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?