Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! Your Top Ten Favorite Legion Stories

I haven’t seen this perennial DCMB topic yet at Legion World, so here it is!

My selections have shuffled a bit since my last list. But still, the Adventure era stories remain my favorites. As always, these are my favorites, your mileage will vary, probably greatly.

MY TOP TEN, AH, SHOOT, MAKE IT TWENTY FAVORITE LEGION STORIES

1 - Adventure 352,353 - Suneater & Fatal Five
2 - Adventure 312 - Revival of Lightning Lad
3 - Adventure 344,345 - Super Stalag of Space
4 - Adventure 316 - Renegade Ultra-Boy
5 - Adventure 365,366 - Return of The Fatal Five

6 - Superboy 239 - Ultra-Boy Frame-up
7 - Superboy 241,242 - Earthwar
8 - Superboy’s Legion - Luthor & Fatal Five
9 - Adventure 347 - Karate Kid
10 - Legion Lost 11,12 - Progenitor

11 - Adventure 359,360 - Universo
12 - Adventure 310 - Mask Man
13 - Adventure 309 - Jungle King
14 - Adventure 354,355 - The Adult Legion
15 - Adventure 314 - Alaktor

16 - The Legion 1-4,6-8 - Ra’s Al Ghul
17 - Adventure 302 - Sun Boy’s Lost Power
18 - Superboy 231 - Fatal five
19 - Adventure 340,341 - Computo
20 - Adventure 300 - Mon-el Joins The Legion

Well, I don't have time to check the new posts & topics, cause I'm off to get the new Legion!

- is my new avatar cool or what!

{Edit: corrected issue number in # 9.)

Bumping. I know you guys got a few lists out there. This topic always gets at least 10-20 top ten lists. Let's see some!

Of course I could have been smarter than to post this on "New Legion Issue Day."

I never said I was smart. I said I was right.

ten in no particular order:

-- Great Darkness Saga
-- Lost Legionnaires: no, not the DnA story, but the preboot story with Jo, Tinya, Vi, Reep and I can't remember who else battling Tyr and the Controller's doomsday machine thing (with Dawnstar going trough hell trying to find them)
-- Emerald Empress' (Sarya) last stand against the whole Legion then being taken down by Sensor Girl who inadvertedly kills her.
-- Jo's dead! No, he's alive and a pirate! No, he's dead again! No, he's alive!!
-- The beginning of TMK where they rebuild the Legion highlighted by the dinner with Mordru and the showdown with Roxxas
-- Legion Lost -- the whole story -- awesome!
-- The Conspiracy!
-- Who is Sensor Girl??
-- Insane Brainiac! Omega run amok!
-- Earthwar!
-- Terra Mosaic -- Go Subs, go!!

I think that's 11 -- oh well...

Oh, heck. There have been so many good, bad, and ugly ones over the years, it's hard to choose 10 REALLY good ones . . .

In no particular order, because it would make my brain hurt:

Mordru in Smallville
Great Darkness Saga
The Infinite Man
Escape of the Fatal 5
The End of the Legion
The TMK alternate reality with Rond, Mysa, and Ferro Lad as resistance fighters against Mordru
Garth as Proty--Legion reunion story
Supergirl et al. vs. Emerald Empress
The Ghost of Ferro Lad
The Trial of Brainiac 5

1. Mordru the Merciless (Adventure)
2. Fatal Five (Adventure)
3. The Universo story in which Imra-Brainy-Nura-Cham are imprisoned
4. The Conspiracy
5. The Magic Wars
6. The refounding of the Legion (TMK)
7. The Khund War (TMK)
8. Earth Liberation from Dominators
9. The confrontation with Glorith on Khundia
10. The Brainy in Takron-Galtos/ meets his Mom storyline

Certainly lots more, but these were top of mind this morning.

Top Ten in order:

1. Who is Sensor Girl?

2. Conspiracy (LSH v.3 #'s 46-50)

3. Legion Lost

4. Great Darkness Saga

5. White Triangle

6. Terra Mosaic

7. the last v.3 Emerald Empress story

8. Mad Brainy = Omega

9. End of an Era

10. the first Starfinger story

That wasn't too painful. D'oh I forgot the Legion Annual #1 with Computo. And then there was the first Sun Eater/Fatal Five story. I can't belive I didn't find a place for the LSV War, and LSH#300, and the Chu Sting.

Bumpin for lists! Bumpin for lists! Three for a buck!

Lots of good ones, but here's the top ten:

10. Legion of the Damned (DNA)
9. The Quiet Darkness (TMK)
8. SW6 Legionnaires vs New Fatal Five
7. White Triangle (postboot)
6. ADVENTURE Mordru 2-parter
5. Death of Superboy (v3)
4. Universo Project (V3)
3. LSV war (V3)
2. Great Darkness Saga
1. Terra Mosaic

Maybe I should start another thread for this, but here's my ten worst...

10. Ultraboy is Reflecto is Superboy or whatever
9. Khund War/ Vi looses a leg (TMK)
8. Laurel Kent is a Manhunter? (V3)
7. The Omen (V2)
6. LSH in 20th century (postboot)
5. Tyroc joins the Legion
4. Anything with Lori Morning
3. Lightning Lad is really Proty
(though I enjoyed Legion reunion)
2. Dark Circle Rising (postboot)
1. Legion on the Run

Here's my 12 worst, 'cause I couldn't get it down to 10, again in no particular order:


Dr. Mayavale
Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad's wedding
The Revolt of the Super Pets
the origin of Quislet
Tyroc's debut
the brainwash Superboy Grell era story
the circus of death
Dagon the avenger
Mordru's duplicate Cosmic Boy
The return of Mantis Morlo preboot
The return of Mantis Morlo postboot
Lord Romdur's Castle

I'm reluctant to do a ten worst list primarily because after 45 years there's a helluva lot to pick from! I mean after over 600 stories it's easier to pick the ten worst years for Legion than just stories!

But, anyway, let's see some more ten favorites list!

Best

1. Great Darkness
2. Villian War
3. Mordruverse
4. Magic Wars
5. Conspiracy
6. Who is Sensor Girl?
7. Earthwar
8. Return of Computo
9. Terra Mosaic
10. Omega/ Crazy Brainy

Worst
1. Omen and Prophet
2. Legion on the Run
3. Reflecto - Ultra Boy/Superboy
4. Universo Project
5. White Triangle
6. Dark Circle Rising
7. Legionnaires trapped in the 20th Century
8. Tyroc Joins
9. Space Circus
10. The Dark Man

bump, or as Member # 1 spells it, bamf !



[Edit: had ta slide over that darn !]

Since people are throwing in bad stories as well:

-- Legion on the Run
-- some of the bland "Archie Legion" stories in "Legionnaires" that put me off the series that I can't even remember right now
-- Almost anything wih Starfinger
-- post TMK Khund war