Superboy #217

(June 1976)

The Cornered Clown (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; The Joker / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Charge of the Doomed Legionnaires (Table of Contents: 2)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter

Pencils

Mike Grell

Inks

Mike Grell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-2700

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Shadow Lass; Timber Wolf; Colossal Boy]; Field Marshal Lorca

Synopsis

The Khund Field Marshall Lorca attacks a Legion cruiser, forcing it to crash on the barren planet Vanvlack IV. Brainiac 5 attempts to manage the battle from afar but the Legion team wins on their own, before Superboy arrives to help.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #20/1976 (25. September 1976)
• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1977 ([januar] 1977)
• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1103 (4 de mayo de 1977)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #12 ([June] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 (2014 [February 2015])

Indexer Notes

Planet Vanvlack IV is named for long-time Legion fan Mercy Van Vlack.
When Lorca's ship explodes, letters appear in the flames, reading "HOLY COW! DIG THE FIREWORKS!"

2 Giant Specials! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Justice for All Includes Children. 4 (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superman

Synopsis

Superman reminds a group of kids that juvenile court does more than sentence people for crimes committed.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Center for Juvenile Justice

Future Shock for Superboy (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Jim Shooter

Pencils

Mike Grell

Inks

Mike Grell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-2713

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Wildfire; Colossal Boy (cameo); Mon-El (cameo); Light Lass (cameo)]; Laurel Kent (introduction)

Synopsis

Superboy meets Legion Academy student Laurel Kent, who is also his thirtieth-century descendant.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #22/1976 (23. Oktober 1976)
• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1977 ([februar] 1977)
• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1103 (4 de mayo de 1977)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #12 ([June] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 (2014 [February 2015])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Super-Talk / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Jack C. Harris

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Arthur Fox and Tim Rice.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1975
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 222,000
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 173,232
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019