Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1

([June] 2007)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 4 pages (report information)

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Letters

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[Adventure Comics #247] (Table of Contents: 2)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Stan Kaye (credited)

Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)

Indexer Notes

In this first Legion story, Lightning Lad is referred to as "Lightning Boy" on the cover and in the story.

The Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 3)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder (credited)

Pencils

Al Plastino (credited)

Inks

Al Plastino (credited)

Letters

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]

Synopsis

Superboy meets three super-youths from the 30th century, who invite him to the future to join their club.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)

Indexer Notes

1st appearance of Legion; Lightning Lad called Lightning Boy; several other unidentified Legionnaires in story; Legionnaires not in regular costumes

[Adventure Comics #267] (Table of Contents: 4)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Stan Kaye (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267 (December 1959)

Prisoner of the Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 5)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

George Papp (credited)

Inks

George Papp (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent

Synopsis

Legion returns to 20th Century to discredit Superboy, then exile him from Earth because their futurescope shows he's going to turn evil.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267 (December 1959)

Indexer Notes

2nd appearance of Legion, Saturn Girl has brown hair.

The Three Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 6)

Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Supergirl

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy (1st); Colossal Boy (1st); Invisible Kid (1st)]; Superman

Synopsis

The Legion comes to the 20th century to meet Supergirl and invites her to come to the 30th Century to apply to join the Legion.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267 (August 1960)

Indexer Notes

3rd app Legion of Super Heroes

The Army of Living Kryptonite Men! (Table of Contents: 7)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

George Papp (credited)

Inks

George Papp (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Lex Luthor; Mr. Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto; Lightning Lad; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad] (flashback)

Synopsis

Luthor lures Superboy into a kryptonite trap, but he is saved by a timely appearance of Lightning Lad.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #86 (January 1961)

[Adventure Comics #282] (Table of Contents: 8)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Stan Kaye (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Star Boy; Zynthia; Lana Lang

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #282 (March 1961)

Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 9)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder (credited)

Pencils

George Papp (credited)

Inks

George Papp (credited)

Letters

?

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Star Boy; Lana Lang; Mr. Kent; Legion of Super-Heroes [Star Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy] (flashback); Mr. Lang; Mrs. Lang; Zynthia

Synopsis

Lana uses Star Boy in an attempt to make Superboy jealous.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #282 (March 1961)

Indexer Notes

Story is re-written version of story from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #195 (December 1953).

Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends! (Table of Contents: 10)

Supergirl / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Letters

?

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Supergirl

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl (intro); Triplicate Girl [later Duo Damsel] (intro); Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet (intro), Bouncing Boy (intro), Sun Boy (intro), Brainiac 5 (intro, joins), Supergirl (joins)]; Brainiac (flashback); Superman (flashback); Lori Lemaris; Jerro; Krypto

Synopsis

Supergirl again travels to the 30th century to tryout for the Legion, and this time is inducted alongside Brainiac 5.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #276 (May 1961)

Keywords

green kryptonite; Kandor (flashback)

[Superboy #89] (Table of Contents: 11)

Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Stan Kaye (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Mon-El

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #89 (June 1961)

Superboy's Big Brother! (Table of Contents: 12)

Superboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein (credited)

Pencils

George Papp (credited)

Inks

George Papp (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Mon-El; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Jor-El (flashback); Lara Lor-Van (flashback); Krypto

Synopsis

Superboy finds an amnesiac super-powered youth he thinks his older brother, and christens him Mon-El.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #89 (June 1961)

Indexer Notes

Story is re-written version of "Superman's Big Brother" from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #80.

The Secret of Mon-El! (Table of Contents: 13)

Superboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein (credited)

Pencils

George Papp (credited)

Inks

George Papp (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mon-El (also as Bob Cobb; revealed as Lar Gand (origin)); Martha & Jonathan Kent, Lana Lang app; Jor-El & Lara (flashback)

Synopsis

Mon-El revealed to be Lar Gand, a Daxamite, who is poisoned by exposure to lead and must be sent to the Phantom Zone for survival.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #89 (June 1961)

[Superman #147] (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Stan Kaye (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Legion of Super-Villains [Cosmic King; Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen]

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #147 (August 1961)

The Legion of Super-Villains! (Table of Contents: 15)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Lex Luthor; Legion of Super-Villains [Cosmic King; Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Man; Cosmic Saturn Woman; Cosmic Boy]

Synopsis

Luthor contacts and teams up with the Legion of Super-Villains from 30th Century.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #147 (August 1961) [black and white]

[Adventure Comics #290] (Table of Contents: 16)

Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Stan Kaye (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Sun Boy (impostor)

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #290 (November 1961)

The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 17)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein (credited)

Pencils

George Papp (credited)

Inks

George Papp (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl]; Sun Boy (impostor); Tom Tanner; Mrs. Kent; Lana Lang; Cyclops the Robot; Krypto

Synopsis

An impostor Sun Boy has Superboy help him assemble a robot.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #290 (November 1961)

Indexer Notes

Story is in part a re-written version of "The Two Clark Kents" from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #191.

[Adventure Comics #293] (Table of Contents: 18)

Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #293 (February 1962)

The Legion of Super-Traitors! (Table of Contents: 19)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto; Streaky; Super-Monkey; Comet the Super-Horse (1st)]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]; Mr. Kent; Lana Lang; Mrs. Kent; Jax-Ur; General Zod; Mon-El; Brain Globes of Rambat; Supergirl

Synopsis

The Brain-Globes of Rambat attempt to use the Legion in their plan to take over Earth, but the Legion gather the Legion of Super-Pets who can't be mind-controlled.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #293 (February 1962)

Indexer Notes

1st Legion of Super-Pets

Supergirl's Greatest Challenge! (Table of Contents: 20)

Supergirl / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Supergirl

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl]; Whizzy (1st); Positive Man; Triplicate GIrl; Chameleon Boy; Streaky; Superman

Synopsis

During a trip to the 30th century, the Legionnaires seemingly lose their powers and Supergirl must cover for them, but it is really a trap to send her into the Phantom Zone.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #287 (April 1962)

Superman's Super-Courtship! (Table of Contents: 21)

Supergirl / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Supergirl

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Man; Cosmic Man; Phantom Woman; Saturn Woman; Chameleon Boy]; Helen of Troy; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Luma Lynai of Staryl (intro)

Synopsis

Supergirl tries to find the perfect mate for Superman.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #289 (June 1962)

[Superboy #98] (Table of Contents: 22)

Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Lana Lang

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #98 (July 1962)

The Boy With Ultra-Powers! (Table of Contents: 23)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Mrs. Kent; Mr. Kent; Marla; Pete Ross; Krypto; Lana Lang

Synopsis

Ultra Boy must discover Superboy's secret identity as an initiation test for entrance into the Legion.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #98 (July 1962)

[Adventure Comics #300] (Table of Contents: 24)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Triplicate Girl; Mon-El]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #300 (September 1962)

The Face Behind the Lead Mask! (Table of Contents: 25)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited); Al Plastino (credited) (Superboy's face only)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Mon-El]; Lex Luthor; Urthlo (robot)

Synopsis

The Legion of Super-Heroes releases Mon-El from the Phantom Zone to help them battle Urthlo, but has to return him to the Phantom Zone to await a permanent cure to his lead poisoning.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #300 (September 1962)

Indexer Notes

Beginning of 1st regular Legion series. Mon-El joins.

The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy! (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Ultra-Boy; Triplicate Girl]; Lester Spiffany; Storm Boy

Synopsis

Bouncing Boy tells a group of applicants how he got his powers and gained acceptance into the Legion.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #301 (October 1962)

[Adventure Comics #302] (Table of Contents: 27)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Ultra-Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #302 (November 1962)

Sun-Boy's Lost Power! (Table of Contents: 28)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Ultra-Boy]; Superboy

Synopsis

Sun Boy loses his powers and has to find a way to recharge them.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #302 (November 1962)

The Fantastic Spy! (Table of Contents: 29)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad]; Superboy

Synopsis

The newest Legionnaire, Matter-Eater Lad, is accused of being a spy.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #303 (December 1962)

Indexer Notes

Intro & origin Matter-Eater Lad, joins the Legion.

The Stolen Super-Powers! (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl (elected Legion leader); Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad (death of); Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Ultra-Boy]; Zaryan; Lori Lemaris

Synopsis

Saturn Girl tries to sacrifice herself after she finds out that a computer predicts the death of a legionnaire fighting Zaryan, but Lightning Lad dies instead.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #304 (January 1963)

The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire! (Table of Contents: 31)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy]; Antennae Boy; Dynamo Kid; Mon-El [Marvel Lad, the Legionnaire Lemon]; Superboy (in flashback)

Synopsis

In tryouts to replace the fallen Lightning Lad, Marvel Lad wows the Legionnaires, then reveals he is Mon-El, now cured by Brainiac 5.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #305 (February 1963) [black and white]

The Legion of Substitute Heroes! (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stoneboy; Fire-Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5]

Synopsis

A group of rejected applicants band together as the Legion of Substitute Heroes and thwart the Plant Men's scheme to take over the Earth.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #306 (March 1963)

[Adventure Comics #307] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl]; Mystery Lad

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #307 (April 1963)

The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy; Element Lad [Jan Arrah, also as Mystery Lad]]

Synopsis

The Legion takes in new member Mystery Lad on Saturn Girl's word and he helps them put an end to space pirate Roxxas.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #307 (April 1963)

The Return of Lightning Lad! (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Supergirl; Lightning Lass]

Synopsis

Lightning Lad's sister impersonates her dead brother and joins the Legion.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #308 (May 1963)

Part I: The Legion of Super-Monsters! (Table of Contents: 36)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra-Boy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy]; Jungle King; Legion of Super-Monsters; Rainbow Girl

Synopsis

Failed Legion applicant Jungle King tries to get revenge with his super-beasts.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #309 (June 1963)

Part II: The Legion's Super-Showdown! (Table of Contents: 37)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra-Boy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy]; Jungle King; Legion of Super-Monsters

Synopsis

The Legion defeats the Jungle King and his super-beasts.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #309 (June 1963)

The Doom of the Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 38)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Ultra-Boy; Shrinking Violet; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lass]; Mask Man [Mr. Mxyzptlk V]

Synopsis

The Legion confronts a masked raider looting Metropolis, who turns out to be deadly, killing several of the Legionnaires. But Superboy figures out Mask Man's identity and returns him to the 5th Dimension, restoring to life all the Legionnaires.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #310 (July 1963), #310 (July 1963)

[Adventure Comics #311] (Table of Contents: 39)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes (portraits only); Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Chlorophyll Lad; Night Girl; Stoneboy; Fire-Lad]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #311 (August 1963)

The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 40)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese; Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Polar Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Fire-Lad; Stoneboy]

Synopsis

The Legion of Substitute-Heroes tries to fill in for the Legion, but the Legion tells the Subs to disband. The Substitutes realize the Legion has been replaced by aliens, chase the aliens away, and save the real Legion.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #311 (August 1963), #311 (August 1963)

[Adventure Comics #312] (Table of Contents: 41)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Lightning Lad]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #312 (September 1963)

The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 42)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad]; Proty

Synopsis

The Legionnaires search to find a way to revive Lightning Lad.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #312 (September 1963), #312 (September 1963)

The World of Doomed Olsens! (Table of Contents: 43)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

?

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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)]; Proty II; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy] (all in cameos)

Synopsis

Jimmy is unknowingly subjected to an initiation test to join the Legion of Super-Heroes as an Honorary Member.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #72 (October 1963)

[Adventure Comics #313] (Table of Contents: 44)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lass; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Superboy]; Night Girl

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #313 (October 1963)

The Condemned Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 45)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited); John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lass; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Supergirl; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy]; Night Girl; Polar Boy; Satan Girl; Legion of Super-Pets [Comet; Streaky; Beppo; Krypto]

Synopsis

After the female Legionnaires are struck by a mysterious Crimson Virus, Satan Girl wants to take their place. But when she attacks the girls, Supergirl tries to solve the mystery of who she is. Finally, Satan Girl is defeated by the Super-Pets and revealed to be an evil Red Kryptonite duplicate of Supergirl.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #313 (October 1963), #313 (October 1963)

[Adventure Comics #314] (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl]; Alaktor

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #314 (November 1963)

The Super-Villains of All Ages! (Table of Contents: 47)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet]; Alaktor; Ronn Kar; Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler

Synopsis

Rejected Legion applicant Alaktor steals a Time Bubble and recruits the help of Nero, Dillinger, and Hitler. Alaktor switches Hitler's, Nero's, and Dillinger's minds with Superboy's, Mon-El's, and Ultra-Boy's. Saturn Girl tricks them into defeating each other, and the Legion forces Alaktor to undo the process.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #314 (November 1963), #314 (November 1963)

Indexer Notes

First app of Ronn Kar.

The Legionnaires' Super-Contest! (Table of Contents: 48)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Joe Letterese (splash page, part 2); ?

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]

Synopsis

The Legion of Super-Heroes finds out about the Subs, and hold a contest to induct the winner into the Legion of Super-Heroes. Stone Boy wins the contest, but decides to stay with the Subs.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #315 (December 1963), #315 (December 1963)

Indexer Notes

Legion of Substitute Heroes app. Bouncing Boy misidentified as Bouncing Girl in Roll Call.

[Adventure Comics #316] (Table of Contents: 49)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lass; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964)

The Renegade Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 50)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy, Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass]

Synopsis

When Ultra Boy appears to be an escaped convict, he is expelled from the Legion and has to flee the planet. But later Ultra Boy reveals that his faked criminal past was a ploy to infiltrate and lure a pirate band into custody.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964), #316 (January 1964)

[Adventure Comics #317] (Table of Contents: 51)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy]; Dream Girl

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #317 (February 1964)

The Menace of Dream Girl! (Table of Contents: 52)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lass [also as Light Lass]; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy]; Dream Girl

Synopsis

Dream Girl joins the Legion and insists Lightning Lass be expelled when she loses her powers and demands Triplicate Girl be court-martialled for accusing her of causing Lightning Lass to lose her power. Even more Legionnaires are expelled before Dream Girl reveals to Star Boy that it was all a plot to prevent their deaths. Star Boy explains what she really foresaw and Dream Girl leaves the team to perfect her power.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #317 (February 1964), #317 (February 1964)

[Adventure Comics #318] (Table of Contents: 53)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Star Boy; Lightning Lad]; Superboy (in inset)

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (March 1964)

The Mutiny of the Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 54)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Superboy (cameo); Mon-El (cameo); Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl]; Time Trapper (cameo)

Synopsis

During a rescue mission, stress gets to Sun Boy, who sets the rest of the Legionnaires adrift in a lifeboat. The castaway Legionnaires find their way back to the rescue ship, now piloted by a catatonic Sun Boy.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (March 1964), #318 (March 1964)

[Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #76] (Table of Contents: 55)

Jimmy Olsen / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]; Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Triplicate Girl

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #76 (April 1964)

Elastic Lad Jimmy and His Legion Romances! (Table of Contents: 56)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

?

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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen [also as Elastic Lad]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Lucy Lane

Synopsis

The Legion girls bring Jimmy to the future to stage emergencies and make Lucy appreciate him.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #76 (April 1964)

[Adventure Comics #319] (Table of Contents: 57)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Star Boy]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 (April 1964)

The Legion's Suicide Squad! (Table of Contents: 58)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn (splash page, part 1); ?

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Stone Boy; Night Girl]

Synopsis

Isolationist planet Throon builds a citadel to keep others away and uses a ray to disable all passing spaceships. The first Legion team selected to take out the ray meets their defeat. The next two teams of Legionnaires also fail, but the Subs are able to put an end to the menace of Throon.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 (April 1964), #319 (April 1964)

[Adventure Comics #320] (Table of Contents: 59)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mon-El; Dev-Em; Superboy

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)

The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! (Table of Contents: 60)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited) (pp. 1-3, 10-17); George Papp (credited) (pp.4-9)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (pp. 1-3, 10-17); George Papp (pp. 4-9); Al Plastino (credited) (Superboy and Clark Kent faces only)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [also as Clark Kent]; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5]; Dev-Em; Radiation Roy; Proty II; Krypto; Molock

Synopsis

Dev-Em arrives at Legion headquarters as a member of the Inter-Stellar Counter-Intelligence Corps on a mission to nab the elusive leader of the Cosmic Spy Legion, Morlock the Merciless, but loses the assignment to Superboy. Superboy successfully completes Dev-Em's mission, with Proty II's help.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)
• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)
which is reprinted
• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #287 (August 1961) [pgs. 4-8 only], #288 (September 1961) [pg. 9, panels 1-2 only]

[Adventure Comics #321] (Table of Contents: 61)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Star Boy; Mon-El]

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #321 (June 1964)

The Code of the Legion! (Table of Contents: 62)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited); Al Plastino (credited) (Superboy's face only)

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Element Lad; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad]; Time Trapper [also as Commissioner Wilson]

Synopsis

The Legionnaires submit to tests of their ability to keep secret their greatest weapon from Commissioner Wilson. But Lightning Lad purposely fails his test to expose Commissioner Wilson as the Time Trapper.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #321 (June 1964), #321 (June 1964)

The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 63)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 ([Winter] 1961)
• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964)
which is reprinted
• from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 ([Winter] 1961) [pages 1 and 2 with alterations]