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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES Vol 1: Teenage Revolution
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1 on Amazon.com
Description: "A bright, defiant, energized team of super-powered teenagers from different worlds forms a team of passionate activists crusading to leave their mark on a society that has forgotten how to fight for change!"
Written by Mark Waid; Art by Barry Kitson, Leonard Kirk, Dave Gibbons and others; Cover by Barry Kitson.
Reprints THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1-6 and the preview story from TEEN TITANS/LEGION SPECIAL #1. [Supergirl does not appear] Published December 2005. 200 pages. $14.99 USD.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES Vol 2: Death of a Dream
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 on Amazon.com
Description: "As the team suffers infighting, the dream of a United Planets dissolves into hopelessness. Only a brawl between the Legion and the agents of Terror Firma can halt the coming invasion — but it’s not without a great sacrifice!"
Written by Mark Waid; Art by Barry Kitson, Kevin Sharpe, Georges Jeanty, Dale Eaglesham, Ken Lashey and various; Cover by Barry Kitson.
Reprints #7-13. [Supergirl does not appear] Published May 2006. 200 pages. $14.99 USD.
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: Strange Visitor From Another Century
Strange Visitor From Another Century on Amazon.com
Description: "The 21st Century’s Girl of Steel wakes up 1,001 years later, convinced the whole reality is something she just dreamed up."
Written by Mark Waid and Tony Bedard; Art by Barry Kitson, Adam DeKraker and Mick Gray; Cover by Barry Kitson.
Reprints LEGION #14 and SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION #16-19, plus the “letter column” back-ups from LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #6, 9, 13-15 which were omitted from the previous two books. Not included is issue #15, a flashback issue which highlights three significant stories from various points in Legion history. Published Oct 2006. 144 pages. $14.99 USD.
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: Adult Education
Description: "In this volume, Brainiac wants to bring the deceased [SPOILER!] back from the dead, and only the mind of a deadly enemy can help."
Written by Mark Waid and Tony Bedard; Art by Barry Kitson, Mick Gray and various; Cover by Barry Kitson.
Reprints #20-25. Published April 2007. 192 pages. $14.99 USD.
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: The Dominator War
The Dominator War on Amazon.com
Descrption: "The Dominators’ plan to destroy Earth reaches fruition as the Robot Rebellion sweeps the planet!"
Written by Mark Waid; Art by Barry Kitson and Kalman Andrasofszky; Cover by Kitson.
Reprints #26-30. Published September 2007. 128 pages. $14.99 USD.
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: The Quest for Cosmic Boy
The Quest for Cosmic Boy on Amazon.com
Description: "The Legionnaires’ leader, Cosmic Boy, has disappeared. Was he captured by enemies or has he fled responsibility?"
Written by Tony Bedard ; Art by Kevin Sharpe and Dennis Calero ; Cover by Barry Kitson.
Reprints #30-36. Published April 2007. 144 pages. $14.99 USD.
Supergirl in the 31st Century
Kara has been a member of two different versions of the Legion in modern continuity: the “Threeboot” Legion which is listed above, and the “New Earth” Legion.
Threeboot Legion (2006-2007)
Supergirl first met the “Threeboot” Legion of Super-Heroes when she travelled through time after being hit by a zeta beam in Infinite Crisis #6 (2006). She arrives in the 31st century in Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #16 believing that she is dreaming her surroundings into existence, to the amusement and consternation of the Legionnaires. Supergirl discovers that in the future she is regarded as a beloved legendary hero, and is soon accepted as a Legion member. Supergirl’s delight at being in the future brings a joyful, optimistic Silver Age vibe to the politically troubled world of the Legion.
Although the series is renamed Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Kara does not play a very active role and only becomes the Legion leader for a short period during The Quest for Cosmic Boy. The story is self-contained and is referenced only in Supergirl #21 and #22 when Kara regains her memories of her time in the future.
A couple years after the conclusion of Supergirl & the Legion of Super-Heroes, DC Comics reintroduced the so-called “original” version of the Legion from the Silver Age. It was retroactively revealed that Kara had shifted universes when she time-travelled to the 31st century, and that the Legion she’d met was not the Legion of her own future. This is revealed in Legion of 3 Worlds #3 (2009), when the adult Brainiac 5 of “New Earth” (Kara’s timeline) explains the matter to the younger Brainiac 5 of the Threeboot Legion, seen in this panel. “New Earth” Brainiac 5 states, in this panel, that the Legion that Supergirl joined is from Earth-Prime, the home of Superboy-Prime.
New Earth Legion (2010)
Supergirl meets up with the Legion again during the “Last Stand of New Krypton” storyline that ran across the super family titles in the summer of 2010, only this time it’s the Legion from her own future. In Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #1 (May 2010) she meets up with the Legion and joins their mission to free the imprisoned bottled cities on Brainiac’s ship at the end of Supergirl #51. The story continues in Last Stand of New Krypton #2, where Kara meets an older Brainiac 5 (“Brainy”). In Supergirl #52 (June 2010), Kara and Brainy are teamed up on Brainiac’s ship, but she does not remember him. We learn that this is the “first” time that Kara “met” Brainy, but from his perspective, he has already loved and lost Kara when she died at some point during his past.
Supergirl’s actual first meeting with this Legion from their perspective takes place a few months later in Supergirl Annual #2 (December 2010). She becomes a Legionnaire and spends several weeks in the future before returning home, some of her memories having been erased by the Legion after she accidentally discovers how she will eventually die. But Brainiac 5 vows that he will find a way to warn her, and change her fate.
We never learn of Supergirl’s ultimate fate due to DC Comics taking Sterling Gates off the series shortly after this issue. It seems likely that Gates was laying the groundwork for a future storyline that would have involved Supergirl’s death being averted and the Legion’s timeline being changed.