Legion sales figures, Nov 2020-Feb 2021 (issues 11, 12, FS1, FS2)

It's been a while since we had any sales figures for the Legion: back in October for issue #10. Due to the pandemic and DC's changes in distributors, it's been tough to get actual numbers (for both DC and Marvel).

Comichron finally has obtained relative sales data for DC comics sold since the last time I did a report. Diamond has not released details for Marvel sales in that time, so all we have at the moment are sales of DC comics in relation to each other and not overall sales for the industry. The numbers given are how many issues of Legion were ordered for every 100 issues of Justice League, Comichron’s benchmark. Also included are the top and worst seller at comic shops for DC that month, relative to Justice League.

Here’s a summary:

November:

#1	Dark Knights Death Metal #5	198
#9	Justice League #56	100
#28	Legion of Super-Heroes #11	48
#49	Scooby Doo, Where Are You #106	7

Selling more than LSH:

• 12 Batman family, 4 other event or miniseries, 1 Rorschach, 2 Justice League, 2 Superman family, 1 Hellblazer, 2 WW, 2 Flash, 1 GL

Selling less than LSH:

• Catwoman, Young Justice, Justice League Dark, Suicide Squad, Hellblazer, American Vampire, Aquaman, Hawkman, Red Hood, Batman Beyond, Teen Titans

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Issue #12 of LSH was delayed out of the December charts and into January. For completeness, here are the top and bottom sellers for December:

#1	Batman #104	219
#12	Justice League #58	100
#51	Scooby Doo, Where Are You #107	7

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January's chart has two LSH issues, LSH v8 #12 and Future State LSH #1.

#1	Dark Nights Death Metal #7	141
#6	Future State Justice League #1	100
#28	Future State Legion of Super-Heroes #1	46
#34	LSH v8 #12	34
#42	Looney Tunes #258	5

• There were 9 non-Future State books above FS:LSH: Dark Nights Death Metal, 3 Batman family, DCeased, Rorschach, Strange Adventures, and Generations Shattered.
• Future State Legion of Super-Heroes was the #20 Future State book out of 25, outselling FS Aquaman (45), Shazam (44), Robin Eternal (44), Kara Zor-El Superwoman (44), and Superman vs Imperious Lex (37).
• LSH v8 #12 outsold only one Future State book (Superman vs Imperious Lex). And all of the books that had been cancelled earlier (Hawkman, Suicide Squad, etc.) are finally not on this list.
• Since this was almost all Future State this month, you can’t compare the LSH book’s #34 ranking out of 42 with November’s #28 of 49.

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February’s chart is back to one LSH issue, Future State #2. 

#1	Future State Next Batman #3	131
#6	Future State Justice League #2	100
#29	Future State Legion of Super-Heroes #2	51
#42	Scooby Doo Where Are You #108	6

• Note that FSLSH #2 sold better relative to FSJL #2 than the issue #1s did – my take is that the FSJL title had a bigger drop from #1 to #2 (relatively speaking) than FSLSH did.
• FSLSH #2 outsold 3 Future State books (compare to 5 books from issue #1): FS Suicide Squad (51), FS Superman vs Imperious Lex (48), and FS Kara Zor-El Superwoman (47).

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LSH v8 sales and rank

Issue	Total sales (all covers)	overall #	DC #	Total DC	Percentage	#1 book
1	75,611	10	3	114	2.6	138,434
2	35,653	50	17	95	17.9	117,926
3	34,732	44	15	112	13.4	167,377
4	30,675	51	18	88	20.4	190,568
5	29,058	59	18	80	22.5	142,089
6	TBD	23	17	65	26.2	TBD
7	TBD	41	18	49	36.7	TBD
8	Est. 38,000	46	22	57	38.6	Est. 300,000
9	Est. 29,500	Tie 62	Tie 20	55	36.4	Est. 207,500
10	Est. 31,000	Tie 66	Tie 24	51	47.0	Est. 215,000
11	TBD	TBD	28	49	57.1	TBD
12	TBD	TBD	34	42	80.9	TBD
FS 1	TBD	TBD	28	42	66.7	TBD
FS 2	TBD	TBD	29	42	69.0	TBD

Looking at the Percentage column (DC # divided by Total DC issues put out), you can see that it looks like it’s falling to the back of the pack as the series goes on, but the DC # looks fairly consistent after the return from the pandemic, suggesting that DC is cutting books below it in the sales figures. Over a year ago, DC was publishing over 100 titles; last month it only published 42.

And that’s pretty much it until the next issue (or series) comes out.

LSH v4 #44 Annotations: The Walking Dead Legionnaires!

Annotations for Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #44

• On sale 4/20/93 
• It's OK, I'm a Senator: https://itsokimasenator.livejournal.com/21007.html
• Legion of Substitute Podcasters episode 649 (March 22, 2021)
• Timeline: July 29, 2995

Notes:

• Cover: It's Projectra vs the Legion of Dead Heroes (Karate Kid, Chemical King, Reflecto, Invisible Kid I, and Triplicate Girl). Tom Bierbaum note that this is Projectra's biggest role of the series so far.
• Last issue we saw the returns of both Mordru and Amethyst. Here’s a brief synopsis of the 1987 Amethyst miniseries by Giffen/Newell/Maroto which gives the backstory about the history between her and Mordru. The miniseries came out in between LSHv3 #39-43, August through October 1987 (Colossal Boy’s origin, Starfinger, Laurel Kent is a Manhunter). 
• In the bonus story introduced in LSH v2 #298, Amy Winston was a 13-year old girl who found that she was really the adult Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld. Her first series (a 12-issue miniseries) ends with the defeat of Dark Opal, and Amy’s return to Earth. During the Crisis on Infinite Earths, during her 16-issue second series, she discovers with the help of Dr Fate that she’s actually a Lord of Order and a creation of the Gemworld. In her third series, a 1986 special, Amethyst battled the Lord of Chaos known as the Child, and his golem Flaw. After defeating Flaw, Amethyst ends the battle by merging the Child with Gemworld itself, and then she is forced to do the same to herself.
• This 3rd Amethyst series, a 4-issue miniseries, is set about two decades after Crisis on Infinite Earths. Lord Topaz and Lady Turquoise, two of her allies in the past, are married and have three children: twin sons Wrynn and Donal, and four-year-old daughter Amber. When Wrynn accidentally summons Flaw back to life, The Child and The Lords of Chaos (which would be a great band name) transform Wrynn into the powerful sorcerer Mordru. After his transformation, he sets off on conquest which eventually leads to a confrontation with Amethyst in which Flaw is destroyed. Amethyst pursues Mordru across Gemworld where they battle a second time. Donal arrives to help Amethyst, who is able to temporarily restore Mordru to his former self Wrynn, who begs his brother Donal to free him from Mordru's influence by killing him. Before Donal is able to fulfil the request he is distracted by objections from his father, Lord Topaz. This distraction allows Mordru to regain control of Wrynn and kill Donal. Enraged, Amethyst banishes The Child and subdues Mordru, who is sentenced by the ruling council to banishment from The Twelve Kingdoms of Gemworld following his defeat. Amethyst, dissatisfied with this sentence and angry over Donal's murder, banishes Mordru into Gemworld by merging him with the planet, where he remains until the 30th century (and the act of physically merging him is what gives him his phobia about being buried alive - see below). Realizing that the end of her time on Earth has brought imbalance to the forces between Order and Chaos, Amethyst also merges with the planet, turning into a statue (looking just like the one we saw Mysa find in LSH v4 #43, last issue). In the epilogue, a thousand years pass and the Gemworld is renamed Zerox, and we see Mysa (as the White Witch) studying ancient texts that show Amethyst, implying that Mysa will one day seek her out (see below). And of course, we know that Zerox (The Sorcerers World) is later destroyed during The Magic Wars, reduced to asteroid rubble.

 

• This whole miniseries was later negated by Infinite Crisis, as Mordru (a Chaos immortal in human form) exists many years before his "creation" in this original "origin" story: he has battles against Dr. Fate and the Justice Society in a shorter period than the miniseries allowed (it said it was 20 years after Crisis).
• Cover: I’m not sure what to do here: do we pour one out for dead Legionnaires, or do we take a drink for dead Legionnaires who got better?
• Page 2 panel 4: Mordru, master of gaslighting, is trying to convince Mysa that it’s all her fault and that he’s the actual victim.
• Page 9 panel 4: it’s the return of Andrew Nolan, from the Mordruverse! He can tell that Mordru is getting powerful enough to bring back his reality.
• Page 11 panels 3-5: the Masters of Sorcerer’s World have all been transformed into various incarnations of Mysa from her past. There’s young Mysa as seen in her origin story illustrated by Tuska/Kesel from the backup story in Tales, there’s The Hag, post-Hag, White Witch, and rose-haired Mysa from earlier this series.
• Page 13: it’s the Legion of Super-Zombies!
• Page 14: who are the dead Legionnaires buried on Shanghalla? Ferro Lad, Triplicate Girl, Invisible Kid, Chemical King, Karate Kid, Magnetic Kid, Blok, Sun Boy, Reflecto. Am I forgetting anyone?
• Page 15 panel 2: Deltwan was last seen in ACT 387, it has vine trees and diamond cliffs. Jo and Tinya had planned to get married there.
• Page 16 panel 5: Tom Bierbaum says in IOKIAS that the guy in shadows is Vrykos.
• Page 16 panel 6: Last time we saw Roxxas was in issue 12. He’s been in prison for over 7 months since then (Dec 2994).
• Page 17 panel 4: Jeckie said that Val has been dead for 9 years. It’s July 29, 2995, he died on Nov 12, 2985, so it’s 9 years and 8 months, so her math checks out.
• Page 18 panel 2: we last saw Galmark during the Khund war in issue 16. 
• Page 23 panel 5: Kono is wearing Amethyst’s old costume from when she was in the 20th century. So if Amethyst was that purple mist who hitchhiked inside J’onn, who possessed Mysa? Or was it all a trick by Mordru like he says?

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Here's what we know of the timeline to date. I'm color coding them based on whether the date appeared in the 2995 Sourcebook (yellow; text in yellow is as written in the Sourcebook), it's a confirmed date that was given in the comic (green), or an estimated date based on keeping track of events and days (cyan). Bold text is something new added this issue. Italics are unknown dates.

• 6/11/1992 - Aria tries to take the dying Brin Londo back in time to prevent his father from administering the first Zuunium injection, but accidentally dumps them both in the 20th century (LSH v4 Ann 3 part 1).
• 2/12/75 –  The inhabitants of the planet Trom are exterminated by the pirate Kivun Roxxas. The sole survivor is 12 year-old Jan Arrah (LSH v4 #31).
• 3/26/2978 Dark Circle obtained updated cell samples from when Dr. Zan Orbal restored bodies and powers to Matter-Eater Lad, Lightning Lad, and Bouncing Boy on Tartarus, to complete their collection (LSH v4 #22).
• 10/78 Doppelganger substitution during Dark Circle invasion (LSH v4 #22).
• 2/17/89 – Mekt admitted to Labyrinth Penal Institute (LSH v4 #10).
• 6/23/89 – Magic Wars end (LSH v3 #63)
• 9/89 – Polymer shield around Earth removed, Earthgov debt soars (LSH v4 #30)
• 10/89 – the Great Collapse
• 11/2/89 – Tayla Wellington elected President (LSH v4 #30)
• 1/19/90 – Mutual assistance pact signed with the Dominion; Earthgov officially secedes from the United Planets (LSH v4 #30)
• 4/13/90 – Communique from Earthgov President Wellington, trying to legally disband the Legion, with Imra, Rokk, and Cham “currently out of the picture” (LSH v4 #1).
• 4/90 – Validus Plague ravages Winath; former Legionnaire Brainiac 5 helps (LSH v4 #3).
• 6/7/90 – Legion Academy closes (LSH v4 #16).
• 7/6/90 – Former Legion Academy heads Chuck and Luornu Durgo Taine open the United Planets Militia Academy (LSH v4 #16).
• TBD 2990 – Earthgov secedes from the United Planets, and the Science Police Earth splits from the Science Police Proper (LSH v4 #2). Since then, “resistance forces have opposed Earthgov since the introduction of repressive measures… but with little success to date.” (LSH v4 #13)
• 4/12/91 – Tinya goes missing; she was secretly sent back in time by Glorith (LSH v4 #2).
• 5/8/91 – Search for Tinya called off; Jo resigns; Sun Boy is leader (LSH v4 #2).
• 5/27/91 – Mekt released from Labyrinth, rehabilitated (LSH v4 #10).
• 6/9/91 – Planned date of wedding of Tinya and Jo (LSH v4 #2).
• 7/91 – Reported threats regarding Earthgov failure to pay debts (LSH v4 #30).
• 8/12/91 – Black Dawn; Timber Wolf is seriously injured, Wildfire is lost; Starfinger II (Char Burrane) and the Khunds are somehow involved (LSH v4 #12, #28).
• 8/14/91 – It is now postulated that full Domination of Earthgov began at this time (LSH v4 #30).
• 8/15/91 – Blok, Dawnstar, and Dream Girl resign (LSH v4 #28).
• 8/17/91 – Crystal Kid resigns (LSH v4 #28).
• 8/23/91 – Element Lad resigns (LSH v4 #28).
• 9/1/91 – Impulse resigns (LSH v4 #28).
• 9/4/91 – Echo and Tellus resign (LSH v4 #28).
• 9/14/91 – Sun Boy resigns and appoints Polar Boy as unofficial temporary leader (LSH v4 #28).
10/8/91 – Imsk sets off the Damper weapon on Venado Bay on Braal-13 during the Imsk/Braal War. Rokk lost his powers, Loomis lost an arm. Salu was head of security on the damper project and knew what it would do, but fought against it (not hard enough, in her admission). Imsk won, as the army is occupying Braal (LSH v4 #1). She says that Braal attacked Imsk, and they were just defending themselves (LSH v4 #10).
• TBD 2991 – Garth and Imra, having left the Legion, start the Lightning Ring Plantation (LSH v4 #3).
• 1/21/92 – Rebirth Summit (LSH v4 #1).
• 7/6/92 – LSH leader Polar Boy disbands the Legion, mentions Black Dawn which “cost” the Legion (LSH v4 #1); Mordru coronated as the Supreme Teacher of Sorceror’s World (LSH v4 #6).
• TBD 1992 – Down and out, Dirk is rescued by Shvaughn Erin, who warns him not to trust Earthgov, but he doesn’t trust her. Dirk is later recruited by Circe (LSH v4 #28)
• 8/22/92 – Brek Bannin arrested for insurrection (LSH v4 #11).
• 9/9/92 – Dirk joins Earthgov as a spokesman and liaison (LSH v4 #28)
• 4/11/93 – Announcement of upcoming wedding of Grev Mallor (of the City People) to Kahnya Nahtahnie (Lady Memory of the Hill People) on Talok VIII.
• 8/14/93 – wedding of Grev Mallor and Kahnya Nahtahnie.
• 1/17/94 – Marzal reappears over Africa and the corrupt Earthgov destroys it, but not before Tyroc escapes (LSH v4 #16).
• 10/22/94 – Raid on anti-government terrorists, but ringleader Vidar (aka Universo) is not captured; Cham tells Marla he’s leaving (LSH v4 #1).
• 10/23/94 – Cham begins to recruit members for the new Legion, first approaching Rokk; Vi leaves the Imsk army for Winath; Dominator agents help Roxxas escape from Labyrinth (LSH v4 #1).
• 10/25/94 – Attack on Jo and Kono on Rimbor; Loomis and Lydda en route to Kathoon (LSH v4 #2).
• Fri 11/21/94 – Blok is killed by Roxxas the Butcher (LSH v4 #3).
• Thu 11/27/94 – Mordru crushes Rond Vidar’s ring; Rokk and Cham finally meet up with Jo and decide to go to Tharn to rescue Mysa; Dominators and Shvaughn Erin watch the tape of Roxxas and Blok, whose body is delivered to Winath; Mon-El resurrected (LSH v4 #3).
• Fri 11/28/94 – Mon-El goes to Talok VIII, then Shadow Lass and Mon-El visit Brainiac 5, then Mon-El destroys the Time Trapper (LSH v4 #4).
• Sat 11/29/94 – Mordruverse (LSH v4 #5).
• Sat 11/29/94 – Cham, Rokk, Jo, Kono, and Furball arrive on Tharn and are captured by Mordru; after being hired by Earthgov to find Blok’s killer, Celeste, Devlin, and Bounty leave for Trom (LSH v4 #6).
• Sun 11/30/94 – Celeste, Devlin, and Bounty meet Jan on Trom (LSH v4 #6); with the help of Laurel Gand, Rokk’s crew rescues Mysa and Rond from Mordru but are teleported to Grocz; Celeste, Devlin, Bounty, and Jan leave Trom for Winath (LSH v4 #7); Earthgov links to Roxxas reported, riots ensue (LSH 4 #30).
• Mon 12/1/94 – Rokk, Cham, Jo, Kono, Furball, Rond, Laurel, and Mysa travel from Grocz to Zirr (LSH v4 #8).
• Tues 12/2/94 – Rokk, Laurel, and Rond take some R&R time on Zirr with baby Lauren, while the others go to Winath; Marla reminisces (LSH v4 #8); on Cygnus IV, Roxxas watches a holo of Laurel Gand; Celeste, Devlin, Bounty, and Jan arrive on Winath (LSH v4 #9).
• Wed 12/3/94 – Rokk and Rond arrive in the morning, having left Laurel behind on Zirr; everyone (Rokk, Rond; Cham, Jo, Kono, Furball, Mysa; Celeste, Devlin, Bounty, Jan; Brainy, Garth, Ayla, Vi, Imra) is on Winath when Roxxas attacks; Bounty, Mekt, Cham, and Celeste are seriously injured, while Jo disappears and is presumed dead; Earthgov linked to Roxxas; Tenzil arrives on Earth (LSH v4 #10).
• Thu 12/4/94 – On Winath, Roxxas is on the loose, and kills a doctor and nurse in the Bloomfield Free Clinic. On Earth, Tenzil participates in the Batcave dig, meets with Shvaughn and Brek (who is released for the first time since incarceration 2 years prior), has dinner with Prosecutor Jakobi, then falls asleep. (LSH v4 #11).
• Fri 12/5/94 – Tenzil and Brek in court; Holo Scene news article on the trial (LSH v4 #11); Celeste is healed by a green glow; the former Legionnaires team up to capture Roxxas, who reveals Dominion control of Earthgov (LSH v4 #12).
• Wed 12/10/94 – All-points bulletin on Persuader, who meets Kent Shakespeare in on Quarantine trying to attack Char Burrane Jr. (LSH v4 #12). Persuader is defeated by Kent and SP Captain Gim Allon, who then takes Kent to Toonar (LSH v4 #13).
• Thu 12/11/94 – Kent leaves Toonar for Winath; Laurel fights Khunds in deep space; Tenzil and Brek on Gnogg. (LSH v4 #13).
• Sun 12/14/94 – The Legion is formally reinstated.
• Mon 12/16/94 – Tenzil, Brek, and Calorie Queen are taken to Tartarus by Prince Evillo; Tenzil banished to the Realm of Darkness (LSH v4 #14).
• Thu 12/25/94 – Garth, Cham, and Rokk remotely survey Talus (LSH v4 #14).
• Fri 12/26/94 – Tenzil and Sugyn return from the Realm of Darkness, only to hear that Tenzil has been declared dead and his Senate seat vacated (LSH v4 #14).
• Sat 12/27/94 – Loomis writes his report on Talus’ suitability for being the new HQ; Tenzil leaves Brek behind on Tartarus and heads for Winath (LSH v4 #14).
• Sun 12/28/94 – The reformed Legion establishes headquarters on the asteroid world of Talus.
• Sat 1/3/95 – Tenzil Kem rejoins the Legion.
• Sun 1/11/95 – Orando falls to the Khunds (LSH v4 #15).
• Mon 1/12/95 – The Legion agrees to team with the United Planets Militia to beat back a Khundish invasion that threatens the heart of the United Planets (LSH v4 #15).
• Exact date unknown – Cham meets with a Khundish double agent; Venegar falls to the Khunds, who then make a deal with the Hill People of Talok VIII; the UP Militia tries to decide if Xolnar or Talok VIII will be attacked next; Valor and Shadow Lass appear on Talok VIII; Khunds attack Xolnar; Circe wants Dirk to give a pro-Dominator speech (LSH v4 #15).
• Exact date unknown – Last stand on Xolnar; introduction of the Resistance on Earth (LSH v4 #16).
• Fri 3/13/95 – SP Officer Roon Dvron’s police report on Sussa Paka (LSH v4 #22, 23, 27).
• Sat 3/14/95 - Sussa Paka escape SP custody, steals Starfinger's helmet for Molock Hanscom on the way out (LSH v4 #27).
• Sun 3/22/95 – Khund decoy fleet arrives at Talok VIII, while the main fleet attacks Xolnar, leading to the death of Jed “Power Boy” Rikane; after destroying the Talok fleet, the Legion and the UP Militia arrive at Xolnar to finish the Khundish fleet; Glorith sent to the end of time; the Khunds are driven back to pre-2995 borders, and the Legion concludes its participation in the war against Khundish encroachment (LSH v4 #17).
• Wed 3/25/95 – Don and Dawn Allen are arrested by Earthgov (LSH v4 #17).
• Thurs 3/26/95 – Don and Dawn Allen are put on trial (LSH v4 #17); Sussa Paka steals Earthgov Artifact J-1-WRTZ for Molock Hanscom (LSH v4 #27).
• Fri 3/27/95 – Tensions increase on Earth with the execution of Legion friends Don and Dawn Allen. (Note that 3/27/95 is a Friday, while the comic says it happened on a Monday) (LSH v4 #17); additional riots, and martial law is instituted (LSH v4 #30).
• Sat 3/28/95 – Daily Planet article on the Allen executions (LSH v4 #17).
• Exact date unknown – Valor and Shadow Lass help counter a Dark Circle attempt on Queen Projectra’s life on Orando, then remove the Dark Circle cultists from Carggg; Universo and Jacques meet; holo studio bombing allegedly by one of the Resistance groups (LSH v4 #18).
• Thu 4/9/95 – Valor and Shadow Lass leave Carggg on their way to some R&R in deep space (LSH v4 #22).
• Sat 4/11/95 – Luna is destroyed, ravaging Earth (LSH v4 #19) and causing powerspheres to detonate across the globe, with a death toll in the billions and widespread environmental devastation (LSH v4 #30). The mysterious “SW6" Legionnaires awaken in an underground Dominion chamber on Earth. (LSH v4 #20, 25) Earthgov authorizes executions. (LSH v4 #25).
• Sun 4/12/95 – Jo Nah returns from an extended journey through time (LSH v4 #19) and is added to the reformed adult Legion team; the SW6 Legion encounters Devlin O’Ryan (LSH v4 #20); all outside aid to Earth is rejected (LSH v4 #30).
• Mon 4/13/95 – Dacey and Doritt Ranzz are born to ex-Legionnaires Garth and Imra Ardeen Ranzz. Rokk recalls the events of Venado Bay as the Dominators start executing Science Police Earth officers who are revolting against the Dominators. Mysa Nal is contacted by the spirit of Amethyst (LSH v4 #20). After being exposed to the null radiation from the detonation of Metropolis' powersphere on the 11th, Devlin is getting worse. (LSH v4 #25).
• Wed 4/15/95 – Furball meets Aria on Zuun, unaware that she’s being hunted by Darkseid; Atmos revealed to have been killed by Project Champion; the Dominators begin harsher punishment of insurrectionists on Earth (LSH v4 #21).
• Fri 4/17/95 – Jo, Celeste, and Kent on the way to Zuun to get Brainy and Furball; on Talus, Kono reads Nura’s unanswered messages to Mysa; on Altair, Valor finds troubling news from a Dark Circle computer (LSH v4 #22).
• Sat 4/18/95 – Disease and rebellion reported widespread on Earth; Dominators performing mass executions (LSH v4 #30).
• Exact date unknown: members of the Dark Circle recount the history of Valor (LSH v4 Annual 2).
• Mon 4/20/95 – Devlin is healing and appears to have powers just like Reflecto of Rimbor (LSH v4 #29).
• Tues 4/21/95 – Jo, Celeste, and Kent arrive at Zuun (LSH v4 #22).They are briefly detained but they escape to the surface and meet up with Brainy and Furball, but Lobo captures and leaves with Aria; during the escape, Celeste generates a burst of intense green energy. On Earth, Resistance leader Jacques has Laurel and Bounty meet up with Circe, who has turned against the Dominators and Earthgov. Valor leaves Shady to go to Earth to check into what he found (LSH v4 #23).
• Wed 4/22/95 – Lobo brings Aria to Darkseid, followed by Jo, Kent, Celeste, Brainy, and Furball. Lobo is revealed to be merely a probe and Darkseid vanishes him, and then turns Furball back into Brin. The Gemini Matrix activates and Aria turns into an adult Gemini and blasts Darkseid, per his secret wish, who then disappears. Back on Earth, BION discovers the adult Laurel Gand while looking for the SW6 version, and the SW6 Legionnaires reveal themselves to Devlin (LSH v4 #24). The SW6 Legionnaires and Devlin escape the tunnels and link up with Universo and the Earth Resistance (LSH v4 #25), and then quickly go to the Resistance HQ in New Mexico. The Subs and Universo’s Resistance team capture the Weisigner Chambers from the Dominators, while BION follows Laurel to Talus (LSH v4 #26).
• Thu 4/23/95 – Garth and Imra decide to hold the christening of their new twins next week, on Saturday May 2 (LSH v4 Ann 3 part 2).
• Sat 4/25/95 - Legionnaires in Africa with the Resistance and the SW6 Batch become aware of each other; the Subs and Grin’s resistance team discover others in the Weisinger Chambers; Rokk, Kono, and Loomis manage to subdue BION on Talus (LSH v4 #27). Dirk Morgna’s pod is discovered (LSH v4 #28).
• Sun 4/26/95 – On Talus, Brainiac 5 studies BION, and Valor suggests that the adult Legionnaires may be clones. Monica Sade is released from the Weisinger chambers, and then Dominator troops temporarily gain control of the Chambers. Circe and Bounty plan to take out Pinnacle Command, while the Dominators prepare mind-wiped agents to attack the Subs (LSH v4 #29).
• Thu 4/30/95 – Tensions on Earth reach the breaking point when President Tayla Wellington is assassinated by the Dominion during a live broadcast (LSH v4 #29, 30). Aria tries to take the dying Brin Londo back in time to prevent his father from administering the first Zuunium injection, but accidentally dumps them both in the 20th century (LSH v4 Ann 3 part 1). Legionnaires begin to arrive on Winath for a reunion to attend the christening of Dacey and Doritt Ranzz (LSH v4 Ann 3 part 2).
• Fri 5/1/95 – On Earth, the Subs battle mind-wiped Dominator agents; the Dominators and UP fleets meet up in orbit around Earth (LSH v4 #30). More Legionnaires arrive on Winath for the christening; the Naltor Dreamers defeat the Winath Jaybirds 6-1, clinching their first pennant since 2980 (LSH v4 Ann 3 part 2).
• Sat 5/2/95 – Dacey and Doritt's christening; Pol Jath Krinn is born to Rokk Krinn and his wife Lydda; Ayla Ranzz learns that Garth is really Proty I, inhabiting her brother's re-animated body (LSH v4 Ann 3 part 2).On Earth, Jan helps Shvaughn Erin and sees his SW6 self, while in space the adult Valor meets his SW6 counterpart (LSH v4 #31).
• Wed 5/6/95 – Cham begins a search for R.J. Brande; on Earth, Circe and Bounty capture Spider Girl; the Subs escape from the Weisinger chambers with the help of the SW6 Legion, but Grinn sets off a self-destruct mechanism that destroys all the chambers; SW6 Chameleon Boy, Karate Kid, and Princess Projectra are killed fighting Dominion troops (Note: the Sourcebook says this happened on 5/15, but that's too much time since the christening) (LSH v4 #32).
• Thurs 5/7/95 – Cham arrives on Yal and finds Brande; the Dominators get intel on the Soul of Antares (LSH v4 #33).
• Fri 5/8/9 – Adam Orion arrives on Yal to capture Brande, but fails; the Antareans are hijacked by someone using the Emerald Eye; the SW6 Legionnaires find Crystal Kid still alive, along with Catspaw, Dragonmage, and Computo (LSH v4 #33).
• Fri 5/15/95: The battle for Earth begins, with fighting on the ground and in the skies. SW6 Laurel Gand and the UP capture Pinnacle Command. King Jonn declines the adult Legion’s offer for help from off-world, but asks them to be prepared to defend the UP from other outside threats (LSH v4 #34).
• Sun 5/17/95: The crippled Dirk Morgna encounters his SW6 counterpart; the Dominion fleet is defeated by the U.P. militia with the aid of the SW6 Valor; Pinnacle Command orders his troops to surrender; Earth is liberated and Jacques Foccart is named the new acting President of Earth; on Gallan, Universo and Leland McCauley raise a toast to their imminent conquest of Earth (LSH v4 #35).
• Tues 5/19/95: Circe kills Dirk Morgna and then takes her own life; Bounty is badly wounded in a fight with Sade; the Bounty entity leaves its host body, who the Legionnaires realize is Dawnstar (LSH v4 #36).
• Wed 5/20/95: Jan Arrah takes his leave from Jacques now that the fighting is over (LSH v4 #36).
• Fri 5/22/95: Nura propositions Thom on the eve of the Galaxy Series finale; Saturn Girl is kidnapped (LSH v4 #37).
• Sat 5/23/95: Naltor Dreamers beat the Toonar Pilots to win the Galaxy Series; SW6 Brainiac 5 arrives on Earth and sends SW6 Valor back to 2978 (LSH v4 #37).
• Sun 5/24/95: The Tokyo sinkhole opens up (LSH v4 #38).
• Tue 5/26/95: The two Brainiac 5s report that the Earth is doomed (LSH v4 #38).
• Wed 6/3/95: Seismic disturbances spur Foccart to order the takeoff of the cities equipped for it. Of the 480 cities with escape domes, only 94 make it to safety in the Bgztl Buffer Zone (LSH v4 #38).
• Thu 6/4/95: The Great Terran Disaster – the Earth explodes, killing the two billion people who could not be evacuated in time. The cities that were saved joined together in the moon's former orbit as New Earth (LSH v4 #38).
• Sat 6/6/95: After Jan gives a speech to the evacuees, the adult Legionnaires head back to New Earth (LSH v4 #39).
• Sun 6/7/95: Several SW6 Legionnaires rescue the kidnapped Cham, RJ Brande, Kid Quantum, and the Proties from Leland McCauley IV (LSH v4 #39).
• Tue 6/9/95: SW6 and Adult Legionnaires battle mind-wiped Dominator agents from the Weisinger Chambers; Nura enlists the help of J’onn J’onzz to help Mysa; and the old and young Legions finally get together (LSH v4 #40).
• Thu 6/11/95: Sean Erin becomes Chief of the Science Police for New Earth. Reep Daggle resigns from the reformed adult Legion to organize and lead the youthful Legionnaires. Jacques Foccart resigns as president of New Earth to rejoin the reformed adult Legion and names vice president Troy Stewart to succeed him. Catspaw, Dragonmage, and Computo II join the SW6 Legion (LSH v4 #41).
• Sat 6/13/95: The new group, "The Legionnaires," is deputized, with its membership consisting of the youthful versions of the original Legion and several new recruits. Computo stops the Djakarta dome from colliding with the Melbourne dome, Cosmic Boy is elected leader and names Computo deputy, and then the Espionage Squad encounters Mano (Legionnaires #1). The Legionnaires capture Mano (Legionnaires #2).
• Sun 6/14/95: The Legionnaires hold tryouts, while Leland McCauley IV and a green-haired woman steal the Persuader’s Atomic Axe (Legionnaires #2). The Legionnaires confront Mordecai in the tunnels below Metropolis, Persuader breaks out of prison, and Cera Kesh becomes the new Emerald Empress (Legionnaires #3).
• Sat 6/20/95: "The Lore of the Legion" timeline printed in "Our Times: A Review of Contemporary News"
• Fri 6/26/95: Luornu, Rond, Laurel, and Brainiac 5 are all captured by Glorith, who has returned from the End of Time, with the assist of the previously-thought-dead Luornu’s second body. They defeat Glorith and bring Luornu-2 back to Talus (LSH v4 #42).
• Sat 6/27/95: Back on Talus, Brainiac 5 reveals that he gave Luornu a force field power. She reunites with Chuck and accesses her personal journal (LSH v4 #42).
• Wed 7/29/95: Jacques and Drura join the team; Mysa is possessed, and goes to Tharn to confront Mordru (LSH v4 #43), but she is defeated and is absorbed into Mordru. Using this power, he raises armies of the dead in a number of worlds in both UP and Khund space. The Legion agrees to help the Khunds, but they insist that the Legion take on four new Khundish members (LSH v4 #44).