Superboy #202

(May-June 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Neal Adams (illustration)

Inks

Neal Adams (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

N-921

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 modified version of the cover art from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #376.

Lost: A Million Miles from Home! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Cary Bates

Pencils

Dave Cockrum

Inks

Mike Grell

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

B-1969

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 (Illustrerte Klassikere / 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 ([December] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 (2014 [February 2015])

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: 3)

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

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)

Job Number

N-907

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

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: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Aparo

Inks

Jim Aparo

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

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: 5)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

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: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Mike Royer

Colors

Jerry Serpe ?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Indexer Notes

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

The Super-Stalag of Space! [Part I] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Job Number

N-908

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

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: 8)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Job Number

N-908

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Cosmic 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: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

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: 10)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Job Number

N-909

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

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: 11)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Job Number

N-909

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

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)

The Lore of the Legion! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils

Dave Cockrum

Inks

Dave Cockrum

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

N-920

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

Indexer Notes

Writing and lettering credits from reprint in Legion Archives.

Continues in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #205 (December 1974).

The Wrath of the Devil-Fish! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Cary Bates

Pencils

Dave Cockrum

Inks

Dave Cockrum

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

B-1950

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 (Illustrerte Klassikere / 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 ([December] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 (2014 [February 2015])

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: 14)

Superboy / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

N-910

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: 15)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

B-2004