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Issue: Adventure Comics #365
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 12/26/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Escape of the Fatal Five!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Neal Adams
Neal Adams
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy; Karate Kid; Superboy; Brainiac 5 (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes); Tharok
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #2/1969 published February 1969
as De Fatale Fem's flukt [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Amazing World of DC Comics #9 published November 1975
as Adventure Comics [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #8 [Direct Sales] published April 1981
as Legion Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #29 published April 1985
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #7 published December 1997
as Escape of the Fatal Five! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #3 published June 2009
as Adventure Comics 365 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
1st Neal Adams cover on this title.
Escape of the Fatal Five!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
Jim Shooter (layouts only); Curt Swan
George Klein
?
Milton Snapinn (page 1 only); Morris Waldinger ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Cosmic Boy]; Shadow Lass (introduction)
The Legion is sent to Talok VIII to investigate its sudden belligerence, with its native heroine Shadow Lass, and fall into separate traps designed for each one of them.
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #2/1969 published February 1969
as De Fatale Fems flukt ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Supacomic #116 published April 1969
as Escape of the Fatal Five [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #8 [Direct Sales] published April 1981
as Escape of the Fatal Five [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #29 published April 1985
as Die Finsteren Fünf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #29 published April 1985
as Ein meisterlicher Spaß! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #7 published December 1997
as [Part I]: Escape of the Fatal Five! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #7 published December 1997
as Part II: Mocked by the Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #3 published June 2009
as Escape of the Fatal Five [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Part II: Mocked by the Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils)
George Klein
?
Morris Waldinger ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Cosmic Boy]; Shadow Lass; Fatal Five [Tharok; Emerald Empress; Persuader; Validus; Mano]
The Legionnaires escape their traps, but their energy in doing so powers the Fatal Five's escape from the dimension into which they were flung after their last encounter with the Legion.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
11
Story continues in the following issue.
The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Curt Swan (reprint art, p. 1-4); Al Plastino (new art, p. 5-6)
George Klein (reprint art, p. 1-4); Al Plastino (new art, p. 5-6)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy; Light Lass; Star Boy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Supergirl; Element Lad; Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad; Insect Queen [Lana Lang]; Kid Psycho (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes); Proty II; Krypto; Beppo; Comet; Streaky (all as the Legion of Super-Pets); Polar Boy; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Color Kid (all as the Legion of Substitute-Heroes)
Origins and powers of the Legionnaires, Subs, and Pets
Reprinting
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #5 published November 1994
as The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 published June 2008
as The Origin and Powers of the Legion [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Annual #4 published January 1961
was The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 1-2, with alterations
FlagAdventure Comics #316 published January 1964
was The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]pp. 3-4, with alterations
 
Miscellaneous
6
First two pages were originally printed in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4, then reprinted with some alterations in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 with third and fourth pages, all of which were reprinted here with further alterations by Al Plastino, most notably in the Light Lass and Duo Damsel panels, and with the fifth and sixth pages added.
Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #5 published November 1994
as The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 published June 2008
as Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Direct Currents
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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