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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy]

Synopsis: The original Silver Age Legionnaires see their modern counterparts.

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Job Number: C-331

Adventure Comics No. 500

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Notes: Inside front cover.

The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El [as Marvel Lad, the Legionnaire Lemon]; Superboy (flashback); Antennae Boy (applicant); Dynamo Kid (applicant); Sun-Eater; Phantom Zone criminals

Synopsis: Following the death of Lightning Lad, the LSH recruits new member Legionnaire Lemon, or Marvel Lad, who turns out to be Mon-El, finally cured of his weakness to lead and able to leave the Phantom Zone to join the Legion full-time.

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Job Number: J-8670

The Legion of Substitute Heroes!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire-Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]

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.

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The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Element Lad [as Mystery Lad]; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Roxxas

Synopsis: The Legion recruits Element Lad, who is the last survivor of Trom, to fight the space pirate Roxxas, who killed the rest of the Trommians. He wants to keep his super-power to transform elements a secret, so he joins as Mystery Lad.

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The Return of Lightning Lad!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lass [as Lightning Lad]; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet; Proty; Lightning Lad (cameo flashback); Superboy (cameo); Supergirl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)

Synopsis: Lightning Lad's sister impersonates her dead brother and later joins the Legion as Lightning Lass.

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[Part I] The Legion of Super-Monsters!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Ultra-Boy; Jungle King (applicant); Rainbow Girl (applicant); Super-Monsters

Synopsis: Legion of Super-Heroes reject Jungle King tries to get revenge with his super-beasts.

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Part II: The Legion's Super-Showdown!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Jungle King; Super-Monsters

Synopsis: Jungle King and his super-beasts are defeated by the Legion.

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[Part I] The Doom of the Super-Heroes!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Mask Man

Synopsis: The Legion of Super-Heroes fight Mask Man, who begins killing them one by one.

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Part II: Last Stand of the Legion!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Mask Man

Synopsis: Mask Man continues to kill the Legionnaires, until he is revealed as a 30th Century descendant of Mr. Mxyzptlk. Superboy defeats him, and the dead Legionnaires are restored as all the effects of his magic are undone.

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[Part I] The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire-Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy]

Synopsis: The Legionnaires are angry and rude every time the Substitute Legion tries to help.

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Part II: The Duel of the Legions!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Chlorophyll Kid; Fire-Lad; Stone Boy]

Synopsis: The Substitute Legion battle alien impostors from the planet Zyzan who have imprisoned the real Legion.

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Pages: 9

Part I: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Proty; Lightning Lad (cameo flashback)

Synopsis: The Legionnaires try to find a way to revive Lightning Lad.

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Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire!

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Character(s): Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Proty (dies); Lightning Lad (restored)

Synopsis: Proty sacrifices his life to revive Lightning Lad.

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The World of Doomed Olsens!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El [also as The Collector]; Colossal Boy [also as The Giant Turtle Man]; Bouncing Boy [also as Fat Boy Jimmy]; Cosmic Boy [also as The Human Porcupine]; Chameleon Boy [also as Elastic Lad]; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)]; Proty II [also as Wolf Boy Jimmy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy] (all in cameos)

Synopsis: Jimmy is taken by The Collector to the world Gion-El, which is seemingly inhabited by duplicates of him in the forms into which he has been transformed in the past. But when Jimmy realizes he is being hoaxed, the Legionnaires reveal that he has passed his initiation test and they bring him to the 30th century to officially be made an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

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Part I: The Condemned Legionnaires!

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Character(s): Lightning Lass; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Supergirl; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy (cameo); Brainiac 5 (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo); Chameleon Boy (cameo); Satan Girl

Synopsis: The girl Legionnaires are struck by a mysterious Crimson Virus. Satan Girl tries to take their place, but attacks the girls when rejected. Supergirl follows.

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Part II: The Secret of Satan Girl!

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Character(s): Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lass; Shrinking Violet; Night Girl; Satan Girl; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto; Streaky; Beppo; Comet]

Synopsis: Satan Girl is defeated by the Super-Pets and revealed to be an evil Red Kryptonite duplicate of Supergirl.

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Pages: 8

The First Five Hundred Issues

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Genres: informational

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Pages: 3

Notes: Nelson goes over the history of Adventure Comics and its predecessor titles, New Comics and New Adventure Comics. He covers several of the features that were a part of it, including Federal Men, Nadir, Sandman, Hourman, Starman, Manhunter, Superboy, Green Arrow, Johnny Quick, Aquaman, Legion of Super-Heroes, Congorilla, Tales of the Bizarro World, Supergirl, Black Orchid, Justice Society, a new Starman, and Dial H for Hero (among others). Includes six cover reprints from the series.

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Feature(s): The Story Behind the Stories

Synopsis: Levitz discusses the Legion stories reprinted in this issue.

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Notes: Inside back cover.

10 Legion of Super-Heroes Stories!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy]

Synopsis: The modern Legionnaires see their Silver Age counterparts.

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Notes: Back cover. Illustration and promo for stories in the issue. Art is mirror-image of front cover, with the positions of the "classic" and "modern" Legionnaires switched.