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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published 2001
Cover Price $49.95
Pages 224
Editing Dale Crain; Murray Boltinoff (original editor of all reprinted material)
Notes ISBN 1-56389-730-X. Cover is a composite of separate figures done for "The Lore of the Legion" feature in Superboy #205.

Cover Details

Characters Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Wildfire; Timber Wolf; Dream Girl
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Dave Cockrum
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes ISBN 1-56389-730-X. Cover is a composite of separate figures done for "The Lore of the Legion" feature in Superboy #205.
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #205

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Legion of Super-Heroes Archives: Volume 11"

Characters Mon-El; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes frontispiece
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #203

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy]; Flynt Brojj
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #209

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Characters Superboy; Duo Damsel
Script Mike Grell
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #209 [illo only]

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page) "Massacre by Remote Control!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl]; Validus
Genre Superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy (signed)
Inks Nick Cardy (signed)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #203

14 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part 1]: Massacre by Remote Control"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Dream Girl; Saturn Girl; Ferro Lad (statue)]; Validus; Myla; Tharok
Synopsis After the Legionnaires run a practice drill on protecting their headquarters, Invisible Kid collapses. He reveals that when he turns invisible he can see an invisible world and one of its inhabitants, Myla. Later, Dream Girl dreams that Validus is coming to attack the Legion. Saturn Girl confirms that the components of Tharok's brain being held by the Legion are summoning Validus.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #203

7 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part 2: Invisible Kid's Last Try"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Superboy; Karate Kid]; Validus; Myla
Synopsis Validus attacks Legion headquarters and kills Invisible Kid just as he destorys the components of Tharok's brain controlling Validus.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #203

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy]; Anti-Lad
Genre Superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl are in their present-day costumes on the cover, not the costumes they wear in the flashback story it reflects.
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #204

12 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Legionnaire Nobody Remembered"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5]; Anti-Lad
Synopsis The Legionnaires ponder a photo in their archives featuring a Legionnaire no one remembers, Anti-Lad. The readers are told how a time traveller from the far-distant future saw Superboy being rejected by the Legion in his initial tryout and went to the Legion's time to make sure they gave the Boy of Steel a second chance.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Notes In the sequences related to Superboy's initiation tests, the Legionnaires are wearing their classic Silver Age costumes, not the versions they wore in the actual story.
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #204

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Brainiac 5's Secret Weakness"

Characters Star Boy; Brainiac 5; Supergirl; Saturn Girl
Synopsis Brainiac 5 misses Supergirl so much his subconscious mind creates an android version of her. When Brainy and his android get into trouble, the real Supergirl saves them and announces she is leaving the Legion.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #204

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Wildfire; Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Phantom Girl; Karate Kid; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy]; Lana Lang; Mike Grell
Genre Superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #205

7 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Chapter 1]: The Legion of Super-Executioners"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Shadow Lass; Karate Kid; Brainiac 5; Wildfire; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Shrinking Violet]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]
Synopsis Superboy and Lana Lang arrive in the 30th century to find Ultra Boy locked up and berserk.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #205

5 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Chapter 2: The Legionnaire Firing Squad"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Ultra Boy; Wildfire]; Lana Lang
Synopsis After Superboy sets off to retrieve the cure for Ultra Boy's condition, the Legionnaires turn on Lana Lang and prepare to execute her and a rational Ultra Boy.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #205

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Chapter 3: The Army of Super-Slaves"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Wildfire; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Shadow Lass; Superboy]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]; The Master
Synopsis Superboy secretly saves Ultra Boy and Lana Lang from their firing squad, then the three of them destroy the helmet of the alien controlling the other Legionnaires.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #205

1 page biography (nonfictional) Meet "Iron Mike" Grell

Characters Superboy; Saturn Girl; Aquaman
Script Mike Grell
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #205

3 page Legion of Super-Heroes character profile "Lore of the Legion"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Element Lad; Dream Girl; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Shadow Lass; Timber Wolf; Chemical King; Wildfire; Ferro Lad]; Elastic Lad; Kid Psycho; Insect Queen; Pete Ross; Rond Vidar
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Dave Cockrum (pgs. 1 & 2); Curt Swan (pg. 3)
Inks Dave Cockrum (pgs. 1 & 2); George Klein (pg.3); George Roussos (Insect Queen figure)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes Profiles of 10 of the Legionnaires and 5 of their associates. The Ferro Lad figure is taken from the cover to Adventure Comics (1938 series) #352; the Jimmy Olsen figure is taken from the cover of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954 series) #105; the Kid Psycho figure is taken from the cover of Superboy (1949 series) #125; the Insect Queen figure is taken from the cover of Adventure Comics (1938 series) #370; the Pete Ross figure is taken from the cover of Superboy (1949 series) #94; the Rond Vidar figure is taken from Adventure Comics (1938 series) #360.
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #205

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Superboy; Invisible Kid (clone); Ferro Lad (clone)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy (signed)
Inks Nick Cardy (signed)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #206

13 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Legionnaires Who Haunted Superboy"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5]; Invisible Kid (clone); Ferro Lad (cameo); Validus
Synopsis Superboy encounters dead Legionnaires Ferro Lad and Invisible Kid in Smallville. They tell him they are testing themselves to see if they still have what it takes to be in the Legion. But Superboy knows they are experimental clones who only survive for 2 days.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #206

7 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Welcome Home, Daughter... Now Die!"

Characters Princess Projectra; Karate Kid
Synopsis Princess Projectra's guilt causes her to create an illusion of Orando so convincing she thinks she is home.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #206

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page) "The Rookie Who Betrayed the Legion"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl]; Dvron
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Grell (signed)
Inks Mike Grell (signed)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #207

13 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Rookie Who Betrayed the Legion"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy]; Dvron; Universo; President of Earth
Synopsis While the Legion is told by the President that Universo has escaped, Colossal Boy finds a Science Police officer slinking around the headquarters. Dvron tells the Legionnaires that he has already encountered the escaped Universo and leads them to him. But once they find him, Dvron stops the Legionnaires from capturing Universo as payback for Universo saving his life. But now that they are even, Dvron helps the Legionnaires snare Universo.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #207

7 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Lightning Lad's Day of Dread"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Shadow Lass]; Lightning Lord
Synopsis Lightning Lad honors the first anniversary of his parents death at the spot in space where they died and encounters his brother Lightning Lord.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Light Lass is incorrectly shown as younger than Lightning Lad. Lightning Lord is also incorrectly shown with white hair in flashbacks.
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #207

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Duo Damsel]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Grell (main panel); Curt Swan (smaller panels)
Inks Mike Grell (main panel); George Klein (smaller panels)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes The secondary panels were reproduced from the covers to Superboy (1949 series) #93 and Adventure Comics (1938 series) #343.
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #208

7 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part 1]: Vengeance of the Super-Villains"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy]; Legion of Super-Villains [Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord; Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Nemesis Kid; Chameleon Chief]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Larx Kenrik
Synopsis As the Legion prepares to award a peace negotiator with the coveted Universal Trophy, Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy are attacked by their parents.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Lightning Lord's hair is mistakenly colored blonde on the first page.
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #208

5 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part 2: The Night before Doomsday"

Characters Legion of Super-Villains [Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord; Nemesis Kid; Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Chameleon Chief]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Chemical King; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El]
Synopsis As the Legion prepares for the ceremony, Chameleon Chief booby traps the statue.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #208

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part 3: Villainaires Vs. the Legionnaires"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Lightning Lad; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Shadow Lass]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Larx Kenrik; Legion of Super-Villains [Chameleon Chief; Spider Girl; Nemesis Kid; Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord]
Synopsis Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy are released from their traps, but the rest of the Legion is already onto the Villains' plans and have surprised the LSV in their own lair.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Saturn Girl's hair is incorrectly colored brunette on the final page.
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #208

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes character profile "The Legion of Substitute Heroes"

Characters Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Color Kid]
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes Figures are taken from Adventure Comics (1938 series) #351.
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #208

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page) "Who Will Save the Princess?"

Characters Superboy; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Grell (signed)
Inks Mike Grell (signed)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #209

10 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Who Can Save the Princess?"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Superboy]; Duo Damsel
Synopsis The Legionnaires must siphon off Princess Projectra's pain in order to allow her to survive the Pain Plague.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #209

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Hero for a Day"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Cosmic Boy; Wildfire; Saturn Girl; Chemical King]; Flynt Brojj
Synopsis While giving a tour to a special fan, the Legion receives a dangerous Witch Wolf. When the Legionnaires fail to subdue the animal, Flynt Brojj realizes that the Legionnaires are victims of a mass hypnotic spell.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #209

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Shadow Lass (vignette); Karate Kid (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Soljer
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Grell (signed)
Inks Mike Grell (signed)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #210

11 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Soljer's Private War"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Princess Projectra; Chameleon Boy]; Soljer
Synopsis Lightning Lad re-animates a soldier who can materialize any type of weapon he can imagine. When the Legion convinces him that his war is over and he has done his duty, he finally passes on to his rest.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #210

7 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Lair of the Black Dragon: The Untold Origin of Karate Kid"

Characters Karate Kid; Sadaharu; Sensei; Black Dragon
Synopsis Karate Kid's learns who killed his father.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #210

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Chemical King; Light Lass; Shadow Lass (vignette); Karate Kid (vignette); Phantom Girl (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Roxxas
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Grell (signed)
Inks Mike Grell (signed)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #211

12 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Ultimate Revenge"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Chemical King; Element Lad; Star Boy; Light Lass; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Star Boy]; Roxxas; Gorra
Synopsis Element Lad tracks Roxxas to Trom and plans to execute him, but Chemical King prevents him from making the ultimate mistake.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #211

6 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Legion's Lost Home"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Shadow Lass]; Cosmic Boy imposter; Shadow Lass imposter; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid]
Synopsis Two imposter Leginnaires ransack the old Legion clubhouse to find a gem they hid years ago, but they run into the Legion of Substitute-Heroes who have come to claim the headquarters and make it their own.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Notes The Subs are all in new costumes.
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #211

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Superboy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Shadow Lass (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Esper Lass; Magno Lad; Phantom Lad; Micro Lad
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Grell (signed)
Inks Mike Grell (signed)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #212

12 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Last Fight for a Legionnaire"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf; Karate Kid; Superboy; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Ferro Lad (statue)]; Chameleon Kid; Magno Lad; Esper Lass; Phantom Lad; Calorie Queen; Micro Lad
Synopsis Six Legion applicants from the same planets as six Legionnaires challenge them for their positions on the team.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Includes page removed before original publication and published only in black & white in The Amazing World of DC Comics #9. Matter-Eater Lad is drafted into the political system of his home planet in this story and leaves the Legion.
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #212

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "A Death Stroke at Dawn"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo)]; Night Girl
Synopsis Night Girl's efforts to track down "Crafty" Colson and his gang cause a rift between her and Cosmic Boy, but together they take them down.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Night Girl is in a new costume in this story.
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #212

2 page text article "Biographies"

Letters Typeset
Notes Short biographies of the primary writers and artists of the stories in this volume.

1 page cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Chemical King; Light Lass]; Validus; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Soljer; Roxxas
Pencils Nick Cardy (#203); Mike Grell (larger panel of #208 and #210 & #211); Curt Swan (smaller panels of #208)
Inks Nick Cardy (#203); Mike Grell (larger panel of #208 and #210 & #211); George Klein (smaller panels of #208)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters ?; Typeset
Notes Four small cover reproductions on back cover.
Reprinted from Superboy (1949 series) #203; from Superboy (1949 series) #208; from Superboy (1949 series) #210; from Superboy (1949 series) #211