(November 1968)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-09-26
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.

Mission Diabolical! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Ultra Boy; Supergirl; Superboy (inset) (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes)
Reprints

Mission: Diabolical! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Jim Shooter (layouts only); Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Element Lad; Dream Girl; Supergirl; Matter-Eater Lad; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lad; Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Sun Boy; Star Boy; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Karate Kid; Chameleon Boy; Dream Girl]; Rogarth; Black Mace; Mystelor; Shagrek; Quanto; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Color Kid; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Leland McCauley; Chief Zoltorus
Synopsis
The Legion is drawn into a gang war between the Scorpius gang and the Taurus gang.
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Steve Thompson, Rand Lee, Ron Chusid, A Reader, Jalina Page, Michael Wood, Mary Jane Freese, Paul Gallant, Eddy Bain, and B. V. Davenport.

Part II: Mission: Infiltrate Taurus! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Dream Girl; Ultra Boy; Supergirl; Matter-Eater Lad; Element Lad; Brainiac 5; Princess Projectra; Superboy; Timber Wolf; Star Boy; Karate Kid; Mon-El; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy]; Black Mace; Mystelor; Rogarth; Shagrek; Quanto; Chief Zoltorus [also as R.J. Brande]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Stone Boy; Color Kid; Chlorophyll Kid]
Synopsis
Dream Girl infiltrates the Taurus gang and unmasks their leader. Having been double-crossed by the Scorpius gang, the Legion is freed by the Subs, who capture the Scorpius leader.
Reprints

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

The Wonderful World of Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mission Diabolical!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Mission: Diabolical!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  4. 3. Part II: Mission: Infiltrate Taurus!
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Wonderful World of Comics
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  • Mike Nielsen
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