Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! Which Legion is the Best Legion and why.

I'm going to revise my previous list:

1. Epic Legion (Levitz/Giffen/Lightle)
2. Classic Legion (Shooter/Swan)
3. Rebel Legion (Waid/Kitson)
4. Disco Legion (Bates/Levitz I/Grell/Sherman)
5. Archie Legion (Peyer/McCraw/Moy/Moder)
6. Weirdo Legion (Hamilton/Swan/Forte)
7. Marvel Legion (Abnett/Lanning/Coipel)
8. Solo Legion (Action Comics era)
9. Archaic Legion (pre-Hamilton)
10. Crummy Legion (Conway/Thomas/Staton)
11. Dismal Legion (Giffen/Bierbaum/Bierbaum)
12. Declining Legion (v4 after Giffen)

1) From Levitz return to the series, cica LSH v2 270-something through Great Darkness and about halfway into Omen & Prophet)

2) Levitz first run on the series from Superboy & LSH #220-somthing through Earthwar)

3) The late Adventure run from #340-380.

4) The reboot up to right near the end of the Emerald Vi story.

5) Threeboot, before and after Lemnos.

6) Various early stories and Adventure up to #339.

7) Pre-Levitz Superboy, Superboy & LSH

8) Late Superboy & LSH through early LSH v.2

9) v.3 up through Crisis

10) Post Crisis to 5-year gap

1. The Levitz/Giffen Legion (This is the era that really got me hooked!!!) We will never forget the "Great Darkness Saga"...ever!!!

2. The Post-Five-Year-Gap Legion (Loved learning about all of that "stuff" that happened "off-panel"). I think this is when the characters really grew up and lost that "this is just for kids" stigma!!! After having been a LSH fan since 1980, I would love to see them return (somehow) to that original incarnation, even if it included the infamous post-five year-gap...which I never had a problem with anyway.

3. The DnA Legion (I really liked this era too).

4. I loved some (but not all) of everything else. I hated the "Archie Legion"...I think that they went down hill from a very rich history in the 80's to become "that". I'm a loyal fan, and I probably should have given up on the Legion long ago after dealing with all of the re-boot crap...but here I am over 26 years later!!!

Agreed! I remeber I picked up Legionaires #1, came bagged... great art and story! I had just started going to comic book stores around that time because of the Death of Superman. The first 6 or so issues were great.

Put this old timer down for the Levitz/Giffen era. It still reads well to date - twenty years later and was faithful to the foundation laid by its predecessors (which in my opinion is the true test of writing skill - reboots are a cop-out).

I also enjoyed the Adventure/Action and Superboy stories, which got the ball rolling. The color and scientific wonder (absurdities) of these early stories are understated.

I did enjoy the Superboy Legion story and characters (except for the death of Gim) and was hoping this latest version of the Legion would be closely based on those concepts.