1089 - Adventure Comics 366 - The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!

Index Number – 1089 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 366
Cover Date – March 1968
Title – The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Shadow Lass, Superboy
Villain - Fatal Five - Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader,Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – Shadow Lass becomes a Legionnaire to help defend Legion headquarters from the Fatal Five.
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 – As characterization become more important in comics, the Legionnaires started to develop individual personalities. Shadow Lass will become the Legion’s “bad girl”. She joins in order to be near Brainiac. She will later start flirting with Mon-El, and she will become increasingly hard to get along with. We also see Saturn Girl turn into “Iron Butt” Imra; Princess Projectra becomes regal and a bit haughty; Dream Girl will be depicted and obsessed with her looks, and Duo Damsel will suffer from a unrequited love for Superboy.
Also, this two parter had great art. You can’t beat Neal Adams on the cover and Swan and Klein on the inside.