The Best of DC #44 [Canadian]
(January 1984)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume
6
Price
1.50 CAD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-10-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode
0709893173001
Editing
Nicola Cuti

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #44 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Inks
Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy]
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Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Legion's Suicide Squad! Part I (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
?
Letters
?
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.
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Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
?
Letters
?
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.
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The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! Part I (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Jerry Siegel; Otto Binder (pages 4-9)
Pencils
John Forte (pages 1-3, 10); George Papp (pages 4-9)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff (pages 1-3, 10); George Papp (pages 4-9); Al Plastino (Superboy and Clark Kent faces)
Colors
?
Letters
Milton Snapinn
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.
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Part II: The Treachery of Molock the Merciless (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Milton Snapinn
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

Part I: The Code of the Legion! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff; Al Plastino (Superboy face on splash only)
Colors
?
Letters
Milton Snapinn
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.
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Indexer Notes

Bouncing Boy loses his power and joins the Legion Reserves.

Part II: The Weakest Legionnaire (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
?
Letters
Milton Snapinn
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.
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Lois Lane's Luckiest Day! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
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

Part I: The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff; Al Plastino (head photostated/pasted on Superboy, page 3, panel 1)
Colors
?
Letters
Milton Snapinn
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.
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Part II: The Pet of a Thousand Faces (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
?
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.
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Part I: The Eight Impossible Missions! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese
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

Part II: The Amazing Winner of the Great Proty Puzzle! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese
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.
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A Sampler Sample (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

What Kind of Sentient Being Devours Every Issue of the Legion? (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

The Story behind the Stories (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. The Legion's Suicide Squad! Part I
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 3. Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  5. 4. The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! Part I
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  6. 5. Part II: The Treachery of Molock the Merciless
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  7. 6. Part I: The Code of the Legion!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  8. 7. Part II: The Weakest Legionnaire
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  9. 8. Lois Lane's Luckiest Day!
    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
  10. 9. Part I: The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  11. 10. Part II: The Pet of a Thousand Faces
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  12. 11. Part I: The Eight Impossible Missions!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  13. 12. Part II: The Amazing Winner of the Great Proty Puzzle!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  14. 13. A Sampler Sample
  15. 14. What Kind of Sentient Being Devours Every Issue of the Legion?
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  16. 15. The Story behind the Stories
  17. 16. ["In this issue of fantastic exploits..."]
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