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Issue: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Early Years #[nn]
Publication Date: July 2011
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 05/18/2011
Volume:
Pages: 148
ISBN: 9781401231682
UPC/EAN: 978140123168251499
Price: $16.99 CAD
$14.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Harras (group editor - collected editions); Brian Cunningham (editor - original series); Sean Ryan (associate editor - original series)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Scott Clark (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Beaty (signed)
Colorist(s): Hi-Fi (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Colossal Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl]
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #12 / 515 [12 Cover] published August 2010
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Early Years

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Kevin Sharpe
Inker(s): Marlo Alquiza ?; Marc Deering ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Frontispiece. Illustrated with a detail from the story from Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #12 / 515.
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Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Early Years

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Kevin Sharpe
Inker(s): Marlo Alquiza ?; Marc Deering ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Title page. Illustrated with several panels from the story from Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #12 / 515.
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Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Scott Clark (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Beaty (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Colossal Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl]
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #12 / 515 [12 Cover] published August 2010
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Lee Bermejo
Inker(s): Lee Bermejo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Star Boy]; Darkseid
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #12 / 515 [515 Cover] published August 2010
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An homage to the cover of The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #294 by Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt. The Legionnaires are in costumes from various eras of Legion history.
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Playing Hooky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Kevin Sharpe
Inker(s): Marlo Alquiza; Marc Deering
Colorist(s): Blond
Letterer(s): Sal Cipriano
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Triplicate Girl; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; R. J. Brande; Lex Luthor (statue); Mongul (statue); Metallo (statue); Jimmy Olsen (statue); Doomsday (statue); Darkseid (statue)
Synopsis: Back in the late 20th century, Superboy (Clark Kent) plays hooky from school to join his new friends in the Legion of Super-Heroes and do things he can't do at home in Smallville.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #12 / 515 [12 Cover] published August 2010
was Playing Hooky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 30
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Scott Clark
Inker(s): David Beaty
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy]
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #516 published September 2010
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Brande Speaks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Kevin Sharpe
Inker(s): Marlo Alquiza
Colorist(s): Blond
Letterer(s): Travis Lanham
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]; R. J. Brande; Pheebes; Marla Latham (unindentified); Circadia Senius
Synopsis: The adult Legion brings Superboy to the future to watch a holo left behind by R. J. Brande in which he details how he came to create the Legion as a vehicle for inter-planetary unity.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #516 published September 2010
was Brande Speaks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Scott Clark
Inker(s): David Beaty
Colorist(s): Hi-Fi
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #517 [Direct Sales] published October 2010
was Sparks Fly! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Saturn Rising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Kevin Sharpe
Inker(s): Marlo Alquiza
Colorist(s): Blond
Letterer(s): Travis Lanham
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]; Brainiac 5; Sgt. Esquivel; Zaryan (behind the scenes); Lt. Zendak (off-panel); Superboy [Clark Kent] (hologram)
Synopsis: Back when the Legion consisted of just the founders, the three heroes work with the Science Police to stop Zaryan from raiding robot manufacturers. Though all three show their inexperience, Saturn Girl decides she has to work to hold her own in physical confrontations alongside the boys. After the mission ends in tragedy and after an indiscretion, Saturn Girl makes two more decisions that will have an impact on her future.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #517 [Direct Sales] published October 2010
was Saturn Rising [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: The Legion confronted Zaryan in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #304. Lt. Zendak will rise to the rank of Chief by the time of The Legion of Super-Heroes Annual (DC, 1982 series) #1.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Scott Clark (signed)
Inker(s): David Beaty (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Doomsday (statue)
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #518 published November 2010
was The Burden of Destiny... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Whispers of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Kevin Sharpe
Inker(s): Marlo Alquiza
Colorist(s): Blond
Letterer(s): Sal Cipriano
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Brainiac 5]; Zaryan; Waphan; Nura Nal; Beren; Doomsday (statue); Lex Luthor (statue); Bizarro (statue); Cyborg Superman (statue); Mongul (statue)
Synopsis: The Legion intercepts information on Zaryan's next target and confronts him in the skies above Naltor. Below, Nura Nal has a vision in which she sees a Legionnaire die. Back on Earth, Phantom Girl tells Superboy about rumors of a ghost in the new headquarters before he heads off to the Superman Museum where he hears a voice urging him to return home.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #518 published November 2010
was Whispers of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Nura Nal will later meet and even later join the Legion as Dream Girl.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Scott Clark
Inker(s): David Beaty
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5]
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #519 [Direct Sales] published December 2010
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Playing Hooky II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Eduardo Pansica
Inker(s): Eber Ferreira
Colorist(s): Blond
Letterer(s): Sal Cipriano
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy [Clark Kent]]; Zaryan; Brainiac probe; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis: While a stealthy trio of Legionnaires nearly captures Zaryan, Brainiac 5 takes the founders to Superboy's Smallville for his own secret purposes.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #519 [Direct Sales] published December 2010
was Playing Hooky II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Story features the first mission of what would become the Legion Espionage Squad. Zaryan's henchman uses a freeze ray like the one that will seemingly kill Lightning Lad in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #304.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Scott Clark (signed)
Inker(s): David Beaty (signed)
Colorist(s): Hi-Fi (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #520 published January 2011
was The First to Die... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Tragedy: The Death of Lightning Lad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Kevin Sharpe
Inker(s): Marlo Alquiza
Colorist(s): Blond
Letterer(s): Steve Wands [as Swands]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Chamleleon Boy; Sun Boy; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad]; Lieutenant Zendak
Synopsis: While the rest of the team goes after Zaryan's remaining forces in the wake of Lightning Lad's death, Saturn Girl reflects on the decisions she made that resulted in that death, and the path ahead of her.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #520 published January 2011
was Tragedy: The Death of Lightning Lad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
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The Secret Origin of Superboy and the Legion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kevin Sharpe
Inker(s): Marlo Alquiza; Marc Deering ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Ultra Boy; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the back cover. Illustrated with panels from the stories from Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #12 / 515, 520, and 518.

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