I suppose before I begin the reboot review, I should briefly recap the history of the Legion. They first appeared in a Superboy feature in Adventure Comics #247, cover dated April 1958, in which they traveled from the future to the 20th century in order to invite Superboy to join their super-hero club. Over the next four years, they guest-starred in the various Superman family titles, quickly becoming a fan-favorite. Finally, in 1962, they won their own ongoing feature, beginning with Adventure Comics #300. The developing history of the Legion was certainly rich and exciting, with each passing year adding to the intricate tapestry which was being woven. An entire universe unfolded before us, it was impossible not to be drawn in. Then came the Crisis.
The Crisis on Infinite Earths was a twelve issue maxi-series published in 1985 and 1986, its purpose to merge the near infinite multiverse into one cohesive universe. At least, that was the intent. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. Poor planning and a lack of good editorial judgment led to contradiction after contradiction. The one that hurt the Legion the most was the elimination of Superboy from the Superman legend. Superboy, who was Superman when he was a teen, was originally the inspiration for the Legion. A new back-story needed to be created. This led to the saga of the Pocket Universe. Now, it was explained, the Superboy that the Legionnaires had met was actually from a second universe created by their enemy, the Time Trapper. Good or bad, it did the job.
In 1989, a decision was made to suspend publication of the Legion of Super-Heroes for a few months, then return with a new series set five years after the end of the last one. In this new series, the optimistic future that had been depicted for thirty years was replaced by one of doom and gloom. At about that time, the creators of the Superman titles decided that they didn't like the Pocket Universe concept. The Powers That Be decreed that Superboy should be excised from the Legion legend. A time-warping event involving the Time Trapper wiped out the future, replacing it with one ruled by Mordru the Merciless. This was almost immediately replaced by yet another reality in which the hero Valor inspired the Legion, one in which the Time Trapper was replaced by the evil Glorith. It wasn't too long before the people over in the Superman camp realized that the Pocket Universe was an integral part of a number of major Superman storylines, and thus that universe was restored, with its Superboy now only a minor part of the new Legion history. Again, poor planning and a lack of good editorial judgment led to unnecessary confusion. This version, sometimes called the TMK or v4 Legion, lasted for five years. By the end of the five years, sales on the title had dropped significantly. Many old fans were turned off by the gloomy future. Newer fans were confused by the convoluted revisions and the constant references to minor aspects of Legion history. Many new concepts which were regularly mentioned, such as Black Dawn, were never explained. The series suffered regularly from good ideas that were poorly executed. In 1994, The Powers That Be decided that it was time to pull the plug.
The decision to reboot the Legion saga, rewriting it from day one, soon evolved into a tool with which all the continuity errors which had crept in since the Crisis could be cleaned up. A five issue mini-series called Zero Hour was the result. The universe was destroyed, then recreated so that it was almost identical to the one before, with only minor alterations made from the beginning of time through the present. The 30th century history, however, was completed obliterated. The Legion creators did an excellent job utilizing this plot device to the fullest, giving use what is commonly called the reboot Legion. As for the rest of the DC Universe? A clean and consistent continuity was laid out, right? Can you say "poor planning and a lack of good editorial judgment?"
What follows is a brief review of the publishing history of the first thirty-three months of the reboot Legion of Super-Heroes. I recommend to every comic book fan to give this series a try.
LEGIONNAIRES # 0
cover date: October 1994
publication date: 31 August 1994
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "Close Encounters"
comment: Krinn, Ranzz, and Ardeen take the codenames Cosmic Boy, Live Wire, and Saturn Girl. The Legion of Super-Heroes are introduced at the United Planets Conference. The Legionnaires capture assassins who set off a bomb at the Conference. Tinya Wazzo and Luornu Durgo are asked to join the Legion as Apparition and Triad. The Legion of Super-Heroes are introduced to the public. President Chu begins work on her Legion draft.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 62
cover date: November 1994
publication date: 14 September 1994
format: 32-page, full color, New Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Forced Friends, Deadly Consequences!"
comment: The Legion draftees arrive on Earth at 3 o'clock. Gim Allon of Mars is called Leviathan, James Cullen of Xanthu is called Kid Quantum, Jenni Ognats of Aarok is called XS, Reep Daggle of Durla is called Chameleon, and Lyle Norg of Earth is called Invisible Kid. The final draftee, Querl Dox of Colu a.k.a. Brainiac 5, has failed to respond. Leviathan states that the U.P. has assigned him as Legion leader. At 6 o'clock, the Legion leave for their first mission. The Legionnaires battle Tangleweb. Kid Quantum is killed by the creature. Tangleweb escapes. Leviathan gives leadership back to Cosmic Boy.
LEGIONNAIRES # 19
cover date: November 1994
publication date: 05 October 1994
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "The Quick and the Dead"
comment: Kid Quantum's funeral is held on Earth at 3 o'clock. XS saves the others from a bomb which was planted in Kid Quantum's coffin. Brande contacts Querl Dox on Talus and tells him to take the next flight to Earth. Roderick Doyle, the partner of R. J. Brande, is arrested for the assassination attempt on Brande's life. Elsewhere, Mano destroys his dead homeworld Angtu.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 63
cover date: December 1994
publication date: 26 October 1994
format: 32-page, full color, New Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Things At Hand!"
comment: After finishing up his work on Talus, Querl Dox arrives on Earth. Brande allows him to set up his lab in the still unfinished Legion headquarters. The Legionnaires are shown their new headquarters and are introduced to Dox. The corrupt billionaire Leland McCauley contacts the Legionnaires for help against Mano on the Moon.
LEGIONNAIRES # 20
cover date: December 1994
publication date: 26 October 1994
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "The Descent of Mano!"
comment: The Legionnaires defeat Mano on the Moon. Leland McCauley begins to hire meta-humans for his newly created Workforce. President Chu calls in Live Wire to inform him that his sister Ayla is the new representative from Winath.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 64
cover date: January 1995
publication date: 16 November 1994
format: 32-page, full color, New Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Sibling Rivalry"
comment: Live Wire introduces his sister Spark to the Legion. Invisible Kid takes Brainiac 5's discarded anti-gravity metal. A stranger named Ultra Boy battles the Legionnaires. Live Wire quits. Ultra Boy takes Live Wire to join the Workforce.
LEGIONNAIRES # 21
cover date: January 1995
publication date: 30 November 1994
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "Enter the Workforce!"
comment: The Workforce defeat criminals on Asteroid 42464-ST. The Legionnaires investigate trouble on the prison planet called Planet Hell.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 65
cover date: February 1995
publication date: 14 December 1994
format: 32-page, full color, New Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Breakout!"
comment: The Workforce arrive on Planet Hell. The Legionnaires and Workforce are trapped by the prisoners there.
LEGIONNAIRES # 22
cover date: February 1995
publication date: 29 December 1994
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "Hard Time!"
comment: The Legionnaires and Workforce break free of the prisoners of Planet Hell and rescue the inhabitants from a fiery doom.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 66
cover date: March 1995
publication date: 25 January 1995
format: 32-page, full color, New Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Membership Drive"
comment: At the request of the U.P., the Legionnaires interview teen metahumans from member worlds for membership. A xenophobe named Laurel Gand of Daxam joins as Andromeda. Salu Digby of Imsk a.k.a. Shrinking Violet was one of three contestants, the other two being Ion and Micro. Violet is admitted after she discovers that Ion was murdered by Micro. Zoe Saugin of Aleph is admitted as Kinetix. Two draftees, Lume of Silvan and Gates of Vyrga, refuse membership.
LEGIONNAIRES # 23
cover date: March 1995
publication date: 01 February 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "Flight"
comment: Invisible Kid distributes the newly created Legion flight rings to his teammates. The girls enjoy a Saturday night out on the town. Andromeda secretly allows racist White Triangle members to go free after they beat up a sentient fish-man.
GUY GARDNER: WARRIOR # 29
cover date: March 1995
publication date: 08 February 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: Standard version: $1.50/ Deluxe version: $2.95
story title: "It's My Party And I'll Fight If I Want To"
comment: Brainiac 5 tests out his new time platform and appears briefly in the 20th century at the grand opening of Guy Gardner's new bar, Warriors (see Legionnaires #29).
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 67
cover date: April 1995
publication date: 15 February 1995
format: 32-page, full color, New Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Insect Fear"
comment: One team of Legionnaires track down Tangleweb in space. On Earth, White Triangles attack Triad.
IMPULSE # 1
cover date: April 1995
publication date: 01 March 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "The Single Synapse Theory"
comment: No Legion appearances. Scenes from the 30th century (flashback to Impulse's origin, which take place approximately 12 years before the formation of the Legion).
LEGIONNAIRES # 24
cover date: April 1995
publication date: 01 March 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "Me, Myself and I"
comment: Brainiac 5 tends to the wounded Triad. He barely succeeds in saving her life. Triad's origin is revealed.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 68
cover date: May 1995
publication date: 15 March 1995
format: 32-page, full color, New Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Sticky Situation"
comment: The Legion defeat Tangleweb. On Durla, Reep Daggle's father is killed by an escaped Durlan berserker.
LEGIONNAIRES # 25
cover date: May 1995
publication date: 29 March 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.50
story title: "Skin Deep"
comment: The Durlan berserker kills S.P. officers on Durla. Spark receives her first gift from her secret admirer. Vi confronts Andromeda about the White Triangles. Leviathan and Shvaughn are attacked on Earth by the Durlan berserker. Shvaughn Erin's back is broken. The Durlan berserker assumes the powers of all the Legionnaires and becomes the Composite Man. Cosmic Boy sends Andromeda away.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 69
cover date: June 1995
publication date: 19 April 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Absolute Power"
comment: Andromeda takes off to search for the White Triangles who hurt Triad. The Legion defeat the Composite Man. Saturn Girl's mind is fried. Chameleon and Invisible Kid leave for Durla.
THE NEW TITANS ANNUAL # 11
cover date: 1995
publication date: 19 April 1995
format: 64-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $3.95
story title: "The New Titans After Year One"
comment: The pre-reboot Time Trapper's role in the origins of Mirage and Terra is revealed. No Legion appearances.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] ANNUAL # 6
cover date: 1995
publication date: 26 April 1995
format: 56-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $3.95
story title: story one (Shvaughn Erin feature): "Deep Background"
comment: Shvaughn Erin is furious when she learns she has been assigned as Legion liaison. After reviewing their files, she is honored. 5 pages (sequence also includes 13 pages of biographies and 6 pages of featurettes -- see below for information on bio
feature title: biography one: "Cosmic Boy"
feature title: biography two: "Saturn Girl"
feature title: biography three: "Triad"
feature title: biography four: "Apparition"
feature title: biography five: "XS"
story title: story two (XS feature): "Running Scared"
comment: The origin of XS is revealed. XS is the granddaughter of the second Flash, daughter of one of the Tornado Twins, and cousin of Impulse.
feature title: biography six: "Invisible Kid"
feature title: biography seven: "Chameleon"
feature title: biography eight: "Brainiac 5"
feature title: biography nine and ten: "Live Wire and Spark"
feature title: biography eleven: "Kinetix"
story title: story three (Kinetix feature): "From Dawn To Darkness"
comment: Kinetix takes Shrinking Violet on an archeological dig. Kinetix tells Violet her origin. Later, Kinetix finds the Star of Akkos, which robs her of her powers.
feature title: biography twelve: "Shrinking Violet"
feature title: biography thirteen: "Andromeda"
feature title: item one: "R. J. Brande"
feature title: item two: "Stargates"
feature title: item three: "Legion Headquarters"
feature title: item four: "Staff/ Marla Latham"
feature title: item five: "Staff/ Tenzil Kem"
feature title: item six: "Staff/ Athramites"
feature title: item seven: "Legion Headquarters Building"
feature title: item eight: "Legion Equipment/ Legion Cruisers"
feature title: item nine: "Legion Equipment/ Flight Ring"
feature title: item ten: "Legion Equipment/ Telepathic Plug"
feature title: item eleven: "Legion Equipment/ Equipment Belt"
feature title: item twelve: "Legion Equipment/ Transuits"
feature title: item thirteen: "Legion Equipment/ Mini-Omnicom Unit"
feature title: item fourteen: "United Planets Building"
feature title: item fifteen: "United Planets"
story title: story four (Leviathan feature): "Greater Good"
feature title: biography fourteen: "Leviathan"
comment: The origin of Leviathan is revealed.
LEGIONNAIRES # 26
cover date: June 1995
publication date: 26 April 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Authority"
comment: Apparition meets with Ultra Boy. Doctor Aven of Titan attempts to cure Saturn Girl. Aven mentally informs Cosmic Boy of his fears of corruption in the U.P.. Formal funeral services are held for Reep Daggle's father on Durla. Reep inherits the mantle of spiritual leader of Durla. Live Wire quits the Workforce. President Chu tells Cosmic Boy to keep the powerless Kinetix. Andromeda finds the White Triangles and is infected with lead poisoning. She barely makes it back to Legion HQ.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 70
cover date: July 1995
publication date: 10 May 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Beyond Belief"
comment: Triad checks out of the hospital. Kinetix prepares a trip to Corrlax. Brainiac 5 creates an anti-lead serum for Andromeda. Shrinking Violet finds a White Triangle pendant in Andromeda's room and shows it to the others.
SUPERBOY [third series] # 17
cover date: July 1995
publication date: 10 May 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Neon!"
comment: A lead poisoned Lar Gand of Daxam, a.k.a. Valor, finds himself in the hands of fight promoters.
SHOWCASE '95 # 6
cover date: July 1995
publication date: 17 May 1995
format: 48-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $2.95
story title: story two (Andromeda feature): "The Alienation of Unification"
comment: Apparition and Andromeda take new cadets to the newly established Legion Academy on Warnabros. The events of this tale likely take place after Legionnaires #23.
story title: story three (Science Police/Leviathan feature): "Learning Curve"
comment: Leviathan and the Science Police tend to trouble at Edmund Research. The events of this tale likely take place during Legionnaires #26.
LEGIONNAIRES # 27
cover date: July 1995
publication date: 31 May 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Eyes of Hate!"
comment: The Daxamite White Triangles destroy the first of four Stargates. Brande orders the Stargates shut down. Cosmic Boy confines Andromeda. Andromeda calls Daxam and Ambassador Roxxas learns of the anti-lead serum. Live Wire visits Saturn Girl in the hospital. At the end of the day, Roxxas arrives on Earth.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 71
cover date: August 1995
publication date: 14 June 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Heaven and Hell"
comment: Kinetix is in transit when she learns that her target Stargate has been destroyed, she eventually returns to normal space. R. J. Brande visits his friends on Trom. He leaves with Jan Arrah. Brande watches from space as the Daxamite White Triangles destroy the planet Trom.
SUPERBOY [third series] # 18
cover date: August 1995
publication date: 14 June 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Battle of the Century!"
comment: Superboy battles Valor, who is suffering from lead poisoning.
LEGIONNAIRES # 28
cover date: August 1995
publication date: 28 June 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Nightfall"
comment: The secret Legion Espionage Squad captures local White Triangles for questioning. Andromeda spies on Roxxas and learns his plans. The Daxamite White Triangles arrive at Earth.
LEGIONNAIRES ANNUAL # 2
cover date: 1995
publication date: 06 July 1995
format: 56-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $3.95
story title: "Four Horsemen"
comment: The Daxamite White Triangles attack Earth. Chuck Taine's parents are killed in the invasion. Andromeda attacks Roxxas. Apparition appears to be burned to death in Ultra Boy's arms. Andromeda defeats Roxxas, both appear to have died. Saturn Girl is cured. Brande returns to Earth with Jan Arrah. The Legion defeat the White Triangles. Saturn Girl sees an image of the 20th century hero named Valor in a Stargate vortex. Later, President Chu reveals to Cosmic Boy alone that Andromeda survived but is secretly being held on Planet Hell so that the people of the galaxy do not learn that a Legionnaire betrayed the United Planets.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 72
cover date: September 1995
publication date: 12 July 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Absent Friends"
comment: Funeral services are held for Apparition and Andromeda. Ultra Boy quits the Workforce. Cosmic Boy pushes the others away. Elsewhere, at Morgna Industries, Zaxton Regulus snaps.
SUPERBOY [third series] # 19
cover date: September 1995
publication date: 12 July 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "T-K-O!"
comment: Superboy projects Valor into the Stasis Zone to save him from lead poisoning.
LEGIONNAIRES # 29
cover date: September 1995
publication date: 26 July 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Rising Sun"
comment: Live Wire leaves Earth to search for his brother Mekt. President Chu calls in the Legion to battle Zaxton Regulus. Brainiac 5 time-travels for the first time to the 20th century and arrives briefly at the grand opening of Guy Gardner's bar, Warriors. President Chu hypnotizes Jan Arrah on Trom. The Legion save Dirk Morgna from Regulus.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 73
cover date: October 1995
publication date: 09 August 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "End of the Road"
comment: Live Wire is arrested in the planet Bisbe. Live Wire's brother Mekt, a.k.a. the criminal known as Lightning Lord, frees him from his prison. The Legionnaires see Valor in another vortex. Spark receives word of Live Wire's arrest and leaves Earth. Lightning Lord takes Live Wire to Korbal and begins killing the lightning beasts which gave them their powers. Spark is close on their trail.
LEGIONNAIRES # 30
cover date: October 1995
publication date: 30 August 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Struck By Lightning!"
comment: The Legionnaires see Valor again in another vortex. Spark arrives on Bisbe. Lightning Lord destroys Live Wire's arm. Together, Spark and Live Wire defeat their brother. The twins head for Winath. After determining that he cannot access the Stasis Zone which holds Valor, Brainiac 5 takes a few Legionnaires with him to the 20th century using his new time platform. He plans to track down Superboy, the one who projected Valor there a thousand years earlier.
SUPERBOY [third series] # 21
cover date: November 1995
publication date: 14 September 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Making History!"
comment: The Legionnaires travel back in time from the 30th century and meet Superboy. Through the hidden influence of the Time Trapper, XS is lost in the timestream. Superboy returns with the Legionnaires to their time period.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 74
cover date: November 1995
publication date: 21 September 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Prisoner of the Super-Heroes"
comment: The Legion return from the 20th century with Superboy. A team of Legionnaires leave with Superboy for the planet Korr to follow a lead on freeing Valor. Garth and Ayla are relaxing back on Winath. The team reaches Korr and battle the Scavenger.
LEGIONNAIRES # 31
cover date: November 1995
publication date: 28 September 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "One Thousand Years Of Solitude"
comment: Cosmic Boy shows the plight of Valor to Brande and President Chu. The team on Korr defeat the Scavenger. Violet is secretly possessed by the Emerald Eye of Ekron. The team on Korr return to Earth. Fearing widespread hysteria over the Legend of Valor, the Legionnaires fake having problems in freeing him. Valor is secretly freed from the Stasis Zone in Qurac. Later that day, Valor is told he must stay hidden. Superboy is given a Legion flight ring, then Brainiac 5 takes him back to the 20th century.
THE FLASH [second series] # 108
cover date: December 1995
publication date: 12 October 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Dead Heat First Lap: Flatfooted"
comment: Dead Heat part 1 of 6. XS cameo in last panel with Impulse.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 75
cover date: December 1995
publication date: 12 October 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "2-Timer"
comment: Rond Vidar calls Cosmic Boy about time disturbances. Chronos arrives from the 20th century with ten-year-old Lori Morning, aging her into her early twenties. The Legion battle Chronos. The Legion Headquarters is damaged. Invisible Kid destroys Chronos' glove.
IMPULSE # 9
cover date: December 1995
publication date: 26 October 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Running in the Family"
comment: Trapped in the 20th century, XS tracks down her cousin Bart Allen, a.k.a. Impulse.
LEGIONNAIRES # 32
cover date: December 1995
publication date: 02 November 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Here and Now"
comment: Legion HQ is collapsing. Chronos is killed, Lori Morning is rescued. Lori finds that she has been aged to adulthood. The time platform is destroyed, Brainiac 5 is stuck in the timestream. Elsewhere, an unconscious Kinetix is rescued by Mysa the hag. The Legion learn from Lori that XS is in 1995. That evening, President Chu orders the Legion's temporal experiments shut down. Chronos rises from the dead due to a time anomaly. The Legion succeed in switching Chronos with Brainy. Brainiac 5 is arrested for unauthorized time travel and taken to Takron-Galtos.
THE FLASH [second series] # 109
cover date: January 1996
publication date: 16 November 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Dead Heat! Second Lap: A Swiftly Tilting Planet"
comment: Dead Heat part 2 of 6. XS appears.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 76
cover date: January 1996
publication date: 23 November 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Bouncing Back"
comment: Chuck Taine is hired to rebuild the damaged Legion headquarters. Former applicant Gates of Vyrga is pressured into joining the Legion. Thom Kallor of Xanthu a.k.a. Star Boy, whose admittance was delayed because of a cruiser accident, finally arrives to join the Legion. President Chu secretly hypnotizes Jan Arrah of Trom into becoming a masked assassin. President Chu orders the shutdown of all branches of the U.P. Time Institute. Valor leaves. Kinetix wakes up on the Sorcerers' World, being tended to by Mysa the hag. The disguised Jan Arrah attacks.
IMPULSE # 10
cover date: January 1996
publication date: 07 December 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Dead Heat Second Lap: Disaffected Youth"
comment: Dead Heat part 3 of 6 (title incorrectly says "Second Lap"). XS appears.
LEGIONNAIRES # 33
cover date: January 1996
publication date: 07 December 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "The Inhuman Touch"
comment: The hypnotized and disguised Jan Arrah attacks the Legionnaires. On the Sorcerers' World, Mysa talks to Kinetix about the Emerald Eye.
THE FLASH [second series] # 110
cover date: February 1996
publication date: 21 December 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Dead Heat Fourth Lap: Cut to the Quick"
comment: Dead Heat part 4 of 6. XS appears in flashback.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 77
cover date: February 1996
publication date: 21 December 1995
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Lock Up"
comment: The origin of Brainiac 5 is revealed.
IMPULSE # 11
cover date: February 1996
publication date: 04 January 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Dead Heat Fifth Lap: Breaking the Barrier"
comment: Dead Heat part 5 of 6. XS appears.
LEGIONNAIRES # 34
cover date: February 1996
publication date: 04 January 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Fallen Star"
comment: Shrinking Violet stops the attacking menace, and discovers that he is Jan Arrah. On the Sorcerers' World, Mysa gives Kinetix new magic-based powers. Mysa teleports her away. Tests of Jan Arrah's mind show that it was Ambassador Wazzo who hypnotized him. When Cosmic Boy shows President Chu the recording of Jan's memories, Chu notices an image of the Sun-Eater in the background. She explains that a thousand years earlier, the Earth barely escaped destruction from this interstellar menace. She orders the Legionnaires to gather a handful of villainous super-humans, called the Fatal Five, who were created specifically to battle this creature.
THE FLASH [second series] # 111
cover date: March 1996
publication date: 17 January 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Dead Heat Final Lap: Godspeed"
comment: Dead Heat part 6 of 6. XS appears.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 78
cover date: March 1996
publication date: 17 January 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "The Gathering Doom"
comment: President Chu warns the U.P. of the coming of the Sun-Eater. After the Legionnaires gather the Fatal Five (Tharok, Sarya, Mano, the Persuader, and Validus) together on Takron-Galtos, the criminals revolt.
IMPULSE # 12
cover date: March 1996
publication date: 31 January 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Sonic Youth"
comment: XS says good-bye to her cousin Bart.
LEGIONNAIRES # 35
cover date: March 1996
publication date: 07 February 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "While You Were Out ..."
comment: On Earth, friends of the Legion repel an attack on Legion headquarters by strange protoplasmic creatures. Only one survives and is captured. Lori names it Proty. On Takron-Galtos, the Fatal Five capture the Legionnaires. In Australia, XS finally makes it back to the 30th century.
THE FLASH [second series] # 112
cover date: April 1996
publication date: 21 February 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Future Perfect"
comment: XS is sent back to the 30th century (she is briefly diverted to different time periods by the Time Trapper, who then erases all memory of those events and of their meeting, as shown in Legionnaires Annual #3).
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 79
cover date: April 1996
publication date: 21 February 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "The Fatal Five!"
comment: The Legionnaires battle the Fatal Five on Takron-Galtos.
LEGIONNAIRES # 36
cover date: May 1996
publication date: 13 March 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "To the Rescue!"
comment: A Rescue Squad, composed of Live Wire, Valor, Ultra Boy, Andromeda, XS, and Jan Arrah, arrive at Takron-Galtos to aid the Legionnaires. The battle between the Legionnaires and the Fatal Five continues. Kinetix suddenly appears. The Fatal Five escape and head to Drak IV. The Legionnaires free Brainiac 5 from his cell. The Legionnaires learn that Cosmic Boy has been executing a covert operation to reveal corruption in the U.P.. Once back on Earth, the Legionnaires stage an attempted arrest of Ambassador Wazzo wherein some of their number appear to be murdered by her. Brainiac 5 gives himself over to President Chu, then both are attacked by a person who appears to be Ambassador Wazzo.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 80
cover date: May 1996
publication date: 27 March 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Trust"
comment: Chameleon, posing as Ambassador Wazzo, takes Brainiac 5 and President Chu captive. "Wazzo" states that it was "she" who arranged for the Fatal Five to ambush the Legion, "she" who molded Jan Arrah into an assassin, "she" who planted a false image of the Sun-Eater into Jan's memory, and "she" who incited the first Braal-Titan War so that the U.P. could gain points for stopping it. "Wazzo" pretends to kill Brainiac 5. Chu gains control and destroys what she believes to be the only video camera. She then asks "Wazzo" why she confessed to all of Chu's own covert actions, leaving out only her current attempt to incite another Braal-Titan War. Suddenly, Chu is arrested by Cosmic Boy who has been transmitting everything she has been saying to the entire U.P. via a hidden camera. The Legionnaires defeat the Fatal Five and avert the war. R. J. Brande is drafted as the new President, to replace Chu. Brande abolishes the Legion draft, pardons Andromeda and Brainiac 5, and orders the police to forget that they kidnapped Chu. The Legion is free to chart it's own destiny.
LEGIONNAIRES # 37
cover date: June 1996
publication date: 10 April 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Decisions"
comment: Live Wire is reinstated. Jah Arrah joins the Legion as Element Lad. Ultra Boy also joins the Legion. Valor renames himself M'Onel and joins as a special detached service agent.
THE FLASH [second series] # 114
cover date: June 1996
publication date: 24 April 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Race Against Time Chapter Two: Sibling Rivalry"
comment: The time-lost Wally West, the third Flash, temporarily finds himself in the 30th century (at least a decade and a half before the formation of the Legion). There, he meets his cousins, the Tornado Twins. No Legion appearances.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 81
cover date: June 1996
publication date: 24 April 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "S-U-N-D-O-W-N"
comment: Leviathan goes on a mission and leaves Kinetix as acting leader. Dirk Morgna, previously rescued from Doctor Regulus, and now burning with an uncontrollable fire, escapes captivity and goes on a rampage. A tinted transuit is used to contain his power.
LEGIONNAIRES # 38
cover date: July 1996
publication date: 15 May 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Trouble On Titan"
comment: Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Live Wire go on a goodwill tour to Titan. Shrinking Violet is elected new Legion leader.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 82
cover date: July 1996
publication date: 30 May 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Lifestyles of the Dead"
comment: Spark learns, to her disgust, that Chameleon is her secret admirer. A handful of Legionnaires accompany Star Boy to Xanthu. He meets his old teammates, the Amazers, and tells them he isn't staying. Star Boy is told that he can stay on Earth if the Legionnaires can beat the Amazers. The Legionnaires succeed. On Earth, Ultra Boy collapses in front of Ambassador Wazzo. An intangible Apparition bursts free of his body.
LEGIONNAIRES # 39
cover date: August 1996
publication date: 12 June 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Wishful Thinking"
comment: Legionnaires begin to find their fondest wishes becoming a reality. Doctor Regulus escapes to the planet Gallan. A team of Legionnaires take Dirk Morgna with them to Gallan, where they meet up with the Workforce. The Legion locate Regulus. Legionnaires begin to find their fondest wishes becoming a reality.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 83
cover date: August 1996
publication date: 26 June 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Big Tears"
comment: The Legion battle Regulus. On Earth, Legionnaires continue to find their fondest wishes becoming a reality. Leviathan is killed by Regulus. Shrinking Violet, horrified by his death, is fully possessed by the Emerald Eye.
SHOWCASE '96 # 8
cover date: September 1996
publication date: 03 July 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $2.95
story title: story three (Legionnaires feature): "Assassination Agenda"
comment: Leviathan, XS, and Gates battle Quicksand and Holdur on Dagosk. Note: This tale must take place before Legionnaires #37.
LEGIONNAIRES # 40
cover date: September 1996
publication date: 17 July 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Emerald/Violet"
comment: Emerald Violet gains control of the Legionnaires and turns them into an army.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 84
cover date: September 1996
publication date: 31 July 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Emerald Legion"
comment: Emerald Vi's army attacks. The mind-controlled Legionnaires begin to rebel. Vi becomes so torn and commands the Eye to take her back in time and undo it all. The Eye explodes.
LEGIONNAIRES # 41
cover date: October 1996
publication date: 14 August 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Aftermath"
comment: The Legionnaires dig themselves from out under the rubble, but discover that half their number are missing. Elsewhere, Violet and the Eye converse. Rond Vidar has evidence that the other Legionnaires have been lost in time. A funeral is held for Leviathan. Some of the Legionnaires are transported away by Mysa the hag.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] ANNUAL # 7
cover date: 1996
publication date: 21 August 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $3.50
story title: "One Shot"
comment: In the 75th century, the immortal Legionnaire Wildfire remembers the original Legion's teen spirit and gathers a new teen-aged team (Magno-Boy & Lodestone, Triad III & Triplicate, Argent & Silverwing, and Shape & Shift). The Durlans called Shape & Shift betray the Legion, but Wildfire and his team defeat them and stop the Durlan's destruction of star systems. Wildfire tells his new team that their grandchildren will be the inspiration for a new United Planets.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 85
cover date: October 1996
publication date: 28 August 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Metropolis Now!"
comment: After the conflict with Emerald Violet, half of the Legion is blasted back in time to the 20th century. Saturn Girl links all their minds telepathically so that they can all see the disembodied Apparition. Brainiac 5 locates a residual portion of the emerald energy which has sent them back in time. He states that they must capture the energy so he can use it to get them back home. The Metropolis SCU attempt to capture the strangers. Brainiac 5 reconfigures the telepathic plugs so that two-way communication is possible. Superman arrives proclaiming that the teens are friends of his, however they do not know him. Superman soon realizes that the timestream must have been altered by the Crisis in Time. Brainiac 5 informs his teammates that his force-shield belt was destroyed attempting to contain the emerald energy, stranding them in the 20th century.
THE FINAL NIGHT # 1
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 05 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "The Final Night Chapter One Dusk"
comment: The Sun-Eater arrives in our solar system and begins to absorb our sun. The Legionnaires try to help.
GREEN LANTERN [third series] # 80
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 05 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Light In Darkness"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
THE POWER OF SHAZAM! # 20
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 05 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Shelter From the Storm"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
SHOWCASE '96 # 10
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 05 September 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $2.95
story title: story three (Ultra Boy feature): "Straight Time"
comment: Ultra Boy spends some time along in the 20th century.
SOVEREIGN SEVEN # 16
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 05 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: untitled ("There's Nothing In The Dark" on cover)
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
SUPERMAN [second series] # 117
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 05 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Sanctuary"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN # 540
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 11 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Curtain Call"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only). Introducing Ferro.
BATMAN # 536
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 11 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Darkest Night of the Man-Bat - Part One - Predation"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
THE FINAL NIGHT # 2
cover date: November 1996 (October 1996 in indica)
publication date: 11 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "The Final Night Chapter Two Darker Grows The Night"
comment: Legionnaires appear.
GREEN ARROW [second series] # 114
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 11 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "The Thousand-Year Night"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
IMPULSE # 19
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 11 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "A Game Of Spew"
comment: Legionnaires appear in dream sequence only.
LEGIONNAIRES # 42
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 11 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "When Strikes the Sorceress!"
comment: The Legion battle Mysa on Zarrox. Secrets behind the origin of Kinetix are revealed. Kinetix' original powers are restored. Live Wire is made acting leader.
SUPERGIRL [fourth series] # 3
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 11 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "And No Dawn To Follow The Darkness"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
ACTION COMICS # 727
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 18 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Cold Comfort!"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
AQUAMAN [fifth series] # 26
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 18 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Twilight"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
DETECTIVE COMICS # 703
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 18 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Howling In The Dark"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
THE FINAL NIGHT # 3
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 18 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "The Final Night - - Chapter 3 Keeping Hope Alive"
comment: Legionnaires appear.
PARALLAX: EMERALD NIGHT # 1
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 18 September 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $2.95
story title: "Emerald Night"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
SUPERBOY [third series] # 33
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 18 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Running Hot And Cold!"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
THE FINAL NIGHT # 4
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 25 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "The Final Knight"
comment: Legionnaires appear.
THE FLASH [second series] # 119
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 25 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Pray For The Dawn"
comment: Final Night tie-in. Cosmic Boy and Brainiac 5 appear in flashback. No actual Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
HITMAN # 8
cover date: Late November 1996 (November 1996 in indica)
publication date: 25 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "The Night The Lights Went Out"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 86
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 25 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Heart of Iron"
comment: The Legionnaires attempt to help Earth's heroes stop the destruction of the sun by the Sun-Eater. Saturn Girl tells Cosmic Boy she loves him. The new hero named Ferro makes a suggestion on how to destroy the creature, but Brainiac 5 says it can't be done. Luthor comes up with a plan to contain the sun when it goes nova by surrounding it with a gigantic force-field.
ROBIN # 35
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 25 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Iced!"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
THE SPECTRE [third series] # 47
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 25 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Use of Power"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL # 62
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 25 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "To Build A Fire"
comment: Final Night tie-in. No Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
TAKION # 6
cover date: November 1996
publication date: 25 September 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Dark Dawn"
comment: Final Night tie-in. Cosmic Boy appears in flashback. No actual Legion appearances (behind-the-scenes only).
GREEN LANTERN [third series] # 81
cover date: December 1996
publication date: 02 October 1996
format: Standard version: 32-page, full color, Standard Format/ Deluxe version: 48-page, full color, Standard Format
price: Standard version: $1.75/ Deluxe version: $3.95
story title: story one (standard version contains only one story): "Funeral For A Hero"
comment: The Legionnaires appear at the memorial service for Hal Jordan.
SHOWCASE '96 # 11
cover date: December 1996
publication date: 02 October 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Standard format
price: $2.95
story title: story one (Legion/L.E.G.I.O.N. feature): "Brain In Vain"
comment: Brainiac 5 frees his imprisoned ancestor, the original Brainiac. Ultra Boy learns that Apparition is fading. The other Legionnaires go to aid Brainy. Brainiac captures his descendant and the Legionnaires. L.E.G.I.O.N. contacts Vril Dox II for help.
LEGIONNAIRES # 43
cover date: December 1996
publication date: 09 October 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "New Blood"
comment: The first open Legion try-outs are held. After testing hundreds of applicants, three are selected. Magno (Dyrk Magz of Braal), Sensor (Princess Jeka Wynzorr of Orando), and Umbra (Tasmia Mallor of Talok VIII) are admitted as the newest Legionnaires. Rejects Polar Boy and Night Girl talk about forming their own team.
LEGIONNAIRES ANNUAL # 3
cover date: 1996
publication date: 23 October 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $3.50
story title: "The Long Road Home"
comment: Through the hidden influence of the Time Trapper, XS travels from 1995 to this time period and meets her grandfather Barry Allen. With Barry Allen's help, she then attempts to return to 2995. She is instead diverted to the 100th century, reappearing on the planet Almeer-5. She learns that the Earth has long been destroyed. She meets Ultra-Man and his super-powered allies and is told that the United Planets fell apart when the Legion disbanded. Ultra-Man asks XS to stay and help form a new Legion, but she suggests that he form it himself. With the aid of her new friends, she then attempts to return to 2995. She is instead diverted to Vanishing Point, a place located outside of time. She witnesses the events of the Crisis in Time. The Time Trapper then appears and tells XS she has a cosmic destiny; he then wipes her memory and returns her to 2995.
SOVEREIGN SEVEN ANNUAL # 2
cover date: 1996
publication date: 23 October 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $2.95
story title: "Momento Mori"
comment: Saturn Girl appears in a scene from the 30th century.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 87
cover date: December 1996
publication date: 30 October 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "She's Not There"
comment: Apparition begins to fade into the afterlife. After an encounter with Deadman and Rama Kushna, Apparition is restored and is made visible to all.
SHOWCASE '96 # 12
cover date: Winter 1997
publication date: 06 November 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $2.95
story title: story one (Legion/L.E.G.I.O.N. feature): "Roots"
comment: Vril Dox II and the Legionnaires defeat Brainiac. Brainiac 5 realizes that he is responsible for the technological stagnation that Colu will experience for the next thousand years.
SUPERMAN [second series] # 119
cover date: January 1997
publication date: 06 November 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $1.95
story title: "Sunburned!"
comment: The Legionnaires attempt to break into Lexcorp to find a way back to 2995 but are unsuccessful. The Legionnaires then try to help Superman regain his full powers.
IMPULSE # 21
cover date: January 1997
publication date: 13 November 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "A Little Knowledge"
comment: The Legionnaires meet Impulse.
LEGIONNAIRES # 44
cover date: January 1997
publication date: 13 November 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Taking A Licking"
comment: The Legionnaires help celebrate Lori's 11th birthday. Rond Vidar siphons the chronal energy trapped in her body, reverting her back to her 11 year-old self. Rond is successful in establishing a temporary link with Brainiac 5 in the 20th century. The three new members go to the planet Yuen on a mission. They defeat four renegade Legion rejects, then discover a strange recently-opened tomb. Unbeknownst to them, it is the tomb of Mordru the Merciless.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 88
cover date: January 1997
publication date: 27 November 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Fast Times"
comment: Brainiac 5 is contacted briefly by Rond Vidar from the 30th century. Impulse helps the Legionnaires stop a disaster at S.T.A.R. Labs. He is disappointed when he is turned down for Legion membership, but Brainiac 5 gives him a set of telepathic earplugs.
LEGIONNAIRES # 45
cover date: February 1997
publication date: 11 December 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Things Change"
comment: Legionnaires battle Mantis Morlo on Vyrga. It is discovered that the protoplasmic invaders that had attacked Legion headquarters earlier, resulting in the deaths of all but the one named Proty, was orchestrated by Morlo. The recently freed Mordru attacks the planet Biel.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 89
cover date: February 1997
publication date: 27 December 1996
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "She's Electric!"
comment: The 20th century Legionnaires establish a headquarters in the old JLA Sanctuary. Saturn Girl helps Spark deal with their situation. From a prison hospital, Doctor Psycho mentally attacks Saturn Girl.
SUPERMAN PLUS # 1
cover date: February 1997
publication date: 27 December 1996
format: 48-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $2.95
story title: "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
comment: Brainiac 5 tries to make use of the technology in Superman's Fortress of Solitude in order to find a way back home, but he is unsuccessful.
IMPULSE # 23
cover date: March 1997
publication date: 08 January 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Lessons Learned"
comment: Bart's mother travels from the 30th century to reclaim her son.
LEGIONNAIRES # 46
cover date: March 1997
publication date: 08 January 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Questions and Answers"
comment: Andromeda saves M'Onel. Mysa joins forces with Legion reject Dragonmage. Chameleon and Sensor enjoy each other's company. Mordru travels to the planet Binder-7 to reacquire his talismans, but notes that the Emerald Eye has been taken.
SOVEREIGN SEVEN PLUS # 1
cover date: February 1997
publication date: 08 January 1997
format: 48-page, full color, Miraweb Format
price: $2.95
story title: "History Lies!"
comment: Saturn Girl meets Network of Sovereign Seven.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 90
cover date: March 1997
publication date: 29 January 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Face To Face"
comment: The Legionnaires battle and defeat Doctor Psycho, but Cosmic Boy is left in a coma.
IMPULSE # 24
cover date: April 1997
publication date: 12 February 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Reunion"
comment: Bart's mother travels from the 30th century to reclaim her son.
LEGIONNAIRES # 47
cover date: April 1997
publication date: 12 February 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Lost In Time"
comment: Brainiac 5 succeeds in re-establishing contact with Rond Vidar in the 30th century and gives him the information necessary to get the time platform functional. Not wanting to be sent home, Lori sabotages the rescue, sending the 20th and 30th century Legionnaires into the timestream. Lori grabs control of the platform and attempts to rescue them herself. The teens soon learn they may be trapped in the timestream forever.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 91
cover date: April 1997
publication date: 26 February 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "No Exit"
comment: Brainiac 5 devises mini-Stargates so that the time-lost Legionnaires can access nearby time periods for chronal energy and materials. One team goes to the 25th century to the Space Museum. Brainiac 5 locates a temporal flux capacitor in Rip Hunter's chronosphere. Other teams obtain chronal energy from time-travelers like the Flashes, Chronos, and XS. Brainiac 5 succeeds in freeing the Legionnaires, unfortunately the teams are again split into two centuries. The time platform is lost.
IMPULSE # 25
cover date: May 1997
publication date: 12 March 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "You And Me Against The World"
comment: Bart and his mother travel back to the 30th century.
LEGIONNAIRES # 48
cover date: May 1997
publication date: 12 March 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Dawn Of The Dark Lord"
comment: Mordru attacks the planet Anatac. The Emerald Eye informs Violet of the return of Mordru. The Legionnaires also learn that Mordru has risen. The Legionnaires catch up to Mordru at the planet Sklar. Mordru turns Element Lad into crystal. The wizard escapes, but not before destroying the planet.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 92
cover date: May 1997
publication date: 26 March 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Swan's Way"
comment: The Legionnaires appear in 1958, in civilian clothing, believing themselves to be natives of that time. Their memories eventually return and the return to the late 20th century.
IMPULSE # 26
cover date: May 1997
publication date: 16 April 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Standard Format
price: $1.75
story title: "Scorched"
comment: Flashback scenes from previous two issues.
LEGIONNAIRES # 49
cover date: June 1997
publication date: 16 April 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Let The Call Go Forth!"
comment: R. J. Brande sends out a call for help against Mordru. Members from the Amazers of Xanthu and from Leland McCauley's Workforce join the task force. Mordru finds and attacks Violet. The heroes locate the two. Atom'x flies off to attack Mordru, but he is killed by the wizard. At the Eye's recommendation, Violet merges with the Eye and suggests to Mordru that they wed.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [fourth series] # 93
cover date: June 1997
publication date: 30 April 1997
format: 32-page, full color, Mando Format
price: $2.25
story title: "Knight Shift"
comment: Ferro tries to convince his twin brother to leave his confinement at the hands of Doc 30. Ferro's brother, who now calls himself Ingot, dies at the hands of Doc 30's Knight Shift. The other captives rebel and Doc 30 is defeated. Cosmic Boy offers Ferro Legion membership, once he mourns his brother's death.
LEGIONNAIRES # 50
cover date: July 1997
publication date: 14 May 1997
format: 48-page, full color, Mando Format (with pull-out poster)
price: $3.95
story title: "The Bride of Mordru"
comment: The Legionnaires prepare for battle, as Mordru talks with Violet of marriage. The heroes attack Mordru, while an attempt is made to free Violet from the Eye. Mordru burns Radion's face and blasts Dragonmage. Mordru uses his magic to sap Mysa's power. She is transformed into a young woman. It is then revealed that she is Mordru's first-born. Sensor uses her power to trick Mordru into thinking he has gained possession of the Eye. The Legionnaires then trap Mordru in a sealed sphere, placing him in a dormant state. Note: The poster in this issue hints at the future roster of the Legion. It includes Monstress of the Amazers, Thunder of the far future, and another unnamed female.