(May 1964)

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

The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Mon-El; Dev-Em; Superboy
Reprints:

Part I: Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel; Otto Binder (pgs. 4-9) [uncredited]
Pencils:
John Forte (pgs. 1-3, 10); George Papp (pgs. 4-9)
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff (pgs. 1-3, 10); George Papp (pgs. 4-9); Al Plastino (Superboy and Clark Kent faces)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Milton Snapinn
Editing:
Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [also as Clark Kent]; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5]; Dev-Em; Radiation Roy; Proty II; Krypto; Molock
Synopsis:
Dev-Em arrives at Legion headquarters as a member of the Inter-Stellar Counter-Intelligence Corps on a mission to nab the elusive leader of the Cosmic Spy Legion, Morlock the Merciless, but loses the assignment to Superboy.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Info regarding Otto Binder and reprints from Adventure Comics 287-288 by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-30 (Per Sandell ed.)


Names _Do_ Hurt! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Morris Waldinger ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Synopsis:
You shouldn't make fun of people.

Part II: The Treachery of Molock the Merciless! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff; Al Plastino (Superboy/Clark Kent faces only)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Milton Snapinn
Editing:
Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Mon-El]; Dev-Em; Molock; Proty II
Synopsis:
Superboy successfully completes Dev-Em's mission, with Proty II's help.
Reprints:

Superboy's Switch in Time (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder ? (id by Bailey); Jerry Coleman ? (id by Bob Hughes)
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
John Giunta ? (id by Hughes); John Fischetti ? (id by Bailey)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Superman; the Kents
Synopsis:
Superboy is projected into his future, and is replaced by Superman, who must undo it.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Script suggested and pencils/inks credited by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-30 (Per Sandell ed.)


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tricksy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Tricksy
Synopsis:
Tricksy comes up with a stunt to get more applause.

Indexer Notes

humor strip


Legion Outpost (Table of Contents)

Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 ? page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter column becomes Legion Outpost with this issue


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Part I: Revenge of the Knave from Krypton!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. Names _Do_ Hurt!
  4. 3. Part II: The Treachery of Molock the Merciless!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  5. 4. Superboy's Switch in Time
    Superboy
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Tricksy
  7. 6. Legion Outpost
    Legion Outpost
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  • Bob Bailey
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Mike Nielsen
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