The Best of DC #64 [Direct Sales]

(September 1985)

Best of DC -- The Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters:

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents and indicia information.

Superboy and the Five Legion Traitors (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

Shelley Eiber

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Element Lad]; Police Chief Parker; Lana Lang

Synopsis:

Superboy accidentally arrives in a parallel world where the Legion are villains.

Reprints:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #117 (December 1964)

[Part I]: The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

Shelley Eiber

Letters:

David Huffine

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet]; Dynamo Boy [Vorm]; Pargg; Eye-ful Ethel; The Mess

Synopsis:

Space pirate Vorm joins the Legion as Dynamo Boy and begins to eliminate the Legionnaires.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #330 (March 1965)

Part II: The Victory of the Evil Legionnaire! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

Shelley Eiber

Letters:

David Huffine

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Light Lass]; Dynamo Boy

Synopsis:

Dynamo Boy expels the remaining Legionnaires and makes plans for a new member drive.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #330 (March 1965)

Indexer Notes

Continues in next story.

[Part I]: The Triumph of the Legion of Super-Villains! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

George Roberts

Letters:

David Huffine

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Dynamo Boy; Golden Boy; The Polecat; Animal Lad; The Tusker; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen; Cosmic King]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Polar Boy]

Synopsis:

Dynamo Boy accepts as members the Legion of Super-Villains, over the Subs' objections.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #331 (April 1965)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from previous story.

Part II: The Revolt of the Super-Villains! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

George Roberts

Letters:

David Huffine

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Dynamo Boy; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Cosmic King; Saturn Queen]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy]

Synopsis:

The LSV turns on Dynamo Boy and sends him into the future. The ex-Legionnaires, keeping track of events from far off, challenge the LSV to a final confrontation.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #331 (April 1965)

Part I: The Super-Moby Dick of Space! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Dr. Lanphier

Synopsis:

Lightning Lad loses an arm to the Super-Moby Dick of Space. When Ultra Boy fails to subdue the space creature, Lightning Lad leads a team against it.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #332 (May 1965)

Part II: The Cosmic Quest of Lightning Lad! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy]; Dr. Lanphier

Synopsis:

Lightning Lad shrinks the space creature to its original size with the help of the scientist who accidentally enlarged it.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #332 (May 1965)

Part I: The War between Krypton and Earth! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

Karin Orlando

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Triplicate Girl]; Zat-El; Leta Lal

Synopsis:

The Legionnaires travel to the past to find out the story behind an ancient artifact which refers to a war between Earth and Krypton. The half that goes to Earth's past finds space travellers colonizing ancient Atlantis; the other half accompanies a group of Kryptonians who leave anti-scientific Krypton for Earth.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 (June 1965)

Part II: The Civil War of the Legion (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

Karin Orlando

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Star Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Element Lad; Mon-El]; Zat-El; Leta Lal; Jhor Lal

Synopsis:

While the Atlanteans and Kryptonians fight, Brainiac 5 discovers why Earth's air irritates the Atlanteans and helps them adapt to life under the sea. Later, back in the future, Superboy finds more artifacts that explain what happened to the Kryptonians.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 (June 1965)

Part I: The Unknown Legionnaire (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

Jeanine Casey

Letters:

Vivian Berg

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl]; Norm Eldor

Synopsis:

Superboy recalls a case when the Legionnaires were helped by a hero called Unknown Boy.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (July 1965)

Part II: The Secret of Unknown Boy (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

Jeanine Casey

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Mon-El]; Norm Eldor

Synopsis:

After Unknown Boy helps the Legion finish a case, Superboy figures out that under the costume is Supergirl. Supergirl then recalls going through a red kryptonite cloud and losing her memory, but knowing she had to protect her secret identity, and so creating the Unknown Boy costume.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (July 1965)

Legion Headquarters (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Nicola Cuti (p. 1, 4); E. Nelson Bridwell (p. 2-3)

Pencils:

James Sherman (p. 1); Jim James (p. 2-3); Keith Giffen (p. 4)

Inks:

Jack Abel (p. 1); Frank Chiaramonte (p. 2-3); Larry Mahlstedt (p. 4)

Colors:

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Letters:

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The Story behind the Stories (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Paul Levitz (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Discussion of the stories in the issue.