(April 1968)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-02-29
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.

No Escape from the Circle of Death! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Superboy; Karate Kid]
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No Escape from the Circle of Death! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Jim Shooter (layouts only); Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid; Sun Boy; Karate Kid; Ferro Lad (statue); Star Boy]; Fatal Five [Validus; Emerald Empress; Tharok; Persuader; Mano] (all in cameo); The Dark Circle
Synopsis
While the new Legion Headquarters is being built, Karate Kid heads to Japan, while The Dark Circle watches from afar.
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Indexer Notes

George Klein's final work for DC.

[Part II]: Victims of the Sinister Circle! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Lightning Lad; Duo Damsel; Phantom Girl]; Sensei; The Dark Circle
Synopsis
The Dark Circle invades Japan, and everything seems hopeless until Brainiac 5 uses the Miracle Machine, a gift from a Controller, to repel the invasion.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Charles Christesson, Jr., Sheryl Reich, Liz Kane, J.R. Tartaglia, Jon Sinaberry, Edward Gray, Marsden McGuire, and Joe Ramsey.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. No Escape from the Circle of Death!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. No Escape from the Circle of Death!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. [Part II]: Victims of the Sinister Circle!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
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