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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published 1999
Cover Price $49.95
Pages 256
Editing Dale Crain; Mort Weisinger (original editor of all reprinted material)
Notes ISBN 1-56389-514-5

Cover Details

Characters Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Colossal Boy; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Chemical King
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Collins
Inks Mark Farmer
Colors Tom McCraw
Notes ISBN 1-56389-514-5

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Legion of Super-Heroes Archives: Volume 9"

Characters Invisible Kid; Superboy
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes frontispiece
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379

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

Characters Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Star Boy
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379 [slightly altered]

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

Characters Shadow Lass; Superboy
Script KC Carlson
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #384 [illo only]

1 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page) "Heroes for Hire!"

Characters Superboy; Princess Projectra
Genre Superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Curt Swan credit verified by nealadams.com; pencils incorrectly credited to Neal Adams on item.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #377

16 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part I]: Heroes for Hire!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Duo Damsel; Princess Projectra]; Modulus; Leland McCauley III
Synopsis After the Legion learns of a drug-dealing operation, they begin to demand payment for their hero services.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #377

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part II]: The Money Mad Members"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Princess Projectra; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Chemical King]
Synopsis The Legionnaires' money-hunger turns out to be a plan to collect the materials necessary to put Modulus out of business.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #377

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

Characters Superboy; Brainiac 5; Duo Damsel
Genre Superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Curt Swan credit verified by nealadams.com; pencils incorrectly credited to Neal Adams on item.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #378

9 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part I]: Twelve Hours to Live!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid]; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Synopsis During a celebration of Brainiac 5's birthday, the Legionnaires are poisoned. While Superboy and Duo Damsel struggle with telling their parents, Karate Kid heads out on a suicide mission in search of the Fatal Five.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #378

12 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part II]: Shadow of Death!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Duo Damsel]; The Fatal Five [Validus; Persuader; Tharok; Emerald Empress; Mano]; Myron Marks
Synopsis Karate Kid takes on the Fatal Five solo, and disrupts their plans, then returns to Legion headquarters, where all the Legionnaires seemingly drop dead.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Notes Continues in following story.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #378

1 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page) "Burial in Space!"

Characters Superboy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino (layouts)
Inks Neal Adams (finishes)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Carmine Infantino credit verified by nealadams.com; complete art job incorrectly credited to Neal Adams on item.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379

11 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part I]: Burial in Space!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Princess Projectra; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Invisible Kid; Superboy; Duo Damsel; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Chemical King; Lightning Lad]
Synopsis A native of Seeris offers to revive the fallen Legionnaires if the rest of the Legion defends his people from invaders.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters John Costanza
Notes Continues from previous story.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379

2 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: Showdown on Seeris!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Duo Damsel]
Synopsis On Seeris the team of Legionnaires unsuccessfully confronts the invaders, while Invisible Kid and Shrinking Violet commit the dead Legionnaires to space.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part III: Help Comes... Too Late?"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Chemical King; Timber Wolf; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Duo Damsel; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra]
Synopsis The Legionnaires fail to defend the Seerons, who must stand up for themselves. When the team returns to Earth, the seemingly dead Legionaires are revived with the help of the Miracle Machine.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379

1 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes cover reprint (on interior page) "The Amazing Odyssey of the Legion!"

Characters Ultra Boy; Duo Damsel; Bouncing Boy; Superboy
Genre Superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Lettering credit from index of original issue.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #380

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part I]: The Legion's Space Odyssey!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Duo Damsel; Bouncing Boy; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Dream Girl; Light Lass; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Ultra Boy]
Synopsis Dream Girl reveals a prophecy to only Superboy, then several Legionnaires are teleported off Earth. Superboy is seemingly killed and the other Legionnaires create a monument for him.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Milton Snapinn
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #380

6 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Building of the Ship!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Duo Damsel; Ultra Boy; Invisible Kid; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Sun Boy]
Synopsis The Legionnaires build their own spaceship and head for home, but have to crashland on a watery world.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Milton Snapinn
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #380

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part III: No Welcome for the Wanderers!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Duo Damsel; Superboy; Mon-El; Invisible Kid]; Legion of Super-Pets [Proty II; Streaky; Krypto; Comet; Beppo]
Synopsis The Legionnaires make their way home and discover that their odyssey was an effort to keep them from fulfilling Dream Girl's prophecy of their deaths.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Milton Snapinn
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #380

9 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Forbidden Fruit!"

Characters Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Lightning Lad
Synopsis Timber Wolf overcomes an addiction through will power.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Charlotte Jetter
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #378

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "One of Us Is an Imposter!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Dream Girl; Shadow Lass]; Sunburst
Synopsis The Legion computer alerts them that one of the members is an imposter, but when they take on the villain Sunburst, the imposter is revealed.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Milton Snapinn
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379

11 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Half a Legionnaire?"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Duo Damsel; Bouncing Boy; Mon-El]; Nam'Lor
Synopsis When Duo Damsel sends just one of her selves on an extended mission, it seems to return with its own personality. But it is really just the result of proximity to the power of the hero she met on the mission.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Milton Snapinn
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #380

11 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Hapless Hero!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Shrinking Violet; Matter-Eater Lad; Karate Kid; Phantom Girl; Chemical King; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Princess Projectra]; Duplicate Boy
Synopsis While other Legionnaires spend time with their families, Matter-Eater Lad has an argument with his father. He ends up back at Legion headquarters where Shrinking Violet complains about her boyfirend troubles. They go out on a date which is interrupted by the arrival of Duplicate Boy. But instead of fighting, Matter-Eater Lad teaches Duplicate Boy how to treat a lady.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Milton Snapinn
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #381

10 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Kill a Friend to Save a World!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Ultra Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Mon-El; Timber Wolf; Light Lass [as Carina Walter]]; Protector; Zorla; Casvarr
Synopsis The Legion uncover and dismantle a protection racket powered by two of their own.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Milton Snapinn
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #382

10 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Chameleon Boy's Secret Identity!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy [also as Dane Roberts]; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid]; Janice Warren
Synopsis Chameleon Boy escorts Princess Projectra and meets her friend Janice. Since Janice is repelled by Chameleon Boy's appearance, he disguises himself as Dane to get to know her. But when one of her jewels goes missing, "Dane" becomes a suspect.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #383

10 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Lament for a Legionnaire!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Princess Projectra; Element Lad; Mon-El; Dream Girl; Superboy; Karate Kid; Shadow Lass]; Eltro Gand
Synopsis When Dream Girl dreams of the death of Mon-El, the Legionnaires and even the planet of Daxam try to protect him. A descendant of his brother, Eltro Gand, takes his place, but Mon dies as a result of lead poisoning. Eltro uses his life essence to revive Mon using the same technology that once revived Lightning Lad.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils)
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #384

10 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Fallen Starboy!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Brainiac 5]
Synopsis Star Boy leads a mission to his home planet and faces the brother of the man he killed in self-defense.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #385

10 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Zap Goes the Legion!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Karate Kid; Brainiac 5]; Night Girl; Hawkor Phuy; Uli Algor
Synopsis Released ex-con Uli Algor has a defense for every super-power the Legion has, but none for a good old-fashioned uppercut.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Shelly Leferman
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #386

10 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "One Hero Too Many!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Duo Damsel; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Invisible Kid (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Supergirl; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Superboy; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad (cameo); Mon-El; Light Lass (cameo); Element Lad; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Dream Girl; Shadow Lass (cameo); Timber Wolf; Chemical King]; Prof. Sayar; Wayland Bannan; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto; Streaky; Comet; Beppo; Proty II]
Synopsis The Legion must lose a member for tax reasons, and though many try to resign, eventually Superboy convinces everyone that it is his time to leave.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #387

11 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Mystery Legionnaire!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Chemical King]; Klim
Synopsis The head of the android criminal Klim seeks to reunite with his body and to take his revenge on the Legionnaire who defeated him, but the same team that stopped him before stops him again.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #389

12 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Tyrant and the Traitor!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl]; President Peralla of Lahum; Diol Masrin; Chavak; Proty II; Nym Belev; Yroa; Wanpar; Marli Zhorg
Synopsis The Legion Espionage Squad is asked to overthrow the president of Lahum, without allowing a revolutionary alligned with the Dark Circle to take power. While most of the team infiltrate the revolutionaries, Saturn Girl gets a position with an official in the cabinet of the president.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Joe Letterese
Notes Continues in next story.
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #390

10 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Ordeal of Element Lad!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Timber Wolf; Karate Kid; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Karate Kid]; Wanpar; Marli Zhorg; Diol Masrin; Yroa; Nym Belev
Synopsis The Legionnaires help the rebels overthrow the president and turn the rebels against Masrin.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes Continues from previous story.
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #391

12 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Legionnaires Who Never Were!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid; Matter-Eater Lad; Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy [also as Saturn Lad]; Brainiac 5 [also as Prince Projectur]; Chameleon Boy [also as Pozr-Du]; Mon-El; Element Lad; Ultra Boy; Light Lass (cameo); Dream Girl (cameo); Invisible Kid (cameo); Supergirl (cameo); Timber Wolf (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Duo Damsel (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Chemical King (cameo); Star Boy (cameo)]
Synopsis When Saturn Girl and Princess Projectra return from a mission their fellow Legionnaires don't recognize them.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #392

1 page text article "Biographies"

Script Mark Waid; Rich Morrissey
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 Superboy; Princess Projectra; Brainiac 5; Duo Damsel; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy
Pencils Curt Swan; Carmine Infantino (layouts, #379 only)
Inks Neal Adams (finishes on #379, inks on #377 & 378); Mike Esposito (#380 only)
Colors Tom McCraw
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Four small cover reproductions on back cover.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #377; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #378; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #379; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #380