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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published March 1973
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jeff Rovin

Cover Details

Characters Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Lightning Lad; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy
Genre Superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy

9 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part I: The War between Krypton and Earth!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Triplicate Girl]; Zat-El; Leta Lal
Synopsis The Legionnaires travel to the past to find out the story behind an ancient artifact which refers to a war between Earth and Krypton. The half that goes to Earth's past finds space travellers colonizing ancient Atlantis; the other half accompanies a group of Kryptonians who leave anti-scientific Krypton for Earth.
Genre Superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks George Klein
Letters Milton Snapinn
Notes DC properly credits this story to Edmond Hamilton on the item, and Bob Hughes confirms the identification. We formerly had credited this story to Jerry Siegel. (March 2007) Lettering and inking credit from reprint in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #4 (only John Forte credited for art on item).
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333

8 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Civil War of the Legion"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Star Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Element Lad; Mon-El]; Zat-El; Leta Lal; Jhor Lal
Synopsis While the Atlanteans and Kryptonians fight, Brainiac 5 discovers why Earth's air irritates the Atlanteans and helps them adapt to life under the sea. Later, back in the future, Superboy finds more artifacts that explain what happened to the Kryptonians.
Genre Superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks George Klein
Letters Milton Snapinn
Notes DC properly credits this story to Edmond Hamilton on the item, and Bob Hughes confirms the identification. We formerly had credited this story to Jerry Siegel. (March 2007) Lettering and inking credit from reprint in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #4 (only John Forte credited for art on item).
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333

1 page text article "The Legion of Super-Heroes Membership List -- (Part Two)"

Characters Superboy; Ferro Lad; Shadow Lass
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Jim Shooter (layout); Curt Swan (finished pencils) (illo)
Inks George Klein (illo)
Letters typeset
Notes No art credits on item; credits from GCD index of original printing.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #354 [illo only]

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Toys That Stopped Space Crime"

Characters Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood
Synopsis Using seemingly harmless toys from a time capsule buried in 1972, Tommy Tomorrow and Brent Wood outwit a band of space pirates.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes No credits on item; credits from GCD index of original printing.
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239