Written for its first 33 issues by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, the series was cancelled with issue #38. The limited series Legion Lost (2000–2001) chronicled the difficult journey of these Legionnaires to return home, while the ensuing limited series Legion Worlds (2001) showed what was happening back in the United Planets during their absence.Ī new series, The Legion, was launched in which the Legion was reunited and given a new base and purpose. In the wake of the disaster, a group of Legionnaires disappeared through a spatial rift and the two existing Legion series came to an end. New writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning came on board with penciller Olivier Coipel to produce a dark story leading to the near-collapse of the United Planets and the Legion.
The Legion also started out having to earn the respect of the United Planets, which they did through two well-earned victories: successfully defending Earth from the White Triangle Daxamites, a group of Nazi-style racial purists and exposing United Planets President Chu as the mastermind behind the Braal-Titan War, the Sun Eater hoax, the formation of the Fatal Five and the brainwashing of future Legionnaire Jan Arrah. While in some ways following the pattern of the original continuity, the new continuity diverged from the old one in several ways: some characters died as they had previously, others did not, and some Legion members spent time in the 20th century where they recruited Ferro. Several members from the previous continuity were given new codenames, and some new heroes were added, including XS (the granddaughter of Barry Allen, the second Flash), Kinetix, and Gates. Lightning Lad was renamed Live Wire, and after the group's founding, a large number of heroes were added to the roster very quickly. 4) #0 and then continued in spin-off sister series Legionnaires #0 (both released in October 1994). 4) #0 (October 1994) and was created by Mark Waid, Tom McCraw and Stuart Immonen.įollowing Zero Hour, a new Legion continuity was created, beginning with a retelling of the origin story starting in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.
It first appeared in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. The team is the second incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes, following after the 1958 version, and was followed by the 2004 rebooted version. The 1994 version of the Legion of Super-Heroes (also called the Post-Zero Hour or Reboot Legion) is a fictional superhero team in the 31st century of the DC Universe.
See: List of Legion of Super-Heroes membersĬover of Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. The Legion of Super-Heroes, with their allies and enemies
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