Issue | #5 |
Published | 1994 |
Cover Price | 49.95 USD |
Pages | 224 |
Editing | Bob Kahan; Mort Weisinger (original editor of all reprinted material) |
Notes | ISBN 1-56389-154-9 |
Characters | Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Duo Damsel; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad; Matter-Eater Lad |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Mark Farmer |
Inks | Mark Farmer |
Colors | Tom McCraw |
Characters | Ferro Lad; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils) |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Notes | frontispiece |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 |
Characters | Ferro Lad |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); Sheldon Moldoff (pencils) |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #346 |
Characters | Colossal Boy |
Script | Mark Waid |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); George Papp (pencils) |
Inks | George Papp |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #348 |
Characters | Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy; Light Lass; StarBoy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Supergirl; Proty II; Element Lad; Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]; Super-Pets [Krypto; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Super-Horse [Comet]; Streaky]; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad; Insect Queen [Lana Lang]; Kid Psycho; Polar Boy; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Color Kid |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan; Al Plastino |
Inks | George Klein; Al Plastino |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | ?; Typeset |
Notes | First two pages were originally printed in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4, then reprinted with some alterations in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 with third and fourth pages, all of which were reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #365 with further alterations by Al Plastino, most notably in the Light Lass and Duo Damsel panels, and with the fifth and sixth pages added. Pages 7-10 reproduce the text from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #365, which was originally printed as two pages, reformatted. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #365 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Triplicate Girl; Lightning Lad]; Computo |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #340 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Star Boy; Element Lad; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Shrinking Violet]; Computo; Proty II; Android Master |
Synopsis | Brainiac 5's latest creation turns on its master and the rest of the Legion. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Continues in next story. One of Triplicate Girl's bodies dies in this story. |
Reprinted | in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #340 |
Characters | Colossal Boy; Superboy; Star Boy; Sun Boy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #341 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Superboy; Light Lass; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl [also as Duo Damsel]; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl]; Computo; Proty II [also as The Weirdo Legionnaire]; Batman (cameo); Superman (cameo); Joker (cameo) |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires go underground to regroup before taking on Computo after he kills one of Triplicate Girl's bodies. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Continues from previous story. Writer credits confirmed by Martin O'Hearn. Credits on item are "Edmond Hamilton or Jerry Siegel." Phantom Girl is colored as Triplicate Girl on pages 3 and 5. A monument to Beast Boy, from the Heroes of Lallor, is shown on Shanghalla, where the remains of one of Triplicate Girl's body are sent. Triplicate Girl takes on the identity of Duo Damsel in this story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #341 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid; Duo Damsel; Sun Boy]; Computo; Bouncing Boy |
Synopsis | The Legion eliminates the threat of Computo with anti-matter. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Writer credits confirmed by Martin O'Hearn. Credits on item are "Edmond Hamilton or Jerry Siegel." |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #341 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Dream Girl; Superboy]; Kenz Nuhor |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #342 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid; Sun Boy (cameo); Matter-Eater Lad (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo)]; Kenz Nuhor; Dream Girl; Calamity King; Color Kid |
Synopsis | Star Boy kills in self-defense and is put on trial by the Legion. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Vivian Berg |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #342 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Star Boy; Element Lad; Superboy; Light Lass; Duo Damsel; Matter-Eater Lad; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Supergirl (cameo); Invisible Kid (cameo); Phantom Girl; Shrinking Violet (cameo)]; Dream Girl; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy]; Proty II; Jimmy Olsen |
Synopsis | Star Boy is voted out of the Legion on a 10-9 vote, and joins the Subs, who had just added Dream Girl to their ranks. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #342 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Duo Damsel]; Bouncing Boy; Star Boy |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor, Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #343 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl; Lighting Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet]; Legion of Super-Pets [Proty II; Krypto; Comet; Streaky]; Star Boy; Bouncing Boy; Calamity King |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires fear they are victims of bad luck. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #343 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Duo Damsel; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl]; Legion of Super-Pets [Proty II; Comet; Krypto; Streaky; Beppo]; Star Boy |
Synopsis | Saturn Girl travels to Thaun to consult with the Luck Lords about the Legion's bad luck, and the Legion follows her and discovers the truth. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #343 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Matter-Eater Lad; Element Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy]; Nardo |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | "Superboy" is actually a Durlan who is frozen in that form. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #344 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Matter-Eater Lad; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Mon-El (cameo)]; Nardo; Plant Lad; Shadow Kid; Blockade Boy; Weight Wizard |
Synopsis | A team of Legionnaires attempts to free Brainiac 5 from a prisoner of war camp and end up prisoners themselves. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | "Superboy" is actually a Durlan who is frozen in that form. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #344 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Duo Damsel]; Nardo; Weight Wizard; Plant Lad; Blockade Boy |
Synopsis | Several prisoners mount escape attempts, but their failures point to a spy in their midst. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Continues in next story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #344 |
Characters | Superboy; Matter-Eater Lad; Nardo |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #345 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Duo Damsel; Saturn Girl; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Superboy]; Nardo; Blockade Boy; Weight Wizard |
Synopsis | Weight Wizard is exposed as the spy. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Continues from previous story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #345 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Light Lass; Duo Damsel; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El]; Nardo; Bouncing Boy |
Synopsis | The girls mount a jailbreak, but Matter-Eater Lad is caught and about to be executed when Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy save the day. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #345 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Superboy; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad; Nemesis Kid] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #346 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Karate Kid; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Light Lass; Princess Projectra; Nemesis Kid; Ferro Lad; Karate Kid] |
Synopsis | Four new members are admitted into the Legion. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); Sheldon Moldoff (finishes) |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #346 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ferro Lad; Princess Projectra; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Nemesis Kid; Karate Kid; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet]; Garlak |
Synopsis | While the Legion defends against an invasion from Khund, Phantom Girl and Cosmic Boy begin to suspect that Karate Kid may not be what he seems. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); Sheldon Moldoff (finishes) |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Continues in next story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #346 |
Characters | Karate Kid; Superboy; Ferro Lad; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Phantom Girl; Karate Kid; Ferro Lad; Nemesis Kid; Princess Projectra; Shrinking Violet] |
Synopsis | The Legion continues to try to defend the Earth from invasion, but it appears Karate Kid has sabotaged their efforts. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils) |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Notes | Continues from previous story. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Superboy; Nemesis Kid; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Shrinking Violet; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad] |
Synopsis | Nemesis Kid reveals himself as the traitor as the Khunds invade, but the Legionnaires repel the attack and Nemesis Kid escapes. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils) |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Invisible Kid; Superboy; Cosmic Boy (statuette); Phantom Girl (statuette); Sun Boy (statuette); Duo Damsel (statuette); Colossal Boy (statuette)]; Dr. Regulus |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #348 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Duo Damsel; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy]; Dr. Regulus |
Synopsis | After Invisible Kid is elected new Legion leader, the Legion performs at a charity benefit where Sun Boy is hurt and loses his memory. But it may not be an accident, but rather the work of Dr. Regulus, who has taken Legion headquarters right out of the ground. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); George Papp (finishes) |
Inks | George Papp |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #348 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy]; Dr. Regulus |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires trace their purloined headquarters to Dr. Regulus' spaceship, but it takes Sun Boy to bring him down. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); George Papp (finishes) |
Inks | George Papp |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #348 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet]; Universo |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #349 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Shrinking Violet; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Superboy]; Universo; Rond Vidar |
Synopsis | Universo steals a time bubble, and the Legionnaires use a student's time cube to travel to the past in search of him. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils) |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #349 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy; Superboy]; Napoleon Bonaparte; Universo; Rond Vidar |
Synopsis | Rond Vidar returns the Legionnaires to their own time and they stop Universo from taking hypnotic control of the United Planets Inner Council. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils) |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Rick Taylor; Tom McCraw |
Letters | Milton Snapinn |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #349 |
Script | Mark Waid |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Short biographies of the primary writers and artists of the stories in this volume. |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Duo Damsel; Lightning Lad; Matter-Eater Lad; Element Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad; Nemesis Kid; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet]; Computo; Nardo; Universo |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Tom McCraw |
Letters | Ira Schnapp; Typeset |
Notes | Four small cover reproductions on back cover. |
Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #340; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #344; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #346; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #349 |