Legion of Super-Heroes

Meet the heroes in a class all their own.

RELEASED 7 Feb 20231h 24m★ 6.4 TMDB

Kara, devastated by the loss of Krypton, struggles to adjust to her new life on Earth. Her cousin, Superman, mentors her and suggests she leave their space-time to attend the Legion Academy in the 31st century, where she makes new friends and a new enemy: Brainiac 5. Meanwhile, she must contend with a mysterious group called the Dark Circle as it searches for a powerful weapon held in the Academy’s vault.

Why it matters in DC

Supergirl's involvement with the Legion connects the Superman family to DC's future-facing superhero world. Within the Tomorrowverse sequence, that change of setting expands the scale of its connected stories beyond the heroes and places introduced at the beginning.

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5 titles to watch before Legion of Super-Heroes — 7h 11m in total.

Superman: Man of TomorrowRecommended1h 27m★ 7.1
Features Superman earlier in Tomorrowverse, providing character context before Legion of Super-Heroes.
Justice Society: World War IIRecommended1h 24m★ 7.4
Features Superman earlier in Tomorrowverse, providing character context before Legion of Super-Heroes.
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part OneRecommended1h 25m★ 7.4
Features Batman earlier in Tomorrowverse, providing character context before Legion of Super-Heroes.
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part TwoRecommended1h 27m★ 7.4+1 before this
Features Batman earlier in Tomorrowverse, providing character context before Legion of Super-Heroes.
Green Lantern: Beware My PowerRecommended1h 28m★ 6.8
Shows an earlier chapter of Tomorrowverse and the state of that world before Legion of Super-Heroes.

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Story prerequisites are curated. Likely prerequisites are inferred from sequel numbering or explicit synopsis references. Recommendations are earlier stories in the same continuity; background picks are separate adaptations. Series lists cover whole shows, not an episode-by-episode watch order.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Legion of Super-Heroes is title 6 of 10 in our Tomorrowverse viewing sequence. Legion of Super-Heroes expands the Tomorrowverse beyond its present-day heroes through Supergirl and a future team. Its surrounding context comes from this animated collection, not the live-action Supergirl films or series. Later Tomorrowverse ensemble stories are the relevant onward direction for following its place in the larger sequence.

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