Legion of Substitute Podcasters

The Subs talk about their favourite comics of 2025 and what they’re looking forward to in 2026. All this plus This Week in Legion History.

The Subs discuss Legends of the Legion issue 1, focusing on the origin story of Ultra Boy. The group also share their favorite Ultra Boy artists. All this and This Week in Legion History.

We begin with ‘This Week in Legion History’ and then move on to a rerun episode, one that hasn’t been available on the feed for a while, from episode 323 in December 2014. It’s time for the holidays! Darren and Paul enjoy a viewing of A Christmas Story. You’ll Put Your Eye Out! Merry Christmas, and a Happy Holiday to all!

The Subs get together to record a commentary on The Flash Season 1 Episode 9. Next comes a look at the Supergirl story from DC’s I saw Ma Hunkel Kissing Santa Claus special.

“The Legion of Superheroes are coming soon.” We learned at New York ComicCon 2025 that Joshua Williamson will write a new Legion book. But what Legion? Mark Waid had previously said a new Legion book is coming, and fans will be happy no matter which version of the Legion is their favorite. When we saw the “Legion Lost” survivors in Superman 29, including a Threeboot Legionnaire, this got us talkin...

Cosmic Boy, Live Wire and Saturn Girl’s mission to investigate Spark’s increased powers creates new problems for the team. All this plus Stump the Subs and This Week in Legion History.  

In what’s not quite the final episode, Derek and Brent, along with special guest Michael, track down where the Volume 5 Legion next appear … and there were more appearances than we first thought!  The Tomorrow’s Heroes Today podcast wraps with a look back across the series (and other appearances) and everyone shares their views on the Threeboot.

The Subs take a look at a DC Animated Universe version of the Legion.

The Subs get into the Legion of Darkseid’s appearances in the DC:KO event. Flash 27 and Superman 32 are the issues in question!

Brent and Derek are joined by Adam the Computer from the Legion Outpost podcast as they cover the final issue of Legion of 3 Worlds.  And they need all the help they can get as the three Legion teams are helped by even more variants.  Will they defeat Primetrapper?  Will Conner and Bart join the fray?  Where are the missing Legionnaires?  Which Legionnaires will survive and which will be changed f...

The Subs continue their look at the Legion’s Secret Files.

Derek’s turn to unjumble the names of the three Legionnaire teams.  The Retroboot founders and Superman head to the future to battle the Time Trapper.  The Brainiac 5’s head to the fortress of solitude with a hoard of Ranzz’s on their secret mission to bring back a former Legionnaire.  Polar Boy shows why he is the epitome of the Legion and retroboot Wildfire uses his brain while retroboot Dawnsta...

The Subs take a look at the Legion’s origin as retold in Secret Files issue 1.

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.

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.

The Subs continue in their discussion of Legion 100. Also Legion Trivia and this week in Legion History.

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 sacrifi...

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!

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.

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.

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!”

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.

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...

Superman and Booster Gold go up against Darkseid’s Legion. The Subs discuss it, along with some feedback and This Week in Legion History.

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.