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.