The original version of the Legion of Super-Heroes, which was inspired by Superboy (Superman as a teen), will be referred to as having existed in the pre-Crisis reality for reasons that will become clear. This reality's Rokk Krinn (Cosmic Boy) would eventually become the Time Trapper, a powerful entity who plotted his mysterious agendas at the end of time. He would play out his role as one of their worst enemies. The Time Trapper even created an Iron Curtain of Time to prevent the Legion from traveling or seeing into their future, thus foiling any attempts to interfere with his plans. This version existed from the Legion's creation in 1958 up to the destruction of the DC Multiverse in 1986.
Pre-Crisis reality 1. Cosmic Boy 2. Lightning Lad (a.k.a. Lightning Boy) 3. Saturn Girl 4. Triplicate Girl 5. Phantom Girl 6. Chameleon Boy 7. Colossal Boy 8. Invisible Kid I 9. Supergirl 10. Brainiac 5 11. Superboy 12. Ultra Boy (Reflecto) HONORARY. Pete Ross 13. Star Boy 14. Shrinking Violet 15. Sun Boy 16. Bouncing Boy RESERVE. Beppo the Supermonkey RESERVE. Comet the Superhorse RESERVE. Krypto the Superdog RESERVE. Streaky the Supercat 17. Mon-el (a.k.a. Marvel Lad) 18. Matter-Eater Lad 19. Element Lad (a.k.a. Mystery Lad) 20. Lightning Lass HONORARY. Jimmy Olsen (a.k.a. Elastic Lad) 21. Dream Girl Lightning Lass becomes Light Lass RESERVE. Chlorophyll Kid RESERVE. Fire Lad RESERVE. Night Girl RESERVE. Polar Boy RESERVE. Stone Boy RESERVE. Proty II FALSE PRETENSES. "False Pretenses Lad" FALSE PRETENSES. Command Kid FALSE PRETENSES. Dynamo Boy FALSE PRETENSES. Cosmic King FALSE PRETENSES. Lightning Lord FALSE PRETENSES. Saturn Queen FALSE PRETENSES. Blackout Boy FALSE PRETENSES. Magnetic Kid I FALSE PRETENSES. Size Lad Triplicate Girl becomes Duo Damsel RESERVE. Kid Psycho RESERVE. Color Kid 22. Ferro Lad 23. Karate Kid FALSE PRETENSES. Nemesis Kid 24. Princess Projectra RESERVE. Insect Queen HONORARY. Rond Vidar Star Boy rejoins as Sir Prize Dream Girl rejoins as Miss Terious FALSE PRETENSES. Biron the Bowman FALSE PRETENSES. Blockade Boy II 25. Shadow Lass 26. Chemical King 27. Timber Wolf 28. Wildfire (a.k.a. ERG-1) 29. Tyroc 30. Dawnstar 31. Blok Ultra Boy, amnesiac, operates as Reflecto II 32. Invisible Kid II 33. White Witch Princess Projectra becomes Queen Projectra RESERVE. Infectious Lass RESERVE. Porcupine Pete RESERVE. Antennae Boy (Auxiliary) RESERVE. Double-Header (Auxiliary) Light Lass resumes her guise as Lightning Lass 34. Magnetic Kid II 35. Polar Boy 36. Quislet Queen Projectra becomes Sensor Girl 37. Tellus ... reality ceases to exist
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During the 12-issue maxi-series CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, all parallel universes were merged into one and a new history was formed. This new reality, which will be referred to as the post-Crisis reality, contained no Superboy ... the revised Clark Kent did not begin his career as a crimefighter until he was an adult! The Legion's inspiration had ceased to exist. The solution was to have the pre-Crisis Time Trapper, whose essence survived the destruction of the Multiverse, create a separate "Pocket Universe" in which a Superboy did exist. It was on his legend that the new Legion was based. Any time the Legion time-traveled into their past, the Time Trapper would redirect them into this Pocket Universe, which they believed to be their own. The Time Trapper manipulated events so that Lar Gand of the 20th century Pocket Universe world of Daxam was projected into the Phantom Zone, emerging 1,000 years later to join the Legion. Lar Gand's existence in the 30th century provided the Time Trapper with an invulnerable vessel within which the Trapper could preserve his essence in case of bodily injury. The Time Trapper also transported a Durlan from the late 20th century to the mid-30th century; this Durlan eventually became R. J. Brande, the Legion's financier. In order to balance the force of displacing an individual in the timestream, the Time Trapper snatched a Bgztl female from the 30th century and sent her back in the Durlan's stead. The female (either Tinya or Enya Wazzo) joined the 20th century interstellar law enforcement group, L.E.G.I.O.N., as the heroine Phase. Unbeknownst to the Legion, their very existence was essential to the eventual birth of the Time Trapper. Without them, the powerful wizard Mordru would have conquered the universe, in turn preventing Rokk from ever mastering the secrets of time. The Time Trapper also knew of the coming "crisis in time" and created both the Iron Curtain of Time and the SW6 heroes in an attempt to counteract that event.
Post-Crisis reality 1. Cosmic Boy 2. Lightning Lad (a.k.a. Lightning Boy) 3. Saturn Girl 4. Triplicate Girl 5. Phantom Girl 6. Chameleon Boy 7. Colossal Boy 8. Invisible Kid I 9. Brainiac 5 10. Superboy (of the Pocket Universe) 11. Ultra Boy HONORARY. Pete Ross (of the Pocket Universe) 12. Star Boy 13. Shrinking Violet 14. Sun Boy 15. Bouncing Boy 16. Mon-el (a.k.a. Marvel Lad, of the Pocket Universe) 17. Matter-Eater Lad 18. Element Lad (a.k.a. Mystery Lad) 19. Lightning Lass 20. Dream Girl Lightning Lass becomes Light Lass RESERVE. Chlorophyll Kid RESERVE. Fire Lad RESERVE. Night Girl RESERVE. Polar Boy RESERVE. Stone Boy FALSE PRETENSES. "False Pretenses Lad" FALSE PRETENSES. Command Kid FALSE PRETENSES. Dynamo Boy FALSE PRETENSES. Cosmic King FALSE PRETENSES. Lightning Lord FALSE PRETENSES. Saturn Queen FALSE PRETENSES. Blackout Boy FALSE PRETENSES. Magnetic Kid I FALSE PRETENSES. Size Lad Triplicate Girl becomes Duo Damsel RESERVE. Kid Psycho RESERVE. Color Kid 21. Ferro Lad 22. Karate Kid I FALSE PRETENSES. Nemesis Kid 23. Princess Projectra HONORARY. Rond Vidar Star Boy rejoins as Sir Prize Dream Girl rejoins as Miss Terious 24. Shadow Lass 25. Chemical King 26. Timber Wolf 27. Wildfire (a.k.a. ERG-1) 28. Tyroc 29. Dawnstar 30. Blok Ultra Boy, amnesiac, operates as Reflecto II 31. Invisible Kid II 32. White Witch Princess Projectra becomes Queen Projectra RESERVE. Infectious Lass RESERVE. Porcupine Pete RESERVE. Antennae Boy (Auxiliary) RESERVE. Double-Header (Auxiliary) Light Lass resumes her guise as Lightning Lass 33. Magnetic Kid II 34. Polar Boy 35. Quislet Queen Projectra becomes Sensor Girl 36. Tellus RESERVE. Cosmic Boy RESERVE. Night Girl RESERVE. Bouncing Boy RESERVE. Duo Damsel RESERVE. Comet Queen RESERVE. Karate Kid II ... 3 Year Gap Legion disbands 2 Year Gap ... reality ceases to exist
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A few years later, the Legion writers decided to rewrite Legion history once again by having the Legionnaire Mon-El wipe the Time Trapper out of existence. This act altered history such that there never was a Legion of Super-Heroes. Without them to stop him, the evil Mordru conquered the universe, just as the Time Trapper had feared. However, his first wife, Glorith, was able to weave a spell which enabled her to again rewrite history. She manipulated the formation of the Legion, which was now based on the legend of the 20th century hero Valor (previously known as Mon-El), and created what will be referred to as the Glorith reality. Glorith traveled to the 20th century in order to seduce Valor into helping her conquer the universe. When he spurned her, she poisoned him with lead and then imprisoned him in the Buffer Zone, a phantom zone which exists as a buffer between Earth's universe and the phantom universe of Bgztl. Glorith transported the 20th century Durlan who would become R. J. Brande into the future, creating the Iron Curtain of Time in the process. Glorith would later punish Ultra Boy by using the force of the Iron Curtain to blast Phantom Girl, Ultra Boy's love, and her cousin Enya Wazzo into the timestream. Enya materialized as an amnesiac in the late 20th century, at the exact point where the Durlan had disappeared, and joined the 20th century interstellar law enforcement group, L.E.G.I.O.N., as the heroine Phase (Phantom Girl was later retrieved during ZERO HOUR). Later, Glorith absorbed the power of the barely-existing Time Trapper and thus completely took his place in this new reality. This included her creation of the Pocket Universe which, she discovered, was critical to events in the 20th century. However, although the Superboy of this Pocket Universe occasionally met the Legion, he never became an active Legion member. This version lasted 4 years.
Glorith reality 1. Cosmic Boy 2. Lightning Lad (a.k.a. Lightning Boy) 3. Saturn Girl 4. Triad 5. Phantom Girl 6. Chameleon Boy 7. Colossal Boy 8. Invisible Kid I 9. Kid Quantum 10. Laurel Gand 11. Brainiac 5 HONORARY. Valor 12. Ultra Boy 13. Star Boy 14. Shrinking Violet 15. Sun Boy 16. Bouncing Boy 17. Valor 18. Matter-Eater Lad 19. Element Lad (a.k.a. Mystery Lad) 20. Lightning Lass 21. Dream Girl Lightning Lass becomes Light Lass RESERVE. Chlorophyll Kid RESERVE. Fire Lad RESERVE. Night Girl RESERVE. Polar Boy RESERVE. Stone Boy FALSE PRETENSES. "False Pretenses Lad" FALSE PRETENSES. Command Kid FALSE PRETENSES. Dynamo Boy FALSE PRETENSES. Cosmic King FALSE PRETENSES. Lightning Lord FALSE PRETENSES. Saturn Queen FALSE PRETENSES. Blackout Boy FALSE PRETENSES. Magnetic Kid I FALSE PRETENSES. Size Lad Triad becomes Duo Damsel RESERVE. Kid Psycho RESERVE. Color Kid 22. Ferro Lad 23. Karate Kid I FALSE PRETENSES. Nemesis Kid 24. Princess Projectra HONORARY. Rond Vidar Star Boy rejoins as Sir Prize Dream Girl rejoins as Miss Terious 25. Shadow Lass 26. Chemical King 27. Timber Wolf 28. Wildfire (a.k.a. ERG-1) 29. Tyroc 30. Dawnstar 31. Blok Ultra Boy, amnesiac, operates as Reflecto II 32. Invisible Kid II 33. White Witch Princess Projectra becomes Queen Projectra RESERVE. Infectious Lass RESERVE. Porcupine Pete RESERVE. Antennae Boy (Auxiliary) RESERVE. Double-Header (Auxiliary) Light Lass resumes her guise as Lightning Lass 34. Magnetic Kid II 35. Polar Boy 36. Quislet Queen Projectra becomes Sensor Girl 37. Tellus 38. Superboy (of the Pocket Universe) RESERVE. Cosmic Boy RESERVE. Night Girl RESERVE. Bouncing Boy RESERVE. Duo Damsel RESERVE. Comet Queen RESERVE. Karate Kid II 39. Nightwind 40. Impulse 41. Atmos 42. Karate Kid II 43. Crystal Kid 44. Echo 45. Reflecto I 46. Fire Lad 47. Chlorophyll Kid 48. Infectious Lass 49. Porcupine Pete 50. Visi-Lad 51. Color Kid 52. Stone Boy 53. Storm Boy 54. Calamity King ... Legion disbands 2 Year Gap Legion reforms ... 1. Cosmic Boy as Rokk Krinn 2. Chameleon Boy as Cham 3. Laurel Gand 4. Brainiac 5 5. Ultra Boy as Jo Nah 6. Shrinking Violet as Vi 7. Matter-Eater Lad as Tenzil Kem 8. Element Lad as Jan Arrah 9. Lightning Lass as Ayla Ranzz 10. Timber Wolf as Furball 11. Dawnstar as Bounty 12. White Witch as Mysa Nal 13. Impulse as Kent Shakespeare 14. Kono 15. Celeste Rockfish 16. Devlin O'Ryan 17. Invisible Kid II as Jacques Foccart 18. Infectious Lass as Drura Sehpt Foccart 19. Blood Claw 20. Firefist 21. Flederweb 22. Veilmist ... Legion is outlawed ("disbands") ... 1. Rokk Krinn as Polestar 2. Laurel Gand as Tiger Rose 3. Brainiac 5 as B-5 4. Jo Nah as Emerald Dragon 5. Vi as Virus 6. Ayla Ranzz as Pulse 7. Furball as Timberwolf 8. Mysa Nal as Jewel 9. Celeste Rockfish as Neon 10. NRG (a.k.a. Wildfire) 11. Wave (a.k.a. Spider Girl) ... Legion is cleared ... reality ceases to exist
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Then came the mini-series called ZERO HOUR: CRISIS IN TIME. DC had decided that too many inconsistencies had been created by the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS and decided they would once again clean house. During ZERO HOUR, the DC Universe experienced a "crisis in time" ... it was revealed that the timestream itself was continuously being altered by various forces and that time was breaking down. A short time before the crisis had fully manifested itself, Glorith decided to travel back to the 20th century. She arrived a few years prior to her first trip there, causing Valor's lead poisoning early ... "this time" he died! This event fractured time enough such that the original Time Trapper was able to re-exist. In the 30th century, Rokk Krinn began his journey towards becoming the Time Trapper, as was his destiny. With the Time Trapper's aid, Rokk altered his fate and followed a different path ... one which he hoped would enable him to somehow save the timestream. Unfortunately, the 30th century was subsequently wiped out. The Legion writers took this opportunity to begin fresh. Following ZERO HOUR, they decided to start over from the beginning. This new reality, the current one, is referred to as the reboot reality.
Reboot reality 1. Cosmic Boy 2. Live Wire 3. Saturn Girl 4. Apparition 5. Triad 6. Leviathan I 7. Kid Quantum I 8. XS 9. Chameleon 10. Invisible Kid 11. Brainiac 5 12. Spark 13. Star Boy 14. Andromeda 15. Shrinking Violet 16. Kinetix HONORARY. Superboy 17. Gates 18. Element Lad 19. Ultra Boy 20. M'Onel (a.k.a. Valor) 21. Magno 22. Sensor 23. Umbra 24. Ferro 25. Monstress Shrinking Violet becomes LeVIathan II 26. Karate Kid 27. Kid Quantum II Brainiac 5 becomes Brainiac 5.1 28. Thunder Brainiac 5.1 resumes his guise of Brainiac 5 29. Wildfire 30. Chuck Taine 31. Gear 32. Shikari 33. Timber Wolf 34. Dreamer LeVIathan II becomes Violet 35. Superboy CADET. Amp Girl CADET. Babbage CADET. Retro CADET. Infectious Lass CADET. Nightwind RESERVE. Beast Boy RESERVE. Cyborg RESERVE. Kid Flash II RESERVE. Raven RESERVE. Robin III RESERVE. Starfire RESERVE. Wonder Girl II ... reality ceases to exist
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Jebus you've been busy Misty! These are really cool lists.
It's interesting in the pre-boot post-Crisis list you have Mon-El listed as being from the Pocket Universe. I always assumed he was from the "real" Universe, but was shunted into the Pocket Universe by the Time Trapper in order to meet Superboy and fulfill his destiny. Was it ever stated in the canon that he was from the Pocket Universe or is that just an inference you're making based on the fact that he showed up in Superboy's Smallville?
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quote:Originally posted by Loser Lad: Jebus you've been busy Misty! These are really cool lists.
It's interesting in the pre-boot post-Crisis list you have Mon-El listed as being from the Pocket Universe. I always assumed he was from the "real" Universe, but was shunted into the Pocket Universe by the Time Trapper in order to meet Superboy and fulfill his destiny. Was it ever stated in the canon that he was from the Pocket Universe or is that just an inference you're making based on the fact that he showed up in Superboy's Smallville?
I just transcribed the list from the original's site. I did, however, fill in the missing information on the postboot team to the best of my ability.
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Ah. It is an interesting question though. What do you think? Like I said, I think Mon came from the real universe, which would prove to be consistent with his 20th Century service in the L.E.G.I.O.N., which obviously would have been post-Crisis, pre-Glorith.
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Sounds good to me Lou. DCU Lar gets shunted into the P.U. but thinks he's just traveled to Earth, and meets Superboy. Gets lead poisoning and is trapped in the Phantom Zone. Coolio.
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