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- ↑ Adventure Comics #300 (September 1962).
- ↑ Adventure Comics #381 (June 1969).
- ↑ Superboy starring the Legion of Super-Heroes #197 (August 1973).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 2, #259 (January 1980).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 3, #1 (August 1984)
- ↑ Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 2, #314 (August 1984).
- ↑ Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 2, #354 (December 1989).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 3, #63 (August 1989).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 4, #0 (November 1989).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 4, #61 (September 1994).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 4, #125 (March 2000).
- ↑ The Legion #1 (December 2001); The Legion #38 (October 2004).
- ↑ Legion Lost #1 (May 2000); Legion Lost #12 (April 2001).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5, #1 (February 2005).
- ↑ Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5, #16 (May 2006).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5, #47 (February 2008).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5, #50 (March 2009).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 6, #1 (July 2010).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 6, #16 (October 2011).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 7, #1 (November 2011).
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 7, #23 (October 2013).
- ↑ DC Previews issue #15, (July 2019)
- ↑ Superman/Batman #14–18 is a time travel series and not tied directly to any Legion continuity.
- ↑ Legionnaires Annual #1 is an "Elseworlds" story, which is not part of Legion continuity.
