Legion of Super Heroes

19 years ago - 16-year-old Clark Kent's is attacked by a temporally displaced Brainiac 6.0, but saved 18-year-old Rokk Krinn, 17-year-old Imra Ardeen & 18-year-old Garth Ranzz of The Legion of Super-Heroes, who blank his memory of the event before returning to their own time.

2990 - Rokk Krinn, Irma Ardeen & Garth Ranzz save 56-year-old RJ Brande from an assassination attempt, and decide to form the Legion of Super-Heroes. 14-year-old Luornu Durgo is present, but has to keep her powers secret. They defeat & imprison intergalactic criminal Tharok.
Membership: 16-year-old Rokk Krinn, 15-year-old Irma Ardeen & 16-year-old Garth Ranzz

2991 - Querl Dox, Luornu Durgo, Tinya Wazzo, Gim Allon & Reep Daggle join the Legion of Super-Heroes in their first recruitment drive. They reject 16-year-old Klint Stewirt & 17-year-old Chuck Foster. Querl Dox designs their headquarters and equips the team with flight rings. 23-year-old Mano escapes, and murders countless people before he is finally stopped and put into stasis by the Legion.
Membership: 17-year-old Rokk Krinn, 16-year-old Irma Ardeen, 17-year-old Garth Ranzz, 13-year-old Querl Dox, 15-year-old Luornu Durgo, 16-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 17-year-old Gim Allon & 7-year-old Reep Daggle

2992 - Brainiac 6.0 activates and attacks the headquarters of the Legion of Super Heroes to steal Querl Dox's technology and go back in time to kill Clark Kent before he becomes Superman. Querl conducts his temporal experiment, sending back Rokk Krinn, Imra Ardeen & Garth Ranzz to stop him. He also sends a message back to 6-year-old Vril Dox who is still in prison in the Starlog. 22-year-old Sarya's criminal empire is so expansive, she has to be stopped by the Legion.
Membership: 18-year-old Rokk Krinn, 17-year-old Irma Ardeen, 18-year-old Garth Ranzz, 14-year-old Querl Dox, 16-year-old Luornu Durgo, 17-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 18-year-old Gim Allon & 8-year-old Reep Daggle

2993 - Lyle Norg & Jo Nah joins the Legion of Super-Heroes in their second recruitment drive. They reject 17-year-old Kirt Neidrigh & 20-year-old Myke Chypurz. 16-year-old Salu Digby is approached by Querl Dox to assist in his Quantum Macroverse experiments. 19-year-old Chuck Foster earns a job as the pilot of the Legion Cruiser. 37-year-old Nyeun Chun Ti confronts the Legion, and is imprisoned.
Membership: 19-year-old Rokk Krinn, 18-year-old Irma Ardeen, 19-year-old Garth Ranzz, 15-year-old Querl Dox, 17-year-old Luornu Durgo, 18-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 19-year-old Gim Allon, 9-year-old Reep Daggle, 15-year-old Lyle Norg & 17-year-old Jo Nah

2994 - The Legion battles the White Triangle Daxamites. 19-year-old Tinya Wazzo is injured in the battle and presumed dead. Salu Digby is unleashed as a secret weapon, and joins the team proper. Chuck Foster saves the entire Legion and earns a full membership.
Membership: 20-year-old Rokk Krinn, 19-year-old Irma Ardeen, 20-year-old Garth Ranzz, 16-year-old Querl Dox, 19-year-old Luornu Durgo, 20-year-old Gim Allon, 10-year-old Reep Daggle, 16-year-old Lyle Norg, 18-year-old Jo Nah, 17-year-old Salu Digby & 20-year-old Chuck Foster.

2995 - Dirk Morgna, Jan Arrah, Andrew Nolan, Val Armorr & 15-year-old Sussa Paka join the Legion in their third recruitment drive. They reject 14-year-old Roy Travich. 19-year-old Kirt Neidrigh attempts to attack the Legion but is defeated and sent to prison. Querl Dox discovers Connor Kent's body sealed in it's tomb inside the Phantom Zone. He is revived, and re-engineered to allow him to age. After some time with the Legion of Super-Heroes, Querl manages to align his temporal technology to send him back. Tinya Wazzo's planet Bgztl is found in the Phantom Zone by Querl Dox during his experiments with Connor Kent. She is able to appear in the matter universe, but not take full material form. Rokk Krinn permits Tharok to create a team of other Legion enemies to stop a rogue Sun-Eater, inadvertently creating the Fatal Five. He steps down as active leader of the Legion, even though subsequent leaders continue to defer to him. Lyle Norg is elected leader.
Membership: 21-year-old Rokk Krinn, 20-year-old Irma Ardeen, 21-year-old Garth Ranzz, 17-year-old Querl Dox, 19-year-old Luornu Durgo, 20-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 21-year-old Gim Allon, 11-year-old Reep Daggle, 17-year-old Lyle Norg, 19-year-old Jo Nah, 18-year-old Salu Digby, 21-year-old Chuck Foster, 15-year-old Dirk Morgna, 14-year-old Jan Arrah, 17-year-old Andrew Nolan, 17-year-old Val Armorr, 15-year-old Sussa Paka & Connor Kent

2996 - Lyle Norg steps down as leader of the Legion of Super-Heroes, focusing on building the espionage team. Irma Ardeen is elected the new leader. The Legion fights in the Earthwar. 18-year-old Andrew Nolan is killed in the battle.16-year-old Sussa Paka is discovered as a double agent during the Earth War. She fights the Legion but is captured.
Membership: 22-year-old Rokk Krinn, 21-year-old Irma Ardeen, 22-year-old Garth Ranzz, 18-year-old Querl Dox, 20-year-old Luornu Durgo, 21-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 22-year-old Gim Allon, 12-year-old Reep Daggle, 18-year-old Lyle Norg, 20-year-old Jo Nah, 19-year-old Salu Digby, 22-year-old Chuck Foster, 16-year-old Dirk Morgna, 15-year-old Jan Arrah & 18-year-old Val Armorr.

2997 - 23-year-old Garth Ranzz leaves the Legion to find his brother Mekt and is imprisoned after their battle. His sister Ayla Ranzz takes his place on the team. 18-year-old Tasmia Mallor chooses to leave Talos VIII when it is contacted by the United Planets. She joins the Legion, leaving Grev as her planet's sole champion. Querl Dox is approached by Barry Allen Jr & Meloni Thawne to save the life of their son 12-year-old Bart Allen. He uses his temporal tech to send him back in time to meet Wally West. Lyle Norg is given an ultimatum to release his invisibility serum to his father. He delivers a sample of his blood to the Science Police laced with a bio-synthetic trojan virus, giving Querl access to the entire Science Police network. They are granted amnesty. Querl uses his access to the Science Police database to implicate Jo Nah in the death of An Ryd so he can infiltrate a notorious criminal organization. Only Querl, Rokk Lrinn & Imra Ardeen know the truth. 23-year-old Gim Allon leaves the team after Lyle & Querl hack the Science Police. The Fatal Five attempt to assault Legion headquarters, but they are defeated by Val Armorr single-handedly & imprisoned.
Membership: 23-year-old Rokk Krinn, 22-year-old Irma Ardeen, 19-year-old Querl Dox, 23-year-old Luornu Durgo, 22-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 13-year-old Reep Daggle, 19-year-old Lyle Norg, 21-year-old Jo Nah, 20-year-old Salu Digby, 23-year-old Chuck Foster, 17-year-old Dirk Morgna, 16-year-old Jan Arrah, 19-year-old Val Armorr, 23-year-old Ayla Ranzz & 18-year-old Tasmia Mallor

2998 - Irma Ardeen summons Garth Ranzz from several systems away to save the United Planets from destruction. He earns his pardon & rejoins. The Legion reawakens Mogo, who begins coalescing Oan Energy to restart the Corps.
Membership: 24-year-old Rokk Krinn, 23-year-old Irma Ardeen, 24-year-old Garth Ranzz, 20-year-old Querl Dox, 22-year-old Luornu Durgo, 23-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 14-year-old Reep Daggle, 20-year-old Lyle Norg, 22-year-old Jo Nah, 21-year-old Salu Digby, 24-year-old Chuck Foster, 18-year-old Dirk Morgna, 17-year-old Jan Arrah, 20-year-old Val Armorr, 24-year-old Ayla Ranzz & 19-year-old Tasmia Mallor

2999 - Dawnstar, Drake Burroughs & Brin Londo all join the Legion separately, each needing them for different reasons.
Membership: 25-year-old Rokk Krinn, 24-year-old Irma Ardeen, 25-year-old Garth Ranzz, 21-year-old Querl Dox, 23-year-old Luornu Durgo, 24-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 15-year-old Reep Daggle, 21-year-old Lyle Norg, 23-year-old Jo Nah, 22-year-old Salu Digby, 25-year-old Chuck Foster, 19-year-old Dirk Morgna, 18-year-old Jan Arrah, 21-year-old Val Armorr, 25-year-old Ayla Ranzz & 20-year-old Tasmia Mallor, 16-year-old Dawnstar, 22-year-old Drake Burroughs, 22-year-old Brin Londo

3000 - 14-year-old Horace Lafeaugh is rejected from the Legion when 25-year-old Imra Ardeen discovers his penchant for violence. 19-year-old Jan Arrah, 22-year-old Querl Dox, 21-year-old Tasmia Mallor, 24-year-old Jo Nah, 25-year-old Irma Ardeen, 26-year-old Garth Ranzz & 16-year-old Reep Daggle are lost in a distant galaxy. Jan Arrah sacrifices himself to save the team and is slingshot out of time and forced to exist in deep space for a millennia, watching the creation of whole galaxies. He becomes the Progenitor, forging whole civilizations to work his god-like will. He is killed by Garth Ranzz, who sacrifices his life to stop him from following them back to their own galaxy. Ancient sorcerer Lord Mordru begins the Mage Wars, rounding up and killing homo magi across the galaxy. 23-year-old Salu Digby is corrupted by the Emerald Eye of Ekron, falling under the influence of Lord Mordru and used against her teammates. 22-year-old Lyle Norg dies when Lord Mordru corrupts his flight ring in deep space. 26-year-old Rokk Krinn is depowered. The Legion is disbanded, & the surviving members go their separate ways. 22-year-old Querl Dox retreats to the old L.E.G.I.O.N. base and begins retrofitting it into Legion World.

3005 - Reep Daggle discovers the Dominators infiltration of Earth. He goes to Querl Dox to reform the Legion of Super-Heroes and stop them. He is able to repower Rokk Krinn and contact all surviving members to battle the Dominators. They must battle 25-year-old Dirk Morgna who has been enslaved to the Dominators, but they manage to defeat him without killing him. With the assistance of newly empowered 16-year-old Jenni Ognats & the new Green Lantern Corp they are victorious, reforming the Legion.
Membership: 31-year-old Rokk Krinn, 30-year-old Irma Ardeen, 27-year-old Querl Dox, 29-year-old Luornu Durgo, 30-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 21-year-old Reep Daggle, 31-year-old Gim Allon, 29-year-old Jo Nah, 28-year-old Salu Digby, 31-year-old Chuck Foster, 31-year-old Ayla Ranzz, 26-year-old Tasmia Mallor, 22-year-old Dawnstar, 28-year-old Drake Burroughs & 28-year-old Brin Londo

3006 - 17-year-old Jenni Ognats, 21-year-old Xao Jin & 19-year-old Jordana Gardner join the Legion of Super Heroes in their first membership drive after they reform. The Fatal Five wage all-out war with the reunited Legion, and are eventually defeated.
Membership: 32-year-old Rokk Krinn, 31-year-old Irma Ardeen, 28-year-old Querl Dox, 30-year-old Luornu Durgo, 31-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 22-year-old Reep Daggle, 32-year-old Gim Allon, 30-year-old Jo Nah, 29-year-old Salu Digby, 32-year-old Chuck Foster, 32-year-old Ayla Ranzz, 27-year-old Tasmia Mallor, 23-year-old Dawnstar, 29-year-old Drake Burroughs, 29-year-old Brin Londo, 17-year-old Jenni Ognats, 21-year-old Xao Jin & 19-year-old Jordana Gardner

3007 - The Legion battles the Justice League of Earth and their campaign of xenophobia. Querl Dox retrieves Val Armorr from within the Haplashar Terminus to battle 31-year-old Kirt Neidrigh. Legion World is officially recognized by the United Planets. Luornu Durgo moves Brande Industries in it's totality to Legion World.
Membership: 33-year-old Rokk Krinn, 32-year-old Irma Ardeen, 29-year-old Querl Dox, 31-year-old Luornu Durgo, 32-year-old Tinya Wazzo, 23-year-old Reep Daggle, 33-year-old Gim Allon, 31-year-old Jo Nah, 30-year-old Salu Digby, 33-year-old Chuck Foster, 29-year-old Val Armorr, 33-year-old Ayla Ranzz, 28-year-old Tasmia Mallor, 24-year-old Dawnstar, 30-year-old Drake Burroughs & 30-year-old Brin Londo, 18-year-old Jenni Ognats, 22-year-old Xao Jin & 20-year-old Jordana Gardner

Noteworthy Teams

Original Members

Cosmic Boy

Saturn Girl

Lightning Lad

First Recruitment Drive

Second Recruitment Drive

Third Recruitment Drive

Later Recruits

First Post-Reform Drive

Dragonmage

Lantern Girl

Membership As Of 3007

For a very long time, the Legion loomed over this entire project like a sort of obelisk. Fifty plus years of dense history. Dozens, perhaps more than a hundred, team-members. *Five* separate continuity reboots. A history rife with time travel and pocket universes and exploitation of multiple continuity jumps. This was, by every possible metric, the single hardest piece of continuity rewriting we were ever going to try to do.

But lord, the more we got into this, the more we loved it. The Legion has always been it's own little corner of the DC universe, buffeted by the hurricane force winds of change that constantly swept through DC's continuity, but always surviving on it's own. It was written by people that really, really care about it. The original stories written way back in the pages of Superboy were crafted by a 14-year-old Jim Shooter, and it shows. There's a purity to the whimsy of the world of the Legion of Super-Heroes that simply will never be replicated.

The team changed over and over during the subsequent decades, but each new version managed to fuse the purity of the central concept with SPRAWLING space adventures. This was GREAT stuff. Sci-fi on an extremely advanced stage. It might have pushed away casual readers because it was SO different from everything else, but for people actually reading it you'd be hard pressed to find a better comic anywhere.

We've dug WAY deeper into the team and it's history than we imagined possible. It's layered with fantastic stories, and we used them to try to structure a timeline for the team that lets it really shine. The order of events might be a little different, but hopefully this will read like a hybrid of ALL the various versions of the team.

We've had to make some exclusions, obviously. The team lineup is SO big that we simply couldn't include everyone. For the most part we tried to include the most iconic, most beloved members of the Legion, and we think we've done so. Obviously every character had their fans, and if we left out your favorite member of the Legion... we can only apologize. Also we had to make one very particular shift in practically everyone's story; no one can ever get their powers simply by being a member of a species where EVERYONE has them. That's simply not narratively functional. A superhero HAS to be unique somehow. So for quite a few of these characters we've made a shift that explains their powers in a more traditional super-hero way. We've also peppered their origins with references to contemporary heroes; see if you can spot some of them.

Also, one element of the Legion that has ALWAYS been there is the fact that all the character names are just a tiny bit... cute? They were invented as young characters by a young writer in a more innocent time, and that's part of the DNA of the book. over the years there have been a lot of attempts to revamp the characters so they don't have such cute names and some of them have been more successful than others, but for the most part we decided not to bother. This is a millennia in the future, after all, who knows what sort of name is going to be cool? The fact that Cosmic Boy continues to go by that name even into his 30's just feels inherently correct in the world of the Legion, and we think it's best to embrace it.

This might be the biggest single chunk of work we've done so far for the project, and we are DYING to know what you think of it!