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This page gathers the information from the regular pages of the '''Legion Publication History''' pertaining to issues detailing background information of the Legion and the Legionnaires. This includes the 1981 ''Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' mini-series and several "Secret Files" singles issues  
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This page gathers the information from the regular pages of the '''Legion Publication History''' pertaining to the ''Secret Files & Origins'' series with Legion-related content, including three issues specifically devoted to the Legion.
  
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==Issues==
 
 
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|[[Image:SecretsOfTheLSH1.jpg|80px|Pencils by Jim Janes, inks by Dick Giordano]]
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|'''[[Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes 1|''Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #1]]''' (publication date [[October 9]], 1980, cover date January 1981)
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==Reboot (Post-Zero Hour)==
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*'''The Past... Seen Darkly'''
 
 
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|valign="top"|[[File:FlashSecretFiles1.jpg|80px|Cover art by Steve Lightle (artwork) and Patrick Martin (coloring)]]
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|'''[[Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes 2|''Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #2]]''' (publication date [[November 11]], 1980, cover date February 1981)
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|class="reboot_postzh_cameo"|'''''The Flash Secret Files'' #1''' (published [[September 17]], 1997; cover date November 1997)
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*'''R. J. Brande Is Dying!!'''
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*'''Timeline: Flash'''
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**W: Mark Waid; P: Georges Jeanty; I: Doug Hazlewood; C: Buzz Setzer; L: Richard Starkings and Comicraft/AD; E: Mike McAvennie, Maureen McTigue (assistant)
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**Tornado Twins and XS mentioned
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|'''[[Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes 3|''Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #3]]''' (publication date [[December 8]], 1981, cover date March 1981)
 
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*'''Revelation!'''
 
 
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|valign="top"|[[Image:LSHSecretFiles1.jpg|80px|Cover art by Phil Jimenez]]
 
|valign="top"|[[Image:LSHSecretFiles1.jpg|80px|Cover art by Phil Jimenez]]
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*'''''(frontispiece)''''' (Also used as ''LSH''v4 #80 cover)
 
*'''''(frontispiece)''''' (Also used as ''LSH''v4 #80 cover)
 
**P: Alan Davis; I: Mark Farmer; C: Patrick Martin
 
**P: Alan Davis; I: Mark Farmer; C: Patrick Martin
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*'''Legionnaires Three''' (22 pages)
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*'''Legionnaires Three: The Secret File on the Legion of Super-Heroes''' (22 pages)
 
**W: Tom Peyer (co-plot/script), Tom McCraw (co-plot); P: Jeff Moy; I: W.C. Carani; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Pat Brosseau
 
**W: Tom Peyer (co-plot/script), Tom McCraw (co-plot); P: Jeff Moy; I: W.C. Carani; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Pat Brosseau
 
**''Notes:'' Contents page gives title as "Secret Origin"; set around the events of [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 0|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' #0]]
 
**''Notes:'' Contents page gives title as "Secret Origin"; set around the events of [[Legion of Super-Heroes v4 0|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' #0]]
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*'''The Roll Call pinup''' (endpiece, all postboot characters to that point or nearly so)
 
*'''The Roll Call pinup''' (endpiece, all postboot characters to that point or nearly so)
 
*P&I: Phil Jimenez; C: Tom McCraw
 
*P&I: Phil Jimenez; C: Tom McCraw
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|-
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|valign="top"|[[file:SupermanVillainsSecretFiles1.jpg|80px|Cover art by Dan Jurgens (pencils), Norm Rapmund (inks), and Patrick Martin (coloring)]]
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|class="reboot_postzh_cameo"|'''''Superman Villains Secret Files'' #1''' (published [[April 22]], 1998; cover date June 1998)
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*'''Super-Villains Timeline'''
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**W: Roger Stern; E: Joey Cavalieri, Maureen McTigue (assistant)
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**Time Trapper, Superboy, Pocket Universe and the LSH mentioned in timeline
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|-
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|valign="top"|[[file:JLACrisisSecretFiles1.jpg|80px|Cover art by Rodolfo Damaggio (pencils), Robert Campanella (inks) and Digital Chameleon (coloring)]]
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|class="reboot_postzh_cameo"|'''''JLA In Crisis Secret Files'' #1''' (published [[September 30]], 1998; cover date November 1998)
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*'''Origin Story: The Flash's Infinite Crises'''
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**W: Tom Peyer; P: Rags Morales; I: Dave Meikus; C: John Kalisz, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Kurt Hathaway; E: Dan Thorsland, Alisande Morales (assistant)
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**''Appearances:'' [[Dominators/Post-Zero Hour|Dominators]] (in the Flash's hallucination)
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*'''Profile Pages''' (writer uncredited)
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**'''Invasion''' (P: Frank Fosco; I: Danny Miki; C: Lee Loughridge)
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***''Appearances:'' [[Daxam/Post-Zero Hour|Daxamites]] and Dominators. [[Durla/Post-Zero Hour|Durla]] and [[Khundia/Post-Zero Hour|Khundia]] mentioned.
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**'''Armageddon 2001''' (P: Kevin Maguire; I: Karl Story; C: Lee Loughridge)
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***''Appearances:'' Lar Gand
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**'''Eclipso: The Darkness Within''' (P: Greg Luzniak; I: Dave Meikus; C: Lee Loughridge)
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***''Appearances:'' Lar Gand
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**[[Zero Hour]] (P: Paul Ryan; I: Norm Rapmund; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations))
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***<span class="preboot_5yl_cameo" style="padding:3px 0">''Appearances:'' Saturn Girl (SW6).</span>
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***''Notes:'' Impulse mentioned as coming from the 30th Century. Vril Dox and L.E.G.I.O.N. mentioned.
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**[[Final Night]] (P: Stuart Immonen; I: José Marzan, Jr.; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations))
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***''Appearances:'' [[Ferro]] appearance; Team 20 mentioned
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|-
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|valign="top"|[[file:DCUHeroesSecretFiles1.jpg|80px]]
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|class="reboot_postzh_cameo"|'''''DCU Heroes Secret Files'' #1''' (published [[December 30]], 1998; cover date February 1999)
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*'''Lost Pages: Above Top Secret''' (4 pages)
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**W: Mark Millar; P: Matthew Clark; I: Tom Simmons; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Clem Robins; E: Tony Bedard, Maureen McTigue
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**''Story:'' A DEO accountant takes the information on how they intend to kill superheroes - including "how to ice [[Inferno/Sandy Anderson|Inferno]]" - if they go rogue to Lex Luthor, believing him to be a "great humanitarian". Luthor has the whistleblower shot and blackmails the DEO for a "ten figure sum" over its return.
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*'''Timeline''' (text feature, 2 pages)
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**W: Matt Brady; E: Tony Bedard, Maureen McTigue
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**''Notes:'' [[Thunder]] meeting the Legion in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v4 #110 is included. Her name is misparsed as "Cece Beck" rather than "Cecebeck".
 
|-
 
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|valign="top"|[[Image:LSHSecretFiles2.jpg|80px|Cover art by Chris Sprouse (pencils) and Al Gordon (inks)]]
 
|valign="top"|[[Image:LSHSecretFiles2.jpg|80px|Cover art by Chris Sprouse (pencils) and Al Gordon (inks)]]
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**[[Blight]] - W: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning; P: Olivier Coipel; I: Andy Lanning
 
**[[Blight]] - W: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning; P: Olivier Coipel; I: Andy Lanning
 
**[[Monstress]] - Dusty Abnell/Norman Lee
 
**[[Monstress]] - Dusty Abnell/Norman Lee
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|valign="top"|[[file:JSASecretFiles1.jpg|80px|Cover art by Stephen Sadowski (pencils), Michael Bair (inks) and John Kalisz (coloring)]]
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|valign="top"|'''[[JSA Secret Files 1|''JSA Secret Files'' #1]]''' (published [[June 16]], 1999; cover date August 1999)
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*'''Gathering Storms'''
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**W: David S. Goyer & James Robinson; P: Scott Benefiel; I: Mark Propst; C: John Kalisz, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Ken Lopez (Letters); E: Peter Tomasi, L.A. Williams (Assistant)
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**''Notes:'' [[Mordru/Post-Zero Hour|Mordru]] appearance
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*'''Dead Ends'''
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**W: Steven Grant (Script); P&I: Eddy Newell; C: Gloria Vasquez, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Janice Chiang; E: Peter Tomasi, L.A. Williams (Assistant)
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**''Notes:'' Mordru appearance
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*'''''(Profile Page)'''''
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**"Dark Lord" (Mordru) - W: David S. Goyer & James Robinson; P: Stephen Sadowski; I: Michael Bair; C: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
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|-
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|valign="top"|[[File:JSASecretFiles2.jpg|80px|Cover art by Stephen Sadowski (pencils), Michael Bair (inks) and Digital Chameleon (coloring)]]
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|'''[[JSA Secret Files 2|''JSA Secret Files'' #2]]''' (published [[July 4]], 2001; cover date September 2001)
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*'''Breaking Storms'''
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**W: David S. Goyer (plot), Geoff Johns (prlot and script); P: Javier Saltares; I: Ray Kryssing; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Ken Lopez; E: Peter Tomasi
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**Mordru appearance
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|valign="top"|[[file:SFOGuideToDCU01-02-1.jpg|80px|Art by Ariel Olivetti, color by Tom McCraw and Digital Chameleon (separations)]]
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|'''[[Guide to the DC Universe Secret Files 2001-2002|''Guide to the DC Universe Secret Files 2001-2002'']]''' (published [[December 26]], 2001, cover date February 2002)
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*'''The Earth Spins''' (3 pages)
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**W: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA); P: Dustin Nguyen; I: Richard Friend; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Comicraft; E: Mike McAvennie (uncredited)
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*'''Profile Page'''
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**[[Legion of Super-Heroes/Post-Zero Hour|The Legion]] - W: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning; P: Olivier Coipel; I: Andy Lanning; C: [[Richard and Tanya Horie]]
 
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|[[Image:TheLegionSecretFiles3003.jpg|80px]]
 
|[[Image:TheLegionSecretFiles3003.jpg|80px]]
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*'''''The Earth Spins'' presents...''' (40 pages)
 
*'''''The Earth Spins'' presents...''' (40 pages)
 
**W: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA); P: Leonard Kirk; I: Robin Riggs; C: Ronda Pattison of Sno Cone; P,I&C: Tony Harris and Tom Feister; L: Nick J. Napolitano; E: Ivan Cohen and Stephen Wacker
 
**W: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA); P: Leonard Kirk; I: Robin Riggs; C: Ronda Pattison of Sno Cone; P,I&C: Tony Harris and Tom Feister; L: Nick J. Napolitano; E: Ivan Cohen and Stephen Wacker
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|valign="top"|[[file:TheLegion-Foundations.jpg|80px|Art by Tony Harris and Tom Feister]]
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|class="reboot_postzh_reprint"|'''[[The Legion Foundations TPB|''The Legion: Foundations'' TPB]]''' (ISBN 978-1401203382, published [[August 4]], 2004, cover date 2004)
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*1st reprint of '''Foundations: Celebrating 45 years of the Legion''' from '''[[The Legion 25|''The Legion'' #25]]''', December 2003
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*1st reprint of '''''The Earth Spins'' presents...''' from '''[[The Legion Secret Files 3003|''The Legion Secret Files 3003'']]''', January 2004
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*1st reprint of '''Foundations part two''' from '''[[The Legion 26|''The Legion'' #26]]''', Early January 2004
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*1st reprint of '''Foundations part three''' from '''[[The Legion 27|''The Legion'' #27]]''', Late January 2004
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*1st reprint of '''Foundations part four''' from '''[[The Legion 28|''The Legion'' #28]]''', February 2004
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*1st reprint of '''Foundations part five''' from '''[[The Legion 29|''The Legion'' #29]]''', March 2004
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*1st reprint of '''Foundations: The Final Chapter''' from '''[[The Legion 30|''The Legion'' #30]]''', April 2004
 
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[[Category:Publication History|Secret Files]]
 
[[Category:Publication History|Secret Files]]

Revision as of 05:51, 23 February 2012

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Legion Publication History

1958-1964 • 1965-1970 • 1971-1978 • 1979-1982 • 1983-1986 • 1986-1989 • 1989-1994 • 1994-1996
1997-1998 • 1998-1999 • 1999-2001 • 2001-2004 • 2004-2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013
2014-2018 • 2019-2022
Adult Legion • Homage and Parody • L.E.G.I.O.N. • Precursors • Reference • Reprints
Spinoffs • Series Index • Chronological Index • Individual series pages • Colour key

This page gathers the information from the regular pages of the Legion Publication History pertaining to the Secret Files & Origins series with Legion-related content, including three issues specifically devoted to the Legion.

Reboot (Post-Zero Hour)

Cover art by Steve Lightle (artwork) and Patrick Martin (coloring) The Flash Secret Files #1 (published September 17, 1997; cover date November 1997)
  • Timeline: Flash
    • W: Mark Waid; P: Georges Jeanty; I: Doug Hazlewood; C: Buzz Setzer; L: Richard Starkings and Comicraft/AD; E: Mike McAvennie, Maureen McTigue (assistant)
    • Tornado Twins and XS mentioned
Cover art by Phil Jimenez Legion of Super-Heroes Secret Files #1 (published November 26, 1997 (one week late); cover date January 1998)
  • (frontispiece) (Also used as LSHv4 #80 cover)
    • P: Alan Davis; I: Mark Farmer; C: Patrick Martin
  • Legionnaires Three: The Secret File on the Legion of Super-Heroes (22 pages)
    • W: Tom Peyer (co-plot/script), Tom McCraw (co-plot); P: Jeff Moy; I: W.C. Carani; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Pat Brosseau
    • Notes: Contents page gives title as "Secret Origin"; set around the events of Legion of Super-Heroes #0
  • Interview: Shvaughn Erin (text feature with illustrations)
    • W: Tom Peyer; P&I: W.C. Carani; C: Tom McCraw
  • Guided Tour: Legion Outpost (3 pages)
    • W: Tom McCraw; P: Jeff Moy; I: Phil Moy; C: Tom McCraw
  • Lost Pages: "What did the Legion do for money while they were stranded in the 20th century?" (4 pages)
    • W: Tom Peyer; P: Todd Nauck; I: Lary Stucker; L: Albert DeGuzman; C: Tom McCraw
    • Notes: Set between LSHv4 #86 and #87
  • Timeline: LSH (text feature, with small reprinted illustrations)
    • W: Tom McCraw
  • Profile Pages (All written and coloured by Tom McCraw, P/I as shown)
  • The Roll Call pinup (endpiece, all postboot characters to that point or nearly so)
  • P&I: Phil Jimenez; C: Tom McCraw
Cover art by Dan Jurgens (pencils), Norm Rapmund (inks), and Patrick Martin (coloring) Superman Villains Secret Files #1 (published April 22, 1998; cover date June 1998)
  • Super-Villains Timeline
    • W: Roger Stern; E: Joey Cavalieri, Maureen McTigue (assistant)
    • Time Trapper, Superboy, Pocket Universe and the LSH mentioned in timeline
Cover art by Rodolfo Damaggio (pencils), Robert Campanella (inks) and Digital Chameleon (coloring) JLA In Crisis Secret Files #1 (published September 30, 1998; cover date November 1998)
  • Origin Story: The Flash's Infinite Crises
    • W: Tom Peyer; P: Rags Morales; I: Dave Meikus; C: John Kalisz, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Kurt Hathaway; E: Dan Thorsland, Alisande Morales (assistant)
    • Appearances: Dominators (in the Flash's hallucination)
  • Profile Pages (writer uncredited)
    • Invasion (P: Frank Fosco; I: Danny Miki; C: Lee Loughridge)
    • Armageddon 2001 (P: Kevin Maguire; I: Karl Story; C: Lee Loughridge)
      • Appearances: Lar Gand
    • Eclipso: The Darkness Within (P: Greg Luzniak; I: Dave Meikus; C: Lee Loughridge)
      • Appearances: Lar Gand
    • Zero Hour (P: Paul Ryan; I: Norm Rapmund; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations))
      • Appearances: Saturn Girl (SW6).
      • Notes: Impulse mentioned as coming from the 30th Century. Vril Dox and L.E.G.I.O.N. mentioned.
    • Final Night (P: Stuart Immonen; I: José Marzan, Jr.; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations))
      • Appearances: Ferro appearance; Team 20 mentioned
DCUHeroesSecretFiles1.jpg DCU Heroes Secret Files #1 (published December 30, 1998; cover date February 1999)
  • Lost Pages: Above Top Secret (4 pages)
    • W: Mark Millar; P: Matthew Clark; I: Tom Simmons; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Clem Robins; E: Tony Bedard, Maureen McTigue
    • Story: A DEO accountant takes the information on how they intend to kill superheroes - including "how to ice Inferno" - if they go rogue to Lex Luthor, believing him to be a "great humanitarian". Luthor has the whistleblower shot and blackmails the DEO for a "ten figure sum" over its return.
  • Timeline (text feature, 2 pages)
    • W: Matt Brady; E: Tony Bedard, Maureen McTigue
    • Notes: Thunder meeting the Legion in Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #110 is included. Her name is misparsed as "Cece Beck" rather than "Cecebeck".
Cover art by Chris Sprouse (pencils) and Al Gordon (inks) Legion of Super-Heroes Secret Files #2 (published April 7, 1999; cover date June 1999)
  • Unknown Point of Origin
    • W: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA); P: Chuck Wojtkiwicz; I: Dexter Vines; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Clem Robins
    • First appearances: Blight (cameo)
  • The Legion Constitution (2 pages, text-only)
    • Adapted from Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes (1988)
  • Interview: United Planets President R.J. Brande (2 pages, text feature with illustrations)
    • W: Tom Peyer; P: Derec Aucoin; I: Dan Davis; C: Tom McCraw
  • A Partial Listing of the United Planets and Affiliated Planets
    • W: Matt Brady & Tom McCraw
  • Profile Pages (All written by Matt Brady and Tom McCraw except where noted, P/I as shown, all coloured by Tom McCraw)
Cover art by Stephen Sadowski (pencils), Michael Bair (inks) and John Kalisz (coloring) JSA Secret Files #1 (published June 16, 1999; cover date August 1999)
  • Gathering Storms
    • W: David S. Goyer & James Robinson; P: Scott Benefiel; I: Mark Propst; C: John Kalisz, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Ken Lopez (Letters); E: Peter Tomasi, L.A. Williams (Assistant)
    • Notes: Mordru appearance
  • Dead Ends
    • W: Steven Grant (Script); P&I: Eddy Newell; C: Gloria Vasquez, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Janice Chiang; E: Peter Tomasi, L.A. Williams (Assistant)
    • Notes: Mordru appearance
  • (Profile Page)
    • "Dark Lord" (Mordru) - W: David S. Goyer & James Robinson; P: Stephen Sadowski; I: Michael Bair; C: Tom McCraw; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Cover art by Stephen Sadowski (pencils), Michael Bair (inks) and Digital Chameleon (coloring) JSA Secret Files #2 (published July 4, 2001; cover date September 2001)
  • Breaking Storms
    • W: David S. Goyer (plot), Geoff Johns (prlot and script); P: Javier Saltares; I: Ray Kryssing; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Ken Lopez; E: Peter Tomasi
    • Mordru appearance
Art by Ariel Olivetti, color by Tom McCraw and Digital Chameleon (separations) Guide to the DC Universe Secret Files 2001-2002 (published December 26, 2001, cover date February 2002)
  • The Earth Spins (3 pages)
    • W: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA); P: Dustin Nguyen; I: Richard Friend; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Comicraft; E: Mike McAvennie (uncredited)
  • Profile Page
TheLegionSecretFiles3003.jpg The Legion Secret Files 3003 (published November 19, 2003; cover date January 2004)
  • The Earth Spins presents... (40 pages)
    • W: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (DnA); P: Leonard Kirk; I: Robin Riggs; C: Ronda Pattison of Sno Cone; P,I&C: Tony Harris and Tom Feister; L: Nick J. Napolitano; E: Ivan Cohen and Stephen Wacker
Art by Tony Harris and Tom Feister The Legion: Foundations TPB (ISBN 978-1401203382, published August 4, 2004, cover date 2004)
  • 1st reprint of Foundations: Celebrating 45 years of the Legion from The Legion #25, December 2003
  • 1st reprint of The Earth Spins presents... from The Legion Secret Files 3003, January 2004
  • 1st reprint of Foundations part two from The Legion #26, Early January 2004
  • 1st reprint of Foundations part three from The Legion #27, Late January 2004
  • 1st reprint of Foundations part four from The Legion #28, February 2004
  • 1st reprint of Foundations part five from The Legion #29, March 2004
  • 1st reprint of Foundations: The Final Chapter from The Legion #30, April 2004
Legion Publication History

1958-1964 • 1965-1970 • 1971-1978 • 1979-1982 • 1983-1986 • 1986-1989 • 1989-1994 • 1994-1996
1997-1998 • 1998-1999 • 1999-2001 • 2001-2004 • 2004-2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013
2014-2018 • 2019-2022
Adult Legion • Homage and Parody • L.E.G.I.O.N. • Precursors • Reference • Reprints
Spinoffs • Series Index • Chronological Index • Individual series pages • Colour key

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