L-numbers

Beginning in January, 1996, DC instituted a sequential numbering of the main LSH comics each year. The numbers, linked to the year, appeared on the cover in a symbol, also rendereed as L-. Thus, LSH (4) 76 (96/01) was numbered L-1996-1, while Legionnaires 33 (96/01) was L-1996-2, etc. In the late 1990s, at least two LSH title were being printed each month: Legion of Super-Heroes and Legionnaires.