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This issue is part of a 6 issue story arc that takes place in the Post-Zero Hour era. I only have this one issue of the six, but the events of #79 are definitely taking place contemporaneously with other comics published at the same time.

Within the story, post-Zero Hour Linda Danvers switches places (I don't know how from this issue) with (maybe) Pre-Crisis Kara Zor-El, winding up on a world that is Earth-1-like and Pre-Crisis-like, with some events paralleling Pre-Crisis events. Her rocket lands on Earth, Superman discovers her and she tells him she is his cousin from Argo City, although this is a lie. Superman sees through the deception but sees that her heart is true and eventually marries Linda. Doesn't sound like any Pre-Crisis history that I have ever seen. Meanwhile, the real Kara is back in Post-Zero Hour continuity fighting a villain who thinks she is Linda/Supergirl.

The Colossal Boy attending Linda's marriage to Superman is dressed in the Pre-Crisis uniform, but I would say the entire thing is some kind of Otherworlds event.

I think this image is more appropriately categorized as Post-Zero Hour. -- Gopher 09:04, 7 December 2006 (PST)

After rereading it (I have the arc, but hadn't read it in a cople of years), I'd semi-agree with you, in that Elseworlds (or "Otherworlds" as you put it) is probably more appropriate - I'd forgotten the detail. OTOH, it's certainly NOT related to the Post-ZH Legion, since the only Legionnaire involvement is based on the Pre-Crisis LoSH, and it's the Legion content that matters. (Ergo the Post-IC cats including issues from 2005). - Reboot (SoM) talk page 17:21, 7 December 2006 (PST)

Your inital slant was labelling the era by what characters are involved, while I based my original label on "when" the events of the story take place. How would we label it if Legionnaires from two eras are involved (while the cover is metaphorical, it has B5's from two eras). Off the top of your head, can you think of any other issues that will fall into the Misc/Elseworlds category? Maybe Spiderboy Team-Up? -- Gopher 19:06, 7 December 2006 (PST)

We've already had the post-ZH Legion "meet" the pre-ZH Legion via the magic of Hypertime, didn't we, in something like this?

This issue is a great example for discussing the issue. From my perspective, even though characters appear from three eras, the main storyline is Post-Zero hour, so that's how the issue and cover image should be classified. Reboot's original stance is that in Supergirl v4 #79, the only Legionnaires that appear are Pre-Crisis, even though the storyline itself is Post-Zero Hour, so the cover should be classified as Pre-Crisis. There are very few, if any, instances other than Sg79 in which the ONLY Legionnaires that appear in the issue are from a different era than the storyline of the issue itself. Gopher 03:27, 8 December 2006 (PST)

Off the top of my head, the only other one that comes to mind is "The Kingdom", where via Hypertime we saw pre-Crisis ghosts during a post-Zero Hour time frame. -- Omnicom 17:41, 8 December 2006 (PST)

Are you asking in general what issues will fall into the Elseworlds category? I can think of a lot - the Adult Legion, Kingdom Come, all the Silver Age Imaginary Stories (Batman joins the Legion, etc.), the evil Legion from "Smallvile", etc. I think the Spider-Boy issues, by the way, would go under the "Alternate Legion" category along with the Imperial Guard and the Superboy TV show issue. -- Omnicom 23:10, 7 December 2006 (PST)

No, I fully understand what is considered Elseworlds. What I am asking is what else will fit specifically into the category Miscellaneous (Elseworlds) covers. In the case of the Adult Legion, it would fall into Adventure Comics covers etc, Kingdom Come I would create something new called Miniseries (Elseworlds) covers, SA Imaginary would be Action Comics or whatever. Gopher 03:27, 8 December 2006 (PST)

I had to look in my checklist for most of these. "Elseworlds 80-Page Giant" had a page or two. "Solo" #7 had a fight between the Silver Age Doom Patrol and the Teen Titans, and Mon-el appears and tells the Legion what a great time they had. How canonical are the Ambush Bug stories? "Sovereign Seven" is now considered apocryphal. The "Justice League Europe" annual. "Lobo" #50, where he kills everyone in the DC Universe, along with "Sergio Destroys DC" in which he does the same (only funnier). None of those are miniseries, and they're either one-shots or part of then-ongoing series. "DC Challenge" #12. "World's Funnest Comics" one-shot. -- Omnicom 17:41, 8 December 2006 (PST)