Legion Publication History/Series/Secret Files

This page is written from the Real World point of view

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)
	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 & Comicraft/AD; E: Mike McAvennie, Maureen McTigue (assistant) Tornado Twins & XS mentioned
	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) Cosmic Boy - Lee Moder/Ron Boyd Live Wire - Chris Sprouse/Karl Story Saturn Girl - Jeff Moy/W.C. Carani Triad - Leonard Kirk/Bob Almond Apparition - Paul Pelletier/Drew Geraci Invisible Kid - Dan Jurgens/Norm Rapmund XS - Humberto Ramos/Wayne Faucher Chameleon - Ron Boyd Brainiac 5 - Lee Moder/Ron Boyd Violet - Phil Moy/Ray Kryssing Name change: LeViathan → Violet (per profile) Spark - Jeff Moy/W.C. Carani Kinetix - Barry Kitson Star Boy - Jason Armstrong/Ron Boyd M'Onel - Mike Collins/Drew Geraci Element Lad - Colleen Doran Gates - Jason Armstrong/Ron Boyd Ultra Boy - Cully Hamner Umbra - Phil Jimenez The Roll Call pinup (endpiece) P&I: Phil Jimenez; C: Tom McCraw Depicts all postboot characters to that point (or nearly so).
	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 & the LSH mentioned in timeline
	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) Appearances: Daxamites & Dominators. Durla & Khundia mentioned. 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 II & 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
	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".
	Legion of Super-Heroes Secret Files #2 (published April 7, 1999; cover date June 1999) Unknown Point of Origin W: Dan Abnett & 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 & 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) Karate Kid - Scott Kolins/Keith Champagne Kid Quantum (Jazmin Cullen) - Jeff Moy/W.C. Carani Pernisius - Greg Luzniak/Mark Pennington Fallen Heroes (2 pages) - Phil Jimenez Sensor - Kilian Plunkett Elements of Disaster - Jeff Moy/Phil Moy Thunder - Matt Haley/Tom Simmons Ferro - Cully Hamner Brainiac 5.1 - Sean Phillips Blight - W: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning; P: Olivier Coipel; I: Andy Lanning Monstress - Dusty Abnell/Norman Lee
	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; 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)
	JSA Secret Files #2 (published July 4, 2001; cover date September 2001) Breaking Storms W: David S. Goyer (co-plot), Geoff Johns (co-plot & script); P: Javier Saltares; I: Ray Kryssing; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Ken Lopez; E: Peter Tomasi Mordru appearance
	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 & Andy Lanning (DnA); P: Dustin Nguyen; I: Richard Friend; C: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon (separations); L: Comicraft; E: Mike McAvennie Profile Page The Legion - W: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning; P: Olivier Coipel; I: Andy Lanning; C: Richard & Tanya Horie
	The Legion Secret Files 3003 (published November 19, 2003; cover date January 2004) The Earth Spins presents... (40 pages) W: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (DnA); P: Leonard Kirk; I: Robin Riggs; C: Ronda Pattison of Sno Cone; P,I&C: Tony Harris & Tom Feister; L: Nick J. Napolitano; E: Ivan Cohen & Stephen Wacker
	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