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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1
Publication Date: January 1991
 
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 264
ISBN: 1563890208
UPC/EAN: 76194120146700112
Price: $67.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
33 (20 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Michael Charles Hill
Disclose Notes: Table of Contents page mistakenly omitted; included with second volume. All lettering credits from other indexes and sources.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
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Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Curt Swan
Murphy Anderson
Rick Taylor
Subject Matter
superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy]
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Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Volume One

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
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teaser on dust jacket flaps (inside front and inside back)
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
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Subject Matter
superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes
Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy
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Title and credits page with indicia information, illustrated with a detail from the cover of Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247.
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Mike Gold
John Forte (spot illustration 1); John Byrne (spot illustration 2)
John Forte (spot illustration 1); John Byrne (spot illustration 2)
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
typeset
Subject Matter
Bouncing Boy (spot illustration 1); Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl] (spot illustration 2)
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The first illustration is taken from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #301; the second illustration is taken from Interlac (the Legion APA).
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The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Curt Swan
George Klein
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
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Subject Matter
superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes
Phantom Girl; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy
Origins and powers of 12 of the Legionnaires.
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The Legion of Super-Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Otto Binder
Al Plastino
Al Plastino
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]; Jonathan Kent (cameo)
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.
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First appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy in this story only and all three Legionnaires appear in these costumes in this issue only. Several other unidentified Legionnaires appear in this story, including one who is colored to imply he is Brainiac 5.
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Prisoner of the Super-Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
George Papp
George Papp
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
The Legion returns to 20th Century to discredit Superboy and exile him from Earth.
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Second appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes
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The Three Super-Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Jim Mooney
Jim Mooney
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl
Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid]; Superman
The Legion comes to the 20th century to meet Supergirl and invites her to come to the 30th Century to apply to join the Legion.
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Third appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes; first appearance of Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, and Invisible Kid.
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The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
George Papp
George Papp
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Lex Luthor; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Krypto; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo)
Luthor lures Superboy into a kryptonite trap, but he is saved by a timely appearance of Lightning Lad.
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Luthor speculates about the existence of a Legion of Super-Villains, and their future first appearance is plugged in the final caption of the story.
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Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Otto Binder
George Papp
George Papp
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Lana Lang; Star Boy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy] (in flashback)
Lana uses Star Boy in an attempt to make Superboy jealous.
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First appearance of Star Boy, who has powers similar to Superboy's in this story only. Story is re-written version of story from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #195 (December 1953).
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Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Jim Mooney
Jim Mooney
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl
Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5]; Brainiac; Koko; Lori Lemaris; Jerro; Krypto
Supergirl again travels to the 30th century to tryout for the Legion, and this time is inducted alongside Brainiac 5.
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First apprearances of Phantom Girl, Triplicate Girl, Shrinking Violet, Bouncing Boy, Sun Boy, and Brainiac 5.
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Superboy's Big Brother! [Superboy's Big Brother! Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Robert Bernstein
George Papp
George Papp
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy [Kal-El]; Mon-El [also as Bob Cobb]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Krypto (cameo); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)
When a space ship crashes outside Smallville, Superboy finds an amnesiac super-powered youth who might be his older brother. He christens him Mon-El and sets him up with a secret identity, but he soon finds evidence that Mon-El is not in fact Kryptonian.
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First appearance of Mon-El. Story is re-written version of "Superman's Big Brother" from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #80 (January-February 1953).
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The Secret of Mon-El! [Superboy's Big Brother! Part 2]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Robert Bernstein
George Papp
George Papp
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Mon-El [Bob Cobb; Lar Gand] (origin); Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Miss Joyce; King Mycerinua; Rhodopis; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Phantom Zone
Trying to prove Mon-El isn't actually Kryptonian, Superboy accidentally exposes him to lead, which both poisons him and returns his memory. He remembers that he is a space explorer from Daxam named Lar Gand, who visited Krypton, meeting Jor-El and Lara, before arriving on Earth. To save his life, Superboy sends Lar Gand into the Phantom Zone until he can cure him of his lead poisoning.
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The Legion of Super-Villains

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Curt Swan
Sheldon Moldoff
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Man; Cosmic Man; Saturn Woman]; Lex Luthor; Legion of Super-Villains [Cosmic King; Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen]
Luthor contacts and teams up with the Legion of Super-Villains from 30th Century.
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11
First appearance of adult Legion of Super-Heroes and Legion of Super-Villains
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The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Robert Bernstein
George Papp
George Papp
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Tom Tanner; Martha Kent; unnamed Sun Boy impostor; Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad, Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Phantom Girl, Sun Boy]; Lana Lang; Krypto
An impostor Sun Boy has Superboy help him assemble a robot.
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Story is in part a re-written version of "The Two Clark Kents" from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #191 (August 1953). Writer credit from index of original issue. Credited as "Unknown" in Table of Contents.
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The Legion of Super-Traitors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Curt Swan
George Klein
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Krypto; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]; Jax-Ur; General Zod; Mon-El; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto; Streaky; Super-Monkey; Super-Horse]
The Brain-Globes of Rambat attempt to use the Legion in their plan to take over Earth, but the Legion gather the Legion of Super-Pets who can't be mind-controlled.
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First appearance of the Legion of Super-Pets. Also first appearance of Supergirl's Super-Horse, before his first appearance in her series.
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Supergirl's Greatest Challenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Jim Mooney
Jim Mooney
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl
Supergirl; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5]; Whizzy
During a trip to the 30th century, the Legionnaires seemingly lose their powers and Supergirl must cover for them, but it is really a trap to send her into the Phantom Zone.
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Superman's Super-Courtship!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Jim Mooney
Jim Mooney
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl
Supergirl; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Superman; Helen of Troy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Man; Cosmic Man; Phantom Woman; Triplicate Woman?; Chameleon Man; Sun Man; Saturn Woman]; Luma Lynai
Supergirl tries to find the perfect mate for Superman.
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12
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The Boy with Ultra-Powers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Curt Swan
George Klein
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah, also as Gary Crane], Marla Latham [also as Ben Crane]; Pete Ross; Jonathan Kent; Krypto; Lana Lang
Ultra Boy must discover Superboy's secret identity as an initiation test for entrance into the Legion.
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First appearances of Ultra Boy and Marla Latham.
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The Face behind the Lead Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
John Forte; Al Plastino (page 4 and some Superboy and Luthor faces only)
John Forte; Al Plastino (page 4 and some Superboy and Luthor faces only)
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Superboy; Chameleon Boy (statue); Bouncing Boy (statue); Shrinking Violet (statue); Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg] (statue)]; Lex Luthor; Urthlo; Mon-El
At a regular meeting of the Legion of Super-Heroes, the Legionnaires lose control of their powers. Urthlo arrives and announces that he now controls the Legionnaires' powers and there is nothing they can do about it. But Saturn Girl comes up with a serum to temporarily cure Mon-El and immunize him against lead, and Superboy releases him from the Phantom Zone to knock out Urthlo, who turns out to be an automaton created by Lex Luthor sent into the future to destroy the Legion.
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11.67
Mon-El becomes a member of the Legion in this story.
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The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
John Forte
John Forte
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy]
Bouncing Boy tells a group of applicants how he got his powers and gained acceptance into the Legion.
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12.67
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Sun-Boy's Lost Power!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
John Forte
John Forte
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy]; Pete Ross
Sun Boy loses his powers and has to find a way to recharge them.
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11.67
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The Fantastic Spy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
John Forte
John Forte
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy]; Dr. Landro
The newest Legionnaire, Matter-Eater Lad, is accused of being a spy.
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11.67
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The Stolen Super-Powers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
John Forte
John Forte
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Matter-Eater Lad; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Supergirl]; Lori Lemaris; Zaryan the Conqueror
Saturn Girl tries to sacrifice herself after she finds out that a computer predicts the death of a legionnaire fighting Zaryan, but Lightning Lad dies instead.
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Saturn Girl is elected Legion leader.
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The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Siegel
John Forte
John Forte
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El [as Marvel Lad, the Legionnaire Lemon]; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Superboy (in flashback)]
In tryouts to replace the fallen Lightning Lad, Marvel Lad wows the Legionnaires, who reveals he is Mon-El, now cured by Brainiac 5.
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11.67
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Cover Gallery

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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1
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The Legion of Super-Heroes!

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Credits
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]
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1
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Prisoner of the Super-Heroes!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]
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1
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The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]
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Miscellaneous
1
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The Legion of Super-Traitors!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Curt Swan
George Klein
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]
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Miscellaneous
1
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The End of Sun Boy!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Curt Swan
George Klein
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]
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1
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Superboy in "Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes!"

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Curt Swan
George Klein
Tom McCraw; Rick Taylor
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad, Triplicate Girl; Mon-El]
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1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye; George Klein
Tom McCraw
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Mon-El]
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Four small cover reproductions.

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