| Issue | #49 |
| Published | June 1990 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 0.70 GBP |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Mark Waid (co-editor); Michael Eury (co-editor) |
| Characters | Newsboy Legion (younger clones) [Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper; Tommy; Flip]; Guardian; Angry Charlie; Bouncing Boy; Shining Knight |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Karl Kesel |
| Inks | Karl Kesel |
| Characters | Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Dr. F'toora (cameo) |
| Synopsis | A lab assistant drinks a super-plastic fluid by mistake, becomes super-bouncy, and gets rejected and then accepted as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Ty Templeton |
| Pencils | Ty Templeton |
| Inks | Ty Templeton |
| Letters | Ty Templeton |
| Characters | Newsboy Legion (younger clones) [Gabby; Flip; Tommy; Big Words; Scrapper]; Newsboy Legion (adults) [Gabby [John Gabrielli]; Tommy Thompkins; Big Words; Scrapper; Flip [Walter Johnson, Jr.]]; Guardian; Dabney Donovan; Dubblex (flashback, cameo); Angry Charlie; Dragorin (cameo) |
| Synopsis | The adult Newsboy Legion discuss the history of Project Cadmus. Their younger clones explore an underground world beneath the Project, where they meet DNAlien Angry Charlie and mad scientist Dabney Donovan. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Karl Kesel |
| Pencils | Karl Kesel |
| Inks | Karl Kesel |
| Colors | Tom Ziuko |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Notes | This story shows the origins of the original Guardian and Newsboy Legion, and their DNA descendents in the contemporary Superman books. |
| Characters | Silent Knight [Brian]; Lady Celia Penbrook; King Edwin Penbrook; Sir Oswald; Sir Grot; Slasher |
| Synopsis | When young, stuttering stable boy Brian is bullied, King Edwin orderes Sir Grot to train him in self-defense. King Edwin is slain in a joust by his evil brother Oswald, who assumes the throne. Brian finds King Edwin's enchanted armor, puts it on, saves Lady Celia from being killed, and allows Oswald to think that he is being haunted by the ghost of his brother. |
| Genre | period; adventure |
| Script | Jan Strnad |
| Pencils | John Koch |
| Inks | Gary Martin |
| Colors | Tom McCraw |
| Letters | John Workman |
| Editing | Mark Waid |