1006 - Action 276 - Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends!

Index Number – 1006 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 276
Cover Date – May 1961
Title – Supergirl’s Three Super Girl-Friends!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Supergirl. Triplicate Girl
Synopsis – Supergirl is again invited to the future, where she and Brainiac 5 earn Legion membership.
Introductions – Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine), Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox), Phantom Girl ( (Tinya Wazzo), Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby), Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna), Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo)
Writer – Jerry Seigel
Artist – Jim Mooney
Editor - Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 1 – 1991
Showcase Present the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – It appears that the editorial forces had decided that this feature has some legs and begin to expand the rolls. At this time, the contemporary villain, Brainiac, was still an organic being capable of producing progeny.
Revised Narratives - For many years, creatory and fans have felt that the Legion invited Supergirl to join the Legion before Superboy, because Brainiac 5 joined with her, but he was seen as a member when Superboy was inducted. In Supergirl v5 Annual 2 (December 2010, Supergirl and the Legion of Super Heroes, this story is no longer a part of Legion history. Briefly, Supergirl (circa 2010) accidently finds her way to the 30th century and meets the early Legion (continuity 1.0 by my reconning) members, who have already inducted Superboy. She recalls meeting older Legionnaires (series 1.0a) during the New Krypton adventures. She stays for about a month, get inducted, has a bit of a romance with Briany, and they goes home, sucumbing to the psychic memory blocks from Saturn Girl. Therefore, the Superboy of Superman's past and the Supergirl of Superman's present are members in good standing in the early incarnation of the Legion of Super Heroes.