The Legion of Super-Heroes is a glorious early Silver Age DC Universe concept, frankly never adequately replicated across any version of the distinguished competition. The legion is a superpowered collection of galactic teenagers (generally) ensuring justice for the late 30th and early 31st centuries!
Keeping tabs on the expansive Legion of Super-Heroes roster can stretch even the most dedicated comic book fans to their limit, but members have included Lightning Lad, Star boy, Saturn Girl, Bouncing Boy (the greatest, obviously), Braniac 5, Dream Girl, and Mon-El (among many, many, many others).
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Below you’ll find a complete guide to the Legion of Super-Heroes comics throughout DC history, with my personal favorites noted with the Comic Book Herald logo next to the series title.
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Legion of Super-Heroes Reading Order
Legion of Super Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1
Collects: Adventure Comics #247, #267, #282, #290, #293, #300-328; Action Comics #267, #276, #287 And #289; Superman #147; Superman Annual #4 And Superman’S Pal Jimmy Olsen #72, #76; And Superboy #86, #89, #98 And #117
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2
Collects: Adventure Comics#329-360 And Superboy #124-125
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Vol. 7
Collects: Adventure Comics #359–367
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #106
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Vol. 8
Collects: Adventure Comics #368–376
Superboy #147
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Vol. 9
Collects: Adventure Comics #377–380
Action Comics #378–387, 389–392
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Vol. 10
Collects: Superboy #172–173, 176, 183–184, 188, 190–191, 193, 195
Superboy Starring The Legion Of Super Heroes #197–202
Adventure Comics #403
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Vol. 11
Collects: Superboy Starring The Legion Of Super Heroes #203–212
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Vol. 12
Collects: Superboy Starring The Legion Of Super Heroes #213–221
Superboy And The Legion Of Super Heroes #222-223
Karate Kid #1
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Vol. 13
Collects: Superboy And The Legion Of Super Heroes Vol. 2, #224–233
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1
Collects: Superboy And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #234-240, All-New Collectors’ Edition C-55 And Dc Super-Stars #17
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2
Collects: Superboy And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #241-258 And Dc Comics Presents #13-14
The Legion Enters the Paul Levitz & Keith Giffen 80’s Run
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #259 To #283
Starting with what *would* have been Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #259, the Legion gets the series title all to themselves, just in time for the 1980s (as you can see, though, the series numbering remained the same). This era will transition us from the Gerry Conway written years to the Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen era!
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #284-296 And Annual #1
The “Great Darkness Saga” is a highpoint for the Legion, and one of my favorite comics of all time!
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Curse
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #297-313 And Legion Of Super-Heroes Annual #2-3, Legion Of Super-Heroes: The Curse
Legion of Super-Heroes: An Eye for an Eye
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #1-6
Following Tales of the Legion #325, the series rebooted with a new Legion of Super-Heroes #1 in 1984. Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen remained on the series during this time!
Legion of Super-Heroes: The More Things Change
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #7-13
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #14 To #63
Legion of Super-Heroes & Legionnaires (1990’s)
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #1 To #40
Collects: Legionnaires #1 To #18
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #41 To #61
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #0, #62-68, And Legionnaires #0, #19-24
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #69-73, Legion Of Super-Heroes Annual #6, Legionnaires #25-30, Legionnaires Annual #2 And Showcase ’95 #10
Collects: Legionnaires #31 To #77
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #74 To #121
The Legion by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Vol. 1
Collects: Legionnaires #78-81, Legion Of Super-Heroes #122-125 And Legion Of Super-Heroes Secret Files #2
As Marvel fans know well, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning partnered on the most popular Guardians of the Galaxy comic a decade later, but here you can see the creative partnership honed in on the Legion.
The Legion by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Vol. 2
Collects: Legion Lost #1 to #12
Legion of Super-Heroes in the 2000’s
TITANS/LEGION OF SUPERHEROES: UNIVERSE ABLAZE
Collects: Titans/Legion Of Superheroes: Universe Ablaze #1 To #4
Collects: The Legion #1 To #24
Collects: The Legion 25-30, Secret Files 30003 # 1
Teen Titans Vol. 4: The Future is Now
Collects: Teen Titans #16-23 And Titans/Legion Special #1
During the Geoff Johns written era of Teen Titans, new Superboy Conner Kent suddenly finds himself transported in time and paired with the Legion of Super-Heroes. It’s a nice homage to the Legion’s ties to Superboy, and a good way of joining the two teen teams together in the early 2000’s.
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Teenage Revolution
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #1-6 And The Preview Story From Teen Titans/Legion Special #1
In 2005 Legion of Super-Heroes relaunched as a new ongoing by writer Mark Waid and artist Barry Kitson. It’s the longest running Legion series of the 2000’s to date!
Legion of Super-Heroes (2005-2009) Vol. 2: Death of a Dream
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #7-13
Supergirl and the Legion Super-Heroes (2005-2009) Vol. 3: Strange Visitor from Another Century
Collects: The Legion Of Super-Heroes #14-15 And Supergirl And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #16-19
Supergirl and the Legion Super-Heroes (2005-2009) Vol. 4: Adult Education
Collects: Supergirl And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #20-#25
Supergirl and the Legion Super-Heroes (2005-2009) Vol. 5: The Dominator War
Collects: Supergirl And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #26-30
Justice League of America (2006-2011) Vol. 2: The Lightning Saga
Collects: Justice League Of America #0 And #8-12 And Justice Society Of America #5-6
Supergirl and the Legion Super-Heroes (2005-2009) Vol. 6: The Quest for Cosmic Boy
Collects: Supergirl And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #31-36
Legion of Super-Heroes: Enemy Rising
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #37-44
Legion of Super-Heroes: Enemy Manifest
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #45 To #50
Legion of Super-Heroes in the Late 2000’s
Collects: Superman: Secret Origin #1-6
In the 2000’s miniseries from writer Geoff Johns, Superman’s first meeting with the Legion of Super-Heroes is retold for a modern audience.
Superman and the Legion of Super Heroes
Collects: Action Comics #858-863
Johns time on Superman includes this story where the future of the Legion of Super-Heroes is manipulated by a demagogue preaching a false narrative of Superman as a “true” Earthling, and not an alien Kryptonion.
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds
Collects: Legion Of Three Worlds #1 To #5
For the full context, check out Comic Book Herald’s complete Final Crisis reading order.
The Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1: The Choice
Collects: The Legion Of Super-Heroes #1 To #6
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Early Years
Collects: Adventure Comics #515-520
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2: Consequences
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #7-10, Adventure Comics #521-522 And Annual #1
Legion of Super-Heroes: When Evil Calls
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #11-16, Adventure Comics #523-529 And Legion Of Super-Villains #1
New 52 Legion of Superheroes
Legion Lost Vol. 1: Run From Tomorrow (The New 52)
Collects: Legion Lost #1 To #7
Legion Lost Vol. 2: The Culling
Collects: Legion Lost #0, 8-16
Collects: Legion: Secret Origin #1 To #6
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1: Hostile World
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #1 To #7
Legion of Super-Heroes (2011-2013) Vol. 2: The Dominators
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #8-14 And 0
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3: The Fatal Five
Collects: Legion Of Super-Heroes #15-23
This is very useful for identifying gaps in my collection. Are there plans to update it to include more recent Legion tales?