Superboy #202

(June 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superboy & Legion of Super-Heroes / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Neal Adams (illustration)

Inks:

Neal Adams (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Supergirl; Brainiac 5

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #376 (January 1969)
• in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #7 (1976)

Indexer Notes

illustration is partial cover art from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #376

Lost: A Million Miles from Home! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Dave Cockrum

Inks:

Mike Grell

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Job Number:

B-1969

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Colossal Boy; Shrinking Violet

Synopsis:

Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet are stuck on a cruiser with no power, except when Colossal Boy isn't on it.

Reprints:

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #19/1974 (14. September 1974)
• in Superboy (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11/1974 ([november] 1974)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #8 (April 1981)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #10 (2000)

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.
First Mike Grell art on the series.

The Legionnaire Who Killed! Part I (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn (p 1): Vivian Berg (pp 2-8)

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Element Lad; Duo Damsel; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy (flashback); Cosmic Boy (flashback)]; Kenz Nuhor; Dream Girl; Calamity King; Color Kid

Synopsis:

After Star Boy kills Kenz Nuhor in self-defense, he's put on trial for breaking the Legion code against killing.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #342 (March 1966)

The Spectre! (Table of Contents)

The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Indexer Notes

house ad for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #433, on sale February 28

Part II The Verdict of the Legion! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Star Boy; Element Lad; Superboy; Light Lass; Duo Damsel; Matter-Eater Lad (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Mon-El (cameo); Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid (cameo); Shrinking Violet (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Supergirl (cameo)]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Dream Girl]; Proty II; Jimmy Olsen (cameo)

Synopsis:

Even with Superboy acting as his defense counsel, Star Boy is expelled from the Legion. Dream Girl convinces him to join the Substitute Heroes.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #342 (March 1966)

Coming Soon... (Table of Contents)

OMAC / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Mike Royer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for OMAC (DC, 1974 series) #1

The Super-Stalag of Space! [Part I] (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid; Matter-Eater Lad; Light Lass;
Cosmic Boy; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Brainiac 5]; Nardo; Blockade Boy; Weight Wizard; Plant Lad; Shadow Kid

Synopsis:

Answering a distress call from Brainiac 5, the Legionnaires are captured by the alien Nardo and taken to the Super-Stalag of Space, where other heroes are also imprisoned. A Durlan who has taken on the form of Superboy, is killed while trying to escape.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #344 (May 1966)

Part II The Test of Brainiac 5! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Cssmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl (cameo); Light Lass (cameo); Duo Damsel (cameo)]; Nardo; Plant Lad (death); Weight Wizard; Shadow Kid; Blockade Boy

Synopsis:

After Plant Lad attempts to fight back and is killed by the guards, the Legionnaires plan an escape but Nardo has an informant among the heroes.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #344 (May 1966)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1973
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 238,992
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 217,172
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019

The Execution of Matter-Eater Lad! Part I (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Matter-Eater Lad; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass; Duo Damsel; Saturn Girl]; Nardo; Blockade Boy (death); Weight Wizard (death); Shadow Kid

Synopsis:

Nardo kills Blockade Boy before he can escape. The Legionnaires learn that Weight Wizard has betrayed them, but he escapes them and dies himself.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #345 (June 1966)

Part II Duo Damsel's Double-Play! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Invisible Kid; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Matter-Eater Lad; Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy]; Nardo; Chuck Taine [Bouncing Boy] (cameo)

Synopsis:

Reinforcements arrive just in time to save Matter-Eater Lad from a firing squad, but the ricochet from the alien ray-guns turns him fat.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #345 (June 1966)

Lore of the Legion! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / character profile / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Dave Cockrum

Inks:

Dave Cockrum

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Job Number:

N-920

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Duo Damsel; Bouncing Boy; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad

Synopsis:

information about sixteen members of the Legion

Reprints:

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #19/1974 (14. September 1974), #19/1974 (14. September 1974), #20/1974 (28. September 1974), #14/1975 (5. Juli 1975)
• in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #7 (1976), #7 (1976), #7 (1976), #7 (1976)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #10 (2000), #10 (2000) [composite]

Indexer Notes

Continued in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #205 (December 1974).
Writing and lettering credits from reprint in Legion Archives.

Wrath of the Devil-Fish! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Dave Cockrum

Inks:

Dave Cockrum

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Job Number:

B-1950

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Timber Wolf; Matter-Eater Lad; Shadow Lass; Wildfire; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Mon-El; Light Lass; Element Lad]; Devil-Fish

Synopsis:

A Legion team investigates an alarm at their sea-station, which is powered by a pollutant converter. Though they suspect foul play by a half-man/half-fish being, the Devil-Fish knows that aliens are plotting to use the sea-station to poison Earth's atmosphere.

Reprints:

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #20/1974 (28. September 1974)
• in Superboy (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11/1974 ([november] 1974)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #94 ([August 1975])
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #10 (2000)

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.
Erg-1 announces his new name, Wildfire, in this story.

The Superboy of Bigville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Jim Marsh; Lionel Marsh; "Sparkle" Smith; Krypto

Synopsis:

Jim Marsh, a classmate of Clark's, is blackmailed into masquerading as Superboy in a neighboring town to help some crooks collect phony charitable donations.

Reprints:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #91 (September 1961)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #192 (Circa August 1975)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Super-Talk / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

excerpts from reader letters