Legion Publication History/Key
Legion Publication History |
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1958-1964 • 1965-1970 • 1971-1978 • 1979-1982 • 1983-1986 • 1986-1989 • 1989-1994 • 1994-1996 |
This page is written from the Real World point of view |
The colours used on the Legion Publication History denote the following.
Contents
Heading colours
Used for year headers on the by-year pages, and for era on series which cross eras, such as Legion of Super-Heroes v4.
era_color | |
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Colour | Era |
#ff8080 | Pre-Crisis |
#8080ff | Post-Crisis/pre-Glorithverse |
#cc99ff | Glorithverse |
#5be85b | Post-Zero Hour |
#96a02c | Post-Infinite Crisis (Earth-Prime/LoSH v5) |
#cb9056 | Post-Infinite Crisis (Lightning Saga/Earth-0/LoSH v6) |
#ffe25f | Based on DCAU |
#ffb84f | Based on LSH cartoon |
#cccccc | Elseworlds |
Issue background colours
These relate to issue entries, e.g.:
Legionnaires #77 (published September 8, 1999; cover date November 1999)
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Superboy's Legion #1 (published February 21, 2001, cover date 2001)
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White, as in the Legionnaires #77 example, denotes a "normal" issue - i.e., an issue of a Legion title, or a significant guest appearance, which follows the era denoted by the year/etc header.
Other background colours, such as the grey behind Superboy's Legion #1, break down as follows:
Out-of-era comics
These are comics primarily featuring the "wrong" Legion for the era. Most of these are automatically Elseworlds (grey), but occasionally an attempt to do an "in-continuity" story with an earlier Legion occurs.
In addition, with multiple versions post-Infinite Crisis, only the version with the main Legion comic is designated "in-era".
Colour | Era |
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#e5e5e5 | Elseworlds |
#ffd5d5 | Pre-Crisis |
#d5d5ff | Post-Crisis/pre-Glorithverse |
#e5cfff | Glorithverse |
#dfffc5 | Post-Zero Hour |
#e8efaf | Post-Infinite Crisis (New Earth/main) |
#f3e2c2 | Post-Infinite Crisis (Lightning Saga) |
#fff0af | Based on DCAU |
#ffd9a0 | Based on LSH cartoon |
Reprints
These colours are used for comics, TPBs, etc which reprint other comics.
Where the issue reprints cameos, or contains original stories as well, the reprint colour is used as a border, rather than a solid background.
Colour | Era |
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#ffd5f5 | Pre-Crisis |
#d0e8ff | Post-Crisis/pre-Glorithverse |
#efcfff | Glorithverse |
#d5ffd5 | Post-Zero Hour |
#efecd1 | Post-Infinite Crisis (New Earth/main) |
#f4e2d2 | Post-Infinite Crisis (Lightning Saga) |
#ffdec4 | Based on LSH cartoon |
#dadada | Elseworlds |
Cameos
These relate to non-speaking apparances of Legionnaires, the appearance of Legion-related elements without involving the team itself, or minor appearances of a page or less (excluding cliffhanger appearances which are followed up in the next issue).
Colour | Era |
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#f0d8d8 | Pre-Crisis |
#d8d8f0 | Post-Crisis/pre-Glorithverse |
#ded1ef | Glorithverse |
#d5f4bf | Post-Zero Hour |
#dcdfc3 | Post-Infinite Crisis (New Earth/main) |
#e6dcce | Post-Infinite Crisis (Lightning Saga) |
#e5e5e5 | Elseworlds |
Colors sorted by era
Pre-Crisis
Colour | Purpose |
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#ff8080 | Heading |
#ffd5d5 | Out of era |
#ffd5f5 | Reprint |
#f0d8d8 | Cameo |
Post-Crisis
Colour | Purpose |
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#8080ff | Heading |
#d5d5ff | Out of era |
#d0e8ff | Reprint |
#d8d8f0 | Cameo |
Glorithverse
Colour | Purpose |
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#cc99ff | Heading |
#e5cfff | Out of era |
#efcfff | Reprint |
#ded1ef | Cameo |
Post-Zero Hour
Colour | Purpose |
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#5be85b | Heading |
#dfffc5 | Out of era |
#d5ffd5 | Reprint |
#d5f4bf | Cameo |
Post-Infinite Crisis
Earth-Prime (LoSH v5/SG&LoSH)
This was considered the "default" post-Infinite Crisis group for the duration of LoSH v5/Supergirl & the LoSH
Colour | Purpose |
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#96a02c | Heading |
#e8efaf | Out of era |
#efecd1 | Reprint |
#dcdfc3 | Cameo |
Earth-0 (Lightning Saga/LoSH v6)
Until this team became the team in the main LoSH comic, all appearances were nominally "out of era"
Colour | Purpose |
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#cb9056 | Heading |
#f3e2c2 | Out of era |
#f4e2d2 | Reprint |
#e6dcce | Cameo |
Legion Publication History |
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1958-1964 • 1965-1970 • 1971-1978 • 1979-1982 • 1983-1986 • 1986-1989 • 1989-1994 • 1994-1996 |