(November 2000)
DC,
2000 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 2.50 USD; 3.95 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 2000-09-13
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC Comics Millennium Editions
- Barcode
- 761941224343 00111
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor - original series); Adam Philips (credited) (editor - collected edition); Nick Napolitano (credited as Nick J. Napolitano) (associate editor - collected edition); Mike Carlin (credited) (executive editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
The First Appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- 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)
-
Adventure Comics #247 DC Comics Looks to the Future
Remembering the Millennium / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Greenberger (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Describes the first appearance and early rise of The Legion of Super-Heroes.
Indexer Notes
Printed on the inside front and back covers.
The Legion of Super-Heroes
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Plastino (credited)
- Inks
- Al Plastino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
Superboy- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]; Jonathan Kent (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely intitiation pranks which proved he is a good sport.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Reprint of the first appearance of the Legion. Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy in this story. Several other unidentified Legionnaires appear in the story. The Legionnaires are not yet in their regular costumes.
Read 'Em and Laugh!
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
A collection of quick jokes.
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pete, would you like to take Rover out for a walk?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Pete; Mister Roberts
- Synopsis
- Pete figures out an easier way to walk a dog.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)
-
The 13 Superstition Arrows
Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Herron
- Pencils
- George Papp (credited)
- Inks
- George Papp (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; C. M. Hawkins
- Synopsis
- To secure a $5,000,000 bequest to charity, Green Arrow must use 13 trick arrows with gimmicks associated with bad luck.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Writing credited as "unknown" in this issue.
[Money]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
- Synopsis
- Casey plays a trick with some play money.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958) which is reprinted
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #173 (July 1951)
-
Aquaman's Super Sea-Squad
Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- Ramona Fradon (credited)
- Inks
- Ramona Fradon (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
Aquaman [straight, shadow behind]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman
- Synopsis
- Aquaman has to carefully deliver a nuclear projectile to the military before it detonates.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Writing credited as "unknown" in this issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
The First Appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Superboy -
1.
Adventure Comics #247 DC Comics Looks to the Future
Remembering the Millennium -
2.
The Legion of Super-Heroes
Superboy -
3.
Read 'Em and Laugh!
-
4.
["Pete, would you like to take Rover out for a walk?"]
Little Pete -
5.
The 13 Superstition Arrows
Green Arrow -
6.
[Money]
Casey the Cop -
7.
Aquaman's Super Sea-Squad
Aquaman
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