Legion of Super-Heroes Part 2 - Reboots and More Reboots

Published: March 16, 2022, 10:56 a.m.

b'Reboots are a thing that happens all the time in comic books. But there are reboots and retcons and then there\'s what DC Comics did with the Legion of Super-Heroes. I take back what I said during part 1. The Legion of Super-Heroes might have the most complex and complicated history in DC. Yes that\'s over Wonder Woman and the Hawks. See, with the Legion, you take the confusion and complicated histories of Wonder Woman and Hawkman. Add in the time traveling of ALL the Flash characters. Sprinkle in some good ole "unnecessary DC Editorial decisions". Then...MAKE ALL THE HISTORY MATTER. That\'s the Legion of Super-Heroes.\\nThere\'s at least 6 different origins, 5 of them unique. What\'s really interesting is that outside of the 5 Years Later/Glorithverse reboot (seriously, its terrible don\'t read it), all the reboots are pretty decent reads. This means you can find a team you like and have a decent run reading them. Sure they\'ll be rebooted for no reason sometimes but...come on...it\'s comics. That happens.\\nWe cover each of the reboots (and some of the behind the scenes mess) in this episode. Don\'t know how we covered it all in two episodes but we did. Check out Part 1 here. We\'ll be back in a bit to head back to the Hickmanverse and the Avengers soon.\\nIssues:\\n\\n\\tOriginal Team\\n\\n\\tSuperman Crossover\\n\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes #37 & 38\\n\\tSuperman #3\\n\\tAction Comics #591\\n\\n\\n\\tMagic Wars\\n\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes #59 - #63\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\tReboot 1 (1989): 5 Years Later - The Glorithverse\\n\\tZero Hour (1994)\\n\\tReboot 2 (1994 - 2004)\\n\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes\\n\\tLegion Lost (2000 - 2001)\\n\\tLegion Worlds\\n\\tThe Legion (1 - 38)\\n\\n\\n\\tReboot 3 (2004 - 2009)\\n\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 1: Teenage Revolution\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 2: Death of a Dream\\n\\tSupergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 3: Strange Visitor from Another Century\\n\\tSupergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 4: Adult Education\\n\\tSupergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5: The Dominator War\\n\\tSupergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 6: The Quest for Cosmic Boy\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 7: Enemy Rising\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 8: Enemy Manifest\\n\\n\\n\\tThe Lightning Saga\\n\\n\\tJustice League of America #0, #8 - 12\\n\\tJustice Society of America #5 & 6\\n\\n\\n\\tReboot 4 - Return of the Original Team\\n\\n\\tFinal Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds\\n\\tSuperman: Secret Origin #1 - 6\\n\\tSuperman and the Legion of Super-Heroes\\n\\n\\tAction Comics #858 -863\\n\\n\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 1: The Choice\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 2: Consequences\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 3: When Evil Calls\\n\\tLegion Lost Volume 1: Run From Tomorrow\\n\\tLegion Lost Volume 2: The Culling\\n\\n\\n\\tReboot 5\\xa0 (2019 - ) Bendis\\n\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 1: Millennium\\n\\tLegion of Super-Heroes Volume 2: The Trial of the Legion\\n\\tJustice League vs The Legion of Super Heroes\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nLike what you hear? Subscribe so you don\'t miss an episode!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nFollow us on Twitter:\\n\\n@Dpalm66\\n@InsanityReport\\n@TheMTRNetwork\\n\\xa0\\n\\nOur shirts are now on TeePublic:\\xa0\\xa0https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network\\n\\n\\nWant more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!'