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Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)

Inker(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy]

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Pages: 1

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes

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Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Legion's Suicide Squad! Part I

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): John Forte

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]

Synopsis: Isolationist planet Throon builds a citadel to keep others away and uses a ray to disable all passing spaceships. The first Legion team selected to take out the ray meets their defeat.

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Pages: 9

Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!

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Credits

Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): John Forte

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Stone Boy; Night Girl]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Light Lass; Mon-El; Lightning Lad]

Synopsis: The next two teams of Legionnaires also fail, but the Subs are able to put an end to the menace of Throon.

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Pages: 9

The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! Part I

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Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Siegel; Otto Binder (pages 4-9)

Penciller(s): John Forte (pages 1-3, 10); George Papp (pages 4-9)

Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff (pages 1-3, 10); George Papp (pages 4-9); Al Plastino (Superboy and Clark Kent faces)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [also as Clark Kent]; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5]; Dev-Em; Radiation Roy; Proty II; Krypto; Molock

Synopsis: Dev-Em arrives at Legion headquarters as a member of the Inter-Stellar Counter-Intelligence Corps on a mission to nab the elusive leader of the Cosmic Spy Legion, Morlock the Merciless, but loses the assignment to Superboy.

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Pages: 10

Part II: The Treachery of Molock the Merciless

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Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Siegel

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy, Chameleon Boy; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Mon-El]; Dev-Em; Molock; Proty II

Synopsis: Superboy successfully completes Dev-Em's mission, with Proty II's help.

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Pages: 7

Part I: The Code of the Legion!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff; Al Plastino (Superboy face on splash only)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Element Lad; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad]; Time Trapper [also as Commissioner Wilson]

Synopsis: The Legionnaires submit to tests of their ability to keep secret their greatest weapon from Commissioner Wilson.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Bouncing Boy loses his power and joins the Legion Reserves.

Part II: The Weakest Legionnaire

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Credits

Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): John Forte

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Time Trapper [also as Commissioner Wilson]; Bouncing Boy

Synopsis: Lightning Lad purposely fails his test to expose Commissioner Wilson as the Time Trapper.

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Pages: 9

Lois Lane's Luckiest Day!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Leo Dorfman

Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)

Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Matter-Eater Lad (cameo)]; Lois Lane; Carla; Dr. Sloan; Mr. Appleby

Synopsis: Lois Lane is having the luckiest day of her life, with a little help from a few Legionnaires.

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Pages: 8

Part I: The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff; Al Plastino (head photostated/pasted on Superboy, page 3, panel 1)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Pets [Super-Horse [Comet]; Krypto; Streaky; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Proty II]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Night Girl]; Supergirl

Synopsis: With the Legion away trying to capture the Time Trapper, the Super-Pets are left in charge. They assign Proty II tests to prove he can join their ranks.

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Pages: 8

Part II: The Pet of a Thousand Faces

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Credits

Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Pets [Super-Horse [Comet]; Streaky; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Krypto; Proty II [also as Chameleon Boy]]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5]

Synopsis: Proty II passes his final tests and is admitted into the Legion of Super-Pets.

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Pages: 9

Part I: The Eight Impossible Missions!

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Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Siegel

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): George Klein

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Letterese

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Element Lad]; Proty II; Spider Girl; Pete Ross; Jimmy Olsen; Double-Header; Jor-El (in flashback)

Synopsis: Proty II comes up with a contest to determine the next Legion leader.

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Pages: 8

Part II: The Amazing Winner of the Great Proty Puzzle!

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Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Siegel

Penciller(s): John Forte

Inker(s): George Klein

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Letterese

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad]; Jimmy Olsen [also as Elastic Lad]; Lucy Lane; Proty II; Pete Ross

Synopsis: Saturn Girl solves Proty's puzzle and remains Legion leader.

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Pages: 8

A Sampler Sample

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Writer(s): Nicola Cuti

Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Introduction to the next two pages, which are reprinted from "The DC Sampler."

What Kind of Sentient Being Devours Every Issue of the Legion?

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Writer(s): Paul Levitz

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen

Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes

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Pages: 2

The Story behind the Stories

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Writer(s): Paul Levitz

Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: Inside back cover.

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Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?

Penciller(s): Howard Bender [as Bender] (signed)

Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger [as Schaffenberger] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Mon-el; Star Boy; Ultra Boy; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet]

First Line: In this issue of fantastic exploits...

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Notes: Back cover. Scenes from the stories.