The Best of DC #24 [Direct]

(May 1982)

Best of DC -- The Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

Murder in Glass (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Rodin Rodriguez

Colors:

Tony Tollin

Letters:

John Costanza

Job Number:

J-8023

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Karate Kid; Wildfire]; President Marte Allon

Indexer Notes

new framing sequence

The Colossal Failure! (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5]; Chemical King (intro); Legion Academy (intro); Pollor; Gorko; Mr. Allon; Marte Allon

Synopsis:

Colossal Boy's parents are kidnapped, forcing him to betray the Legion.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #371 (August 1968)

School for Super-Villains! (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Shrinking Violet; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Legion Academy; Chemical King; Timber Wolf

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #372 (September 1968)

Robbing and Recking and Rotten Tricks! (Chapter 3, Part 2) (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Timber Wolf (joins); Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Chemical King (joins); Duo Damsel (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Karate Kid (image)]; Legion of Super-Villains [Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Ronn Kar; Lightning Lord; Tarik the Mute; Nemesis Kid]; Mr. Allon; Marte Allon

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #372 (September 1968)

Murder in Glass (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Rodin Rodriguez

Colors:

Tony Tollin

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Karate Kid (cameo); Wildfire (cameo)]; President Marte Allon; Tarik's android

Indexer Notes

new framing sequence

Meet the Legion! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / character profile / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Perez

Inks:

George Perez

Colors:

Tony Tollin

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Light Lass; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Timber Wolf; Ultra Boy; Wildfire; Chemical King (statue); Ferro Lad (statue); Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg] (statue)]

Indexer Notes

Illustrations and descriptions of Legion members, headquarters, and cruiser.

Invisible Invader! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Murray Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Chemical King; Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Superboy (cameo)

Synopsis:

Chemical King and Invisible Kid have to work together to thwart a criminal who has duplicated Invisible Kid's invisibility serum.

Reprints:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #176 (July 1971)

The Ghost of Ferro Lad! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Sun Boy; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy]; Ferro Lad (ghost); Pol Krinn

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #357 (June 1967)

The Phantom's Revenge! (Part 2) (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Sun Boy; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El (cameo); Duo Damsel (cameo); Ultra Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Light Lass (cameo)]; Ferro Lad (ghost); Controller

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #357 (June 1967)

Star-spanning Adventure and Danger (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

Promo for Legion of Super-Heroes #287 (May 1982). Rough copy of cover is depicted.

They Battle for a Planet's Throne...and Their Lives! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Promo for Legion of Super-Heroes #288 (June 1982). Rough copy of cover is depicted.

Swamp Thing is Back! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Yeates

Inks:

Tom Yeates

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Swamp Thing

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing #1, on sale February 11, 1982.

3 Classic Legion Adventures (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ernie Colon

Inks:

Ernie Colon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Princess Projectra; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid; Chemical King]; Ferro Lad (ghost)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustrations and descriptions of inside content.