Issue | #11 |
Published | 2001 |
Cover Price | $49.95 |
Pages | 224 |
Editing | Dale Crain; Murray Boltinoff (original editor of all reprinted material) |
Notes | ISBN 1-56389-730-X. Cover is a composite of separate figures done for "The Lore of the Legion" feature in Superboy #205. |
Characters | Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Wildfire; Timber Wolf; Dream Girl |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Dave Cockrum |
Inks | Dave Cockrum |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Notes | ISBN 1-56389-730-X. Cover is a composite of separate figures done for "The Lore of the Legion" feature in Superboy #205. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #205 |
Characters | Mon-El; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Notes | frontispiece |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #203 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy]; Flynt Brojj |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #209 |
Characters | Superboy; Duo Damsel |
Script | Mike Grell |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #209 [illo only] |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl]; Validus |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Nick Cardy (signed) |
Inks | Nick Cardy (signed) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #203 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Dream Girl; Saturn Girl; Ferro Lad (statue)]; Validus; Myla; Tharok |
Synopsis | After the Legionnaires run a practice drill on protecting their headquarters, Invisible Kid collapses. He reveals that when he turns invisible he can see an invisible world and one of its inhabitants, Myla. Later, Dream Girl dreams that Validus is coming to attack the Legion. Saturn Girl confirms that the components of Tharok's brain being held by the Legion are summoning Validus. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #203 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Superboy; Karate Kid]; Validus; Myla |
Synopsis | Validus attacks Legion headquarters and kills Invisible Kid just as he destorys the components of Tharok's brain controlling Validus. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #203 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy]; Anti-Lad |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Nick Cardy |
Inks | Nick Cardy |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Notes | Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl are in their present-day costumes on the cover, not the costumes they wear in the flashback story it reflects. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #204 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5]; Anti-Lad |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires ponder a photo in their archives featuring a Legionnaire no one remembers, Anti-Lad. The readers are told how a time traveller from the far-distant future saw Superboy being rejected by the Legion in his initial tryout and went to the Legion's time to make sure they gave the Boy of Steel a second chance. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | In the sequences related to Superboy's initiation tests, the Legionnaires are wearing their classic Silver Age costumes, not the versions they wore in the actual story. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #204 |
Characters | Star Boy; Brainiac 5; Supergirl; Saturn Girl |
Synopsis | Brainiac 5 misses Supergirl so much his subconscious mind creates an android version of her. When Brainy and his android get into trouble, the real Supergirl saves them and announces she is leaving the Legion. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #204 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Wildfire; Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Phantom Girl; Karate Kid; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy]; Lana Lang; Mike Grell |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Nick Cardy |
Inks | Nick Cardy |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #205 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Shadow Lass; Karate Kid; Brainiac 5; Wildfire; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Shrinking Violet]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen] |
Synopsis | Superboy and Lana Lang arrive in the 30th century to find Ultra Boy locked up and berserk. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #205 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Ultra Boy; Wildfire]; Lana Lang |
Synopsis | After Superboy sets off to retrieve the cure for Ultra Boy's condition, the Legionnaires turn on Lana Lang and prepare to execute her and a rational Ultra Boy. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #205 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Wildfire; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Shadow Lass; Superboy]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]; The Master |
Synopsis | Superboy secretly saves Ultra Boy and Lana Lang from their firing squad, then the three of them destroy the helmet of the alien controlling the other Legionnaires. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #205 |
Characters | Superboy; Saturn Girl; Aquaman |
Script | Mike Grell |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Typeset |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #205 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Element Lad; Dream Girl; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Shadow Lass; Timber Wolf; Chemical King; Wildfire; Ferro Lad]; Elastic Lad; Kid Psycho; Insect Queen; Pete Ross; Rond Vidar |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Pencils | Dave Cockrum (pgs. 1 & 2); Curt Swan (pg. 3) |
Inks | Dave Cockrum (pgs. 1 & 2); George Klein (pg.3); George Roussos (Insect Queen figure) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Notes | Profiles of 10 of the Legionnaires and 5 of their associates. The Ferro Lad figure is taken from the cover to Adventure Comics (1938 series) #352; the Jimmy Olsen figure is taken from the cover of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954 series) #105; the Kid Psycho figure is taken from the cover of Superboy (1949 series) #125; the Insect Queen figure is taken from the cover of Adventure Comics (1938 series) #370; the Pete Ross figure is taken from the cover of Superboy (1949 series) #94; the Rond Vidar figure is taken from Adventure Comics (1938 series) #360. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #205 |
Characters | Superboy; Invisible Kid (clone); Ferro Lad (clone) |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Nick Cardy (signed) |
Inks | Nick Cardy (signed) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #206 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5]; Invisible Kid (clone); Ferro Lad (cameo); Validus |
Synopsis | Superboy encounters dead Legionnaires Ferro Lad and Invisible Kid in Smallville. They tell him they are testing themselves to see if they still have what it takes to be in the Legion. But Superboy knows they are experimental clones who only survive for 2 days. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #206 |
Characters | Princess Projectra; Karate Kid |
Synopsis | Princess Projectra's guilt causes her to create an illusion of Orando so convincing she thinks she is home. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #206 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl]; Dvron |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Mike Grell (signed) |
Inks | Mike Grell (signed) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #207 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy]; Dvron; Universo; President of Earth |
Synopsis | While the Legion is told by the President that Universo has escaped, Colossal Boy finds a Science Police officer slinking around the headquarters. Dvron tells the Legionnaires that he has already encountered the escaped Universo and leads them to him. But once they find him, Dvron stops the Legionnaires from capturing Universo as payback for Universo saving his life. But now that they are even, Dvron helps the Legionnaires snare Universo. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #207 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Shadow Lass]; Lightning Lord |
Synopsis | Lightning Lad honors the first anniversary of his parents death at the spot in space where they died and encounters his brother Lightning Lord. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Light Lass is incorrectly shown as younger than Lightning Lad. Lightning Lord is also incorrectly shown with white hair in flashbacks. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #207 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Duo Damsel]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Mike Grell (main panel); Curt Swan (smaller panels) |
Inks | Mike Grell (main panel); George Klein (smaller panels) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Notes | The secondary panels were reproduced from the covers to Superboy (1949 series) #93 and Adventure Comics (1938 series) #343. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #208 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy]; Legion of Super-Villains [Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord; Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Nemesis Kid; Chameleon Chief]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Larx Kenrik |
Synopsis | As the Legion prepares to award a peace negotiator with the coveted Universal Trophy, Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy are attacked by their parents. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Lightning Lord's hair is mistakenly colored blonde on the first page. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #208 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Villains [Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord; Nemesis Kid; Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Chameleon Chief]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Chemical King; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El] |
Synopsis | As the Legion prepares for the ceremony, Chameleon Chief booby traps the statue. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #208 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Lightning Lad; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Shadow Lass]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Larx Kenrik; Legion of Super-Villains [Chameleon Chief; Spider Girl; Nemesis Kid; Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord] |
Synopsis | Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy are released from their traps, but the rest of the Legion is already onto the Villains' plans and have surprised the LSV in their own lair. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Saturn Girl's hair is incorrectly colored brunette on the final page. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #208 |
Characters | Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Color Kid] |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | George Klein |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Notes | Figures are taken from Adventure Comics (1938 series) #351. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #208 |
Characters | Superboy; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Mike Grell (signed) |
Inks | Mike Grell (signed) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #209 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Superboy]; Duo Damsel |
Synopsis | The Legionnaires must siphon off Princess Projectra's pain in order to allow her to survive the Pain Plague. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #209 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Cosmic Boy; Wildfire; Saturn Girl; Chemical King]; Flynt Brojj |
Synopsis | While giving a tour to a special fan, the Legion receives a dangerous Witch Wolf. When the Legionnaires fail to subdue the animal, Flynt Brojj realizes that the Legionnaires are victims of a mass hypnotic spell. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Joe Letterese |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #209 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Shadow Lass (vignette); Karate Kid (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Soljer |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Mike Grell (signed) |
Inks | Mike Grell (signed) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #210 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Princess Projectra; Chameleon Boy]; Soljer |
Synopsis | Lightning Lad re-animates a soldier who can materialize any type of weapon he can imagine. When the Legion convinces him that his war is over and he has done his duty, he finally passes on to his rest. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #210 |
Characters | Karate Kid; Sadaharu; Sensei; Black Dragon |
Synopsis | Karate Kid's learns who killed his father. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #210 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Chemical King; Light Lass; Shadow Lass (vignette); Karate Kid (vignette); Phantom Girl (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Roxxas |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Mike Grell (signed) |
Inks | Mike Grell (signed) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Gaspar Saladino |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #211 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Chemical King; Element Lad; Star Boy; Light Lass; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Star Boy]; Roxxas; Gorra |
Synopsis | Element Lad tracks Roxxas to Trom and plans to execute him, but Chemical King prevents him from making the ultimate mistake. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #211 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Shadow Lass]; Cosmic Boy imposter; Shadow Lass imposter; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid] |
Synopsis | Two imposter Leginnaires ransack the old Legion clubhouse to find a gem they hid years ago, but they run into the Legion of Substitute-Heroes who have come to claim the headquarters and make it their own. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Joe Letterese |
Notes | The Subs are all in new costumes. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #211 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Superboy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Shadow Lass (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Esper Lass; Magno Lad; Phantom Lad; Micro Lad |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Mike Grell (signed) |
Inks | Mike Grell (signed) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #212 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf; Karate Kid; Superboy; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Ferro Lad (statue)]; Chameleon Kid; Magno Lad; Esper Lass; Phantom Lad; Calorie Queen; Micro Lad |
Synopsis | Six Legion applicants from the same planets as six Legionnaires challenge them for their positions on the team. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Includes page removed before original publication and published only in black & white in The Amazing World of DC Comics #9. Matter-Eater Lad is drafted into the political system of his home planet in this story and leaves the Legion. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #212 |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo)]; Night Girl |
Synopsis | Night Girl's efforts to track down "Crafty" Colson and his gang cause a rift between her and Cosmic Boy, but together they take them down. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Jim Shooter |
Pencils | Mike Grell |
Inks | Mike Grell |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Night Girl is in a new costume in this story. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #212 |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Short biographies of the primary writers and artists of the stories in this volume. |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Chemical King; Light Lass]; Validus; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Soljer; Roxxas |
Pencils | Nick Cardy (#203); Mike Grell (larger panel of #208 and #210 & #211); Curt Swan (smaller panels of #208) |
Inks | Nick Cardy (#203); Mike Grell (larger panel of #208 and #210 & #211); George Klein (smaller panels of #208) |
Colors | Digital Chameleon |
Letters | ?; Typeset |
Notes | Four small cover reproductions on back cover. |
Reprinted | from Superboy (1949 series) #203; from Superboy (1949 series) #208; from Superboy (1949 series) #210; from Superboy (1949 series) #211 |