(February 1966)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1965-12-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Colossal Boy's One-Man War! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Colossal Boy; Superboy; Star Boy; Sun Boy
Reprints

Colossal Boy's One-Man War, Part I: The Weirdo Legionnaire! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Superboy; Light Lass; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl [also as Duo Damsel]; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl]; Computo; Proty II [also as The Weirdo Legionnaire]; Batman (cameo); Superman (cameo); Joker (cameo)
Synopsis
The Legionnaires go underground to regroup before taking on Computo after he kills one of Triplicate Girl's bodies.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer confirmed by Martin O'Hearn.

A monument to Beast Boy, from the Heroes of Lallor, is shown on Shanghalla, where the remains of one of Triplicate Girl's body are sent. Triplicate Girl takes on the identity of Duo Damsel in this story. Story continues from previous issue.

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

Super-Turtle / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! Help! Fire!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Super-Turtle
Synopsis
Super-Turtle starts to rescue a woman trapped in a burning building, but flies away when it starts to rain. He returns moments later with an umbrella, explaining that he didn't want to get his new cape wet.
Reprints

The Invisible Handicap! (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy

Part II: The Strategy of Brainiac 5! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid; Duo Damsel; Sun Boy]; Computo; Bouncing Boy
Synopsis
The Legion eliminates the threat of Computo with anti-matter.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credits confirmed by Martin O'Hearn.

Superboy's Moonlight Spell (Table of Contents: 5)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy
Synopsis
Superboy turns to evil under the influence of a gas he accidentally created.
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Indexer Notes

A Hall of Fame Classic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Stella Greer, Ron Ziegler, Arline Farnham, Anita Kulina, Steve Malloy, George Young, Rick Parker.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Colossal Boy's One-Man War!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Colossal Boy's One-Man War, Part I: The Weirdo Legionnaire!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. ["Help! Help! Fire!"]
    Super-Turtle
  4. 3. The Invisible Handicap!
  5. 4. Part II: The Strategy of Brainiac 5!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  6. 5. Superboy's Moonlight Spell
    Superboy
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
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  • Chris Boyko
  • John Censullo
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore