Jim's Legion Blog

  Greetings Legionnaires!   As I write this, we are on the cusp of the NINTH separate Volume of the Legion of Super Heroes comic book to be published.   Why nine?   Well, I’m glad you asked!   This is a very confusing subject for many, especially new readers, but even long-time readers, as in addition to different publishing volumes, there have been completely independent VERSIONS of the team.   These we usually refer to as Original/OG, Reboot, Threeboot, Retroboot and Bendisboot/Rebirth, as they are all distinct iterations of the team. But those are only FIVE versions of the team.   Where do we get NINE volumes?   Okay, bear with me here. Even though the Legion started in the pages of Adventure Comics and even went into Action Comics for a time, the Legion did not get a book titled “Legion of Super Heroes” until 1973.   This was a four-issue run that reprinted Adventure 328 (The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion), Adventure 333 (The War Betwe...

A New Legion of Super-Heroes is coming!  Can fandom give it a chance? Its June 24, 2026, almost a week after the announcement of the new Legion of Super-Heroes ongoing title by Joshua Williamson and Hayden Sherman. Starting September 2, a new Legion will take to the page, spring boarding out of the results of DC's KO event from the past year, which also featured the evil Legion of Darkseid, who used them as his field commanders, destroying the future in their wake, including a scene from the "War of the Legions" where members of all the other versions were defeated. In the conclusion of the KO tournament, Superman was victorious, and as such set out to rebuild the future. Presumably, the future that Superman creates is that of the new Legion that we see.  Like clockwork, once any new Legion is announced, there is a big wave of excitement, and that is certainly true in this case when we are talking about two of the best creators in current comics behind the book. The advan...