The Definitive 5YL Legion Timeline part 3: The Five Year Gap, year 3 (2991-2992)

The Definitive 5YL Timeline

• Part 1: Five Year Gap, year 1 (June 2989-June 2990)
• Part 2: Five Year Gap, year 2 (July 2990-June 2991)
• Part 3: Five Year Gap, year 3 (July 2991-June 2992)
• Part 4: Five Year Gap, years 4-5 (July 2992-October 2994)
• Part 5: Five Years Later (Oct 2994-Dec 2994)
• Part 6: Five Years Later (Jan 2995-April 2995)
• Part 7: Five Years Later (May-July 2995)
• Part 8: Five Years Later (Aug 2, 2995-Sept 20, 2995)
• Part 9: Five Years Later (Sept 21, 2995-Oct 1, 2995)
• Part 10: Five Years Later (Oct 1-2, 2995)

Year 3 of the Five Year Gap, from July 2991 to June 2992. See the entry for Year 1 for the details.

In this table, rows are color-coded yellow if it was a date confirmed by the 2995 Sourcebook; green if it was a date confirmed in the comic itself; and blue for when I had to estimate a date. If the row is in italics, it means there was no specific date given. And finally, during Zero Hour, there were some things happening in 1994 (red text), in 2995, and at the dawn or end of time (blue text) "simultaneously". Once we get there, it's not strictly chronologically linear, but narratively linear instead.

7/91	Reported threats regarding Earthgov failure to pay debts	LSH v4 #30
7/5/91	Sun Boy is named unofficial temporary leader, as pressures of the Black Dawn crisis mount and Timber Wolf's mental state deteriorates.
7/7/91	Reflecto is killed in a duel with the Molecule Master during an investigation of the Black Dawn crisis. Although Reflecto's powers protected him from most of the Molecule Master's attacks, he was unaware that the android was also releasing a slow-acting poisonous gas, which he ultimately died from.
7/23/91	A state of emergency is declared, and elections are suspended.	LSH v4 #30
8/14/91	The crisis known as Black Dawn occurs. Timber Wolf, Wildfire, Blok, Sensor Girl, and Dream Girl battle Doctor Regulus, who is attempting to destroy the Earth's sun. He declares that with his device, Molock Hanscom will show the universe that no planet welches on a loan to the new Starfinger. Suddenly, Regulus realizes the detonator has been triggered, causing it to explode. Fellow Legionnaires Sun Boy, Impulse, Lightning Lad, Polar Boy, and Star Boy rush to their aid. Timber Wolf is caught partly exposed when the radiation sweeps past, apparently giving him severe radiation exposure. Sensor Girl and Dream Girl sense that the Sun is cooling down. Sun Boy states that his solar powers won't be enough to help. Wildfire gets an idea. He merges his energy with the Sun's, enabling him to control the internal implosion and prevent its collapse. Wildfire is lost and believed killed. It is postulated that full Dominion control of Earthgov began at this time. (Note: date incorrectly given as 8/12/91 in Sourcebook)	LSH v4 #12, #28, #30, #52
8/15/91	Karate Kid [II] resists arrest and flees, ending his Legion membership. (Note: date incorrectly given as 8/13/91 in Sourcebook)
8/15/91	Blok, Dawnstar, and Dream Girl resign	LSH v4 #28
8/17/91	Dream Girl, Dawnstar, and Blok resign in the wake of Black Dawn. Dream Girl becomes High Seer of Naltor. Blok goes on a quest to find out more about his people. (Note: date incorrectly given as 8/15/91 in Sourcebook)	LSH v4 #28
8/17/91	Crystal Kid resigns	LSH v4 #28
8/19/91	Crystal Kid resigns in the wake of Black Dawn. (Note: date incorrectly given as 8/17/91 in Sourcebook)	LSH v4 #28
8/23/91	Element Lad resigns	LSH v4 #28
9/1/91	Impulse resigns	LSH v4 #28
9/4/91	Echo resigns and disappears to join the Carggg-Shwar social-resistance ring known as "The Gnats". Tellus resigns to return to Hykraius, eventually joining the Dark Circle.	LSH v4 #28
9/4/91	Echo and Tellus resign	LSH v4 #28
9/12/91	Lightning Lass resigns from the team to return to Winath.
9/14/91	Sun Boy resigns and appoints Polar Boy as unofficial temporary leader	LSH v4 #28
9/24/91	Fire Lad joins the Legion.
10/8/91	Imsk sets off the Damper weapon on Venado Bay on Braal-13 during the Imsk/Braal War, leaving 4,000 Braalian soldiers dead and 1,500 missing. Rokk lost his powers, Loomis lost an arm, and Vi lost an eye. 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. She says that Braal attacked Imsk, and they were just defending themselves.	LSH v4 #1, 10, 20
10/20/91	Chlorophyll Kid, Infectious Lass, Porcupine Pete, and Visi-Lad join the Legion.
10/21/91	Salu Digby submits her official protest of the use of the Damper on Braal-13.
11/7/91	Prince Evillo returns as Supreme Ruler of the planet Tartarus.
11/27/91	Color Kid and Stone Boy join the Legion.
TBD 2992	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
1/17/92	Fire Lad becomes engaged in a struggle with police while attempting to apprehend a graffiti artist.
1/20/92	Porcupine Pete is detained on charges of interfering with an officer.
1/21/92	Leading economics authorities adjourn Rebirth Summit I, condemning the Khund Conspiracy theory behind the Great Collapse, instead deciding it was caused by a combination of massively over-extended credit, widescale ecological damage, and runaway spending on anti-Khund fortifications.	LSH v4 #1
3/15/92	Storm Boy joins the Legion.
3/28/92	Infectious Lass is forced to resign and go underground to avoid Earthgov prosecution.
4/9/92	Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, and Porcupine Pete resign, and begin underground work against Earthgov.
5/27/92	Calamity King joins the Legion.
6/21/92	Kivun Roxxas is released from his imprisonment on Labyrinth for unknown reasons.	LSH v4 #10
6/30/92	Invisible Kid [II] resigns to organize the underground resistance to Earthgov.