Episode 892 – Legion of Super Heroes Secret Files 1: Legionnaires Three
The Subs take a look at the Legion’s origin as retold in Secret Files issue 1.
Nov 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min
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Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 66 – Lightning vs Thunder!
Johns and Perez throw it all into this issue. Three legions, super-villains galore, Kabooms galore and the Flash family. Brent, Derek and Michael try to keep it all straight but end up getting confused anyhow.
Nov 14, 2025•2 hr 12 min
Episode 891 – Legion of Super Heroes 100 Part 4: It’s a Wonderful Legion
Brainy sees what things would have been like if he’d never been born, and Andromeda finds a cosmic anomaly. The Subs finish their coverage of Legion of Super Heroes 100.
Nov 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Episode 890 – Legion of Super Heroes 100 Part 3: All Together Now
The Subs continue in their discussion of Legion 100. Also Legion Trivia and this week in Legion History.
Nov 03, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 65 – Where the Sprock Are We Now?
Using the sphere made up of the crystallized nexus of all earths from all parallel universes, Brainiac 5 , White Witch and Phantom Girl summon the Legions of three worlds to save their world from Superboy Prime and the Legion of Super-Villains. Michael thankfully joins Derek and Brent to decipher the Perez double page spreads. Trophy rooms, lantern rings, lightning rods, magic spells and sacrifice – this issue has it all (almost)!
Oct 31, 2025•1 hr 58 min
Episode 889 – Tales from the Time Bubble: Menace of the Super Babies
While Paul Rages Against various Machines, we dive back to episode 46. We’ll meet Glorith and figure out if Beast Boy (Not him, the OTHER one) has gone bad!
Oct 27, 2025•2 hr 1 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 64 – It All Begins at the End of Time!
Derek and Brent dive into the first issue of Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds. Perez and John’s epic is revisited through a Threeboot lens. Along with Superboy Prime they explore the 31st century Superman Museum and all enjoy the Easter eggs left, right and centre.
Oct 24, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Episode 888 – Inferno 4: Who by Fire
The Subs conclude Inferno’s miniseries and talk about Legion news of the past couple of weeks. All this, plus a round of This Week in Legion History.
Oct 20, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Episode 887 – Canucksgiving 2025: Those Emerald Eyes are Shining!
It’s Canucksgiving, so we’re looking back at an episode from 15 years ago this week. Episode 105: The Subs check out Legion of Super Heroes 303, and celebrate the return of the beautiful, but deadly Emerald Eye of Ekron, as well as its owner, the Emerald Empress. All this, and Supergirl shows us why Crisis 7 was such a big deal. As Sun Boy would say, “Mmrbl grrf grrmble!”
Oct 13, 2025•54 min
Episode 886 – Legion of Super Heroes Issue 100 Part 2
The Subs continue their coverage of issue 100, and discuss the Omega Act and the upcoming DC KO series. All this plus This Week in Legion History.
Oct 06, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 63 – The End Begins Here!
We look at what happened after Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5, Issue 50. Together with Michael from the LoSP we take a wander through Starman in the JSA, The Lightning Saga, Karate Kid and Una in Countdown to Final Crisis, Superman and the Legion of Super-heroes (Action Comics 858-863) Batman and the Legion of Super-heroes (Action Comics 864) plus the Legion appearance in DC Universe 0. And it’s all leading to Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds … !
Oct 03, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Episode 885 – Superman 30: The Great Collision
Superman and Booster Gold go up against Darkseid’s Legion. The Subs discuss it, along with some feedback and This Week in Legion History.
Sep 29, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 62 – Hack the Jimfinity Net!
Enemy Manifest, the Conclusion. Brent and Derek look at the final issue of Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5. They discuss the ending we got from Justin Thyme and the ending Shooter had planned.
Sep 26, 2025•1 hr 39 min
Episode 884 – Legion of Super Heroes 100 Part 1: OK C.O.M.P.U.T.O.
Legion of Super Heroes 100 begins here! All this, plus a round of Stump the Subs and This Week in Legion History!
Sep 22, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 61 – Mind Over Mind!
Francis Manapul’s final issue as penciller sees Princess Projectra’s plans come to fruition and it doesn’t bode well for the Legion nor the United Planets. Phantom Girl is attacked and Garth explores a new connection. Looks like his romance with Imra has run its course…
Sep 19, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Episode 883 – Action Comics 741: A Cautionary Tale
The Legion meets up with Electric Blue Superman.
Sep 15, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 60 – Try Outs!
Maurice joins Brent and Derek for an episode exploring the UP meeting the representatives from the Intruder Planet while the Legion hold some tryouts and a few old friends return.
Sep 12, 2025•1 hr 54 min
Episode 882 – Legionnaires 56: The Better Part of Valor
Spotlight on Valor, aka M’Onel, who bumps up against the nastiness of his home planet Daxam.
Sep 08, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 59 – Dream Wedding, Blind Love
Derek and Brent farewell Jim Shooter on THT. Brainy and Dreamgirl take the spotlight in this issue. Brainy encounters an Idjit in his own mind. Nura receives a proposal and Projectra is up to no good. This issue is drawn by guest penciller Rick Leonardi.
Sep 05, 2025•54 min
Episode 881 – Superman Vol 6 29: Save Tomorrow or Die Trying
Superman and his little pal Prime head to the future to save the universe!
Sep 01, 2025•1 hr 45 min
Episode 880 – Inferno #3: Girls Interrupted
The Subs hang out at the mall with Inferno. Legion Trivia and This Week in Legion History
Aug 25, 2025•1 hr 49 min
Episode 879 – Big Head Month Part 2: Legion of Super Heroes 99: When the Reign Comes
The subs see what happens when you mess with technology you don’t understand. C.o.m.p.u.t.o. takes on the Legion, and it goes poorly for the Legion!
Aug 18, 2025•1 hr
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 58 – An interview with Barry Kitson
Brent and Derek have a conversation with the Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5 co-creator and artist extraordinaire.
Aug 15, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Episode 878 – Unlimited Access
In this episode we cover the Legion’s participation in the following books: * Unlimited Access #1 p. 36-38 * Unlimited Access #2 p. 1-8 * Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2, p. 62-71 All this plus Stump the Subs and This Week in Legion History.
Aug 11, 2025•1 hr 56 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 57 – Imperatrix
Projectra sinks to new levels of deception. Jo and Garth have it out. Brainy denies his nocturnal romance. The threat of the Alien Destroyers and the Intruder Planet grows.
Aug 08, 2025•55 min
Episode 877 – Superman 28: Darkseid’s Legion Part 1
Darkseid’s Legion make their move on Superman.
Aug 04, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Episode 876 – Time Bubble Tracks: Pink Fuzz Explained
There’s much Legion News and a deep dive into This Week in Legion History. Then we go back to episode 94: The Subs are joined by Murray Fox of the Doom Podtrol, the always awesome Stewart MacWilliam, aka WetRats, as well as a mystery guest. With such a full house, it only makes sense that they cover as many issues as possible, so first, you’ll hear thoughts on Adventure Comics #516, Legion of Super Heroes #3 and issues 34 and 35 of The Brave and the Bold, featuring, respectively, The Doom Patrol...
Jul 28, 2025•2 hr 22 min
Episode 875 – Legionnaires 55 – Big Head Month Part One
The Composite Man returns, and he wants revenge on the Legion!
Jul 21, 2025•1 hr 33 min
Tomorrow’s Heroes Today – Episode 56 – Monster in our Midst
Brainiac 5, Star Boy and Light Lass work to save the solar system from an Intruder Planet!
Jul 18, 2025•57 min
Episode 874 – Legion of Super Heroes 98 – Phase 2
In Phase 2, the Legionnaires receive their definitive answer regarding the connection between Apparition and the Phase of L.E.G.I.O.N.
Jul 14, 2025•1 hr 51 min
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