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    Team » Legion of Super-Heroes appears in 1647 issues.

    The Legion of Super-Heroes are a team of teen-age super-heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Universe who were inspired by the adventures of Superboy/Clark Kent/Kal-El (Pre-Crisis). Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl are the founding members.

    Superboy or Superman? Legion character list issue on ComicVine.

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    #1  Edited By thegamerdaddy

    I have been compiling a list of every Legion of Super-heroes appearance and have come across many issues that have Superman listed instead of Superboy. I understand that the Silver and Bronze age Superboy was from another dimension that the Time Trapper created and that both of these Supermen are named Kal-el, which could be why many have listed the character as Superman and not Superboy. Yet, there is no mention of this version of Kal-el on the Superman page, but is mentioned on on the Superboy page.
     
    Could this be an exception to ComicVine's rule? Should there be a Superboy (Kal-el) page and a Superboy (Kon-el) page?
     
    I think there should, because the Superboy page as it stands is extremely confusing.
     
    What do you think?

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    #2  Edited By htb106

    I agree.

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    #3  Edited By Izaiah

    The Pre-Crisis appearances of Superboy in the Legion have been retconned back into being the main continuity (first Post-Infinite Crisis, then DCnU/Post-Flashpoint) Superman though.  If I were to add a Pre-Crisis Legion issue to the site where Superboy appeared, I'd prolly list him as 'Superman'.

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    #4  Edited By thegamerdaddy
    @Izaiah: I understand the retconned nature of the listing, accept the 'superman' listing does not have any information about superboy on it. So as surfer of this wiki if i go to a page of a Superboy and the Legion of Super-heroes issue I dont see Superboy listed as a character I only see Superman, confusing? Especially if I click on Superman and find no information about Superboy. Also confussing because all of the plot summaries mention Superboy, not Superman. 
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    #5  Edited By thegamerdaddy

    I see a couple of options:
     
    1) Leave all the 'Superman' character appearances, but edit the 'Superman' page to reflect the history of the retcon.
    2) Replace the 'Superman' character appearances to 'Superboy'.
    3) Create a 'Kal-el (Superboy)' page to reflect the retconned stories, change the Legion appearances with 'Superboy' that deal with 'Kal-el' from 'Superman' to the newly created listing, change the 'Superboy' page to be 'Kon-el (Superboy)' and delete the Kal-el information and then create a 'Superboy' page the reflects the entire history of the character. This solution is similar to how comicvine treats the 'Robin's'

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    #6  Edited By Izaiah
    @thegamerdaddy said:
    I see a couple of options:  1) Leave all the 'Superman' character appearances, but edit the 'Superman' page to reflect the history of the retcon.
    I'm not very wiki-active so I can't say for sure, but I think this option seems most reasonable.
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    #7  Edited By thegamerdaddy
    @Izaiah said:
    @thegamerdaddy said:
    I see a couple of options:  1) Leave all the 'Superman' character appearances, but edit the 'Superman' page to reflect the history of the retcon.
    I'm not very wiki-active so I can't say for sure, but I think this option seems most reasonable.
    Maybe, but that doesn't make it the best option. Option #3 makes the most sense to me if the wiki is going to be logical. Yes the most work, but would help readers more I believe.

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