(March 1969)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-01-30
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); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Duo Damsel]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Curt Swan credit verified by nealadams.com; pencils previously credited to Neal Adams.

Twelve Hours to Live! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Jim Shooter (layouts only); Win Mortimer
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid]; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Synopsis
During a celebration of Brainiac 5's birthday, the Legionnaires are poisoned. While Superboy and Duo Damsel struggle with telling their parents, Karate Kid heads out on a suicide mission in search of the Fatal Five.
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Part 2: In the Shadow of Death! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Duo Damsel]; The Fatal Five [Validus; Persuader; Tharok; Emerald Empress; Mano]; Myron Marks
Synopsis
Karate Kid takes on the Fatal Five solo, and disrupts their plans, then returns to Legion headquarters, where all the Legionnaires seemingly drop dead.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue.

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Twelve Hours to Live!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. Part 2: In the Shadow of Death!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore