(October 1964)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-08-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Lex Luthor Meets the Super-Hero Legion! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy; Supergirl; Lex Luthor
Reprints

Smoking Is for Squares! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
Paulette Breen (winner of the Palisades Amusement Park's Miss American Teenager contest) tells Bob and his friends that girls don't like guys who smoke.

Indexer Notes

Located on the inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Part I: Lex Luthor Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
?
Letters
Vivian Berg ?

Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Shrinkng Violet; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Superboy (in flashback)]; Lex Luthor
Synopsis
Lex Luthor convinces the Legion he has come to the future from a time before he turned evil.
Reprints

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Professor Eureka / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're the first to find this tomb, Professor Twiddle...
Genre
humor
Characters
Professor Eureka
Synopsis
The Prof. likes to read hieroglyphics before going to bed.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line from Arthur Lortie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Karl Pettis, Walter Scott, Eric Paul Halvorson, Karen Manko, Linda Keany, and Michael Sykes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Part II: The Super-Vengeance of Lex Luthor! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
?
Letters
Vivian Berg ?

Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Star Boy; Element Lad; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Supergirl; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Element Lad]; Lex Luthor; Proty II
Synopsis
Luthor seemingly dissolves the Legionnaires, but they have the last laugh on him.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Worth Rounding Up... (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Trix; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.67 page (report information)

The Legion Constitution (Table of Contents: 15)

Legion of Super-Heroes / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Synopsis
Part 1 of the Legion Constitution.
Reprints

The Day Superboy Was a Coward (Table of Contents: 16)

Superboy / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
George Papp
Inks
George Papp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Lex Luthor Meets the Super-Hero Legion!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Smoking Is for Squares!
  3. 2. Part I: Lex Luthor Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["We're the first to find this tomb, Professor Twiddle..."]
    Professor Eureka
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Silly Putty
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    100 Magnets
  10. 9. Part II: The Super-Vengeance of Lex Luthor!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  14. 13. ["Use coupon below..."]
  15. 14. Worth Rounding Up...
    Trix; Trix Rabbit
  16. 15. The Legion Constitution
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  17. 16. The Day Superboy Was a Coward
    Superboy
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Roman War Soldiers
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore