Every Missing Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus, Mapped | 2025 Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus Poll

It’s time to map the DC Universe! In June, I’ll be joining with Near Mint Condition to launch the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 2nd Annual Poll! This post explains every Legion of Super-Heroes omnibus that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.

Through the end of May I’ll be covering DC entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your DC oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 2nd Annual Poll on Near Mint Condition the first week of June.

If there is one title that I think we messed up pretty thoroughly on the inaugural Tigereyes last year, it was Legion of Super-Heroes. And, that’s all on me.

Rest assured, we covered almost every Legion issue in our maps. But… did the titles make sense? Because, as I always say, this is a titles poll, not a mapping poll.

Imagine someone who has never read any X-Men looking at the X-Men’s publishing history and trying to think of broad, descriptive summaries of each period. Would they make any sense to massive X-Men fans? We might get a book titled “Uncanny X-Men: Storm – Powerless” that was meant to stand in for Uncanny X-Men (1963) #185-227. Except, no X-Men fan thinks of that run that way, and few of them would want it to start there.

Well, that’s how the LOSH titles looked on last year’s poll. So, this year I turned to two of my favorite Legionnaires for their expertise (who happen to be two of my best comic-reading friends): Lars from Mad Norwegian Press and Jess from Omnidog’s Vault! I am confident that this year we have covered even more issues, plus titled each book the way Legion fans will appreciate… although I don’t expect them all to agree. X-Men fans certainly don’t!

See the Guide to Legion of Super-Heroes for a era-by-era, series-by-series breakdown of the complete history of the LOSH based on how it has been collected to date.

If you’re not sure of what to vote for, stick around for a list of books vetted by a gang of the biggest mapping nerds on the internet with explanations from yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to collected editions on the planet.

Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about DC history and find some great comics to read!

This post covers the following speculated omnibus volumes:

• Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus Mapping – Bronze Age to Five Years Later
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (1971) – Superboy & The Legion of Super-Heroes, The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (1971 & on) [follows Silver Age; eventually includes Karate Kid]
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) by Gerry Conway (1980 – 1982) [AKA The 80s Vol. 1; from #259]
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) by Paul Levitz, Vol. 1 AKA The Great Darkness Saga (1982 – 1984) [from #284, includes Tales]
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) by Paul Levitz, Vol. 2 AKA An Eye for an Eye (1984 – 1986) [from #1, includes Legionnaires 3]
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) by Paul Levitz, Vol. 3 AKA The Greatest Hero of Them All (1986 – 1989) [fits before 5yrs Later; includes Cosmic Boy, Who’s Who; could include Wanderers]
• Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus Mapping – Five Years Later to Three-Boot
  • Legion of Super-Heroes: Valor by Fleming, Waid, Busiek, et al (1992 – 1994)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) & The Legionnaires: The New Earth Vol 1 AKA Reboot (1994 & on) [AKA Zero Hour Aftermath; follows 5yrs Later]
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) by Abnett & Lanning Vol. 1 (of 2) (1999 – 2001) [Begins with LOSH #122 & Legionnaires #78]
• Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus Mapping – Three-Boot to Flashpoint
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (2005) by Mark Waid & Jim Shooter (2004 – 2009) [AKA “Three-Boot”]
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (2010) – The Return of the Legion by Johns, Robinson, & Levitz (2007 – 2011) [AKA “Retroboot”]
• Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus Mapping – Flashpoint to Present Day
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (2011) – The New 52 Omnibus (2011 – 2015) [includes Legion Lost, Infinitus Saga]
  • Legion of Super-Heroes (2020) by Brian Bendis (2019 – 2022)

Remember: These titles and mappings are a suggestion of how DC could assemble these books. Your vote on the poll is a vote in favor of DC creating a book with that title or covering that period, NOT an endorsement of a specific map. Maps are presented as a proof of concept and to help you build your personal reading list.

Want to check out all of the other voting options for the 2025 Tigereyes Poll? Check out my 2025 Tigereyes poll options overview page that explains the poll, how to vote, and every title that will appear – including links to all of the posts in this series.

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Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus Mapping – Bronze Age to Five Years Later

The Legion of Super-Heroes has a massive roster that rivals even the most intense eras of X-Men, and a publishing history that is more confusing than any other team in comics! The Legion of Super-Heroes have several omnibuses, but they don’t form one continuous run, and there is still plenty of material to collect between them.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1971) – Superboy & The Legion of Super-Heroes, The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (1971 & on) [follows Silver Age; eventually includes Karate Kid]

The Legion of Super-Heroes have three Silver Age omnibuses that completely cover their Silver Age material, which takes us right to the precipice of the Bronze Age.

In 1969, Legion of Super-Heroes effectively merged into Superboy’s title – though the title of the book didn’t change to reflect that for two years of the run. That run continued for an entire decade, so it would likely take two to three volumes to cover it completely.

That’s especially true if we use this run to capture all of Karate Kid – not a licensed comic somehow out a decade before the original film, but a Legion character who was DC’s future space-faring answer to Shang-Chi.

This would begin to collect Superboy (1949) #172-195 & Superboy and[/starring] the Legion of Super-Heroes (1971) #197-258, as well as All-New Collectors’ Edition (1978) C-55, DC Special #28, DC Comics Presents (1978) #13, Karate Kid (1976) #1-15 and Kamandi #58.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) by Gerry Conway (1980 – 1982) [AKA The 80s Vol. 1; from #259]

This books immediately follow the conclusion of the the Superboy run.

After Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (1971) #258, the title was re-named again to Legion of Super-Heroes (1980), which would continue running for another four years before being relaunched to a fresh volume (sort-of… more on that below). Roy Thomas writes some of the initial part of this run, but it is largely written by Gerry Conway.

Some folks might think of this as “Before the Darkness,” since it all precedes the famous “Great Darkness Saga.” However, reliable sources inform me that isn’t really a thing with classic Legion readers.

This would collect Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) #259-283, Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes (1981) #1-3, DC Comics Presents (1978) #43, The Brave and the Bold (1955) #179, and Justice League of America (1960) #147-148.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) by Paul Levitz, Vol. 1 AKA The Great Darkness Saga (1982 – 1984) [from #284, includes Tales]

This is where Legion of Super-Heroes kicks into high gear when Paul Levitz arrives. DC fans revere Levitz as the architect of the Legion and DC knows it – they’ve issued a lot of this material in Deluxe oversize hardcover, but not in omnibus.

This would not only collect the roughly 30 issues of Levitz’s main Legion run, but also an often-forgotten run of back-up stories in the Direct Market exclusive series Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes (1984), which ran alongside Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) but probably make more sense to collect at the end of this book due to their confusing numbering.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) #284-313 & Annual 1-3, DC Comics Presents (1978) #59, World’s Finest (1941) #283-284, Best of Blue Ribbon Digest #24 and Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes (1984)#314-325.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) by Paul Levitz, Vol. 2 AKA An Eye for an Eye (1984 – 1986) [from #1, includes Legionnaires 3]

While we generally are trying to avoid mapping multiple books into the same run, Legion of Super-Heroes omnibus mapping is the exception to the rule. That’s because there are obvious breaking points in a row in this 80s run – the handoff from Conway to Levitz,  this 1984 Levitz relaunch, and then the back half of the relaunch run.

This would mostly be a straight sprint through the first three years of Legion of Super-Heroes (1984), with the addition of the Legionnaires 3 (1986) mini-series.

This would collect Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) #1-36 & Annual 1-2, Legion of Substitute Heroes Special (1985), Legionnaires 3 (1986) #1-4, add DC Comics Presents (1978) #80.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) by Paul Levitz, Vol. 3 AKA The Greatest Hero of Them All (1986 – 1989) [fits before 5yrs Later; includes Cosmic Boy, Who’s Who; could include Wanderers]

This is the final volume of Paul Levitz’s run before the “Five Years Later” leap forward in 1989, which is already collected in omnibus.

This would collect Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) #37-63 & Annual 3-4, Who’s Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes (1988) #1-7, Cosmic Boy (1986) #1-4, Superman (1986) #8, Action Comics (1939) #591, Booster Gold (1985) #8-9.

There’s a chance it could add The Wanderers (1988) #1-12, which occurs alongside the end of this run and would otherwise be abandoned.

Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus Mapping – Five Years Later to Three-Boot

After Crisis On Infinite Earths, Legion of Super-Heroes maintained its continuity but advanced the story by five years. The time jump allowed author Keith Giffen to insert some mysteries rather than continuing directly from the prior run. And, since LOSH existed in its own timeline, there were no other books to create any conflict with the time skip!

We’ve had two omnibuses to cover that “Five Years Later” period, which collect literally up to the issue prior to Zero Hour! That’s where this would begin – collecting both Legion of Super-Heroes & The Legionnaires for over 120 issues of material. It would take at least three volumes to complete, if not four.

Legion of Super-Heroes: Valor by Fleming, Waid, Busiek, et al (1992 – 1994)

This solo run actually occurs during the pair of “Five Years Later” omnis, but it was abandoned by them and there’s no logical way to fit it into the omnibuses on either side of that period.

This would collect Valor (1992) #1-23.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) & The Legionnaires: The New Earth Vol 1 AKA Reboot (1994 & on) [AKA Zero Hour Aftermath; follows 5yrs Later]

This omnibus line would continue from both the “Five Years Later” omnibus as well as from and Zero Hour.

This would begin to collect the two simultaneous halves of Legion in their pair of flagship books. Since they are each more than 60 issues in length, we’re likely looking at three volumes to cover this period in its entirety.

This would begin to collect Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #0, 62-121, One Million, & Annual 6-7, Legion: Secret Files (1998) #1, Legion of Super-Heroes Secret Files (1999) #2, Legionnaires (1993) #0, 19-77, One Million, & Annual 2-3.

It could likely also include Legends of the Legion (1998) #1-4 and Legion: Science Police (1998) #1-4, and possibly also Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze (2000) #1-4 – which in story order occurs prior to the next run.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) by Abnett & Lanning Vol. 1 (of 2) (1999 – 2001) [Begins with LOSH #122 & Legionnaires #78]

There is a clear break late in both Legion of Super-Heroes & The Legionnaires where Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning take over both titles at Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #122 and Legionnaires (1993) #78.

The writing team writes both of these titles to their end, then relaunches them to a trio of further series.

The first omnibus would collect the 27 issues of Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #122-125, Legionnaires (1993) #78-81, material from Legion of Super-Heroes Secret Files (1999) #2, Legion Lost (2000) #1-12, and Legion Worlds (2001) #1-6.

The second omnibus would collect The Legion (2001) #1-38 and Legion Secret Files 3003 (2004) #1.

Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus Mapping – Three-Boot to Flashpoint

The prior era of Legion of Super-Heroes continuity effectively concludes with the end of the Abnett/Lanning run, launching into a new continuity for this run – a Post-Infinite Crisis “New Earth” (even before Infinite Crisis arrives).

As if all of that wasn’t confusing enough, let’s add another level: as that prior continuity of Legion comics was ending, DC (and writer Paul Levitz) chose to revisit the original Legion – not picking up from the end of Abnett & Lanning, but picking up DIRECTLY from the end of Levitz’s original run BEFORE “Five Years Later” ever happened!

Legion of Super-Heroes (2005) by Mark Waid & Jim Shooter (2004 – 2009) [AKA “Three-Boot”]

This would collect Teen Titans/Legion Special (2004) #1, Legion of Super-Heroes (2005) #1-15, Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (2006) #16-36, and Legion of Super-Heroes (2005) #37-50.

Legion of Super-Heroes (2010) – The Return of the Legion by Johns, Robinson, & Levitz (2007 – 2011) [AKA “Retroboot”]

The name “Retroboot,” made possible by the continuity tinkering of Final Crisis, established that all three Legions continue to exist as three distinct timelines.

This would begin by collecting the reintroduction of the Legion in 16 issues: “The Lightning Saga” crossover between Justice League of America (2006) #8-10 and Justice Society of America (2007) #5-6, followed by an arc of Action Comics (1938) #858-863, and then the big continuity reveal in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds (2008) #1-5.

Then, this run continues to 44 issues of story (and 6 supporting issues): Adventure Comics Special Featuring The Guardian (2009) #1 (Jan 2009), Adventure Comics (2009) #0 & 1-12 [AKA #504-515] (April 2009 & Oct 2009 – Aug 2010), & Adventure Comics (1938) #516-529 (Sep 2010 – Oct 2011), Legion of Super Heroes (2010) #1-16 & Legion of Super-Villains (2011) #1 (July 2010 – Oct 2011). We could also add Legion: Secret Origin (2011) #1-6.

Would this actually need to be two volumes to collect all 66 issues of story? Or, would DC leave out either or both of “The Lightning Saga” and the Final Crisis mini-series, allowing this to fit more comfortably into one book? Either way, a vote for this is a vote for DC to collect the Retroboot in a complete fashion.

Legion of Super-Heroes Omnibus Mapping – Flashpoint to Present Day

Legion of Super-Heroes (2011) – The New 52 Omnibus (2011 – 2015) [includes Legion Lost, Infinitus Saga]

This would include a pair of New 52 Legion series, both of which were short-lived.

This would collect Legion of Super-Heroes (2011) #1-23 & 0 and Legion Lost (2011) #1-16 & 0.

Legion of Super-Heroes (2020) by Brian Bendis (2019 – 2022)

After it seemed that the Legion of Super-Heroes were permanently lost to the folds of DC’s fractured continuity, Brian Bendis brought the team back from the brink – though, it was just for a fairly anonymous run of comics that felt as though it was a major set-up for something that never actually arrived.

This would collect Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium (2019) #1-2, Legion of Super-Heroes (2020) #1-12, and Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes (2022) #1-6.