The Legion of Super-Heroes FAQ

[astronato]

Is there any connection between Vril Dox's L.E.G.I.O.N. and the Legion of Superheroes?

[Paul Newell]

There were some connections between the two. Several of the L.E.G.I.O.N. members were ancestors of Legion members, two L.E.G.I.O.N.aires were possessed by the Emerald Eye for awhile...There's a few other things, but I'd need to go look through the issues and tell you....Oh yeah! Lar Gand and Tinya Wazzo were members of both teams.

[Paul Newell]

What's with the names?

Are they supposed to reflect a sort of future retro aesthetic?

Well originally the names were created in the late 50's/early 60's. Mark Waid has explained the names being based upon those of the heroes of the 21st century, eg. Superboy, Wonder Girl, etc.

[Batgrrl]

The Threeboot (Post Infiinite Crisis Legion) was actually 12 years later, not 10. :-)

[Paul Newell]

The Threeboot (Post Infiinite Crisis Legion) was actually 12 years later, not 10. :-)

How so?

The Legion first rebooted in 1994 and the Threeboot Legion first appeared in 2004

[Kon-L]

Mark Waid has used the number of 12 in some interviews. That must be where it is from.

[Michael P]

What's with the names?

Are they supposed to reflect a sort of future retro aesthetic?

In the current series, yes. Originally, they were just the kind of names the writes thought up.

[Lara]

[color=black]Post-Boot, it's worth tracking down the three "Secret Files & Origins" DC released.

Know of any good places to find it? Websites and such?

[Paul Newell]

Know of any good places to find it? Websites and such?

Any good online comic shop should have 'em.

Try the links to Mile High or My Comic Shop on the front page. :)

[Lara]

Thanks. :D

[Gozwald73]

There were some connections between the two. Several of the L.E.G.I.O.N. members were ancestors of Legion members, two L.E.G.I.O.N.aires were possessed by the Emerald Eye for awhile...There's a few other things, but I'd need to go look through the issues and tell you....Oh yeah! Lar Gand and Tinya Wazzo were members of both teams.

There was also the inference that RJ Brande was in fact 'The Durlan' from L.E.G.I.O.N., and that he created the LSH in order to "re-pay" a debt he felt he owed to Virl Dox.

In the twilight issues of L.E.G.I.O.N. it was revealed that Phase was actually Enya Wazzo (Tinya's cousin).

[TimT]

Okay, I got back into comics in the last year. I am aware of the newest crisis and that some elements of the multi-verse is back. I am also aware that the newest Superman continuity may be different than what we've had since 1987/88 and the restart coming from the first crisis. However, I really liked one element from the late 80s restart: Superman developed his powers slowly and didn't show himself to the world until he was an adult. Now, I see that the latest JSA has a Superman that knows the Legion of Superheroes. He makes references to having been with them as Superboy. How is that coming in?

[Paul Newell]

We don't really know yet. There was hints sprinkled throughout some titles that Superman may have been a member of the Pre-Crisis Legion again, but the reveal happened in the JLA/JSA crossover.

That's all we know at this point.

[Mon-el]

Paul,

I had just seen this over at Legionworld, that a new TPB has been added for December courtesy of Lightning Lad.

THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: AN EYE FOR AN EYE TP

Writers: Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen

Artists: Keith Giffen, Steve Lightle, Joe Orlando and Larry Mahlstedt

Collects: THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1-6

$17.99, 160 pages

[aukevin]

I've just started getting into the Legion of Superheroes over the past year due to Supergirl joining up and the JLA/JSA crossover. Obviously the two Legions are different, that's fine as long as something eventually explains stuff.

But anyways, I've read all 31 issues of the current series of LSH which I really liked, I catch the cartoon from time to time, read up on Wiki about them, but I wanted to know and read more comics about the previous version of the Legion that everything is built from. So I bought volume one of the DC Archive's Legion of Super-heroes. Now what I'm about to say is just my opinion and I don't want to insult anyone, but I found that volume very corny. I enjoyed the Mon-El story, but it and everything else was just so campy. I like now knowing how the first issues started and what the team was like then, but when do the stories get more serious? At first, all these seemed to be stories about the LSH playing tricks on Superboy and Supergirl. Eventually the stories developed into more origin type stories of other leaguers, but the cheesy dialog continued. I've been reading comics for 15-20 years, but never really looked at the golden and silver age stuff. Is this what it was like? I really want to read more LSH stuff from the other DC Archives, but they are so expensive for what I consider really childish stories. When do they start getting a little more serious?

Like I said, I don't mean to insult anyone, that's just how I viewed the original LSH comics. But I think the characters today are really cool and I want to read more comics about them, but not stories like I found in the first volume of DC's LSH Archives. Any suggestions?

Thanks!