Legion Elseworlds, Part 1 (through 1999)

Versions Involving Mr. Mxyzptlk

Mxyzptlk V

Adventure Comics #310 (July 1963)

Mxyzptlk V kills all the Legionnaires except Superboy. When Superboy tricks Mxyzptlk into saying his name backwards, the imp is returned to the Fifth Dimension, and all the effects of his magic vanish.

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Superman #423 and Action Comics #583 (Sept. 1986)

In the last story of the pre-Crisis era — one last "Imaginary Story" — Alan Moore crafted a tale that recalled the glory of the Silver Age Superman mythos.

Mr. Mxyzptlk became a demon who destroyed most of Superman's friends. In the end, Superman lost his powers and chose to take a new alias, marry Lois Lane and "settle down" with children.

ROLL CALL: Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Supergirl

Logjam of Super-Heroes

New Year's Evil: Mr. Mxyzptlk (Feb. 1998)

By Alan Grant and Tom Morgan

This one-shot was part of the "New Year's Evil" event. When the 5th Dimension is threatened by a creature from the 10th Dimension, Mr. Mxyzptlk flees through a multiverse of parodies, including the Legion, the JLA, Aquaman, Fourth World, Lobo and Sandman. The Legion adventure takes place on pages 8-11.

Parody characters include Batter-Eater Lad, Beachball Boy, Butler-Eater Lad, Butter-Eater Lad, Button-Eater Lad, Kid Kid, Kid Lass, Lightning Lice, Loud Kid, Mutton-Eater Lad, Negative Lass, No-Brainiac 5.

Versions of the Legionnaires were seen but unnamed: Apparition, Cosmic Boy, Gates, Spark, Star Boy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire.

The Legion of Super-Traitors

Superboy vol. 1 #117 (Dec. 1964)

In Superboy vol. 1 #117 (Dec. 1964), Superboy accidentally travels to a parallel Earth and meets evil counterparts of the Legion. Set in the 20th century, this tale begins with Superboy in space. After a solar explosion, he returns to Earth. But when the Legion visits (Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Ultra Boy , he discovers they are up to no good. He eventually deduces that he is in a parallel universe and he contacts that Earth's Superboy to help him.

This was several years after the introduction of the concept of parallel universes (in Flash vol. 1 #123, 1961). In this issue, Superboy explicitly mentions his knowledge of infinite universes. The previous issue, Superboy #116, also featured a visit by the Superboy from a parallel Earth.

The Official Legion of Super Heroes Index #4 (not published by DC) speculated that these evil Legionnaires were from Earth-3. That's a hard sell, since the Superboy of this Earth was good, which would not have been the case on Earth-3.

The Bizarro Legion

Adventure Comics #329 (Feb. 1965)

In the Silver Age of DC Comics, Bizarro — the "backwards Superman" — was a popular guest-star/villain in the world of Superman. In fact, the character first appeared in a Superboy tale (Superboy vol. 1 #68, Nov. 1958). In that story, Superboy battled Bizarro-Superboy, an imperfect duplicate of himself created by a flawed duplicator machine. The creature was destroyed.

Years later Lex Luthor used a similar device to create an adult Bizarro, an imperfect duplicate of Superman. This Bizarro left Earth with a newly-created Bizarro-Lois Lane (Action Comics #254-255, July-Aug. 1959). Bizarro and his Lois transformed a distant planet into a cube shape and dubbed it Htrae, the Bizarro World. They also created hundreds of duplicates of themselves (Action #263, Apr. 1960).

In the 30th century, the Legion encountered a second, contemporary Bizarro-Superboy. As Superboy described it to his friends, "a Bizarro does things backwards, in a crazy, kookie manner!" Bizarro applied for membership, and when he was rejected he returned to Htrae and created his own duplicates, the Legion of Stupor-Bizarros. Their mission was to create emergencies, not to fix them. Superboy tricked them into disbanding. (Adventure Comics #329, Feb. 1965). Bizarro versions of the Legionnaires included Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Superboy and Ultra Boy.

This was the only appearance of a Bizarro Legion itself, but Honorary Legionnaire Jimmy Olsen was also turned into a Bizarro (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #80, Oct. 1964). And the Legion once created a Bizarro-Computo in an (unsuccessful) attempt to defeat Computo (Adventure Comics #339, Dec. 1965).

The Outsiders

Created by Dave Cockrum

No, not those Outsiders. In 1973, Legion artist Dave Cockrum created a group of heroes and villains that he proposed as additions to the Legion universe. Only two made it into the series...

» SEE: The Outsiders

Realities Created by the Time Trapper and Glorith

Many times, when the Legion were facing the Time Trapper or his successor, Glorith, these villains threw the team for a loop by tossing them into an alternate reality.

Galaxy at War

All-New Collectors' Edition #C-55 (1978)

On the heels of the wedding of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, the Legionnaires begin to experience changes in the otherwise peaceful United Planets. As the galaxy becomes filled with hostile planets fighting one another, a group travels into the timestream to investigate. They discover it is the creation of the Time Trapper.

In this alternate universe, the Time Trapper was actually a renegade Controller.

The Pocket Universe

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 3 #38 (Sept. 1987)

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Superboy no longer existed. This created a big hole in Legion continuity, which was filled by the creation of a secondary "Pocket Universe." Here, a separate Superboy could serve as the Legion's inspiration.

The Pocket Universe was created by the Time Trapper in order to protect the 30th century and was actually a canonical aspect to post-Crisis Legion continuity. It would not hold, however. The Pocket Universe Superboy was eventually killed off (Legion vol. 3 #38) and the Pocket Universe was jettisoned in favor of the new Glorith Reality.

The post-Crisis Supergirl (aka Matrix) also hailed from the Pocket Universe.

» SEE ALSO: The Pocket Universe Primer

» FEATURED APPEARANCES:

1. Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 3 #37–38 (1987)
2. Action Comics #591 (Aug. 1987)
3. Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #4 (Feb. 1990)

The Evil Legion of Mordru & Glorith

Legionnaires #18 (Sept. 1994)

As the Legion's original, tortured timeline began to fell, Glorith (who had replaced the Time Trapper in Legion continuity) allied with Mordru and did their damnedest to sieze control of reality.

They created an evil Legion that was completely under their control but the Legion managed to prevent the villains from establishing their own alternate universe. This evil Legion vanished when all 30th century reality collapsed amid the Zero Hour event.

Mr. Swan's Kids

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #92 (May 1997)

After Zero Hour, the Reboot Legion was established and the Time Trapper as well. In a pair of tales that paid homage to the Legion's history, the Time Trapper cast a group of Legionnaires in retro roles.

When a contingent of Legionnaires who were stranded in the 20th century tried to get home, the Time Trapper plopped them into a 1958 scenario, as high school students in a paranoid small town.

ROLL CALL:

"Golden Age" Legion

Legionnaires #54 (Nov. 1997)

Picking up from the previous story, another warp in time caused a group of Legionnaires to experience life in the Golden Age of heroes.

ROLL CALL:

The Demonic Legion

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #105 (June 1998)

Story: The Time Trapper takes several Legionnaires (those who did not exist in the Original Legion) outside their own timestream. He claims to have an infinite number of Legions from which he can call upon, and that he has been testing them. He transforms Lori Morning into a glorious adult form. As a further challenge, he unleashes dozens of Legions upon one another. One, an evil Legion, causes a battle royale.

Lori eventually realizes that the Trapper cannot be trusted, and uses the H Dial to shatter his control and release her captive Legionnaire friends. The Legions overcome their confusion and rally against their common foe. As he retreats, they return to their proper times and places.

The story features many depictions of past versions of the Legion throughout its publishing history. This "evil Legion" was new.

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #300

By Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, Larry Mahlstedt and others

The framing of this story is set in regular continuity. It takes place on the day of the Legion's anniversary. As the Legion prepares for the public ceremony, Brainiac 5 is called to the Time Institute by Rond Vidar. There is some change in the condition of Ferro Lad's long-comatose brother, Andrew Nolan. Vidar discovered that Nolan's madness was caused by his ability to glimpse other realities. They have devised a way to witness the things Andrew sees in his mind. Among the alternate realities they witness are:

1. Superboy resigns: After Superboy's parents die, he resigns from the Legion (still in their early days) and vows to give up time- and space-travel and commit his services to his own time and planet. This is anomalous because Superboy resigned much later in the Legion's history, and of course had many space faring adventures.
2. Computo Triumphs: Computo kills several Legionnaires with the help of the Legion of Super-Villains. The Subs are recruited to fill out the ranks, but in defeating Computo the Conqueror, many Legionnaires are killed.
3. The adult Legion (Cham, Sun Man, Element Man, Karate King, Timber Wolf) battle the Fatal Five. When they return to headquarters, we see the Hall of Dead Heroes, which includes some from the famous cover of Adventure #354, and some new ones including Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Projectra and Shrinking Violet.
4. The members of the adult Legion (Wildfire, Ultra Man, Phantom Woman, Chemical King, Tyroc, Brainiac 5, Cham, Element Man, Superman, Sun Man) argue among themselves about how to deal with a Khund incursion. It leads to Superman resigning. The rule prohibiting married Legionnaires from serving is still in place. The former Dream Girl and Star Boy watch the Legion from home with their children. Some Legionnaires launch themselves into battle; Tyroc is killed. Karate Kid is memorialized on the wall.
5. Mordru Wins Earthwar: Mordru has decimated Earth and won the "Earthwar." (Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #245) The White Witch works with the Orakills — mystics of Orando — to stop him. It strips all magic away from them and destroys all magic in the universe.
6. The Dark Man Triumphs: The United Planets moves to disband the Legion. Several Legionnaires have left or gone missing. New members Blok and Dawnstar express their growing disgust of their organization. Blok, disenchanted with the quarrelsome Legion, appeals to his former master the Dark Man, who destroys the Legion. HQ and everyone inside.
7. Ferro Lad II: The final vision finally brings peace to Andrew Nolan: After his brother is laid to rest (Adventure Comics #353), the Legion invites him to join as Ferro Lad II. After seeing this vision, Nolan's powers allowed him to transport his own body there.

The "Mordruverse" Legion

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #5 (Mar. 1990)

This version of the Legion was presented in a single issue, Legion vol. 4 #5 (March 1990). This alternate reality grew from the Original Legion timeline and was created by Mon-El when he destroyed the Time Trapper (in the previous issue).

As the editor explains in the letters column of issue #6:

Mon-El decides he must destroy the Trapper, no matter what the cost, and delivers the final, crushing blow.

Existence blinks out for a second, and we land in the universe that would have resulted if the Trapper and the Legion had never existed. Without those balancing powers, Mordru has dominated the universe unchallenged for the last seventeen years.

A group of underground resistance fighters concocts a spell to restore the previous order by imitating the Trapper's manipulations and substituting new pieces for those destroyed with the Trapper.

Mordru's cunning First Wife, Glorith, insists on performing the spell herself, to get the chance to become the balancing force that takes the place of the Trapper in the new order. She performs the awful rituals and once again, the universe blinks out of existence.

So original Legion history was restored. Sort of...

This issue was in fact the first canonical Legion reboot (or perhaps realignment, as it didn't start with a completely fresh slate). After the Crisis, writers had already begun to explore how continuity stood in the absence of a Superboy (post-Crisis continuity). At first, Superboy was retained in Legion lore, but it he was made part of the Time Trapper's Pocket Universe. But according to writer Tom Bierbaum, "the Superman editor [said] we could no longer use any of the Superman mythos in the Legion."

So with the Legion vol. 4 #4-5, the Superboy linkage was completely jettisoned. Upon reversing the "Mordruverse," most original Legion events still happened, but the cast had changed. Most significantly, Mon-El was now called "Valor" (because the "-El" part of his name was a link to Superboy). Valor and the new Laurel Gand filled the roles in history previously occupied by Superboy and Supergirl. In the Original Legion chronology, these changes are labeled the "Glorith Reality."

» SEE ALSO: Key pages from this issue: 04 • 05 • 19

Superboy of TV

In the Superboy vol. 2 comic book (17 issues, 1990–91), stories took place in the universe of the Superboy television series (4 seasons, 1988–92). No Legion references were made in the TV show.

There are two relevant appearances…

Superboy vol. 2 #5 (June 1990)

These adventurers were set in the year 2239. They appeared to Superboy one at a time with confusing knowledge of his secret identity and other facts. Wildstar, like Lightning Lad, had electrical powers. Tara, like Saturn Girl, was a telepath. Shift could teleport.

At first, Clark was excited to finally meet others like himself. But he soon discovered that these teens had come to the past illegally using time travel software. They invited Superboy to go back to the future with them, but the Boy of Steel was shocked by their disregard for the safety of civilians in the name of thrill seeking. Superboy figured out that they really only wanted him to return with them so that they would have more power against their "oppressor," an adult called Skaar.

Superboy snatched their time travel technology and threatened to break it unless they agreed to return home. They did, but threatened to return.

Superboy vol. 2 #15 (Apr. 1990)

Amid strange fluctuations in the timestream, Clark Kent once again found himself in contact with these people. This time, he disappeared from 20th century Metropolis and landed in the year 2240.

He immediately came into contact with two rabblerousers named Glyder (a flyer) and Tarot (who could read astral cards). Like the previous three, these two were on the run from the Gemini Twins, part of that era's law enforcement. Superboy helped them escape from Officer Skarr just as they noticed that a huge section of a building had simply disappeared into a white void! He followed Tarot back to their home base, where he met their leader, Romo, a sentient tiger who had saved these so-called "genejobs" from unscrupulous scientists.

Their headquarters was in the former Daily Planet building. He met two more: Diamond (super-crystalline) and Screamdreamer (a shape changer). When he learned that they were allies with Tara, Shift and Wildstar, Superboy became skeptical of their cause. All differences were soon set aside, however, as the threat of the white void grew worse. The teens worked with Officer Skarr and the Geminis to go after a rogue whom they assumed was causing the trouble: the Dancer.

They found her, back in time, but she was not the source of the time problems. they were unable to solve the problem before Superboy destroyed some sort of "beacon" and was thrust back through the void to his own time.

» FEATURED APPEARANCES:

1. Superboy vol. 2 #5 (July 1990)
2. Superboy vol. 2 #15 (Apr. 1991)

The SW6 Legion

» SEE: The SW6 Legion profile

Elseworlds Annuals

In 1994, each of DC's annuals were bannered as "Elseworlds." It explored "imaginary" worlds, and alternate versions of its characters.

The Legion of Avalon

Legionnaires Annual #1 (1994)

This Camelot-inspired story was an interpretation of the SW6 Legion. They did not use code names, only their given names.

It had been centuries since the forces of the Dark Circle reordered the galaxy. In 2990, R.J. Brande works with the young Rokk Krinn to unearth a special metal with antigravity properties. Brande dubs it "Nth Metal" and uses it to construct a space refuge called Avalon. Some young refugees became ambassadors for their worlds; their organization, the Legion.

Five years later, Rokk marries Imra Ardeen. After the ceremony, a commotion is caused by two strangers, the brothers Garth and Mekt Ranzz. Mekt is an assassin for the Circle, and Garth had followed him, but had originally intended to join the Legion on Avalon. He now asks them to accept them and after a mind scan from Imra, he joins their ranks.

The Legion discovers that Mekt was allowed into their compound by a traitor in their own midst: Hart Druiter. His punishment? He is reduced to ash by Jan Arrah.

Years pass and the Legion continued to improve upon Avalon, and Garth forgets about his brother. And among the Legionnaires, Garth and Imra found themselves hopelessly drawn to one another and spending time together on the astral plane. Meanwhile, Mekt rises to leadership among the Dark Circle and sabotages a Legion satellite pod. The Legion fails to stop the pods fall towards the planet and it explodes, killing Brek, Querl, and others. For answers, they travel to the Orando sector of Avalon to seek counsel from the Princess Projectra (her dream-servant Nura Nal had foretold their coming). The Legion hopes to find the Miracle Machine — the ultimate scientific creation — to help them defeat the Dark Circle. The Princess' investigation leads them to Mordru, who is supposedly in possession of the Machine.

After Mekt pays Garth and Imra a visit, they allow him to leave. For this, and for their indiscretions, Rokk orders that they be detained. Imra enables Garth to escape and narrowly escapes a death penalty. Days later, a team lands on the Sorcerers' World and discover that Mordru has long since destroyed the Miracle Machine to keep it out of the Dark Circle's hands. Back on Avalon, Mekt attacks Rokk and Imra kills him. Without Mekt's leadership, the Circle falls.

More years pass and the Legionnaires complete more work on Avalon. Imra becomes their leader, marries Garth and they bear a son.

ROLL CALL: Rokk, Imra, Garth, Querl, Luornu, Reep, Jo, Jan, Dirk, Tenzil, Xao, Salu, Ferro, Leviathan, Hart, Lyle, Brek, Projectra, Nura, Val, Danielle, Tasmia, Jacques, Thom, and others unnamed.

» SEE ALSO: Microheroes by Jerome

The Legion of Oz

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 Annual #5 (1994)

The story begins in mainstream continuity, after Glorith has altered the ages of many of the Legionnaires and they are on the run, taking new identities. Ayla is now a child, and Vi reads to her a fairytale with some familiar characters ...

On Winath, the young children Garth and Ayla engage in horseplay that results in Ayla becoming trapped in a space craft. The craft takes Ayla into space, with only her "Dreamy" doll to keep her company. She lands on Imsk, where the White Witch protects the elf people against Starfinger. Just as the Witch suffers defeat, Ayla's craft lands on top of Starfinger, killing him. Ayla is distraught and wants to find her way home. The Witch proposes that they go to see Valor, prince of Gandia. Ayla is joined by Violet, an elf. They soon encounter two mischievous Shadowkin folk. Ayla defeats them by unleashing light from a nearby star gate.

Ayla runs through the star gate and finds herself in a maze, where she meets a boy genius named 5. She helps him out of the maze and they wind up in a lake inhabited by large sea monster (Tellus). Next they find a helpless robot whom they save from being melted and recycled. Erg, as he is called joins them, too. After escaping a construct made by Starfinger's evil sister, they meet Furball and continue on to see Valor.

On the way, two imps — Sun Baron and Polar King — are sparring with heat and cold. When they finally reach the castle, Starfinger manifests a great storm, and the Princess Laurel advises them on a course of action. Prince Valor has been missing for some time, after a battle with the Starfingers.

On their new quest to find him, they are harassed by Wind Riders and head into another star gate Ayla and Vi lose their comrades in a mass of sentient goo, and on the other side, are greeted by Blok. Finally, they reach Starfinger and in a moment of prophetic clarity, Ayla dodges the villainess, who dives into a furnace. She restores Valor, and the White Witch locates her at last. Together, they sends Ayla home.

Legends of Dead Earth Annuals (1996)

"Earth is dead. Those who once might have called it home are long scattered to the endless stars.
But in that scattering, on a thousand different worlds, by a thousand different ways ... Earth's greatest legends live on."

DC's 1996 Annuals were all dubbed "Legends of Dead Earth." Though not officially labeled as "Elseworlds," the futures depicted are very remote — like the DC One Million event.

However, one of these Annuals (Power of Shazam Annual #1) did give birth to Thunder, a real Legionnaire from the 90th century, who joined the Reboot Legion.

Wildfire's Legions

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 Annual #7 (1996)

By Tom Peyer and Mike Collins

Story: Even after watching as all his friends aged and died, the immortal Wildfire remained committed to the concept of interplanetary cooperation. 4500 years after the formation of the Legion, Wildfire attempted to keep the spirit alive, but his dream was hindered by the ever growing spread of xenophobia throughout the galaxy. The Legion of this time consisted foremost of Wildfire's confidants, Membrain, a telepathic creature; and Gizi and Ziga, his aides on Rimbor. For many centuries, Wildfire had failed to stop the destruction of whole suns, which occurred every 100 years. His latest team would fail to stop the cannon again. Its members all perished in the attempt, in part because of their mistrust of one another. They were Metrox of Colu, Graft of Durla, Nervosa of Bismoll and Phase of Bgztl.

Membrain survived and restored Wildfire's energies to a new suit on Rimbor. After this, he delved deep within his own memories to get at the root of the original Legion’s success. He concluded that the members' interpersonal relationships were key to that bond. His next team was built on pairs of young heroes from different planets: Magno-Boy and Lodestone of Braal; Triad-III and Triplicate of Cargg; Argent and Silverwing of Renii; and Shape and Shift of Durla. As planned, some of these members developed feelings for one another, and this team worked much better together. But it would not be 100 more years until the next appearance of the sun-cannon. The cannon's creators were in fact the Durlans, and their members in the Legion betrayed Wildfire. His team succeeded in stopping them and destroying the cannon at last. Their success inspired , resulting in the destruction of the cannon... and hopefully, a new beginning to interplanetary communications and a new United Planets.  

NOTES: This story could be considered the canonical (in-continuity) for the Reboot Legion (Earth-247).

At the time of its publication, Wildfire's appearance was a novelty because he had not yet been reintroduced into Reboot Legion continuity, and the character hadn't been seen in print for years. This annual was published in 1996 and Wildfire did not re-debut until 1999.

It depicts many glimpses of the Legion's "future," including …

• deceased Legionnaires, Galaxy (Andromeda?), Reflecto and Gates
• Legionnaires Quislet, Blok and Tyroc
• Brainiac 5 marrying Andromeda
• Cosmic Boy becoming U.P. President
• a romance between Wildfire and XS
  

The Legion of Almeer-5

Legionnaires Annual #3 (1996)

By Roger Stern, Chuck Wojtkiewicz, Tony Castrillo, and Dan Jurgens

Story: XS takes the Cosmic Treadmill into the future and meets her grandfather, Barry Allen. Her arrival destroys his own treadmill and he helps her back into the time stream with his own powers. She overshoots the 30th century and arrives in the 100th! Earth has been dead for centuries, and on the planet Almeer-5, she is captured and imprisoned. When she awakes, she meets her cell mates:

• Ava, mortal vessel of the goddess Avatar who wielded the Spear of Destiny. Supposedly, the Spear has long since been rid of its evil and can now only be wielded by one who is worthy.
• Metallica, Melissa Trask, who invented a powerful armor.
• Bob Brunner, the Behemoth, who transforms into a hulking beast, and …
• Ultra-Man, Gary Concord, a mortal hero. He is supposedly from some time in the past.

These heroes were stripped of their weapons and imprisoned by Nevlor, the iron-fisted ruler. Nevlor has also employed impostors to take the heroes' places. After defeating their Doppelgangers, they thank XS and Ava helps her return to the time stream with the Spear of Destiny.

XS emerges not in the 30th century, but at the Vanishing Point, the headquarters of the Linear Men. There the Time Trapper reveals that he has diverted her through time. Before sending her home, he claims that she has in important "cosmic destiny to fulfill."

NOTES: Simply because it involved XS, this tale could be considered the canonical future of The Reboot Legion.

XS' future friends seem to be analogs of the original Avengers: Thor, Iron Man, Captain America and Hulk. "Almeer V" may be an anagram for "Marvel." The artwork itself also has the feel of the Legion vol. 4 era.

Legion of Titanic Heroes

Supergirl vol. 4 Annual #1 (1996)

When people in the future review the life of Supergirl, they tell of the group she led, the "Legion of Titanic Heroes"

This Legion appeared in one panel only and was a fusion of the Legion and the Teen Titans.

ROLL CALL: Supergirl, Nightwing, Troia, Robin, Starfire, Red Star

Kingdom Come — Earth-22

Kingdom Come, 4-Issue Limited Series (1996)

By Mark Waid and Alex Ross

This Legion has appeared twice, both times in single-panel snapshots. The first was first was a cameo, in Kingdom Come #1. It's an interesting image because the Legionnaires shown are basically the Adventure Comics Legion plus the new SW6ers. According to the official Waid/Ross annotations, they are:

From the lead: Superboy, Supergirl, Saturn Girl, Live Wire, Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Mon-El, Karate Kid, Inferno, Dream Girl, Ultra Boy, Timber Wolf, Invisible Kid, Alchemist, Apparition, Leviathan, Star Boy, Chameleon, Matter-Eater Lad, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Princess Projectra, Chemical King, Dragonmage, Ferro, Triad, Bouncing Boy, and XS.

XS is the sole character from the Reboot era. One can't hope to read much into any of this, as Kingdom Come was clearly labeled as Elseworlds. The official annotations do not reveal the identities of Superboy and Supergirl but suggest that they are inheritors to the titles. NOTE: These official annotations were called the "Kingdom Come: Revelations," a supplement inserted into the deluxe hardcover slipcase edition (now pricey).

In their second appearance—in Justice Society of America vol. 3 #22 (Feb. 2009)—the roster appears to be identical. Many Legionnaires are better identified. The only change appears to be the addition of Andromeda, obscured at the end.

This Legion is very similar to the Reboot Legion, but they are clearly meant to be separate. Because JSofA #22 specifically depicts the same Legionnaire anomalies as Kingdom Come #1, it's clear that Geoff Johns intended for this Legion to be distinct.

» SEE ALSO: For a fuller review, see JLA: Elseworlds: Kingdom Come • Kingdom Come Annotations

DC One Million Event

The Justice Legion L

The DC One Million event chronicled events that took place one million months in the future, in the 853rd century. Though not officially labeled as "Elseworlds," the future depicted is very remote. This story is within the same continuity as the "Legends of Dead Earth" Annuals. Both of the "One Million" issues depict Wildfire's 75th century Legionnaires.

» SEE ALSO: Justice Legion A

The 853rd Century

Legionnaires #1,000,000 (Nov. 1998)

By Tom Peyer and Sean Philips

The Year 85,271: Maintaining an exclusive affiliation, the United Planets is a cluster of planets held together by magnetic forces. They are patrolled by the Justice Legion L:

• Brainiac 417 hails from Colu-Bgztl where the two worlds and races have long since merged into one.
• Cosmicbot is from the U.P. center of Braal, where its people are now made of metal. Cosmicbot is the ruler of the U.P., Leader of the Justice Legion L and keeper of the Wildflame.
• The Chameleon is a secularist from the Chameleon World, which is closed off and mistrusted. He does not believe in using his powers for anything other than camouflage, but if a friend is in danger, he comes through.
• Dreamer is forever sleeping. From the screen on her forehead, the Justice Legion L keeps ahead of imminent crises.
• Implicate Girl wears a "third eye" which contains the entire world of Cargg. Through it, she can access any of its inhabitants' knowledge or abilities.
• The M'onelves of Daxam-Imsk—joined worlds for the betterment of both races.
• Titangirl is from Titan which has become a high-priced nursing home. There, the elderly are hooked into a sophisticated telepathic network which creates the appearance of heaven. Titangirl herself is the manifestation of the Titanian people.
• The Umbra is the evolutionary result of Talok VIII's Planetary Champion. Though the planet itself has hardly changed in millennia, the Umbra evolves to cope with changes in the universe around them.
• Cosmicbot uses the Wildflame for guidance. This is none other than the original Legionnaire, Wildfire.

The United Planets are on a slow drift back towards Earth, where they hope to replenish their genetic diversity. On a rare occasion, they encounter a rogue calling himself Agent If, who threatens peace by misusing a childrens' toy that alters reality. If manages to affect the system's artificial sun before inadvertently killing himself. Afterwards, Cosmicbot is troubled that Dreamer still predicts a dire future for their sun and system. For answers, he contacts the Wildflame. It reveals potential in a Superboy from one thousand years in the past. This Superboy is one in a long line of Superman clones.

Before they can make a plant, they're attacked by ancient beasts, and the magnetic integrity of the United Planets is affected. The timing of these things leads the Legionnaires to postulate treason. Not surprisingly, some blame the Chameleon. Brainiac travels one thousand years into the past and retrieves Superboy to help them.

The story continues in the issue detailed below.

The 863rd Century

 

Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #1,000,000 (Nov. 1998)

By Tom Peyer and Keith Giffen

This issue's story continues from the story above.

Superboy — from the 843rd century — uses his telekinesis to help hold the planets together. The Legionnaires continue to battle the ancient beasts. Meanwhile, Umbra attacks the Chameleon, believing that he is behind the system's magnetic failure. Chameleon is able to subdue his teammate long enough to take him to Titan. There, Chameleon reveals that the Titanians have constructed an engine to propel them away and separate them from the United Planets.

Sensing that the ruse is up, Titangirl reveals her true colors to her teammates. When the Titanians are awakened from their telepathic slumber, Titangirl ceases to exist (she herself was a manifestation of the planet's will).

863rd century: At some point within the next thousand years, the Wildflame was ensconced within a rune, a picture of the Justice Legion L, and left within Earth Tesseract 63060 — a fold in space where worlds can inhabit the smallest spaces. In the 863rd century, three youths (Dav, Vara and Chec) discover the rune and are changed by the image of the Legionnaires.

Their world is one of uniformity, and the image sparks the desire within the teens to explore beyond their home. When Dav's father tries to destroy the rune, the Wildflame is released and reveals the story of the Justice Legion L. Afterwards, the kids' recollections of the Wildflame's stories are taken for delirium and they are hospitalized. But the Wildflame returns to them, and promises an exciting future. They close their eyes and see themselves leading lives of adventure.