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(Being as this is now horribly inaccurate, changing the heading bit and removing the rest until I have time to fix that too...)
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Used for year headers on the by-year pages, and for era on series which cross eras, such as [[Legion Publication History/Legion of Super-Heroes v4|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v4]].
 
Used for year headers on the by-year pages, and for era on series which cross eras, such as [[Legion Publication History/Legion of Super-Heroes v4|''Legion of Super-Heroes'' v4]].
  
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!colspan=2|era_color
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!colspan=2|Continuity family
 
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!width=250px|Era
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!Era
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!code
 
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!style="background:#ff8080"|#ff8080
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|class="preboot_heading" style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|'''Preboot'''
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|Pre-Crisis
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{|style="background:none;color:white"
 
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!style="background:#8080ff"|#8080ff
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!class="preboot_prec_heading"|Pre-Crisis (until Feb 1986)
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|Post-Crisis/pre-Glorithverse
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|<nowiki>class="preboot_prec_heading"</nowiki>
 
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!style="background:#CC99FF"|#cc99ff
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!class="preboot_postc_heading"|Post-Crisis (Mar 1986-Aug 1989)
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|Glorithverse
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||<nowiki>class="preboot_postc_heading"</nowiki>
 
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!style="background:#5be85b"|#5be85b
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!class="preboot_5yl_heading"|Five Years Later/Glorithverse (Aug 1989-Aug 1994)
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|Post-Zero Hour
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|<nowiki>class="preboot_5yl_heading"</nowiki>
 
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!style="background:#96a02c"|#96a02c
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!class="preboot_retro_heading"|Retroboot (overlaps with Threeboot Aug 2006-Jan 2009,<br>main Feb 2009-Aug 2011)
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|Post-Infinite Crisis (Earth-Prime/LoSH v5)
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|<nowiki>class="preboot_retro_heading"</nowiki>
 
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!style="background:#cb9056"|#cb9056
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!class="preboot_postfp_heading"|Post-Flashpoint (Sep 2011-present)
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|Post-Infinite Crisis (Lightning Saga/Earth-0/LoSH v6)
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|<nowiki>class="preboot_postfp_heading"</nowiki>
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|}
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|class="reboot_heading" style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|'''Reboot'''
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{|style="background:none;color:white;width:100%"
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!class="reboot_postzh_heading"|Post-Zero Hour (Aug 1994-Oct 2004)
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|<nowiki>class="reboot_postzh_heading"</nowiki>
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!class="reboot_e247_heading"|Earth-247 (never main version,<br>occasional use May 2006 onward)
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|style="background:none"|<nowiki>class="reboot_e247_heading"</nowiki>
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|}
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|class="threeboot_heading" style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|'''Threeboot'''
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{|style="background:none;color:white;width:100%"
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!class="threeboot_eprime_heading"|Earth-Prime (Oct 2004-Jan 2009,<br>occasional use thereafter)
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|<nowiki>class="threeboot_eprime_heading"</nowiki>
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|class="cartoon_heading" style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|'''Television'''
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{|style="background:none;color:white;width:100%"
 
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!class="cartoon_lsh_heading"|Based on ''Legion of Super Heroes'' cartoon
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|Based on DCAU
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|style="background:none"|<nowiki>class="cartoon_lsh_heading"</nowiki>
 
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!style="background:#ffb84f"|#ffb84f
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!class="cartoon_dcau_heading"|Based on DCAU<br>(''Superman: TAS'', ''Justice League Unlimited'')
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|Based on LSH cartoon
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|<nowiki>class="cartoon_dcau_heading"</nowiki>
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!style="background:#cccccc"|#cccccc
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|class="elseworlds_heading_1" style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|'''Elseworlds'''
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|Elseworlds
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{|style="background:none;color:white;width:100%"
 
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!class="elseworlds_heading"|Other
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|<nowiki>class="elseworlds_heading"</nowiki>
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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.
 
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.
  
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Other background colours, such as the grey behind ''Superboy's Legion'' #1, break down as follows:
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Other background colours, such as the grey behind ''Superboy's Legion'' #1, derive from the heading colours above. (A full guide will follow)
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===Out-of-era comics===
 
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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.
 
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In addition, with multiple versions post-Infinite Crisis, only the version with the main Legion comic is designated "in-era".
 
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!Era
 
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!style="background:#e5e5e5"|#e5e5e5
 
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|Elseworlds
 
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!style="background:#ffd5d5"|#ffd5d5
 
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|Pre-Crisis
 
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!style="background:#d5d5ff"|#d5d5ff
 
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|Post-Crisis/pre-Glorithverse
 
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!style="background:#e5cfff"|#e5cfff
 
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|Glorithverse
 
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!style="background:#dfffc5"|#dfffc5
 
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|Post-Zero Hour
 
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!style="background:#e8efaf"|#e8efaf
 
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|Post-Infinite Crisis (Earth-Prime/LoSH v5)
 
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!style="background:#f3e2c2"|#f3e2c2
 
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|Post-Infinite Crisis (Lightning Saga/Earth-0/LoSH v6)
 
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!style="background:#fff0af"|#fff0af
 
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|Based on DCAU
 
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!style="background:#ffd9a0"|#ffd9a0
 
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|Based on LSH cartoon
 
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===Reprints===
 
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These colours are used for comics, TPBs, etc which reprint other comics.
 
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Where the issue reprints cameos, or contains original stories as well, the reprint colour is used as a border, rather than a solid background.
 
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!Era
 
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!style="background:#ffd5f5"|#ffd5f5
 
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|Pre-Crisis
 
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!style="background:#d0e8ff"|#d0e8ff
 
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|Post-Crisis/pre-Glorithverse
 
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|-
 
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!style="background:#efcfff"|#efcfff
 
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|Glorithverse
 
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|-
 
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!style="background:#d5ffd5"|#d5ffd5
 
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|Post-Zero Hour
 
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!style="background:#efecd1"|#efecd1
 
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|Post-Infinite Crisis (Earth-Prime/LoSH v5)
 
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!style="background:#f4e2d2"|#f4e2d2
 
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|Post-Infinite Crisis (Lightning Saga/Earth-0/LoSH v6)
 
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!style="background:#ffdec4"|#ffdec4
 
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|Based on LSH cartoon
 
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!style="background:#dadada"|#dadada
 
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|Elseworlds
 
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===Cameos===
 
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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).
 
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!style="background:#f0d8d8"|#f0d8d8
 
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|Pre-Crisis
 
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!style="background:#d8d8f0"|#d8d8f0
 
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|Post-Crisis/pre-Glorithverse
 
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!style="background:#ded1ef"|#ded1ef
 
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|Glorithverse
 
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!style="background:#d5f4bf"|#d5f4bf
 
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|Post-Zero Hour
 
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!style="background:#dcdfc3"|#dcdfc3
 
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|Post-Infinite Crisis (Earth-Prime/LoSH v5)
 
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!style="background:#e6dcce"|#e6dcce
 
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|Post-Infinite Crisis (Lightning Saga/Earth-0/LoSH v6)
 
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!style="background:#e5e5e5"|#e5e5e5
 
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|Elseworlds
 
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==Colors sorted by era==
 
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!style="background:#ff8080"|#ff8080
 
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|Heading
 
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!style="background:#ffd5d5"|#ffd5d5
 
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|Out of era
 
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|-
 
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!style="background:#ffd5f5"|#ffd5f5
 
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|Reprint
 
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|-
 
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!style="background:#f0d8d8"|#f0d8d8
 
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|Cameo
 
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===Post-Crisis===
 
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!style="background:#d5d5ff"|#d5d5ff
 
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|Out of era
 
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|-
 
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!style="background:#d0e8ff"|#d0e8ff
 
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|Reprint
 
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!style="background:#d8d8f0"|#d8d8f0
 
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|Cameo
 
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===Glorithverse===
 
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!style="background:#cc99ff"|#cc99ff
 
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|Heading
 
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!style="background:#e5cfff"|#e5cfff
 
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|Out of era
 
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|-
 
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!style="background:#efcfff"|#efcfff
 
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|Reprint
 
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!style="background:#ded1ef"|#ded1ef
 
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|Cameo
 
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===Post-Zero Hour===
 
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|Heading
 
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!style="background:#dfffc5"|#dfffc5
 
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|Out of era
 
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!style="background:#d5ffd5"|#d5ffd5
 
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|Reprint
 
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!style="background:#d5f4bf"|#d5f4bf
 
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|Cameo
 
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===Post-Infinite Crisis===
 
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====Earth-Prime (LoSH v5/SG&LoSH)====
 
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|Heading
 
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!style="background:#e8efaf"|#e8efaf
 
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|Out of era
 
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!style="background:#efecd1"|#efecd1
 
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|Reprint
 
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!style="background:#dcdfc3"|#dcdfc3
 
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|Cameo
 
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====Earth-0 (Lightning Saga/LoSH v6)====
 
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!style="background:#cb9056"|#cb9056
 
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|Heading
 
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!style="background:#f3e2c2"|#f3e2c2
 
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|Out of era
 
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!style="background:#f4e2d2"|#f4e2d2
 
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|Reprint
 
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!style="background:#e6dcce"|#e6dcce
 
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|Cameo
 
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[[Category:Publication History| *Key]]
 
[[Category:Publication History| *Key]]

Revision as of 15:10, 13 November 2011

Legion Publication History

1958-1964 • 1965-1970 • 1971-1978 • 1979-1982 • 1983-1986 • 1986-1989 • 1989-1994 • 1994-1996
1997-1998 • 1998-1999 • 1999-2001 • 2001-2004 • 2004-2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013
2014-2018 • 2019-2022
Adult Legion • Homage and Parody • L.E.G.I.O.N. • Precursors • Reference • Reprints
Spinoffs • Series Index • Chronological Index • Individual series pages • Colour key

This page is written from
the Real World point of view		 RWnotL.png

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
Era code
Preboot
Pre-Crisis (until Feb 1986) class="preboot_prec_heading"
Post-Crisis (Mar 1986-Aug 1989) class="preboot_postc_heading"
Five Years Later/Glorithverse (Aug 1989-Aug 1994) class="preboot_5yl_heading"
Retroboot (overlaps with Threeboot Aug 2006-Jan 2009,
main Feb 2009-Aug 2011) 		class="preboot_retro_heading"
Post-Flashpoint (Sep 2011-present) 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"
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.:

Legionnaires77.jpg 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
Cover by Alan Davis (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Richard and Tanya Horie (colours), John Roshell (logo design) Superboy's Legion #1 (published February 21, 2001, cover date 2001)
  • (untitled)
    • 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

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. (A full guide will follow)

Legion Publication History

1958-1964 • 1965-1970 • 1971-1978 • 1979-1982 • 1983-1986 • 1986-1989 • 1989-1994 • 1994-1996
1997-1998 • 1998-1999 • 1999-2001 • 2001-2004 • 2004-2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013
2014-2018 • 2019-2022
Adult Legion • Homage and Parody • L.E.G.I.O.N. • Precursors • Reference • Reprints
Spinoffs • Series Index • Chronological Index • Individual series pages • Colour key

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