(March 1968)
- 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
This issue contains the Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Battle for the Championship of the Universe!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Neal Adams
- Inks:
- Neal Adams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes); Validus; Persuader; Tharok; Mano; Emerald Empress (all as the Fatal Five)
- Reprints:
- in Superboy (Se-Bladene, 1967 series) #3/1969 ([mars] 1969)
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #8 [Direct] (April 1981)
- in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #30 (Mai 1985)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 (1997)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 (1997)
The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 24 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jim Shooter
- Pencils:
- Jim Shooter (layouts only); Curt Swan
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Morris Waldinger (page 1 only?); Gaspar Saladino
- Editing:
- Mort Weisinger
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass (joins); Cosmic Boy; Karate Kid; Brainiac 5; Superboy]; Fatal Five [Mano; Validus; Persuader; Tharok; Emerald Empress]
- Synopsis:
- The Legion discovers that the Fatal Five were behind the belligerence of Talok VIII, while the Fatal Five head to Earth and its Universal Weapons Control Panel. But the Fatal Five discover they need a third key held at Legion Headquarters to operate the weapon. By the time they get there it is being defended by the returned Legionnaires. The Legionnaires fight the Fatal Five long enough for the U.P. Forces to come to their rescue and force the Five to flee.
- Reprints:
- in Superboy (Se-Bladene, 1967 series) #3/1969 ([mars] 1969)
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #8 [Direct] (April 1981)
- in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #30 (Mai 1985)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 (1997)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 (1997)
Indexer Notes
Story continues from previous issue.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Daniel Thingvold
- Merlin Haas
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- Bob Cherry
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Martin O'Hearn
- Michael Grabois
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Pat Lang
- Mark Waid
- Sidne Gail Ward
- Jon Ingersoll
- Dan Kocher
- Bob Hughes
- Ted Watson
- Mark Gordon
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Dwayne Best
- Lou Mazzella
- Jim Van Dore
- Ed Boner
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