The Best of DC #44

(January 1984)

Superboy and 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.

The Legion's Suicide Squad! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]

Synopsis:

Isolationist planet Throon builds a citadel to keep others away and uses a ray to disable all passing spaceships. The first Legion team selected to take out the ray meets their defeat.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 (April 1964)

Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Stone Boy; Night Girl]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Light Lass; Mon-El; Lightning Lad]

Synopsis:

The next two teams of Legionnaires also fail, but the Subs are able to put an end to the menace of Throon.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 (April 1964)

Part I: The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel; Otto Binder (pgs. 4-9, uncredited)

Pencils:

John Forte (pgs. 1-3, 10); George Papp (pgs. 4-9)

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff (pgs. 1-3, 10); George Papp (pgs. 4-9); Al Plastino (Superboy and Clark Kent faces)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [also as Clark Kent]; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5]; Dev-Em; Radiation Roy; Proty II; Krypto; Molock

Synopsis:

Dev-Em arrives at Legion headquarters as a member of the Inter-Stellar Counter-Intelligence Corps on a mission to nab the elusive leader of the Cosmic Spy Legion, Morlock the Merciless, but loses the assignment to Superboy.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)
which is reprinted
• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #287 (August 1961) [pgs. 4-8 only], #288 (September 1961) [pg. 9, panels 1-2 only]

Part II: The Treachery of Molock the Merciless (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy, Chameleon Boy; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Mon-El]; Dev-Em; Molock; Proty II

Synopsis:

Superboy successfully completes Dev-Em's mission, with Proty II's help.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)

Part I: The Code of the Legion! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Element Lad; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad]; Time Trapper [also as Commissioner Wilson]

Synopsis:

The Legionnaires submit to tests of their ability to keep secret their greatest weapon from Commissioner Wilson.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #321 (June 1964)

Indexer Notes

Bouncing Boy loses his power and joins the Legion Reserves.

Part II: The Weakest Legionnaire (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Time Trapper [also as Commissioner Wilson]; Bouncing Boy

Synopsis:

Lightning Lad purposely fails his test to expose Commissioner Wilson as the Time Trapper.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #321 (June 1964)

Lois Lane's Luckiest Day! (Table of Contents)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad (Cameo); Star Boy (Cameo); Matter-Eater Lad (Cameo)]; Lois Lane; Carla; Dr. Sloan; Mr. Appleby

Synopsis:

Lois Lane is having the luckiest day of her life, with a little help from a few Legionnaires.

Reprints:

• from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #50 (July 1964)

Part I: The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Pets [Super-Horse [Comet]; Krypto; Streaky; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Proty II]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Night Girl]; Supergirl

Synopsis:

With the Legion away trying to capture the Time Trapper, the Super-Pets are left in charge. They assign Proty II tests to prove he can join their ranks.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #322 (July 1964)

Part II: The Pet of a Thousand Faces (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Pets [Super-Horse [Comet]; Streaky; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Krypto; Proty II [also as Chameleon Boy]]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5]

Synopsis:

Proty II passes his final tests and is admitted into the Legion of Super-Pets.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #322 (July 1964)

Part I: The Eight Impossible Missions! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Element Lad]; Proty II; Spider Girl; Pete Ross; Jimmy Olsen; Double-Header; Jor-El (in flashback)

Synopsis:

Proty II comes up with a contest to determine the next Legion leader.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #323 (August 1964)

Part II: The Amazing Winner of the Great Proty Puzzle! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad]; Jimmy Olsen [also as Elastic Lad]; Lucy Lane; Proty II; Pete Ross

Synopsis:

Saturn Girl solves Proty's puzzle and remains Legion leader.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #323 (August 1964)

A Sampler Sample (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the next two pages, which are reprinted from "The DC Sampler."

What Kind of Sentient Being Devours Every Issue of The Legion (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz

Pencils:

Keith Giffen

Inks:

Larry Mahlstedt

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from DC Sampler (DC, 1983 series) #1 ([November] 1983)

The Story behind the Stories (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

["In this issue of fantastic exploits:"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Howard Bender [as Bender] (signed)

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger [as Schaffenberger] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Mon-el; Star Boy; Ultra Boy; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet]

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Scenes from the stories.