Index Number – 1088 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 365
Cover Date – February 1968
Title – The Escape of the Fatal Five!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Shadow Lass, Superboy
Introduction – Shadow Lass (Tasmia Mallor)
Villain - Fatal Five - Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader,Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – The Legionnaires join Shadow Lass to investigate a new militaristic regime on her home world, Talok VIII. As they escape from individual traps, the Legionnaires provide the power to free the Fatal Five from another dimension.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – This is one of the best of the Shooter Era. It is a good adventure / mystery story, with a handful of characters overcoming difficult challenges, as a group and singly as they escape from some ingenious death traps. The big reveal that the Fatal Five is behind everything occurs about three-quarters through the story, leading to a cliff-hanger. But it is given away on the cover. I have never seen any evidence to support this, but I believe that the cover and title were added after the story was written and drawn. I can’t believe that anyone would create such a mystery and then spoil it on the cover.
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