I've got pretty much the exact same problem as extrememage....I've read Vol. 5 and loved it and have been reading Adventure Comics and the new series but I feel like I would understand more of the current series if I read the older stuff but it's all really really confusing...there's got to be a Legion expert around here somewhere that can help out

" @danhimself: I'm trying to think of who knows their Legion stuff. I'm an expert (if I do say so myself), but only on the threeboot continuity. I'd try Darkchild.   "

" @The Dark Huntress said:

" @danhimself: I'm trying to think of who knows their Legion stuff. I'm an expert (if I do say so myself), but only on the threeboot continuity. I'd try Darkchild.   "

yeah I've never seen anyone on here that's talked about the Legion a lot or else I would have just pm'd someone....the threeboot continuity is really easy to follow since it never really got rebooted but all the other stuff was apparently rebooted like once a week "

" @danhimself said:

" @The Dark Huntress said:

" @danhimself: I'm trying to think of who knows their Legion stuff. I'm an expert (if I do say so myself), but only on the threeboot continuity. I'd try Darkchild.   "

yeah I've never seen anyone on here that's talked about the Legion a lot or else I would have just pm'd someone....the threeboot continuity is really easy to follow since it never really got rebooted but all the other stuff was apparently rebooted like once a week "

Have you read Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds? I thought my head was going to explode.  "

" @The Dark Huntress said:

" @danhimself said:

" @The Dark Huntress said:

" @danhimself: I'm trying to think of who knows their Legion stuff. I'm an expert (if I do say so myself), but only on the threeboot continuity. I'd try Darkchild.   "

yeah I've never seen anyone on here that's talked about the Legion a lot or else I would have just pm'd someone....the threeboot continuity is really easy to follow since it never really got rebooted but all the other stuff was apparently rebooted like once a week "

Have you read Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds? I thought my head was going to explode.  "

heck yeah I have!!  that's when Superboy came back!   that kind of helps things out a little bit I think...or maybe I just don't understand enough to be confused lol "

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" @The Dark Huntress said:

" @danhimself said:

" @The Dark Huntress said:

" @danhimself: I'm trying to think of who knows their Legion stuff. I'm an expert (if I do say so myself), but only on the threeboot continuity. I'd try Darkchild.   "

yeah I've never seen anyone on here that's talked about the Legion a lot or else I would have just pm'd someone....the threeboot continuity is really easy to follow since it never really got rebooted but all the other stuff was apparently rebooted like once a week "

Have you read Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds? I thought my head was going to explode.  "

heck yeah I have!!  that's when Superboy came back!   that kind of helps things out a little bit I think...or maybe I just don't understand enough to be confused lol "

It was just soooooooo much continuity at once. And I wasn't a huge fan of the artwork.  "

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" @danhimself said:

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" @danhimself said:

" @The Dark Huntress said:

" @danhimself: I'm trying to think of who knows their Legion stuff. I'm an expert (if I do say so myself), but only on the threeboot continuity. I'd try Darkchild.   "

yeah I've never seen anyone on here that's talked about the Legion a lot or else I would have just pm'd someone....the threeboot continuity is really easy to follow since it never really got rebooted but all the other stuff was apparently rebooted like once a week "

Have you read Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds? I thought my head was going to explode.  "

heck yeah I have!!  that's when Superboy came back!   that kind of helps things out a little bit I think...or maybe I just don't understand enough to be confused lol "

It was just soooooooo much continuity at once. And I wasn't a huge fan of the artwork.  "

I think that the real reason I liked it so much was Superboy returning from the dead since he's my favorite character "

" @danhimself said:

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" @danhimself said:

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" @danhimself said:

" @The Dark Huntress said:

" @danhimself: I'm trying to think of who knows their Legion stuff. I'm an expert (if I do say so myself), but only on the threeboot continuity. I'd try Darkchild.   "

yeah I've never seen anyone on here that's talked about the Legion a lot or else I would have just pm'd someone....the threeboot continuity is really easy to follow since it never really got rebooted but all the other stuff was apparently rebooted like once a week "

Have you read Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds? I thought my head was going to explode.  "

heck yeah I have!!  that's when Superboy came back!   that kind of helps things out a little bit I think...or maybe I just don't understand enough to be confused lol "

It was just soooooooo much continuity at once. And I wasn't a huge fan of the artwork.  "

I think that the real reason I liked it so much was Superboy returning from the dead since he's my favorite character "

That would make sense. ^_^ Hmm. None of my favorite characters have ever died.  "

 Wanderer is probably the most expert user here about the legion
 
As someone who had never read the Legion in their own series before (and is loving the heck out of the current series and adventure) I really believe that for the most part this new volume is new reader friendly. 
 
I ain't the expert but I'll tell you what I know about what you could read in order to get some things better. There have been 3 legions. The original one (silver age, the one with Superboy), the post zero hour one and the one invented by Mark Waid. 
 
Currently Phil Levitz (Which I've been told is THE legion writer) is writing the original one, that legion was brought back into mainstream during Meltzer and Johns' JLA/JSA: The lightning saga, they also played a key role in the New Krypton saga (which really ain't that important for this volume).
 
The current volume starts soon after Johns' Legion of Three worlds ends and the first couple of issues are a follow-up to Earthman and his Justice League, characters that were key in Johns' "Superman and the legion of Superheroes" (that one you should probably check, also its awesome). In order to get the Lightning Lad and Saturn Queen story you could read the great darkness saga (also by Levitz) but I didn't read it and understood perfectly so I guess you shouldn't have any problem
 
 
HOpe I helped
 
PS: If you wanna understand the current volume by reading the tps of the last one, good luck, they ain't cannon

I try ;)
 
and you get extra cool points and a golden star for realizing how awesome Dick is

Woohoo! He's probably my favorite DC character along with Kara Zor-El and Barbara Gordon. ^_^

here's hoping that by bumping this Wanderer will see it

" I've got pretty much the exact same problem as extrememage....I've read Vol. 5 and loved it and have been reading Adventure Comics and the new series but I feel like I would understand more of the current series if I read the older stuff but it's all really really confusing...there's got to be a Legion expert around here somewhere that can help out "

cool points to me for that ;)