash Secret Files #1, 11.97) |
| Lightning Lad discoversa primordial black hole heading towards
Earth. He and the founders jaunt into the future, where they
find the Earth's been destroyed. They return to the 20th century
for the aid of the Doom Patrol. With their help, they make the
hole give off more energy than it absorbs. NOTE: The
Time Bubble uses space warping (tesseract) technology to house
all its engines. Set sometime after the Subs' formation and before
any new costumes. |
(Brave & Bold v.2 #34, 7.10) |
| Jealous of the Legion's accolades, the Subs decide to take
a Time
Bubble and save the Earth before the Legion does. They
miss the Doom Patrol and instead team with the Inferior
Five.
In the end, their bumbling changes nothing. |
(Brave & Bold v.2 #35, 8.10) |
