(late 1950s - late 1980s)
This is by no means an exhaustive list of the appearances of the Legion but rather is put together in this way to provide an idea of which books could be considered the team's home for the first 30 years of its publication history
1958 - 1969
Adventure Comics 247 (Apr 58) First Appearance
Adventure Comics 267, 282, 290, 293
Adventure Comics 300 (Sep 62) - 380 (May 69)
1969 - 1970
Action Comics (1938) 378 (Sep 69) - 392 (Sep 70)
1971 - 1979 - starting with issue 197 the Legion is prominently featured on the cover but officially the title is still Superboy
Superboy - 10 appearances from 172 (Mar 71) to 195 (Jun 73)
Superboy 197 (Sep 73) - Legion become regulars in Superboy
Superboy 258 (Dec 79) - final issue of Superboy
1980 - 1984 - the numbering continues but the title changes, Superboy ceases to be a regular member of the Legion although he does return now and then, and he gets his own book The New Adventures of Superboy in January 1980
Legion of Super-Heroes 259 (Jan 80) - 313 (Jul 84)
1984 - 1987 - Once again the title changes but the numbering remains the same, for the first year the book continued to feature new stories, but after that it was all reprints
Tales of the Legion 314 (Aug 84) - 325 (Jul 85) - new stories
Tales of the Legion 326 (Aug 85) - 354 (Dec 87) - reprints of the direct market title
1984 - 1989 - A second Legion title begins, it is printed on higher quality "baxter" paper and only sold in comic shops (aka the direct market)
Legion of Super-Heroes 1 (Aug 84) - 63 (Aug 89)
Paul Levitz
Writer of the Legion of Super-Heroes off and on from the late 1977 to 1989 and then again from 2010-2013
1977 - 1979
Superboy 225, 226, 228 - 231, 233, 235, 236 237, 239 - 247, 250, 251
1980 - 1984
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 281, 282, 284 - 313
1984 - 1989
These two titles ran concurrently for one year after which Tales of the Legion just reprinted stories from the 1984 series
Tales of the Legion 314 - 325
Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) 1-63
After a long break from the Legion, during which he was President of DC Comics (2002-2009), Levitz stepped down and stepped down and returned to writing the Legion of Super-Heroes soon thereafter
2010 - 2011
These 2 (or 3) series ran concurrently
Adventure Comics (2009) 12 (Aug 2010)
Adventure Comics (1938) 516 - 529 (Sep 2010 - Oct 2011)
Legion of Super-Heroes (2010) 1 - 16 (Jul 2010 - Oct 2011)
2011 - 2013
Legion of Super-Heroes (2011) 0 - 23
Legion: Secret Origins 1-6
Earthwar
Superboy 241-245 - available on Comixology - epic story which included the introduction of Science Police Officer Shvaughn Erin and saw the Legion battle a number of villains on Weber's World including the Khunds, the Dark Circle, and Mordru
Legion Leaders - Leading up to the Great Darkness Saga the Legion had been lead by a number of legionnaires. Here is a chronological listing of the leaders of the Legion. Deputy leaders are listed in parentheses. The information comes from the letters page in Legion of Super-Heroes 288. Over 700 votes had been received from readers (by the time LSH 288 went to press) for the next election.
- Cosmic Boy
- Saturn Girl
- Saturn Girl
- Brainiac 5 (Saturn Girl, Superboy)
- Invisible Kid (Superboy)
- Ultra Boy (Mon-El)
- Karate Kid (Mon-El)
- Mon-El (Element Lad)
- Ultra Boy
- Mon-El (Sun Boy)
- Wildfire (Element Lad)
- Lightning Lad (Element Lad)
- Dream Girl (Element Lad)
- 109 - Dream Girl
- 88 - Element Lad
- 83 - Ultra Boy
- 56 - Karate Kid
- 52 - Mon-El
- 41 - Brainiac 5
- 36 - Chameleon Boy
- 37 - Timber Wolf
- 28 - Lightning Lad
- 28 - Phantom Girl
- 27 - Wildfire
- 26 - Princess Projectra
- 26 - Saturn Girl
- 23 - Blok
- 20 - Sun Boy
- 19 - Cosmic Boy
- 17 - Star Boy
- 16 - Shrinking Violet
- 15 - Colossal Boy
- 14 - Shadow Lass
- 15 - Dawnstar
- 8 - Light Lass
Adventure Comics 287 (Aug 1961)
Adventure Comics 288 (Sep 1961)
Adventure Comics 320 (May 1964)
Links: Comic Book DB - Wikipedia
Heroes of Lallor - Beast Boy (deceased), Duplicate Boy, Evolvo Lad, Gas Girl, Life Lass
Originally known as the Legion of Super-Outlaws, they were good guys who where tricked into fighting the LSH, their powers come from their parents who were exposed to radiations (sounds like the X-Men), as a team they had three appearance prior to GDS, although Duplicate Boy had a few more appearances without the rest of the team and also had a romantic relationship with Shrinking Violet, the group had a few more appearances in LSH pre-CoIE (5) and a few more (4) afterwards
Adventure Comics 324 (Sep 1964)
Adventure Comics 339 (Dec 1965)
Superboy 200 (Jan/Feb 1974) - guests at Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy's Wedding
Links: Comic Book DB - Wikipedia
Wanderers - Celebrand, Psyche, Quantum Queen, Elvo, Dartalg, Ornitho, Immorto
A team of 30th Century adventurers who in their first appearance fought the LSH because they had been turned evil temporarily, they later got their own ongoing series in the late 1980s which lasted for 13 issues, but nothing since then
Adventure Comics 375 (Dec 1968)
Superboy 200 (Jan/Feb 1974) - guests at Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy's Wedding
Links: Comic Book DB - Wikipedia
Legion of Substitute-Heroes - super-powered heroes who applied for membership in the LSH but were rejected; in this issues we see Polar Boy, Night Girl, Chlorophyll Kid, Fire Lad, Stone Boy
Previously seen in Annual 1,
Adventure Comics 306 (March 1963) - first appearance, 11 total in Adventure Comics
Superboy - 9 appearances 200 - 254
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 72 (October 1963)
Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane 47 (February 1964)
Secret of the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 (March 1981)
1980s, Post GDS Appearances
Legion of Substitute Heroes Special
DC Comics Presents 59
Secret Origins 37
Links: Comic Book DB - Wikipedia
Weber's World - artificial planet built by the United Planets government, played a role in the Earthwar story arc (Superboy 241-245) also written by Paul Levitz, in which the Legion faces off against the Khunds, the Dark Circle, the Dominators, and Modru
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