The colours used on the Legion Publication History denote the following.
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.
| Continuity family
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| Era
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code
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Preboot
| Pre-Crisis (until Feb 1986)
|
class="preboot_prec_heading"
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| Post-Crisis (Mar 1986-Aug 1989)
|
class="preboot_postc_heading"
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| Five Years Later/Glorithverse (Aug 1989-Aug 1994)
|
class="preboot_5yl_heading"
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Retroboot (overlaps with Threeboot Aug 2006-Jan 2009,
main Feb 2009-Aug 2011)
|
class="preboot_retro_heading"
|
| Post-Flashpoint (Sep 2011-2013)
|
class="preboot_postfp_heading"
|
|
Reboot
| Post-Zero Hour (Aug 1994-Oct 2004)
|
class="reboot_postzh_heading"
|
Earth-247 (never main version,
occasional use May 2006 onward)
|
class="reboot_e247_heading"
|
|
Threeboot
Earth-Prime (Oct 2004-Jan 2009,
occasional use thereafter)
|
class="threeboot_eprime_heading"
|
|
Rebirth
| Earth-0 (Oct 2019-present)
|
class="rebirth_heading"
|
|
Television
| Based on Legion of Super Heroes cartoon
|
class="cartoon_lsh_heading"
|
Based on DCAU
(Superman: TAS, Justice League Unlimited)
|
class="cartoon_dcau_heading"
|
|
Elseworlds
| Other
|
class="elseworlds_heading"
|
|
Issue background colours
These relate to issue entries, e.g.:
|
Legionnaires #77 (published September 8, 1999; cover date November 1999)
- Endless Summer
- W: Roger Stern, Tom McCraw; P: Jeff Moy; I: W.C. Carani; C: Tom McCraw; L: Pat Brosseau; E: Mike McAvennie, Frank Berrios (Assistant Editor); "Adult Legionnaire" [Script Assistant]: Carmela Merlo
|
|
Superboy's Legion #1 (published February 21, 2001, cover date 2001)
- (untitled) (48 pages)
- W: Mark Farmer; P: Alan Davis; I: Mark Farmer; C: Richard and Tanya Horie; L: Pat Prentice; E: Mike McAvennie
- Notes: Part 1 of an Elseworlds story in which Superboy is R.J. Brande's son and one of the original three founders of the Legion
- Format: Prestige Format, $5.95
|
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, derive from the heading colours above:
| Preboot (Pre-Crisis)
|
Preboot (Post-Crisis)
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Preboot (5YL)
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Preboot (Retro)
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Preboot (Post-Flashpoint)
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Reboot (Post-ZH)
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Reboot (Earth-247)
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Threeboot (Earth-Prime)
|
Elseworlds
|
Cartoon (DCAU)
|
Cartoon (LSH)
|
| Out-of-era
|
Out-of-era
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Out-of-era
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Out-of-era
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Out-of-era
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Out-of-era
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Out-of-era
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Out-of-era
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Out-of-era
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Out-of-era
|
Out-of-era
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| Reprint
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Reprint
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Reprint
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Reprint
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Reprint
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Reprint
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Reprint
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Reprint
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Reprint
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Reprint
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| Cameo
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Cameo
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Cameo
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Cameo
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Cameo
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Cameo
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Cameo
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Cameo
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Cameo
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