Issue | #4 |
Published | 1994 |
Cover Price | 39.95 USD |
Pages | 224 |
Editing | Bob Kahan; Mort Weisinger (original editor of all reprinted material) |
Notes | ISBN 1-56389-123-9 |
Characters | Light Lass; Shrinking Violet; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Supergirl |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Adam Hughes |
Inks | Adam Hughes |
Colors | Tom McCraw |
Characters | Superboy |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Notes | frontispiece |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 [cover] |
Characters | Light Lass |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #? |
Characters | Kid Psycho |
Script | KC Carlson |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #125 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Element Lad; Saturn Girl]; Bizarro-Superboy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #329 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Mon-El]; Time Trapper; Legion of Stupor-Bizarros [Bizarro-Superboy; Bizarro-Lightning Lad; Bizarro-Invisible Kid; Bizarro-Chameleon Boy; Bizarro-Brainiac 5; Bizarro-Saturn Girl] |
Synopsis | The Legion rejects Bizarro-Superboy's request for membership, so he sets off to create his own Legion. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | David Huffine |
Notes | The Legionnaires switch from flight belts to rings in this story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #329 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid]; Legion of Stupor-Bizarros [Bizarro-Ultra Boy; Bizarro-Mon-El; Bizarro-Superboy; Bizarro-Saturn Girl; Bizarro-Cosmic Boy; Bizarro-Invisible Kid] |
Synopsis | Superboy, with Element Lad's aid, tricks Bizarro-Superboy into disbanding the Bizarro-Legion. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | David Huffine |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #329 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Superboy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #330 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet]; Dynamo Boy [Vorm]; Pargg; Eye-ful Ethel; The Mess |
Synopsis | Space pirate Vorm joins the Legion as Dynamo Boy and begins to eliminate the Legionnaires. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | David Huffine |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #330 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Light Lass]; Dynamo Boy |
Synopsis | Dynamo Boy expels the remaining Legionnaires and makes plans for a new member drive. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | David Huffine |
Notes | Continues in next story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #330 |
Characters | Superboy; Legion of Super-Villains [Saturn Queen; Cosmic King; Lightning Lord] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #331 |
Characters | Dynamo Boy; Golden Boy; The Polecat; Animal Lad; The Tusker; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen; Cosmic King]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Polar Boy] |
Synopsis | Dynamo Boy accepts as members the Legion of Super-Villains, over the Subs' objections. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | David Huffine |
Notes | Continues from previous story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #331 |
Characters | Dynamo Boy; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Cosmic King; Saturn Queen]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy] |
Synopsis | The LSV turns on Dynamo Boy and sends him into the future. The ex-Legionnaires, keeping track of events from far off, challenge the LSV to a final confrontation. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | David Huffine |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #331 |
Characters | Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #332 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Dr. Lanphier |
Synopsis | Lightning Lad loses an arm to the Super-Moby Dick of Space. When Ultra Boy fails to subdue the space creature, Lightning Lad leads a team against it. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #332 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy]; Dr. Lanphier |
Synopsis | Lightning Lad shrinks the space creature to its original size with the help of the scientist who accidentally enlarged it. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #332 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Light Lass] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 |
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 |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 |
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 |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 |
Characters | Mon-El; Supergirl; Light Lass; Superboy; Brainiac 5 |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Joe Letterese |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl]; Norm Eldor |
Synopsis | Superboy recalls a case when the Legionnaires were helped by a hero called Unknown Boy. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Mon-El]; Norm Eldor |
Synopsis | After Unknown Boy helps the Legion finish a case, Superboy figures out that under the costume is Supergirl. Supergirl then recalls going through a red kryptonite cloud and losing her memory, but knowing she had to protect her secret identity, and so creating the Unknown Boy costume. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 |
Characters | Lightning Lad [as Starfinger]; Phantom Girl; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Light Lass |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #335 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Light Lass; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Cosmic Boy; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5]; Dr. Hanscom |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires must guard the valuable mineral rejuvium from the threat of Starfinger. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #335 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad [as Starfinger]; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Star Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Matter-Eater Lad] |
Synopsis | Starfinger threatens the Seven Wonders of the 30th Century to make the Legion give up the rejuvium. While confronting him, Saturn Girl gets a glimpse of his thoughts and realizes that he is a Legionnaire. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Continues in next story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #335 |
Characters | Superboy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad [as Starfinger]; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo); Ultra Boy (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Element Lad (cameo); Invisible Kid (cameo); Light Lass (cameo) |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy]; Dr. Hanscom |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires try to trap Starfinger. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | George Klein? |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Continues from previous story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Superboy; Matter-Eater Lad; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Mon-El]; Dr. Hanscom |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires trap Starfinger and discover he is Lightning Lad and that he was hypnotized by Dr. Lanscom. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | George Klein? |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336 |
Characters | Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]; Mrs. Lang |
Synopsis | Lana helps an alien who rewards her with a ring that gives her the powers of insects. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Notes | There is no Legion appearance in this story, but Lana later appears in the Legion series, sometimes as Insect Queen. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #124 |
Characters | Superboy; Sun Boy; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Brainiac 5; Light Lass |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #337 |
Characters | Sun Boy; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Colossal Boy |
Synopsis | Two pairs of Legionnaires marry, leaving membership spots open for some secret agents who plan to join in disguise. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #337 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy]; Night Girl; Size Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Blackout Boy; Magnetic Kid; Proty II |
Synopsis | The secret agents join the group and turn on the Legionnaires, but it was all a ruse to flush them out. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #337 |
Characters | Superboy; Matter-Eater Lad; Light Lass; Ultra Boy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #338 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Star Boy; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5]; Time Trapper; Glorith |
Synopsis | The Time Trapper sends Glorith to turn the Legionnaires into children. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #338 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass; Element Lad; Matter-Eater Lad; Star Boy]; Time Trapper; Glorith |
Synopsis | The child Legionnaires cause such havoc, that when Brainiac 5 and Superboy cross the Time Trapper's barrier, he agrees to reverse the process if they will go away and leave him alone. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #338 |
Characters | Superboy; Kid Psycho |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #125 |
Characters | Superboy [Clark Kent]; Kid Psycho; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy] |
Synopsis | Kid Psycho comes from the Legion's time and impresses Superboy, who returns with him to the 30th century for reconsideration of Kid Psycho's petition for membership. But when Superboy learns the reason Kid Psycho was rejected, he suggests that he be made the Legion's secret weapon. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #125 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Mon-El]; Beast Boy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Joe Letterese |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Star Boy]; Heroes of Lallor [Beast Boy; Evolvo Lad; Gas Girl; Life Lass; Duplicate Boy] |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires need Beast Boy for a case, but he has turned his back on humanity. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Star Boy; Phantom Girl]; Beast Boy |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires try to track down Beast Boy, who ends up giving his life to save a young girl who is nice to him. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Stuart Chaifetz; Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339 |
Script | Mark Waid |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Short biographies of the primary writers and artists of the stories in this volume. |
Characters | Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Mon-El; Supergirl; Light Lass; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Element Lad (cameo); Invisible Kid (cameo); Sun Boy; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Tom McCraw |
Letters | Typeset; Ira Schnapp; Joe Letterese (#334 only) |
Notes | Four small cover reproductions on back cover. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #332; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #337 |