Issue | #3 |
Published | 1993 |
Cover Price | 39.95 USD |
Pages | 224 |
Editing | Bob Kahan; Mort Weisinger (original editor of all reprinted material) |
Notes | ISBN 1-56389-102-6 |
Characters | Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Karl Kesel |
Inks | Karl Kesel |
Colors | Tom McCraw |
Characters | Superboy |
Pencils | Curt Swan (spot illo) |
Inks | George Klein (spot illo) |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #117 [spot illo, flipped and slightly altered] |
Characters | Triplicate Girl |
Pencils | John Forte (spot illo) |
Inks | John Forte (spot illo) |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #? [spot illo] |
Characters | Matter-Eater Lad |
Script | Harry Broertjes |
Pencils | John Forte (spot illo) |
Inks | John Forte (spot illo) |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 [spot illo] |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #325; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #326 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Star Boy; Lightning Lad]; Superboy (in inset) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Superboy (cameo); Mon-El (cameo); Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl]; Time Trapper (cameo) |
Synopsis | During a rescue mission, stress gets to Sun Boy, who sets the rest of the Legionnaires adrift in a lifeboat. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Matter-Eater Lad; Lightning Lad; Star Boy] |
Synopsis | The castaway Legionnaires find their way back to the rescue ship, now piloted by a catatonic Sun Boy. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmnd Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 |
Characters | Jimmy Olsen [as Elastic Lad]; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Triplicate Girl] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Reprinted | from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #76 |
Characters | Jimmy Olsen [also as Elastic Lad]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Lucy Lane |
Synopsis | The Legion girls bring Jimmy to the future to stage emergencies and make Lucy appreciate him. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Reprinted | from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #76 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Star Boy] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn (pg. 1 only); ? |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 |
Characters | Mon-El; Dev-Em; Superboy |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel; Otto Binder (pgs. 4-9, uncredited) |
Pencils | John Forte (pgs. 1-3, 10); George Papp (pgs. 4-9) |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff (pgs. 1-3, 10); George Papp (pgs. 4-9); Al Plastino (Superboy and Clark Kent faces) |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Star Boy; Mon-El] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #321 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte; Al Plastino (Superboy face on pg. 1 only) |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Bouncing Boy loses his power and joins the Legion Reserves. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #321 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #321 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Pets [Super-Horse [Comet]; Streaky; Krypto; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Proty II [partly as Superboy]] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #322 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #322 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Joe Letterese (balloons on pg. 1 only); Vivian Berg? |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #322 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Element Lad] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #323 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Joe Letterese |
Notes | First appearance of Spider Girl and Double-Header. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #323 |
Characters | 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Joe Letterese |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #323 |
Characters | Superboy; Heroes of Lallor [Beast Boy; Evolvo Lad; Gas Girl] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #324 |
Characters | Heroes of Lallor [Beast Boy; Gas Girl; Evolvo Lad; Duplicate Boy; Life Lass]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid]; Marden King |
Synopsis | Marden King tricks the Heroes of Lallor into fighting the Legion, in revenge for the Legion's earlier defeat of his brother Jungle King. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte (signed) |
Inks | John Forte (signed) |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg? |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #324 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Star Boy; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad]; Heroes of Lallor [Duplicate Boy; Gas Girl; Life Lass; Beast Boy; Evolvo Lad]; Marden King |
Synopsis | The Heroes of Lallor realize they have been tricked and turn on Marden King. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte (signed) |
Inks | John Forte (signed) |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg? |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #324 |
Characters | Supergirl; Superboy; Lex Luthor |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #325 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Shrinkng Violet; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Superboy (in flashback)]; Lex Luthor |
Synopsis | Lex Luthor convinces the Legion he has come to the future from a time before he turned evil. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg? |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #325 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Star Boy; Element Lad; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Lighting Lad; Invisible Kid; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Supergirl; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Element Lad]; Lex Luthor; Proty II |
Synopsis | Luthor seemingly dissolves the Legionnaires, but they have the last laugh on him. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg? |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #325 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Supergirl; Superboy; Element Lad (statue); Star Boy (statue); Invisible Kid (statue); Brainiac 5 (statue); Cosmic Boy (statue); Chameleon Boy (statue)] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #326 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Shrinking Violet; Supergirl; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Colossal Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Superboy]; Proty II |
Synopsis | The girl Legionnaires turn on the boys. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #326 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Supergirl; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Element Lad]; Queen Azura |
Synopsis | The source of the plot is revealed and the boys are restored. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #326 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]; Lana Lang; Pete Ross |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #117 |
Characters | Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Element Lad]; Police Chief Parker; Lana Lang |
Synopsis | Superboy accidentally arrives in a parallel world where the Legion are villains. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #117 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Lone Wolf |
Synopsis | While investigating robberies on Zoon, the Legionnaires extend an invitation of membership to Lone Wolf, but he refuses. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Lone Wolf later returns as Timber Wolf. Cover of this issue not reprinted in this volume as it reflects the Superboy solo story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #327 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad]; Lone Wolf |
Synopsis | Lone Wolf reveals that he refused membership because he is an android, but the Legion discovers he is not what he thinks. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #327 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Superboy] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #328 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl]; Command Kid; Bouncing Boy |
Synopsis | Command Kid joins the Legion, but his arrogance puts off some of the Legionnaires. Star Boy, however, asks Command Kid to help him become as powerful as he is. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | David Huffine |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #328 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad]; Command Kid |
Synopsis | More Legionnaires submit to Command Kid's treatment, but Saturn Girl and Element Lad return with the solution to the mystery of Command Kid just in time. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | David Huffine |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #328 |
Script | Mark Waid |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Short biographies of the primary writers and artists of the stories in this volume. |
Characters | Jimmy Olsen [as Elastic Lad]; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Superboy; Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Supergirl; Element Lad (statue); Invisible Kid (statue); Brainiac 5 (statue); Cosmic Boy (statue); Chameleon Boy (statue)]; Legion of Super-Pets [Super-Horse [Comet]; Streaky; Krypto; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Proty II [partly as Superboy]] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Tom McCraw |
Letters | Typeset; ? (Jimmy Olsen cover); Ira Schnapp (other three covers) |
Notes | Four small cover reproductions on back cover. |
Reprinted | from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #76; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #321; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #322; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #326 |