Legion Retroboot: Chronology

After Chameleon Girl's breakup with Colossal Boy, she informs Captain Nathaniel Adym that she wants out of Echo (a division of the Science Police that monitors the Time Institute) -- she has been a deep cover agent the Legion. Adym says he has more than one agent in the Legion, and sends her into the past because they believe they have a rogue agent in the 21st century. They select her team. Echo has found Wildfire's 1000-years-old faceplate in the Arizona desert, and have a record of Tyroc's death in the 21st century. NOTES: Echo was first mentioned in Legion: Lost vol. 2 #9; Adym first appeared in Legion: Lost #0. Adym could be destined to become Harvest, and shares the same alias as Captain Atom.

Legion: Lost vol. 2 #13 (Dec. 2012)

A team on Panoptes (a watchworld against the Dominion) finds men in service to a rogue Daxamite, Res-Vir aka Renegade. Mon-El and Brainiac 5 install a memorial statue for Earth-Man. They discover that the "Flashpoint effect" has closed off time travel for them to the past. Colossal Boy resigns and joins Starfleet.

Legion vol. 7 #1 (Nov. 2011)

Res-Vir claims to want to "free" Daxamites from possible lead poisoning; he has a vial of Mon-El's anti-lead serum. Earth-Man is entombed on Shangalla. Polar Boy makes a failed pass at Comet Queen.

Legion vol. 7 #2 (Dec. 2011)

A team on Daxam is greeted by Ran Thal, who helps them learn about Renegade. Element Lad finds that Renegade's anti-lead serum uses something other than kryptonite; the villain is brought down by brute force. The Legion forces the Dominion into retreat but Chameleon Boy has stowed away.

Legion vol. 7 #3 (Jan. 2012)

Chemical Kid's power brings down the Renegade. The Legion discovers that he developed his anti-lead serum with help from the Dominators, using a kryptonite fragment found on Daxam.

Legion vol. 7 #4 (Feb. 2012)

Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl settle in to life with the boys on Winath. Chuck and Luornu review new Academy candidates. Polar Boy and Comet Queen have a night on the town. Brainy works on a new Time Bubble to pierce the "Flashpoint barrier." Sun Boy witnesses Dreamy's vision: the winter solstice at Stonehenge.

Legion vol. 7 #5 (Mar. 2012)

Legionnaires visit China's Sea of Fire, which consumed Urumqi 300 years prior. They repair the technology that reduces pollution and reclaims energy. Dragonwing returns home to find her sister, Bao Pai had joined the Red Dragon gang and has been altered. Their leader, Phoenix, intercedes. First appearance of the Dominators' leader, the gargantuan Primus Dom.

Legion vol. 7 #6 (Apr. 2012)

Cosmic Boy, Element Lad and Chemical Kid confront Braalian pirates, and Cos is injured. Mon-El orders Glorith to find the stolen Tharok chip, Tharok's master circuit (he was executed by the United Planets). The Persuader is at large.

Legion vol. 7 #13 (Dec. 2012)

When Element Lad is knocked out, Chemical Kid fights solo and successfully influences Jan's biochemistry. Night Girl, Shadow Lass and Lightning Lass join in time to clean up the pirates. Dr. Gym'll finds no ambient magnetic energies around Cosmic Boy. Brainiac 5 theorizes that Comet Queen meant to kill not the Legion, but him specifically. At a storage facility, M'wim shows the Persuader's axe to Phantom Girl and Sun Boy; they discover it has been replaced by a hologram.

Legion vol. 7 #14 (Jan. 2013)

Glorith is summoned to Barcelona where she causes a timestorm. Harmonia encourages her to sheild the world from herself, and things return to normal. Chameleon Boy investigates their failures to stop the Fatal Five.

Legion vol. 7 #15 (Feb. 2013)

The Legion elects Phantom Girl as their next leader—to her surprise. Harmonia is deputy leader (revealed in #18). Cham finds Validus missing from Takron Galtos. Star Boy returns to duty. Far away in space, the galaxy's power source, a quark relay, is disabled and hobbles legions of ships.

Legion vol. 7 #16 (Mar. 2013)

Mon-El engages the Emerald Empress. Her final blow severs his arm. Element Lad imprisons her in inertron. Invisible Kid's latent teleportation abilities sweep he and Polar Boy away to the dream dimension. Tharok sends the Persuader to Earth. Validus emerges on the Sorcerers' World.

Legion vol. 7 #19 (May 2013)

Phantom Girl despairs and retreats to her home dimension. Glorith is reunited with Blok and the Black Witch. Validus pounds his way to the gem at the heart of the Sorcerers' World. Together, Mysa and Glorith (heir to the power of time) remove the planet from it's place in the universe. Ultra Boy and Chameleon Boy are returned to Earth, greeted by the Persuader who stands over Duplicate Damsel's body. NOTE: Cover by George Pérez.

Legion vol. 7 #20 (June 2013)

Part 1: Tharok restores the quark relays to lure the Legionnarires back to Earth, where it looks as if the Persuader has killed Duplicate Damsel. Chemical Kid aids in sustaining Mon-El's internal chemistry. Invisible Kid and Polar Boy encounter the Legion's dead who warn them that when they return, death awaits them. Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad return to help.

Legion vol. 7 #21 (July 2013)

Part 2: Tharok takes Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad to the Promethean Giant. Saturn Girl puts down the Empress and Sensor Girl manages to "awaken" the Giant. It defies Tharok, who is then frozen by Polar Boy. Luornu and Chuck move to bury her fallen duplicate. Karate Kid (Val Armorr) has returned to Projectra.

Legion vol. 7 #22 (Aug. 2013)

Part 3: Sun Boy is memorialized on Shanghalla; there is no body. Dream Girl confirms that Star Boy has died. Colossal Boy returns to pitch in. Bouncing Boy tries to show the Legionnaires something he's found: something about a speared shirt that worn by Superman. Shadow Lass takes Mon-El home to Daxam. The United Planets disbands the Legion and its members return home. Element Lad pursues a future with the Science Police. Bouncing Boy mentions that Superman was killed by Steppenwolf. NOTES: Final issue. The Steppenwolf comment refers to the death of the Superman of Earth 2, thus suggesting the Legion of the New 52 is also from Earth 2.

Legion vol. 7 #23 (Sept. 2013)

Part 4: 3030 AD, Nugothrotropolis: The Legion works undercover in a world run by Universo. Cosmic Man, Saturn Woman, Lightning Man, Umbra, Shrinking Violet, Chameleon and Sensor (a snake, Wildfire also mentioned) break into their old headquarters after a Time Bubble. They are able to activate it for a one way trip. In the 21st century, Superman battles the Kryptonite Men and Xa-Du who says "the little man blames you for everying." Krypto comes to his aid. Jimmy and Lois save Mr. Triple X (aka Vyndktvx, son of Myxyzptlk) from an assassin. The little man unleashes Super-Doomsday.
2013: People gather in Metrpolis to welcome President Hiroshi Takaneda (Universo in disguise), who negotiated the end of the Antares War. They stop an assassin, Dolo Rol of Naltor who warns them about Takaneda, then commits suicide. Seven years later, Earth is under martial law. Two years after that worlds secede from the U.P. NOTE: Pencils by Chris Sprouse. Costumes do not match those from Legion: Secret Origin.

Action Comics #16 (Mar. 2013)

Part 5: The Legionnaires say their future happened because Superman died. They seek to prevent the Age of Universo by rewriting the past. They visit Mrs. Nyxly in the 21st century, looking for him, then go into the past. They are too late to save the Kents from a car crash caused by Vyndktvx.

Action Comics #17 (Apr. 2013)

Part 6: Mrs. Nyxly is Nyxlygsptlnz, the escaped wife of Vyndktvx. She escaped to the 2nd dimension using her blood, connected to the color red in Superman's 'S.' Susie returns with Captain Comet, who is mentor to the Wanderers, neo sapien super-warriors from half a dozen worlds. Based on the original team: Photine (Quantum Queen) channels energies, Elvith of Assassin's World (Elvar), Quiller with spikes (Dartalon), [birdman] (Aviax).

Action Comics #18 (May 2013)