Adventure Comics #369

(June 1968)

Mordru the Merciless! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Jim Shooter (layouts only); Curt Swan

Inks:

Curt Swan (p. 1); Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino (p. 1); Charlotte Jetter

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Superboy; Duo Damsel; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy]; Mordru (villain, introduction); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Leah Parker; Lana Lang's mother; "King" Carter (villain, introduction); Chief Parker

Synopsis:

When Shadow Lass accidentally releases Mordru, four Legionnaires flee to Superboy's time to hide from him. Mordru tries to find the Legionnaires in Smallville, but they refuse to expose themselves. When a group of gangsters tries to take over Smallville, and the Legionnaires encourage the townspeople to defend themselves, the Legionnaires realize they need to return to the future to face Mordru. But as they prepare to time travel, Mordru finds them.

Reprints:

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-49 (October-November 1976)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 (1998), #8 (1998)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([September] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Continues in next issue.