The Best of DC #67 [Newsstand]

(December 1985)

Best of DC -- The Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Nicola Cuti ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Starfinger! (Table of Contents: 2)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

Helen Vesik

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Light Lass; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Cosmic Boy; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Light Lass]; Dr. Hanscom

Synopsis

The Legionnaires must guard the valuable mineral rejuvium from Starfinger, who threatens to destroy the Seven Wonders of the 30th Century. While confronting him, Saturn Girl gets a glimpse of his thoughts and realizes that he is a Legionnaire.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #335 (August 1965), #335 (August 1965)

Indexer Notes

1st appearance of Magnetic Lad (as Pol Krinn, Cosmic Boy's brother) original splash from second chapter eliminated

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Digest Forum / letters page / 2.33 pages (report information)

Script

Nicola Cuti

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Seeing all the old LEGION stories again...

Indexer Notes

Feature starts as bottom third of page 17 of the digest, continues as bottom third of page 24, 33, 41, 48, 56 and concludes as bottom third of page 71. Letters of comment from readers Rob Griffin and Errol W. Knowles.

Part I: The True Identity of Starfinger! (Table of Contents: 4)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

George Klein

Colors

Shelley Eiber

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy]; Dr. Hanscom

Synopsis

The Legionnaires try to trap Starfinger.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336 (September 1965)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from previous story.

Part II: The Secret of Starfinger! (Table of Contents: 5)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

George Klein

Colors

Shelley Eiber

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Superboy; Matter-Eater Lad; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Mon-El]; Dr. Hanscom

Synopsis

The Legionnaires trap Starfinger and discover he is Lightning Lad and that he was hypnotized by Dr. Lanscom.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336 (September 1965)

The Insect Queen of Smallville (Table of Contents: 6)

Superboy / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

Shelley Eiber

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]; Mrs. Lang

Synopsis

Lana helps an alien who rewards her with a ring that gives her the powers of insects.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #124 (October 1965)

Indexer Notes

Origin of Lana Lang's Insect Queen identity.

Part I: The Weddings That Wrecked the Legion (Table of Contents: 7)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

Karin Orlando

Letters

Vivian Berg

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sun Boy; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Colossal Boy

Synopsis

Two pairs of Legionnaires marry, leaving membership spots open for some secret agents who plan to join in disguise.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #337 (October 1965)

Indexer Notes

Brainiac 5 elected Legion leader.

Part II: The Legionnaire Dropouts! (Table of Contents: 8)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

Karin Orlando

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy]; Night Girl; Size Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Blackout Boy; Magnetic Kid; Proty II

Synopsis

The secret agents join the group and turn on the Legionnaires, but it was all a ruse to flush them out.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #337 (October 1965)

The Menace of the Sinister Super-Babies (Table of Contents: 9)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

George Roberts

Letters

Vivian Berg

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Star Boy; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5]; Time Trapper; Glorith

Synopsis

The Time Trapper sends Glorith to turn the Legionnaires into children. But the child Legionnaires cause such havoc, that when Brainiac 5 and Superboy cross the Time Trapper's barrier, he agrees to reverse the process if they will go away and leave him alone.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #338 (November 1965), #338 (November 1965)

Indexer Notes

Original splash page from the second chapter eliminated.

The Sacrifice of Kid Psycho (Table of Contents: 10)

Superboy / comic story / 7.66 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

Jeanine Casey

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Kid Psycho; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy]

Synopsis

Kid Psycho comes from the Legion's time and impresses Superboy, who returns with him to the 30th century for reconsideration of Kid Psycho's petition for membership. But when Superboy learns the reason Kid Psycho was rejected, he suggests that he be made the Legion's secret weapon.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #125 (December 1965)

Indexer Notes

origin and first appearance of Kid Psycho

Starfire Is Gettiing Married (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

New Teen Titans / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Hunters of the Super-Beasts (Table of Contents: 12)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 18.66 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

George Roberts

Letters

Vivian Berg

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Phantom Girl]; Heroes of Lallor [Beast Boy; Evolvo Lad; Gas Girl; Life Lass; Duplicate Boy]

Synopsis

The Legionnaires need Beast Boy for a case, but he has turned his back on humanity. When they try to track down Beast Boy, he runs and ends up giving his life to save a young girl who is nice to him.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339 (December 1965), #339 (December 1965)

Indexer Notes

Original splash page from second chapter eliminated.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Who's Who / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Story Behind the Stories (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz (credited)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-2067

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Annotation of the issues Legion stories.

The Legion Faces -- Traitors! Beasts! Marriage! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Legion of Super-Heroes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)