(April 2009)

DC, 2009 Series
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Price
1.00 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
2009-02-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941281025 00011
Editing
Liz Marsham (editor); Sean Ryan (associate editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Aaron Lopresti (signed)
Inks
Aaron Lopresti (signed)
Colors
Brian Miller (signed)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy
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Indexer Notes

The cover is an homage to Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247. On the original cover and in the original story (reprinted inside this issue) Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy. Also on this new cover the Legionnaires are in variations of their more familiar classic costumes, not the costumes they wear in the story reprinted in this issue.

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The Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]; Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Synopsis
Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely initiation pranks which proved he is a good sport.
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Indexer Notes

Reprint of the first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy in this story. Several other unidentified Legionnaires appear in the story, including one colored to imply he is Brainiac 5. The Legionnaires are not yet in their classic costumes in this story.

Origins & Omens (Table of Contents: 2)

Scar; Superboy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns
Pencils
Francis Manapul
Inks
Francis Manapul
Colors
Brian Buccellato
Letters
Steve Wands
Genre
superhero
Characters
Scar; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Superboy [Conner Kent]
Synopsis
As Scar reviews The Book of the Black, she thinks about Lex Luthor. Lex, assigned by General Lane to try and unlock the secrets in Brainiac, believes he has control over the villain, but Brainiac surprises Lex by re-activating and declaring that now they will be working together as a team. Only Scar knows that Luthor will be saved from this alliance with Brainiac by the currently deceased Superboy.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
  2. 1. The Legion of Super-Heroes
    Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
  3. 2. Origins & Omens
    Scar; Superboy
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