1062 - Adventure Comics 341 - Colossal Boy's One Man War!

Index Number – 1062 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 341
Cover Date – February 1966
Title – Colossal Boy’s One Man War!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy;
Introduction – Duo Damsel (Luornu Durgo)
Villain – Computo the Conqueror
Synopsis – After mourning Triplicate Girl’s apparent death, the Legionnaires are delighted to discover that two Luorno’s still remain. After a few misses (Bizarro-Computo, the Weirdo Legionnaire), Brainiac destroys his creation.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff
Cover – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – This issue begins the tradition of disastrous inventions from Brainiac 5. 12th level intelligence, yeah, right.

1061 - Adventure Comics 340 - Computo the Conqueror!

Index Number – 1061 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 340
Cover Date – January 1966
Title – Computo the Conqueror!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Computo the Conqueror
Synopsis – Brainiac’s latest science project turns on him and tries to take over the world, while apparently killing Triplicate Girl.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Even our younger brothers thought Computo and his army looked ridiculous.

1060 - Adventure Comics 339 - Hunters of the Super-Beasts!

Index Number – 1060 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 339
Cover Date – December 1965
Title – Hunters of the Super-Beasts!
Characters – Beast Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Duplicate Boy, Evolvo Lad, Gas Girl, Invisible Kid, Life Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy,
Villain – Beast Boy
Synopsis – Beast Boy of Lallor become alienated against humans and organizes an animal army on a jungle planet. He dies saving a young girl from one of the beasts that he freed on Earth.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / Sheldon Moldoff
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008

1059 - Superboy 125 - The Sacrifice of Kid Psycho

Index Number – 1059 – 1.0
Issue – Superboy 125
Cover Date – December 1965
Title – The Sacrifice of Kid Psycho
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Kid Psycho, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy
Introduction – Kid Psycho (Gnill Opril)
Synopsis – After being rejected for Legion membership, Kid Psycho travels to the 21st century to demonstrate his abilities to Superboy, and to ask him to intercede with the Legionnaires. They learn that Kid Psycho shortens his life span by one year every time he projects a force field. He is pleased to be named the reserve as the Legion’s Secret Weapon.
Writer – Otto Binder
Artist – George Papp
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Did Swan and Klein draw every cover, or just the ones form Weisinger?

1058 - Adventure Comics 338 - The Menace of the Sinister Super-Babies!

Index Number – 1058 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 338
Cover Date – November 1965
Title – The Menace of the Sinister Super-Babies!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villains - Glorith, Time Trapper
Synopsis – After Glorith turns the Legionnaires into babies, the Time Trapper has so much trouble as a baby-sitter that he allows himself to be captured.
Writer – Jerry Seigel
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – In this issue, Element Lad, the sensitive one, refers to Glorith saying, “The chick isn’t bluffing.”

1057 - Adventure Comics 337 - The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion!

Index Number – 1057 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 337
Cover Date – October 1865
Title – The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain - Blackout Boy, Magnetic Kid, Size Lad
Synopsis – Phantom Girl and Ultra Boy; and Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad pretend to marry and resign from the Legion, Three alien spies are inducted on purpose to expose their invasion plans.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / Sheldon Moldoff
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – The abilities of the three spies were suggested by letter column contributors.

1056 - Adventure Comics 336 - The True Identity of Starfinger!

Index Number – 1056 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 336
Cover Date – September 1965
Title – The True Identity of Starfinger!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Starfinger, Dr. Lars Hanscom
Synopsis – Starfinger continues his rampage until he is unmasked and found to be Lightning Lad, under the control of his physician.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / Sheldon Moldoff
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 – 2008
Comments – As of this issue, Lightning Lad has been killed, revived, de-armed, and turned into a villain. Talk about a run of bad luck. (More about that in a number of years.)

1035 - Adventure Comics 335 - Starfinger!

Index Number – 1055 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 335
Cover Date – August 1965
Title – Starfinger!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain - Starfinger
Synopsis – A mysterious masked villain threatens to destroy the Seven Wonders of the 30th Century using various rays from his fingers. Saturn Girl catches a random thought and learns that he is (gasp) a Legionnaire.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / Sheldon Moldoff
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – First appearance of Pol Krinn (future Magnetic Kid). Another example of a story based on classic literature, in this case, “Goldfinger” by Ian Fleming. This is the first two-part Legion story. Do you know how long one month is to a 13-year-old comic book fan?

1054 - Adventure Comics 354 - The Unknown Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1054 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 334
Cover Date – July 1965
Title – The Unknown Legionnaire!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl,
Villain – Dr. Norm Eldor
Synopsis – Superboy recalls an adventure when the Legion was assisted by a unknown male hero with a variety of abilities who turns out to be . . . Supergirl!
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / Sheldon Moldoff
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Can you say red kryptonite?

1053 - Adventure Comics 333 - The War between Krypton and Earth!

Index Number – 1053 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 333
Cover Date – June 1965
Title – The War Between Krypton and Earth!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Element Lad, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl,
Synopsis – The Legion travels to prehistoric, red-sun Earth and discovers it has been inhabited by two alien races; Vruunians, who have built a city called Atlantis; and scientists escaping from anti-science Krypton. They scuffle. When Earth’s atmosphere bothers the Vruunians, Brainiac help them become water-breathers and the Legion sinks their city. The Kryptonians eventually get eaten by their pets, the dinosaurs.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – This story explains that Lori Lemaris, Superman’s mermaid girlfriend, is a descendant of these Atlantians.

1052 - Adventure Comics 352 - The Super-Moby Dick of Space!

Index Number – 1052 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 332
Cover Date – May 1965
Title – The Super-Moby Dick of Space!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – The Super-Moby Dick of Space
Synopsis – Lightning Lad becomes obsessed with stopping the space beast that destroyed his arm.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Some years after this story was published, I read that the editors and creators had been adapting classic literature for Legion stories. This one is obvious. Adventure 318, “The Mutiny of the Super Heroes”, was based on “The Mutiny on the Bounty” and Adventure 380, “The Legion’s Space Odyssey”, was bosed on Homer’s (not Simpson) “Odyssey”.

1051 - Adventure Comics 331 - The Triumph of the Legion of Super Villians!

Index Number – 1051 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 331
Cover Date – April 1965
Title – The Triumph of the Legion of Super Villians!
Characters – Chlorophyll Kid, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Fire Lad, Invisible Kid, Mon-El, Night Girl, Polar Boy, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Stone Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl
Villains – Cosmic King, Dynamo Boy, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen
Synopsis – After Dynamo Boy invites the LSV to join him, they exile him to the future. The Legionnaire rally to save the day.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – Jim Mooney
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008

1050- Adventure Comics 330 - The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1050 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 330
Cover Date – March 1965
Title – The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superbo, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Dynamo Boy
Synopsis – A space pirate joins the Legion, and begins framing and expelling Legionnaires with abilities from his power belt.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – Jim Mooney
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Once again, the Legion is sabotaged by a new member. Maybe we should beef up the screening process.

1049 - Adventure Comics 329 - The Bizarro Legion!

Index Number – 1049 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 329
Cover Date – February 1965
Title – The Bizarro Legion!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – Bizarro-Superboy creates his own Bizarro Legion after being rejected for membership. The Bizarros cause so much trouble that the Legion must trick them into disbanding.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – Jim Mooney
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 4– 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Once again, a rejected applicant returns to harass the Legionnaires. But, since the Legion bumped the Bizarros from their spot in Adventure Comics, maybe they had it coming. Also, Brainiac 5 invents the flight ring. (Chronicler’s error alert!)

1048 - Adventure Comics 328 - The Lad Who Wricked the Legion!

Index Number – 1048 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 328
Cover Date – January 1965
Title – The Lad Who Wricked the Legion!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain - Command Kid
Synopsis – A space pirate, possessed by a demon, joins the Legion and with the promise of increasing their powers, tricks most of the Legionnaires into suspended animation until Element Lad and Saturn Girl save the day.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – Jim Mooney
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008

1047 - Adventure Comics 327 - The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1047 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 327
Cover Date – December 1964
Title – The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Lone Wolf, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Introduction – Lone Wolf (Brin Londo)
Villain – Dr. Londo’s android
Synopsis – The Legionnaires encounter Lone Wolf while investigating thefts on Zoon. He turns down an offer of membership because he believes that he is an android.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments - Light Lass shamelessly throws herself at Lone Wolf.

1046 - Superboy 117 - Superboy and the 5 Legion Traitors!

Index Number – 1046 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 117
Cover Date – December 1964
Title – Superboy and the 5 Legion Traitors!
Characters – Parallel versions of Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Ultra Boy
Villain - Parallel versions of Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – Superboy confronts evil Legionnaires in his hometown on a parallel world.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – I am conflicted on including this story. The characters are technically not our Legionnaires, but they are somebody’s Legionnaires.

1045 - Adventure Comics 326 - The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires!

Index Number – 1045 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 326
Cover Date – November 1965
Title – The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Queen Azura of Femnaz
Synopsis – The female Legionnaires defeat their male counterparts while under the influence of the leader of a matriarchal society.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – The planet was called “Femnaz”. Do you think Rush Limbaugh has a Legion fan?

1044 - Adventure Comics 325 - Lex Luthor Meets the Legion!

Index Number – 1044 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 325
Cover Date – October 1964
Title – Lex Luthor Meets the Legion!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinkng Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Lex Luthor
Synopsis – Young Luthor travels to the future wearing a wig to trick the Legion into thinking he is still Superboy’s friend. He sends the Legionnaires into the Phantom Zone, where under Mon-El’s teachings they combine their mental powers to force Luthor to free them.
Writer – Edmond Hamitton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – The Trouble with Time Travel: In Superman 147 (1961), adult Luthor speculates about the existence of a Legion of Super-Villians when he recalls meeting Lightning Lad, completely forgetting this little adventure. Also, this issue contains a text page of the Legion Constitution.

1043 - Adventure Comics 324 - The Legion of Super Outlaws

Index Number – 1043 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 324
Cover Date – September 1964
Title – The Legion of Super Outlaws
Characters – Beast Boy, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duplicate Boy, Element Lad, Evolvo Lad, Gas Girl, Invisible Kid, Life Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Introduction - Beast Boy (Nor Ilshu), Duplicate Boy (Ord Quelu), Evolvo Lad (Sev Tcheru), Gas Girl (Tal Nahii), Life Lass (Somi Gan)
Villain – Marsden King
Synopsis – In revenge for the defeat of his brother, Jungle King, Marsden King tricks the young heroes of the planet Lallor into attacking the Legion.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – The heroes of Lallor were all suggested by fans in letters to the editor.

1042 - Adventure Comics 323 - The Eight Impossible Missions!

Index Number – 1042 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 323
Cover Date – August 1964
Title – The Eight Impossible Missions!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Elastic Lad, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Phantom Girl, Pete Ross, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Introductions – Spider Girl (Sussa Pak), Double Header
Synopsis – Proty II oversees a contest to determine the new Legion leader
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – John Forte / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Two issues in a row featuring Proty. Who knew he / she had such a following. Years from now, Spider Girl, having joined the Legion of Super Villians, and then having reformed, will join the Legion. Double Header will end up with the Subs.

1041 - Adventure Comics 322 - The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets!

Index Number – 1041 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 322
Cover Date – July 1964
Title – The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Fire Lad, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – The Super-Pets test Proty II for induction into their noble band, hence the title.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / Sheldon Moldoff, Al Plastino
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Have I mentioned how much I hated the Super-Pets?

1040 - Adventure Comics 321 - The Code of the Legion!

Index Number – 1040 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 321
Cover Date – June 1964
Title – The Code of the Legion!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl. Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain - Time Trapper
Synopsis – The Time Trapper, disguised as a Science Police Commissioner, tries to trick the Legionnaires to revealing an ultimate weapon.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte / Sheldon Moldoff, Al Plastino
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – The Legionnaires have been trying to break the Iron Curtain of Time for some time, without revealing why they want to nab this guy in the first place.

1039 - Adventure Comics 320 - The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton!

Index Number – 1039 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 320
Cover Date – May 1964
Title – The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Element Lad, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy,
Villain – Morlock the Merciless
Synopsis – Superboy’s old enemy, Dev-Em, now a member of the Inter-Stellar Counter-Intelligence Corp, needs his help to infiltrate Morlock’s spy network.
Writer – Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder
Artist – John Forte, George Papp / Sheldon Moldoff, George Papp, Al Plastino
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – Proty II saves the day. Whoopee! Much of this story is reprinted from Adventure 287 and 288, featuring the first appearance of Dev-Em.

1038 - Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 76 - Elastic Lad Jimmy and his Legion Romances!

Index Number – 1038 - 1.0
Issue – Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 76
Cover Date – April 1964
Title – Elastic Lad Jimmy and his Legion Romances!
Characters – Elastic Lad, Light Lass, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – The girls pretend to fall for Jimmy to make Lucy Lane jealous.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007

1037 - Adventure Comics 319 - The Legion's Suicide Squad

Index Number – 1037 - 1.0
Issue – Advemtiure Comics 319
Cover Date – April 1964
Title – The Legion’s Suicide Squad
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Fire Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Stone Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl
Villain – The population of Throon
Synopsis – The Subs save the day when the Legion is utterly defeated by the Citadel of Throon
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – The Subs save the day (again), and still no invitation to join.

1036 - Adventure Comics 318 - The Mutiny of the Legionnaires!

Index Number – 1036 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 318
Cover Date – March 1964
Title – The Mutiny of the Legionnaires!
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl
Synopsis – While suffering from space-fatigue, Sun Boy becomes a tyrant and sets his teammates adrift in space after they mutiny.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – By this time, the Legion has been around for about 6 years, yet this is one of the first space missions that they have undertaken.

1035 - Adventure Comics 317 - The Menace of Dream Girl!

Index Number – 1035 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 317
Cover Date – February 1964
Title – The Menace of Dream Girl!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Dream Girl, Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass/Light Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Introduction – Dream Girl (Nura Nal)
Synopsis – After a vision of the death of the Legionnaires, Dream Girl joins and begins expelling her teammates on technicalities. She discovers that she misinterpreted her dream and resigns, but not before using “Naltorian Super Science” to give Lightning Lass weight reduction abilities
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – Witness the kindling of the Dream Girl / Star Boy romance.

1034 - Adventure Comics 316 - The Renegade Super-Hero!

Index Number – 1034 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 316
Cover Date – January 1964
Title – The Renegade Super-Hero!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – Space raiders
Synopsis – Ultra Boy pretends to be evil to be drummed out of the Legion and to track down some raiders.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments - The beginning of the Ultra Boy / Phantom Girl romance. Aw.

1033 - Adventure Comics 315 - The LEgionnaires' Sper-Contest!

Index Number – 1033 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 315
Cover Date – December 1963
Title – The Legionnaires’ Super Contest!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chlorophyll Kid, Cosmic Boy, Chameleon Boy, Fire Lad, Lightning Lad, Night Girl, Polar Boy, Saturn Girl, Stone Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy
Synopsis – While the Legion is away, the Subs capture space pirates who are intent of stealing our glass. In gratitude, the Legionnaires hold a contest to induct one of the subs. Stone Boy wins, but elects to stay with his teammates.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – Glass-stealing space pirates!?

1032 - Adventure Comics 314 - The Super-Villians of All Ages!

Index Number – 1032 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 314
Cover Date – November 1963
Title – The Super-Villians of All Ages!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain - Alaktor
Synopsis – Self-proclaimed “Master of Worlds”, Alaktor transfers the minds of Nero, Hitler and Dillinger into Superboy, Mon-El and Ultra Boy.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007