Superboy #209

(June 1975)

The Spy (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Superman; Hostess / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Who Can Save the Princess? (Table of Contents: 2)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Mike Grell (signed)

Inks:

Mike Grell (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Job Number:

B-2408

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf [Brin Londo]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Princess Projectra [Projectra Wind'zzor]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Superboy [Kal-El]]; Duo Damsel [Lluornu Durgo Taine]

Synopsis:

The Legionnaires must siphon off Princess Projectra's pain in order to allow her to survive the Pain Plague.

Reprints:

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1975 (30. August 1975)
• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1976 ([januar] 1976)
• in Super Heroes Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #3 ([September 1976] ?)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 (2001)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 ([December] 2014)

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives. Duo Damsel is stated to be a Legion Reservist. Karate Kid is shown changing from his Silver Age outfit to the Bronze Age one.

Hero for a Day (Table of Contents: 3)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Mike Grell

Inks:

Mike Grell

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Job Number:

B-2421

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Chemical King [Condo Arlik]]; Flynt Brojj

Synopsis:

While giving a tour to a special fan, the Legion receives a dangerous Witch Wolf. When the Legionnaires fail to subdue the animal, Flynt Brojj realizes that the Legionnaires are victims of a mass hypnotic spell.

Reprints:

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1975 (22. November 1975)
• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #3/1976 ([mars] 1976)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 (2001)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 ([December] 2014)

Indexer Notes

The character of Flynt Brojj was named for two Legion fans, Mike Flynn and Harry Broertjes, who produced the Legion Outpost fanzine.
Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.

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

Super-Talk / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Murray Boltinoff; Jim Shooter

Letters:

typeset

Synopsis:

Boltinoff tells how Jim Shooter came to write the Legion again, and includes a short biographical essay by Shooter.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1974
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 225,427
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 260,480
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019