Index Number – 1075 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 354
Cover Date – March 1967
Title – The Adult Legion!
Characters – Gim Allon, Brainiac 5, Cosmic Man, Element Man, Nura Nal Kallor, Thom Kallor, Tenzil Kem, Lydda Jath Krinn, Lightning Man, Ayla Ranzz Londo, Mon-El, Tinya Wazzo Nah, Polar Man, Old Qelo, Salu Digby Qelu, Saturn Woman, Superman, Chuck Taine, Luornu Durgo Taine, Timber Wolf, Ultra Man
Introduction – Douglas Nolan
Villain – Legion of Super Villains – Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen
Synopsis – Superman is summoned to a time period when his Legion friends are adults. After some sightseeing, he help them capture a mysterious attacker – Ferro Lad’s twin brother.
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
Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future - 2008
The DC Comics Classic Library – The Legion of Super Heroes – The Life and Death of Ferro Lad - 2009
Comments – The Trouble with Time Travel: Marriages and deaths are prefigured to the eternal anguish of continuity hounds everywhere. Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl and Ultra Boy, Light Lass and Timber Wolf, Night Girl and Cosmic Mon, Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy, Shrinking Violet and Duplicate Boy are all married, In addition to Ferro Lad, future Legionnaires, Chemical King, Reflecto, Quantum Queen and Shadow Lass are shown to have died in battle. The Curse of Male Pattern Baldness – Cosmic Man, it’s called Rogaine! The Ferro Lad Effect – One issue after dying, Ferro Lad makes his first post-mortem appearance.
RIP: Keith Giffen
4 weeks ago
Heh - I sorta like the fact that Cosmic Man was shown to have some hair loss, superheroes always seem to have super hair! I remember Patrick Stewart of Star Trek talking about how Gene Roddenberry told him in the future, no will care about baldness, I guess that's one theory.
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