The Legion of Super-Heroes

Otto Binder

Al Plastino

Aaron Lopresti (signed)

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]; Jonathan Kent (cameo)

"The Legion of Super-Heroes" Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely initiation pranks which proved he is a good sport.

Origins & Omens

Geoff Johns

Francis Manapul

As Scar reviews The Book of the Black, she thinks about Lex Luthor. Lex, assigned by General Lane to try and unlock the secrets in Brainiac, believes he has control over the villain, but Brainiac surprises Lex by re-activating and declaring that now they will be working together as a team. Only Scar knows that Luthor will be saved from this alliance with Brainiac by the currently deceased Superboy.

The Boy of Steel, Part One

Geoff Johns

Francis Manapul

Francis Manapul (signed); Clayton Henry (inset)

Superboy [Conner Kent]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang (flashback); Pete Ross (flashback); Mr. Janson [Element Lad]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy] (flashback); Kid Flash [Bart Allen]; Simon Valentine; Tellus

"The Boy of Steel, Part One" Conner settles into his new life, following in the footsteps of Superman -- living with Ma Kent, going to Smallville High, joining a team of super-heroes, and helping anyone who needs help -- but he worries that he will also follow the path of his other "father."

Long Live the Legion, Part One

Geoff Johns

Clayton Henry

Though the Legion has almost fully re-formed in the future, Starman and Tellus remain in the present, where Starman begs Tellus to help him fulfill R. J. Brande's final request so he can be reunited with his one true love, Dream Girl.

The Boy of Steel, Part Two

Geoff Johns

Francis Manapul

Francis Manapul (signed); Clayton Henry (inset)

Superboy [Conner Kent]; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Martha Kent; Krypto; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Simon Valentine; Mr. Janson [Element Lad]; Lori; Jonathan Kent (in photo)

"The Boy of Steel, Part Two" As Luthor aids Brainiac in recovering Kandor, in exchange for the Earth, Superboy meets with Wonder Girl for the first time since his return.

Long Live the Legion, Part Two

Geoff Johns; Michael Shoemaker

Clayton Henry

Lightning Lord summons Lightning Lad and sends him on a quest to find a lost relative.

Long Live the Legion, Part Three: Running Hot and Cold

Geoff Johns; Michael Shoemaker

Clayton Henry

Francis Manapul; Clayton Henry (inset)

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Polar Boy]; Cryo-King

"Long Live the Legion, Part Three: Running Hot and Cold" Polar Boy takes Sun Boy on a mission to his home planet of Tharr in search of minor league villain Cryo-King, but they discover that there may be more to Cryo-King than they thought.

The Boy of Steel, Part Three

Geoff Johns

Francis Manapul

When Krypto rounds up some of Superboy’s old enemies, Conner wonders if Krypto can sniff out where Lex Luthor is. When that doesn’t work, Superboy turns to Red Robin for help. While the two catch up in Paris, the object of Superboy’s search discovers that the Teen of Steel has returned to the world of the living.

Long Live the Legion, Part Four: Star Crossed

Geoff Johns; Michael Shoemaker

Clayton Henry

Jerry Ordway (signed); Clayton Henry (Blok inset); Francis Manapul (background, signed)

Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Black Witch [also as White Witch]]

"Long Live the Legion, Part Four: Star Crossed" Wildfire and Dawnstar accompany Blok to Sorcerer’s World to check on Mysa who has taken on Mordru’s power and is now the Black Witch.

He Primed Me, Part One: Spoiler Alert

Geoff Johns; Sterling Gates

Jerry Ordway

After reading Adventure Comics #4, Superboy-Prime rushes to his comic book store to find out what happens to him in #5. But while searching the internet there, he is attacked by Black Lantern Alexander Luthor, who brings with him Black Lanterns inhabiting the bodies of people Superboy-Prime killed.

The Boy of Steel

Geoff Johns

Francis Manapul

Jerry Ordway (signed); Francis Manapul (inset)

Superboy [Conner Kent]; Krypto; Lori; Lex Luthor

"The Boy of Steel" Superboy finds Lori vandalizing a doctor's office and also finds out a little bit more about Lori's life.

He Primed Me, Part Two: Flame War

Geoff Johns; Sterling Gates

Jerry Ordway

Realizing his destiny is controlled by the people at DC Comics, Superboy-Prime tries to leave his fight with the Black Lanterns and take out his frustrations on the DC employees. But Black Lantern Alexander Luthor transports the Black Lanterns and Superboy-Prime to Prime's basement to continue the fight. Prime tries to take possession of one of the Black Lantern rings, but it refuses to let him, exploding in a burst of light and leaving him alone in his basement remembering his love for Laurie. Just then, Laurie arrives and tells Clark that everything will be all right from now on.

Francis Manapul

The Boy of Steel, Part Five

Geoff Johns

Francis Manapul

Francis Manapul (signed)

Superboy [Conner Kent]; Krypto; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Lori; Lena; Bizarros; Kid Flash [Bart Allen]; Red Robin [Tim Drake]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Amazons; Atlantis

"The Boy of Steel, Part Five" Luthor sends Superboy across time and space to retrieve the ingredients he needs to cure his sister Lena. But immediately after restoring Lena to health, Luthor shows his true colors. In anger, Superboy strikes out at Luthor, but is stopped by Brainiac. After a brief skirmish, Luthor and Brainiac teleport away, leaving Superboy to pick up the pieces. Later, in space, Luthor gazes on his next experiment.

Francis Manapul (signed)

What Did Black Lantern Superboy Do?

Tony Bedard

Travis Moore

Aaron Lopresti (signed)

Superboy [Conner Kent]; Krypto; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Teen Titans [Starfire [Koriand'r]; Beast Boy; Cyborg; Robin [Tim Drake]; Kid Flash [Bart Allen]; Raven; Speedy [Mia Dearden] (flashback)]; King Shark (cameo flashback); Lex Luthor (cameo); Superboy-Prime (cameo flashback); Starman [Thom Kallor] (cameo flashback); Black Lantern Superman; Black Lantern Troia; Black Lantern Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Lantern Wonder Woman; Star Sapphire; Dove [Dawn Granger]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Black Lantern Black Hand; Fire; Nekron; Flash [Barry Allen]

"What Did Black Lantern Superboy Do?" With Nekron in control of all the heroes who died and came back, Superboy finds himself trapped in his own mind as a Black Lantern ring forces him to fight Wonder Girl. During the fight, Conner is just barely able to summon Krypto and leave Cassie a clue telling her to get to the Fortress. There, Krypto removes from the Kryptonian healing chamber Superboy's body, confusing the ring. When the ring attempts to jump from one Conner to the other, the conscious Superboy stops it with freeze breath. While Cassie puts the ring into orbit, Superboy returns his other body to the healing chamber.

Awake, Part 1 of 3

Eric Trautmann

Pier Gallo

Francis Manapul (signed)

Car-Vex [Romundi]; General Sam Lane; Jax-Ur; Quex-Ul; Sgt. Cloud; Lois Lane (in photo); Lucy Lane (in photo); Dominators

"Awake, Part 1 of 3" How Car-Vex went from the Phantom Zone to Zod's sleeper agent within General Lane's Project 7734.

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Prologue Part Two: The Future Is Now

James Robinson

Julian Lopez

After Element Lad reveals himself to Superboy, Conner brings Mon-El to a gathering of all the Legionnaires living in the 21st century. The Legionnaires tell Superboy and Mon-El about their secret mission in the past to save the future and then they all head off to New Krypton.

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Prologue Part One: The Future Is Prologue

Sterling Gates

Travis Moore

The Legionnaires respond to a chronal rift in space that Brainiac 5 traces to his ancestor's fight with Superman 1,000 years in the past.

Awake, Part 2 of 3

Eric Trautmann

Pier Gallo

Joe Quinones

Car-Vex [Romundi]; General Sam Lane; Jax-Ur; Quex-Ul; General Zod; Ursa; Non

"Awake, Part 2 of 3" To secure her position as mole within Sam Lane's operation, Car-Vex betrays a friend and fellow Phantom Zone survivor.

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton: Unify

Sterling Gates

Eduardo Pansica

Before heading to Brainiac's ship, the heroes try to get the Kryptonians to work together to defeat Brainiac's probes.

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Part Four: Namesake

James Robinson

Travis Moore

Brainiac 5 has the Legion send him back to the 21st century to stop the chronal rifts and prevent his ancestor from killing Superman.

Awake, Part 3 of 3

Eric Trautmann

Pier Gallo

Joe Quinones

Car-Vex [Romundi]; General Sam Lane; General Zod; Nadira; Az-Rel

"Awake, Part 3 of 3" Lane reveals he knows Car-Vex's true identity and puts an end to her career as a spy for Zod.

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Part Six: Divided, Conquerable

Sterling Gates; James Robinson

Travis Moore; Eduardo Pansica

While Superman receives a last-minute save from an old friend, Superboy -- who becomes separated from the Legion within Brainiac's ship -- encounters Lex Luthor, who removes his powers and places him within the re-bottled city of Kandor. General Zod, who still considers Conner an enemy, knocks him out as he prepares his own counter-attack against Brainiac.

Man of Valor Finale

James Robinson

Bernard Chang

Mark Buckingham (signed)

Mon-El; Legion of Super-Heroes [Quislet; Starman [Thom Kallor]; Tellus; Element Lad; Matter-Eater Lad; Chameleon Boy; Sensor Girl; Ultra Boy; Duplicate Damsel [also as Triplicate Girl]; Shrinking Violet; Chemical King; Timber Wolf; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Superboy [Clark Kent]]; Jemm, Son of Saturn; Jimmy Olsen; Doc Calomar; unnamed female Daxamite; Superboy [Conner Kent]

"Man of Valor Finale" Mon-El finds homes for the remaining bottled cities, including that of the Lathonians which he relocates to Saturn's moon Titan, with the permission of Jemm, Son of Saturn. Then after taking care of one last loose end with the help of Jimmy Olsen and Superboy, Mon resolves to die with dignity from his lead poisoning, until Chameleon Boy convinces him to re-enter the Phantom Zone so he can one day rejoin his friends.

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton: The Epilogue Is the Future

Sterling Gates

Travis Moore

While Brainiac 5 turns Brainiac over to Coluan authorities, the rest of the Legionnaires and Mon-El help Chameleon Boy find a new home for the Durlans.

Playing Hooky

Paul Levitz

Kevin Sharpe

Scott Clark (signed)

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Triplicate Girl; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; R. J. Brande; Lex Luthor (statue); Mongul (statue); Metallo (statue); Jimmy Olsen (statue); Doomsday (statue); Darkseid (statue)

"Playing Hooky" Back in the late 20th century, Superboy (Clark Kent) plays hooky from school to join his new friends in the Legion of Super-Heroes and do things he can't do at home in Smallville.

Nucleus, Part 1: Splitting the Atom

Jeff Lemire

Mahmud Asrar

Scott Clark

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Oracle; Jack Palmer; The Calculator; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (image); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (image); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (image); Martian Manhunter (image); Batgirl [Stephanie Brown] (image)

"Nucleus, Part 1: Splitting the Atom" Knowing that the Calculator hired the thugs who took hostages at the Ivy Town Public Library to get him away from his lab, Ray seeks out Oracle's help in getting him into the Calculator's lair. But the Calculator is prepared for an intruder and quickly has the Atom seemingly helpless.

Brande Speaks

Paul Levitz

Kevin Sharpe

The adult Legion brings Superboy to the future to watch a holo left behind by R. J. Brande in which he details how he came to create the Legion as a vehicle for inter-planetary unity.

Nucleus, Part 2: Atom Strange

Jeff Lemire

Mahmud Asrar

Scott Clark

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Calculator; Oracle; David Palmer; Jack Palmer; Alphaeus Hyatt; Batgirl [Stephanie Brown] (on screen)

"Nucleus, Part 2: Atom Strange" To escape the pathogens in the Calculator's lair, the Atom grabs the villain and heads back to Oracle who has an antidote prepared. Cornered, the Calculator tells Ray that he was hired by the Colony, but that that is all he knows. Meanwhile, Professor Hyatt is visited, via the phone line, by men looking for the white dwarf meteor and wearing the same ant symbol found in Ray's trashed lab.

Saturn Rising

Paul Levitz

Kevin Sharpe

Back when the Legion consisted of just the founders, the three heroes work with the Science Police to stop Zaryan from raiding robot manufacturers. Though all three show their inexperience, Saturn Girl decides she has to work to hold her own in physical confrontations alongside the boys. After the mission ends in tragedy and after an indiscretion, Saturn Girl makes two more decisions that will have an impact on her future.

Nucleus, Part 3: We Are All Atoms

Jeff Lemire

Mahmud Asrar

Scott Clark (signed)

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Alphaeus Hyatt; Oracle

"Nucleus, Part 3: We Are All Atoms" The Atom confronts the two men ransacking Prof. Hyatt's home in search of white dwarf matter, but they explode before he can get answers from them. With Oracle's help he reverse-tracks the phone call that brought the men to Prof. Hyatt's house, and faces an army of Colony members.

Whispers of Doom

Paul Levitz

Kevin Sharpe

The Legion intercepts information on Zaryan's next target and confronts him in the skies above Naltor. Below, Nura Nal has a vision in which she sees a Legionnaire die. Back on Earth, Phantom Girl tells Superboy about rumors of a ghost in the new headquarters before he heads off to the Superman Museum where he hears a voice urging him to return home.

Nucleus, Part 4: Colonized

Jeff Lemire

Mahmud Asrar

Scott Clark

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; David Palmer

"Nucleus, Part 4: Colonized" The Atom evades the Colony army long enough to find his uncle, who explains the history of the Colony, an organization dedicated to the preservation of humankind. Uncle David takes Ray into the microscopic world he has created as a safe house for civilization, but they are followed by fighters from the Colony.

Playing Hooky II

Paul Levitz

Eduardo Pansica

While a stealthy trio of Legionnaires nearly captures Zaryan, Brainiac 5 takes the founders to Superboy's Smallville for his own secret purposes.

Nucleus, Part 5: Atom-Ant

Jeff Lemire

Mahmud Asrar

Scott Clark (signed)

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; David Palmer

"Nucleus, Part 5: Atom-Ant" The Atom fights off the Colony members but learns the Colony's real plot is to trap him in the safe house until he gives up the location of the white dwarf matter. Ray's uncle assures him that he has a backup plan, but doesn't mention the giant bugs.

Tragedy: The Death of Lightning Lad

Paul Levitz

Kevin Sharpe

While the rest of the team goes after Zaryan's remaining forces in the wake of Lightning Lad's death, Saturn Girl reflects on the decisions she made that resulted in that death, and the path ahead of her.

Nucleus, Part 6: Weapons of Mass-Reduction

Jeff Lemire

Mahmud Asrar

Scott Clark (signed)

The Atom [Ray Palmer]; David Palmer

"Nucleus, Part 6: Weapons of Mass-Reduction" David reveals he has control over the mechanical bugs and he and Ray harvest parts from them to repair their control units. They leave the escape house and expand to face the Colony once again. The Atom urges his uncle to flee without recovering the safe house, but the members of the Colony halt Ray in his tracks when they reveal that they have someone ready to kill his father if he doesn't turn over the white dwarf matter.

The Summons of the Ring

Paul Levitz

Geraldo Borges

A Legion team responds to the damage caused by an apparent earthquake in Africa, but Wildfire and Dawnstar discover the cause of the destruction may have been something else entirely. Meanwhile, back at headquarters, Dyogene offers a Legionnaire a Green Lantern ring and he accepts.

Consequences

Paul Levitz

Geraldo Borges

Scott Clark (signed)

Legion of Super-Heroes [Tellus; Dawnstar; Mon-El]; Dyogene; Chief Gigi Cusimano; Harmonia Li; Lieutenant Amadi; Sun Killer; Saturn Queen

"Consequences" Sun Killer attempts to liberate Saturn Queen from her transport to Takron-Galtos, but Mon-El -- accompanied by Dyogene and wielding the power of Green Lantern ring -- stops him. In the midst of the fight, a figure Dyogene refers to as "The Adversary" makes a brief appearance, while something odd appears to be happening around Harmonia Li.

First Night

Paul Levitz

Phil Jimenez

Phil Jimenez

The White Witch; Blok; Night Girl; Duplicate Girl; Bouncing Boy; Glorith; Power Boy; Comet Queen; Gravity Kid; Chemical Kid; Variable Lad; Dragonwing; Lamprey; Harlak

"First Night" Glorith leaves the Sorcerers' World to join the Legion Academy, gets to know her colleagues, participates in a training session, and gets caught up in the problems of one of her fellow cadets.

First Night

Paul Levitz

Phil Jimenez

Phil Jimenez

Duplicate Girl; Bouncing Boy; Comet Queen; Gravity Kid; Chemical Kid; Glorith; Dragonwing; Variable Lad; Crystal Kid; Nightwind; Power Boy; Lamprey; Cosmic Boy; Westerner (image); Shadow Kid (image); Mandalla (image); Gravity Kid's father; Gravity Kid's mother; Dr. Gym'll; Taurus Gang [Black Mace; Shagrek]; Alchemical Girl

"First Night" Ignoring Duplicate Damsel's scolding, Chemical Kid takes a group of Legion Academy students to check on his father at his home on Phlon, but they find members of the Taurus Gang in the house.

The Darkness Within

Paul Levitz

Geraldo Borges

Phil Jimenez

Blok; Black Witch; Harlak; Sprite; Syri; Glorith (cameo); Chemical Kid (cameo); XS (cameo); Mordu

"The Darkness Within" When the Black Witch senses Glorith is in danger, she sends her some of her own power, momentarily freeing Mordu.

First Tests

Paul Levitz

Phil Jimenez

Glorith finds enough power to knock out Alchemical Girl so the team can subdue the villains and find out what is behind their attack. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Power Boy and Lamprey go out on a mission as a kind of final exam, under the watchful eyes of Cosmic Boy and Night Girl.

Mosaic

Paul Levitz

Jeffrey Moy

Phil Jimenez

XS; Night Girl; Jeven Ognats; The Tornado Twins [Dawn Allen Ognats; Don Allen]; Impulse; Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Jay Garrick]

"Mosaic" Night Girl visits XS in Africa and invites her to come to the Legion Academy to familiarize herself with this world and help train the recruits. But XS prefers to continue to work on her mosaic, even after she heads to Olduvai Gorge and picks up a stone that fills her head with all sorts of portentous images.

First Hints

Paul Levitz

Geraldo Borges

Gravity Kid, Dragonwing, and Chemical Kid retrieve some of Chemical King's genetic material so that Glorith can remove Alchemical Girl's gene modification. After covering up Chemical Kid's father's involvement in the gene-running, they return to the Legion Academy.

A Comet's Tale

Paul Levitz

Geraldo Borges

Eduardo Pansica (signed)

Glorith; Comet Queen; Gravity Kid; Dragonwing; Chemical Kid; Variable Lad; Bouncing Boy; Night Girl; Duplicate Girl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Tellus; Timber Wolf; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Shadow Lass; Brainiac 5; Chemical King (portrait); Dawnstar (portrait); Wildfire (portrait)]; Stone Boy; Mandalla; Shadow Kid; Chief Gigi Cusimano; Saturn Queen

"A Comet's Tale" Comet Queen explains to Glorith how she got her powers and why she had to return to Legion Academy for a second round of training.

Graduation Day

Paul Levitz

Geraldo Borges; Ransom Getty

Francis Portela (signed)

Bouncing Boy; Night Girl; Duplicate Girl; Power Boy; Lamprey; Crystal Kid; Nightwind; Comet Queen; Glorith; Dragonwing; Chemical Kid; Gravity Kid; Variable Lad; Karate Kid [Val Armorr] (statue); Proty (statue); Kid Psycho (statue); Ferro Lad (statue); Chemical King (statue); Invisible Kid (statue); Lieutenant Pozner; Cosmic King

"Graduation Day" After the graduation ceremony for Power Boy, Lamprey, Crystal Kid, and Nightwind, the cadets and their teachers return to Legion Academy. But when the alarms go off at Legion Headquarters, Bouncing Boy, Duplicate Girl, and Night Girl respond, with the cadets following close behind. There, they find Cosmic King, who makes quick work of the veterans and then turns to face the rookies.

The End

Paul Levitz

Geraldo Borges (pp. 1-14); Ransom Getty (pp. 15-20)

Francis Portela (signed)

Chemical Kid; Dragonwing; Comet Queen; Variable Lad; Gravity Kid; Glorith; Night Girl; Bouncing Boy; Duplicate Girl; Cosmic King; Chemical King (statue)

"The End" The cadets' fight with Cosmic King ends in tragedy, with one cadet paying the ultimate price. In the aftermath another cadet leaves the Academy, as the teachers and other cadets regroup at the abandoned Legion Headquarters.