Adventure Comics #365

(February 1968)

Escape of the Fatal Five! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter

Pencils

Jim Shooter (layouts only); Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn (page 1 only); Morris Waldinger ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Cosmic Boy]; Shadow Lass (introduction)

Synopsis

The Legion is sent to Talok VIII to investigate its sudden belligerence, with its native heroine Shadow Lass, and fall into separate traps designed for each one of them.

Reprints

• in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #2/1969 ([februar] 1969)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #116 (Circa April 1969)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #8 (April 1981)
• in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #29 (April 1985)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([December] 1997)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2009)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)

Part II: Mocked by the Master! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter

Pencils

Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils)

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Morris Waldinger ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Cosmic Boy]; Shadow Lass; Fatal Five [Tharok; Emerald Empress; Persuader; Validus; Mano]

Synopsis

The Legionnaires escape their traps, but their energy in doing so powers the Fatal Five's escape from the dimension into which they were flung after their last encounter with the Legion.

Reprints

• in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #2/1969 ([februar] 1969)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #116 (Circa April 1969)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #8 (April 1981)
• in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #29 (April 1985)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([December] 1997)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2009)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue.

The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (reprint art, pages 1-4); Al Plastino (new art, pages 5-6)

Inks

George Klein (reprint art, pages 1-4); Al Plastino (new art, pages 5-6)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy; Light Lass; Star Boy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Supergirl; Element Lad; Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad; Insect Queen [Lana Lang]; Kid Psycho (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes); Proty II; Krypto; Beppo; Comet; Streaky (all as the Legion of Super-Pets); Polar Boy; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Color Kid (all as the Legion of Substitute-Heroes)

Synopsis

Origins and powers of the Legionnaires, Subs, and Pets

Reprints

• from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 ([Winter] 1961) [pp. 1-2, with alterations]
• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964) [pp. 3-4, with alterations]
which is reprinted
• from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 ([Winter] 1961) [pages 1 and 2 with alterations]
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #5 ([November] 1994)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)

Indexer Notes

First two pages were originally printed in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4, then reprinted with some alterations in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 with third and fourth pages, all of which were reprinted here with further alterations by Al Plastino, most notably in the Light Lass and Duo Damsel panels, and with the fifth and sixth pages added.

Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #5 ([November] 1994)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset