More than a decade after their last collaboration on The Authority, superstar author Mark Millar and artist Frank Quitely are working together again to bring us Jupiter’s Legacy, a complex story of superheroes, family, justice, and power.
Composed of two interconnected series, Jupiter’s Legacy and the prequel Jupiter’s Circle, this story began at the beginning of the 1930s with a group of young Americans finding powers and using it to make America great. Years later, the new generation of superheroes doesn’t share their way of thinking and conflict emerges that will change the fate of humanity.
Jupiter’s Legacy Reading Order:
I. Reading Jupiter’s Legacy by series
a. Jupiter’s Legacy
1932: Sheldon Sampson’s dreams about a mysterious source of power lead him, his brother Walter, and a group of loyal followers on a quest around the world. What they discover sets them on a course that will wrench a family apart and alter the world’s political stage! Decades after their journey, Sheldon and Walter are superpowered legends, world-renowned for their heroism. But the offspring trained to live in their image have fallen desperately short. Rocked by one public scandal after another, Chloe and her brother Brandon are a dishonor to the generation before them.
The rift reaches its breaking point when one branch of the family overthrows the government and struggles to rule at any cost – while the others must flee for their own safety. But when the failures of the corrupt leaders catch up to them, the world hovers on the brink of collapse ― and the hidden heroes must emerge to take back their legacy!
Old Edition
- Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 1
Collects Jupiter’s Legacy #1-5. - Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 2
Collects Jupiter’s Legacy Vol. 2 #1-5.
New Edition (Netflix Edition)
With the Netflix Show, the series got a new edition, in chronological order. The first stories got pushed after the prequel, Jupiter’s Legacy. It’s easy to get things mixed up. The new one got Netflix’s sticker.
- Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 3
Collects Jupiter’s Legacy #1-5. - Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 4
Collects Jupiter’s Legacy Vol. 2 #1-5.
b. Jupiter’s Circle
In mid-century America, the world’s greatest superheroes triumph in their public battles, while struggling with private ones. Social and political unrest take a personal toll: one member joins the counterculture movement, others grapple with personal demons, and suspicion and betrayal cast a shadow over the most trusted friendships.
Old Edition
- Jupiter’s Circle Volume 1
Collects Jupiter’s Circle #1-6. - Jupiter’s Circle Volume 2
Collects Jupiter’s Circle #7-12.
New Edition (Netflix Edition)
- Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 1
Collects Jupiter’s Circle #1-6. - Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 2
Collects Jupiter’s Circle #7-12.
c. Jupiter’s Requiem
Continuing the story of Chloe and Hutch and their doomed romance, their children now grown up and making all the same mistakes as their parents. But what was the mysterious island that called to their parents in 1929, promising them super-powers, and why has it appeared on other worlds too?
- Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 5
Collects Jupiter’s Requiem #1-6.