1074 - Adventure Comics 353 - The Doomed Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1074 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 353
Cover Date – February 1967
Title – The Doomed Legionnaire!
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Ferro Lad, Princess Projectra, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villain - Fatal Five - Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader, Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – The Legion and the Fatal Five unite to save Earth, but Ferro Lad sacrifices his life to deliver the death blow to the sun eater.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 – 2009
The DC Comics Classic Library – The Legion of Super Heroes – The Life and Death of Ferro Lad - 2009
Comments – Over the years, I have never seen any interview with Shooter or any other staff member that confirms that Ferro Lad was introduced in Adventure 346 just to be killed seven issues later. His death was even foretold by the Hag in Adventure 350. But don’t be sad, Ferro Lad will maintain a long lasting presence in Legion lore for many years.