(July 1963)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Mort Weisinger
Format:
Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

Issue Notes

Letter column has letter from Edmond Hamilton. Reader suggestions for new Legionnaires include Duplicate Boy and Spider Lass

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

When Krypto Became Superboy's Master! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Krypto; Lana Lang

Part I: The Doom of the Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
John Forte
Colors:
?
Letters:
Milton Snapinn
Editing:
Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl (cameo); Brainiac 5; Star Boy (cameo); Superboy; Ultra Boy; Colossal Boy (cameo); Element Lad (cameo); Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet]; Mxyzptlk V [as Mask Man]
Synopsis:
The Legion confronts a masked raider looting Metropolis, who turns out to be deadly, killing several of the Legionnaires.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Ultra-Boy, Shrinking Violet, Chameleon Boy die. Triplicate Girl, Element Lad, and Phantom Girl die off screen


A Tree Grows on Second Street (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Joe Letterese

Part II: Last Stand of the Legion! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
John Forte
Colors:
?
Letters:
Milton Snapinn
Editing:
Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lass]; Mxyzptlk V [as Mask Man]
Synopsis:
Superboy figures out Mask Man's identity and returns him to the 5th Dimension, restoring to life all the Legionnaires.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Invisible Kid, Brainiac 5, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lass, Mon-El die. All are restored.


untitled (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff
Editing:
?

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Characters:
Little Pete
Synopsis:
Little Pete writes a composition about the fact that it is raining.

When Krypto Was Superboy's Master! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
George Kashdan
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
Joe Letterese
Editing:
Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Krypto; Lana Lang; Prof Lang
Synopsis:
Superboy and Krypto exchange minds
Reprints:

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Part I: The Doom of the Super-Heroes!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 2. A Tree Grows on Second Street
  3. 3. Part II: Last Stand of the Legion!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 4. untitled
    Little Pete
  5. 5. When Krypto Was Superboy's Master!
    Superboy
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