([December] 1992)

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Volume
2
Price
39.95 USD; 47.95 CAD
Pages
224
On-sale Date
1992-10-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC Archive Editions
ISBN
1-56389-057-7 Search at WorldCat
Editing
Bob Kahan (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Karl Kesel
Colors
Rick Taylor

Genre
superhero
Characters
Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Phantom Girl; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Triplicate Girl; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives: Volume 2 (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Text on inside front dust jacket flap.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass]

Indexer Notes

Title page with illustration taken from the cover from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #311 (August 1963).

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Forte (illustration)
Inks
John Forte (illustration)
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
typeset

Characters
Mon-El

Indexer Notes

Illustration taken from the story from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #310 (July 1963).

Foreword (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
John Forte (illustration)
Inks
John Forte (illustration)
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
typeset

Characters
Superboy

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the story from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #315 (December 1963).

The Legion of Substitute Heroes (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]
Synopsis
A group of rejected applicants band together as the Legion of Substitute Heroes and thwart the Plant Men's scheme to take over the Earth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of the Legion of Substitute Heroes.

The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 6)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Element Lad [as Mystery Lad]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl]; Superboy; Bizarro
Reprints

The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy]; Element Lad [as Mystery Lad]; Roxxas
Synopsis
The Legion takes in new member Mystery Lad on Saturn Girl's word and he helps them put an end to space pirate Roxxas.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Element Lad.

The Return of Lightning Lad! (Table of Contents: 8)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lass [as Lightning Lad]; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Lightning Lad (in flashback and lying in state); Shrinking Violet; Supergirl; Brainiac 5]; Proty
Synopsis
Lightning Lad's sister impersonates her dead brother and joins the Legion.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Lightning Lass and Proty.

[Part I]: The Legion of Super-Monsters! (Table of Contents: 9)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad (cameo); Shrinking Violet (cameo); Superboy (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo); Invisible Kid (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo)]; Jungle King
Synopsis
Failed Legion applicant Jungle King tries to get revenge with his super-beasts.
Reprints

Part II: The Legion's Super-Showdown! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy]; Jungle King
Synopsis
The Legion defeats the Jungle King and his super-beasts.
Reprints

[Part I]: The Doom of the Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 11)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl (cameo); Brainiac 5; Star Boy (cameo); Superboy; Ultra Boy; Colossal Boy (cameo); Element Lad (cameo); Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet]; Mxyzptlk V [as Mask Man]
Synopsis
The Legion confronts a masked raider looting Metropolis, who turns out to be deadly, killing several of the Legionnaires.
Reprints

Part II: Last Stand of the Legion! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lass]; Mxyzptlk V [as Mask Man]
Synopsis
Superboy figures out Mask Man's identity and returns him to the 5th Dimension, restoring to life all the Legionnaires.
Reprints

The Legion of Substitute Heroes Declares War on the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 13)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass]
Reprints

[Part I]: The War between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Joe Letterese; Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass] (most as projected images)
Synopsis
The Legion of Substitute-Heroes tries to fill in for the Legion, but the Legion tells the Subs to disband.
Reprints

Part II: The Duel of the Legions! (Table of Contents: 15)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Joe Letterese; Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy]
Synopsis
The Substitutes realize the Legion has been replaced by aliens, chase the aliens away, and save the real Legion.
Reprints

The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 16)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Lightning Lad]
Reprints

Part I: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy]; Proty
Synopsis
The Legionnaires search to find a way to revive Lightning Lad.
Reprints

Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire! (Table of Contents: 18)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad]; Proty
Synopsis
Proty sacrifices his life to revive Lightning Lad.
Reprints

The World of Doomed Olsens! (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El [also as The Collector]; Colossal Boy [also as The Giant Turtle Man]; Bouncing Boy [also as Fat Boy Jimmy]; Cosmic Boy [also as The Human Porcupine]; Chameleon Boy [also as Elastic Lad]; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)]; Proty II [also as Wolf Boy Jimmy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy] (all in cameos)
Synopsis
Jimmy is taken by The Collector to the world Gion-El, which is seemingly inhabited by duplicates of him in the forms into which he has been transformed in the past. But when Jimmy realizes he is being hoaxed, the Legionnaires reveal that he has passed his initiation test and they bring him to the 30th century to officially be made an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Reprints

The Condemned Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 20)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lass; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Superboy]; Night Girl
Reprints

Part I: The Condemned Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lass; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Supergirl; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy]; Night Girl; Polar Boy
Synopsis
After the female Legionnaires are struck by a mysterious Crimson Virus, Satan Girl wants to take their place. But when she attacks the girls, Supergirl tries to solve the mystery of who she is.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inking credit from index of original issue; credited to George Klein and John Forte in item.

Part II: The Secret of Satan Girl! (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Lightning Lass; Shrinking Violet]; Night Girl; Satan Girl; Legion of Super-Pets [Comet; Streaky; Beppo; Krypto]
Synopsis
Satan Girl is defeated by the Super-Pets and revealed to be an evil Red Kryptonite duplicate of Supergirl.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inking credit from index of original issue; credited to George Klein and John Forte in item.

The Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 23)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl]; Alaktor
Reprints

Part I: The Super-Villains of All Ages! (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra Boy]; Alaktor; Ronn Kar; Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis
Rejected Legion applicant Alaktor steals a Time Bubble and recruits the help of Nero, Dillinger, and Hitler.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Ronn Kar.

Part 2: The Civil War of the Legion! (Table of Contents: 25)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Mon-El; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet]; Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler; Alaktor
Synopsis
Alaktor switches Hitler's, Nero's, and Dillinger's minds with Superboy's, Mon-El's, and Ultra-Boy's. Saturn Girl tricks them into defeating each other, and the Legion forces Alaktor to undo the process.
Reprints

Part I: The Legionnaire's Super-Contest (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Joe Letterese (splash only); ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]
Synopsis
The Legion of Super-Heroes finds out about the Subs, and hold a contest to induct the winner into the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bouncing Boy misidentified as Bouncing Girl in the Roll Call

Part II: The Winner of the Super-Tests! (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl, Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]
Synopsis
Stone Boy wins the contest, but decides to stay with the Subs.
Reprints

The Renegade Super-Legionnaire! (Table of Contents: 28)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lass; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit from index of original issue; credited to Gaspar Saladino in item.

Part I: The Renegade Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy, Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass]
Synopsis
When Ultra Boy appears to be an escaped convict, he is expelled from the Legion and has to flee the planet.
Reprints

Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor! (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Invisible Kid; Bouncing Boy]
Synopsis
Ultra Boy reveals that his faked criminal past was a ploy to infiltrate and lure a pirate band into custody.
Reprints

The Menace of Dream Girl! (Table of Contents: 31)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy]; Dream Girl
Reprints

Part I: The Menace of Dream Girl! (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte (signed)
Inks
John Forte (signed)
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lass; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl; Bouncing Boy]; Dream Girl
Synopsis
Dream Girl joins the Legion and insists Lightning Lass be expelled when she loses her powers and demands Triplicate Girl be court-martialled for accusing her of causing Lightning Lass to lose her power.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Dream Girl. Also first mention of the Time Trapper.

Part II: The Doom of the Legion! (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass]; Dream Girl
Synopsis
Even more Legionnaires are expelled before Dream Girl reveals to Star Boy that it was all a plot to prevent their deaths. Star Boy explains what she really foresaw and Dream Girl leaves the team to perfect her power.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Lightning Lass takes on the new codename of Light Lass.

The Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 34)

The Legion of Super-Heroes / character profile / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy; Lightning Lass; Star Boy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Supergirl; Element Lad]; Proty II; Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Super-Horse [Comet]; Streaky]
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Indexer Notes

First two pages were reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 (Winter 1962) in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964) with some alterations, as reproduced here. Pages 5-7 reproduce the text from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964), which was originally printed as one page, reformatted with additional illoes taken from the previous pages.

Biographies (Table of Contents: 35)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Short biographies of John Forte, Edmond Hamilton, George Klein, Jerry Siegel, and Curt Swan.

The DC Archive Editions (Table of Contents: 36) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Tom McCraw
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Element Lad; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Superboy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Night Girl
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Four small cover reproductions on back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Legion of Super-Heroes Archives: Volume 2
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 3. Table of Contents
  5. 4. Foreword
  6. 5. The Legion of Substitute Heroes
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  7. 6. The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  8. 7. The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  9. 8. The Return of Lightning Lad!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  10. 9. [Part I]: The Legion of Super-Monsters!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  11. 10. Part II: The Legion's Super-Showdown!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  12. 11. [Part I]: The Doom of the Super-Heroes!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  13. 12. Part II: Last Stand of the Legion!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  14. 13. The Legion of Substitute Heroes Declares War on the Legion of Super-Heroes!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  15. 14. [Part I]: The War between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  16. 15. Part II: The Duel of the Legions!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  17. 16. The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  18. 17. Part I: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  19. 18. Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  20. 19. The World of Doomed Olsens!
    Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
  21. 20. The Condemned Legionnaires!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  22. 21. Part I: The Condemned Legionnaires!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  23. 22. Part II: The Secret of Satan Girl!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  24. 23. The Legion of Super-Heroes!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  25. 24. Part I: The Super-Villains of All Ages!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  26. 25. Part 2: The Civil War of the Legion!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  27. 26. Part I: The Legionnaire's Super-Contest
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  28. 27. Part II: The Winner of the Super-Tests!
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  29. 28. The Renegade Super-Legionnaire!
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  30. 29. Part I: The Renegade Super-Hero!
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  31. 30. Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor!
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  32. 31. The Menace of Dream Girl!
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  33. 32. Part I: The Menace of Dream Girl!
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  34. 33. Part II: The Doom of the Legion!
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  35. 34. The Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!
    The Legion of Super-Heroes
  36. 35. Biographies
  37. 36. The DC Archive Editions
  38. 37. [no title indexed]
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This issue was modified by, among others
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Pat Lang
  • Jim Van Dore