I'm glad I found this thread.  I am a longtime fan of the Legion, having all of the Archives, many of the Superboy, Superboy and the Legion, and Legion v.2 issues, and the entirety of Levitz's second run (LSH v.2 # 284-325, and LSH v.3 # 1-63).  I am probably one of the few who actually liked the Giffen-Bierbaum "5 years later" storyline, though I admit it was not for all tastes.  However, the reboot that occurred via Zero Hero was, in my view, an atrocity, one which led me to stop reading the book entirely.

I finally got interested again recently when I heard that Geoff Johns was bringing the Legion back to its 80's roots, and went ahead and got the Lightning Saga, Superman and the Legion, and Legion of Three Worlds.  Confusing as these stories were, my understanding was that the Legion had been restored to its status right around the time of Crisis, cr 1985.  Though I did like the Giffen-Bierbaum stories, as noted, I would be fine returning to the Legion if ALL of the reboots were wiped out of existence and the Legion were restored to some point during the second Levitz run; perhaps even to the point just after LSH v.3 # 63, after the end of the Magic Wars.

I have never been a huge Levitz fan but did find his second run on the title to be tolerable, and my love for the characters was more than enough to sustain my interest.  The various reboot versions, on the other hand (with the sole exception of "5 years later"), were utterly intolerable, and something I could scarcely stomach.

So anyway, my question is as follows: I have seen numerous references on the Internet to characters like "Gates" and "Chameleon Girl" who were never part of the 80's continuity.  Does this mean that DC has yet again rebooted/screwed with the Legion's background?  I guess I'm wondering if the following statement is valid: The Legion has been restored to some point during the second Levitz run (which went from LSH v.2 # 284-325 and LSH v.3 # 1-63).  If this is not the case, I probably won't even bother picking up Levitz's new run, as I had originally planned on doing.