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Issue Details

Issue	#C-55
Published	1978
Frequency	quarterly
Cover Price	2.00 USD
Pages	76
Editing	Joe Orlando (Editor, Managing Editor); Paul Levitz (Editorial Consultant)
Notes	UPC indicates this is a March issue. On sale date estimated at 1977-12-12. Indicia: "ALL NEW COLLECTORS' EDITION, Vol. 7, No. C-55. Published quarterly by DC COMICS INC., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019. Copyright © 1978 by DC Comics Inc. All Rights Reserved. The stories, characters, and incidents mentioned in this magazine are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Printed in U.S.A."

Cover Details

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Karate Kid; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Wildfire; Princess Projectra; Timber Wolf]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Mike Grell (signed)
Inks	Mike Grell (signed)
Colors	Sol Harrison
Notes	Wraparound cover.
Reprinted	in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008) [minus the UPC]

1 page text article "The Making of the Myth"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Todd Klein [as TK] (frame)
Inks	Todd Klein [as TK] (frame)
Letters	Todd Klein (title); typeset
Notes	Discusses the creation and history of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Printed on inside front cover. Art credits are from Todd Klein's blog.

1 page Legion of Super-Heroes credits "Presenting…The longest and most important tale ever told of the Legion of Super-Heroes"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Princess Projectra; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Element Lad; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Wildfire; Tyroc; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Timber Wolf; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Dream Girl; Shadow Lass; Karate Kid; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass; Sun Boy]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Mike Grell ?
Inks	Vince Colletta ?
Colors	Jerry Serpe; Tony Tollin
Letters	Gaspar Saladino [as Gaspar]
Notes	Table of contents and credits for this issue. Page numbered as if it is part of the story.

18 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Millennium Massacre Chapter One"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid; Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Shrinking Violet; Tyroc (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Dream Girl; Colossal Boy; Duo Damsel (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo)]; Duplicate Boy (cameo); R. J. Brande (cameo); Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Night Girl; Color Kid; Fire Lad; Stone Boy; Polar Boy; Chlorophyll Kid] (cameo); Kid Psycho (cameo); Paul Levitz (cameo); Mike Grell (cameo)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Levitz
Pencils	Mike Grell
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Gaspar Saladino

12 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Millennium Massacre Chapter Two: Murder by Moonlight"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Phantom Girl]; Oseldan Khan
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Levitz
Pencils	Mike Grell
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Gaspar Saladino

14 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Millennium Massacre Chapter 3: The Twisted History Mystery"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Superboy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Shadow Lass]; the Time Trapper (a Controller); Time Bubble; United Nations building; New York State Pavilion from World's Fair; Shea Stadium
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Levitz
Pencils	Mike Grell
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Gaspar Saladino

2 page Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes illustration

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Karate Kid; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Ultra Boy; Duo Damsel; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Dream Girl; Superboy; Tyroc; Shadow Lass]
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Levitz ?
Pencils	Mike Grell
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Jerry Serpe; Tony Tollin
Letters	Gaspar Saladino
Notes	Shows the original three members and the Super-Hero Clubhouse circa 2959 A.D., then the new headquarters and the members at the time of 2968 A.D., and then today's Legion of 2978 A.D. The first page is numbered (36) as if it is part of the story (the second part of this double-page spread doesn't have a number, but does count as the next story page is 38).

17 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Millennium Massacre Chapter Four: Showdown at the End of Eternity"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Timber Wolf; Light Lass; Dawnstar; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Chameleon Boy; Superboy; Wildfire; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Element Lad; Tyroc; Ultra Boy]; Rond Vidar; the Time Trapper (a Controller); Ferro Lad (flashback, cameo); Time Bubble; the Miracle Machine; United Nations building
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Levitz
Pencils	Mike Grell
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Gaspar Saladino
Notes	On the last page, there are two identical word balloons from Superboy (one above his head, one below) with this text: "WILDFIRE... COMING FROM YOU, THAT ALMOST LEAVES ME SPEECHLESS." The letterer didn't notice that he used that text twice, and the editor didn't catch it either.

7 page The Legion of Super-Heroes text article "The Origins and Powers of the Legionnaires"

Characters	Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Duo Damsel; Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Supergirl; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Mon-El; Matter-Eater Lad; Element Lad; Light Lass; Dream Girl; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid; Shadow Lass; Timber Wolf; Wildfire; Tyroc; Dawnstar; Ferro Lad (statue); Invisible Kid (statue); Chemical King (statue); Pete Ross; Jimmy Olsen; Insect Queen; Rond Vidar; Kid Psycho; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Color Kid; Chlorophyll Kid
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Levitz
Pencils	James Sherman
Inks	Jack Abel
Colors	Jerry Serpe; Tony Tollin
Letters	Gaspar Saladino
Notes	New origins and powers of all Legionnaires, even deceased, reserves, and the Substitutes. Introduction of a new costume for Element Lad that was never used again.
Reprinted	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #33; in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008).

1 page The Legion of Super-Heroes text article "Secrets of the Legion"

Characters	Saturn Girl; flight ring; telepathic plug; Legion cruiser
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Levitz
Pencils	James Sherman
Inks	Jack Abel
Colors	Jerry Serpe; Tony Tollin
Letters	Gaspar Saladino
Notes	Page numbered as page 8 of the previous sequence.
Reprinted	in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008).

1 page biography (nonfictional)

Script	Joe Orlando; Paul Levitz; Mike Grell
Pencils	Todd Klein [as TK]
Inks	Todd Klein [as TK]
Notes	Biographies of Paul Levitz, Michael Jon Grell, Vince Colletta, Jack Abel, James Sherman, Gaspar Saladino, and Jerry Serpe. Levitz and Grell signed theirs (and they are first-person); the others were presumably written by Joe Orlando, as he introduces them. Printed on inside back cover. Art credits are from Todd Klein's blog.