(June 1968)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-04-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.; World Color Press
Editing
Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Publisher address listed in indicia of 2nd & Dickey Streets, Sparta, Ill. 62286, which is the address of the World Color Press, indicating they were the printer.

Mordru the Merciless! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shadow Lass; Mon-El]; Mordru
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Cover Thumbnail for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #369
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Mordru the Merciless! (Table of Contents: 1)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Jim Shooter (layouts only); Curt Swan
Inks
Curt Swan (page 1); Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Charlotte Jetter
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cringe, Legionnaires!
Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Superboy; Duo Damsel; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy]; Mordru; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis
When Shadow Lass accidentally releases Mordru, four Legionnaires flee to Superboy's time to hide from him.
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Part II: Mordru and the Mob! (Table of Contents: 2)

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
Charlotte Jetter
Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Duo Damsel; Shadow Lass]; Lana Lang; Chief Parker; Jonathan Kent
Synopsis
Mordru tries to find the Legionnaires, but they refuse to expose themselves. When a group of gangsters tries to take over Smallville, and the Legionnaires encourage the townspeople to defend themselves, the Legionnaires realize they need to return to the future to face Mordru. But as they prepare to time travel, Mordru finds them.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mordru the Merciless!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Mordru the Merciless!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. Part II: Mordru and the Mob!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
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