1121 - Superboy 176 - Invisible Invader!

Index Number – 1121 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 176
Cover Date – July 1971
Title – Invisible Invader!
Characters – Chemical King, Cosmic Boy, Invisible Kid, Mon-El, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – an unnamed thief
Synopsis – Chemical King helps Invisible Kid apprehend a thief who has duplicated his invisibility serum.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – George Tuska / George Tuska
Editor – Murray Boltinoff
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 10 – 2000
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010

1120 - Superboy 173 - Trust Me or Kill Me!

Index Number – 1120 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 173
Cover Date – April 1971
Title – Trust Me or Kill Me!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Light Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf
Villain - Mordru
Synopsis – Mardru crerates a duplicate of Cosmic Boy, and Superboy must determine which one is his fellow Legionnaire.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – George Tuska / George Tuska
Editor – Murray Boltinoff
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 10 – 2000
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Pol Krinn, future Legionnaire Magnetic Kid, is pictured. Chronicler’s Error: A flashback of Superboy’s induction to the Legion features many characters who were not members at the time. (Or were they?)

1119 - Superboy 172 - Brotherly Hate!

Index Number – 1119 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 172
Cover Date – March 1971
Title – Brotherly Hate!
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Superboy, Timber Wolf
Villain – Lightning Lord
Synopsis – Light Lass, Lightning Lad and Timber Wolf track down and apprehend Lightning Lord.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – George Tuska / George Tuska
Editor – Murray Boltinoff
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 10 – 2000
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – The Legion returns as a back-up feature in Superboy. The stories will remain of a more personal nature for a while.

Tribute to Mort Weisinger

Many people who comment of the history of the Legion of Super-Heroes franchise (myself included) have been critical of Mort Weisinger. The early stories were fairly silly. The characters were saddled with the "Boy" and "Girl" names. The Planetary Chance Machine, the Substitute Heroes, and the Super-Pets are all concepts that have been ridiculed over the years.

But, without Mort, we night not even have the Legion of Super-Heroes. He gave the idea a shot. He brought them back and integrated them throughout the Superman family of comics. He bounced the Bizarros to give them their own series in Adventure, and he gave them a home in Action when Supergirl took their spot.

After a long career in publishing, Mort was promoted to a vice-president in 1970 and he died in 1978. But many of his creations live on. Thank you, Mort. If not for you, we would have been reading Final Crisis: Bizarros of 2-1/2 Worlds.

Read his bio in Wikipedia.

1118 - Action Comics 392 - The LEgionnaires Who Never Were!

Index Number – 1118 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 392
Cover Date – September 1970
Title – The Legionnaires Who Never Were!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Supergirl, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – Princess Projectra and Saturn Girl return from a mission to find that no one recognizes them and that they’ve been replaced by Prince Projectur and Saturn Lad.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Thankfully, this is the last story in the Action Comics run. In six months, the Legion will begin to appear occasionally in Superboy.

1117 - Action Comics 391 - The Ordeal of Element Lad!

Index Number – 1117 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 391
Cover Date – August 1970
Title – The Ordeal of Element Lad!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Saturn Girl, Timber Wolf
Villain - Peralla of Lahum
Synopsis – Element Lad nearly exhausts his abilities while destroying Peralla’s humanoid army. Then the Legion ousts the evil rebel leader. Lahum
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Saturn Girl is exposed from her undercover mission by an old friend. Who knew she had friends?

1116 - Action Comics 390 - The Tyrant and the Traitor

Index Number – 1116 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 390
Cover Date – July 1970
Title – The Tyrant and the Traitor
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Saturn Girl, Timber Wolf
Villain – Peralla and Lasrim of Lahum
Synopsis – The Espionage Squad must secretly overthrow the president of Lahum without helping the rebel leader, backed by the Dark Circle, take over.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – This two-parter is the only action story in the Action run.

1115 - Action Comics 389 - The Mystery Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1115 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 389
Cover Date – June 1970
Title – The Mystery Legionnaire!
Characters – Chemical King, Cosmic Boy, Shrinking Violet
Villain - Klum
Synopsis – An android seeks revenge of the Legionnaire who defeated him, but his damaged visual sensors cause him to remember an amalgam of Chem and Cos.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Long-time Legion writer Cary Bates gets his first story. A letter-writer suggests that Validus might be a child of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl sent back in time.

1114 - Action Comics - One Hero Too Many!

Index Number – 1114 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 387
Cover Date – April 1970
Title – One Hero Too Many!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – The Legionnaires discover that they must pay taxes on gifts they receive because they have 1 member more that 25, the legal limit for a tax-exempt organization. Many members try to resign, but Superboy ultimately steps down.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – While I have always been an apologist for comic book creators and editors from the Golden and Silver Ages, and while I always felt that Superboy (and Supergirl) were not necessary as Legion members, this was a bad story. Your benefactor is the richest person around. He was armies of lawyers just keeping track of the billable time of the other armies of lawyers. They could get you an exception.

1113 - Action Cmics 386 - Zap Goes the Legion!

Index Number – 1113 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 386
Cover Date – March 1970
Title – Zap Goes the Legion!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Uli Algor
Synopsis – After being released from prison, Algor attacks the Legionnaires with a device that turns their abilities against them. Ultro Boy knocks her out with his normal strength.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010

1112 - Action Comics 385 - The Fallen Starboy!

Index Number – 1112 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 385
Cover Date – February 1970
Title – The Fallen Starboy!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Dream Girl, Karate Kid, Saturn Girl, Star Boy
Villain – Yark Althu
Synopsis – On his home planet, Star Boy faces Yark Althu, the brother of the man he killed in self-defense. Althu, a Naltorian, had a premonition of capturing Star Boy. He does, but Star Boy escapes with the help of the Legionnaires, and without killing anyone.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – The lead character is referred to as “Starboy” in the title, perhaps a premonition of his appearances in the Justice Society of America in the 2000s.

1111 - Action Comics 384 - Lament for a Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1111 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 384
Cover Date – January 1970
Title – Lament for a Legionnaire!
Characters – Dream Girl, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Mon-El, Princess Projectra, Shadow Lass, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – When Dream Girl had a vision of Mon-El’s death in five days, he is sent on a safe mission. Eltro Gand, a descendant of Mon-El’s father, ambushes him and takes his place. When the deadline passes, Eltro reveals his deception. The Legion recover Mon-El only to discover that his anti-lead serum had worn off and that he has died. Eltro races off with his body and uses a life-transference device to sacrifice his own life to restore Mon.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – In Legion of Super Heroes v4 4 (February 1970), it is revealed that Eltro Gand’s mind remained as a part of Mon-el’s subconscious.

1110 - Action Comics 383 - Chameleon Boy's Secret Identity!

Index Number – 1110 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 383
Cover Date – December 1969
Title – Chameleon Boy’s Secret Identity!
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Karate Kid, Princess Projectra
Synopsis – Chameleon Boy escorts Princess Projectra to a party hosted by heiress, Janice Warren. Cham likes her, she finds him repulsive. He disquises himself as a handsome human, and they hit it off. A diamond is missing. Cham is the suspect. He finds the crook, retrieves the gem, saves the girl, reveals his true identity, and wins the girl anyway.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Four of the six stories in this Action run have involved romance. Ick.

1109 - Action Comics 382 - Kill a Friend to Save a World

Index Number – 1109 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 382
Cover Date – November 1969
Title – Kill a Friend to Save a World
Characters – Karate Kid, Light Lass, Mon-El, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Timber Wolf
Villains – Casvarr, Zorla and the Protectors
Synopsis – Casvarr kidnapps Superboy and Mon-El to make an android army based on them. Light Lass infiltrates his headquarters in disguise to lead a rescue mission.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010

1108 - Action Comics 381 - The Hapless Hero

Index Number – 1108 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 381
Cover Date – October 1969
Title – The Hapless Hero
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chemical King, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Ultra Boy
Heroes of Lallor – Duplicate Boy
Synopsis – Matter-Eater Lad is angry at his father for losing their money gambling. Shrinking Violet is angry at Duplicate Boy for starding her up for a date. They commiserate over dinner and dancing uptil dawn. Duplicate Boy is angry at Matter-Eater Lad for trying to steal his girl. Everything gets worked out.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – With all of the romance comics long gone, stories like this have to show up somewhere.

1107 - Action Comics 380 - Half a Legionnaire?

Index Number – 1107 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 380
Cover Date – September 1969
Title – Half a Legionnaire?
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Duo Damsel, Mon-El
Synopsis – Duo Damsel sends one of her bodies on a mission. She meets a hero with an aura that gives her an evil personality.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – When the Legion moved to Action Comics, I was 17 years old. I was disappointed with the shorter stories, and as I recall, this was the last issue I bought at the newsstand. I returned to the fold about 3 or 4 years later and scrounged around to find the issues I had missed.
I am still double-checking, but I believe that this is the first Legion story title that didn't end with an exclamation point!

1106 - Action Comics 379 - One of Us is an Imposter!

Index Number – 1106 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 379
Cover Date – August 1969
Title – One of Us is an Imposter!
Characters – Dream Girl, Element Lad, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Shadow Lass
Villain – Sunburst, Uli Algor
Synopsis – A security machine reports that one to the Legionnaires in the headquarters is an imposter before it is destroyed. But they figure it out.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Win Mortimer
Cover – Murphy Anderson
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Uli Algor, not Ugly Al Gore, will return!

1105 - Action Comics 378 - The Forbidden Fruit!

Index Number – 1105 - 1.0
Issue – Action Comics 378
Cover Date – July 1969
Title – The Forbidden Fruit!
Characters – Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Timber Wolf
Synopsis – A physician gets Timber Wolf hooked to the Lotus fruit, but he kicks the habit with the love of Light Lass.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Win Mortimer
Cover – Mike Espisito
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – The Legion becomes a back-up feature in Action Comics with this issue. The majority of these stories will feature small groups of Legionnaires in more personal tales.

1104 - Adventure Comics 380 - The Legion's Space Odyssey!

Index Number – 1104 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 380
Cover Date – May 1969
Title – The Legion’s Space Odyssey!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – Skyzznx and Alrrk
Synopsis – When Dream Girl fortells a threat to the Legion from an evil old man, she and Superboy engineer an elaborate ruse to fool the villain. But they don’t inform the rest of the Legionnaires.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Cover – Curt Swan / Mike Espisito
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Sadly, this is the last Legion story to be published in Adventure Comics until 2010. It is also another adaptation of classic literature. Can you guess which one?

1103 - Adventure Comics 379 - Burial in Space!

Index Number – 1103 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 379
Cover Date – April 1969
Title – Burial in Space!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy -
Villain – Alex Korlo (Who dat?)
Synopsis – A mysterious member of the Seerons alien race appears and stops time in the Legion headquarters where five Legionnaires have just died. When other members arrive, the alien promises to cure the fallen if the Legion helps repel invaders from his world. After the invasion is repelled, the Seeron returns and cures all people in the headquarters. Unfortunately, the fallen members have already been interred in space. But, the Miracle Machine still saves the day.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Cover – Carmine Infantino, Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010

1102 - Adventure Comics 378 - Twelve Hours to Live!

Index Number – 1102 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 378
Cover Date – March 1969
Title – Twelve Hours to Live!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Duo Damsel, Karate Kid, Princess Projectra, Superboy
Synopsis – The Legionnaires are poisoned at Brainiac 5’s birthday party. While Brainiac tries to develop a cure, the others busy themselves. They seeming die while trying to open the Miracle Machine.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Cover – Curt Swan / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – It must have taken some mastermind to get poisoned cups into the highly secured Legion clubhouse.

1101 - Adventure Comics - 377 - Heroes for Hire!

Index Number – 1101 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 377
Cover Date – February 1969
Title – Heroes for Hire!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Duo Damsel, Karate Kid, Princess Projectra, Superboy
Villain - Modulus
Synopsis – The Legionnaires become mercenaries, collecting exotic currencies in return for super-feats. In truth, this is an elaborate plot to use the unique properties of these different types of money to invade Modo, a planet that harbors criminal gangs.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Jack Abel
Cover – Curt Swan / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 9 – 1999
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010

Index Numbers 1001 to 1100

1001 – Adventure Comics 247 – The Legion of Super-Heroes!
1002 – Adventure Comics 267 – Prisoner of the Super-Heroes!
1003 – Action Comics 267 – The Three Super-Heroes!
1004 – Superboy 82 – The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!
1005 – Adventure Comics 282 – Lana Lang and the Legion of Super Heroes!
1006 – Action Comics 267 – Supergirl’s Three Super Girl-Friends!
1007 – Superboy 89 – Superboy’s Big Brother!
1008 – Superman 147 – The Legion of Super-Villians!
1009 – Adventure Comics 290 – The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!
1010 – Action Comics 285 – The World’s Greatest Heroine!
1011 - Adventure Comics 293 - The Legion of Super Traitors!
1012 - Superman 152 - The Robot Master!
1013 - Action Comics 287 - Supergirl’s Greatest Challenge!
1014 - Action Comics 289 - Superman’s Super Courtship!
1015 - Superboy 98 - The Boy with the Ultra Powers!
1016 - Adventure Comics 300 – The Face Behind the Lead Mask!
1017 - Superman 156 - The Last Days of Superman!
1018 - Adventure Comics 301 - The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy!
1019 - Adventure Comics 302 – Sun Boy’s Lost Power!
1020 - Adventure Comics 303 - The Fantastic Spy!
1021 - Adventure Comics 304 - The Stolen Super Powers!
1022 - Adventure Comics 305 - The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!
1023 - Adventure Comics 306 - The Legion of Substitute Heroes!
1024 - Adventure Comics 307 - The Secret Power of the Mystery Legionnaire!
1025 - Adventure Comics 308 - The Return of Lightning Lad!
1026 - Adventure Comics 309 - The Legion of Super Monsters!
1027- Adventure Comics 310 - The Doom of Super Heroes!
1028 - Adventure Comics 311 - The War between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires!
1029 - Adventure Comics 312 - The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!
1030 - Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 72 - The World of Doomed Olsens!
1031 - Adventure Comics 313 - The Condemned Legionnaires!
1032 - Adventure Comics 314 - The Super-Villians of All Ages!
1033 - Adventure Comics 315 - The Legionnaires’ Super Contest!
1034 - Adventure Comics 316 - The Renegade Super-Hero!
1035 - Adventure Comics 317 - The Menace of Dream Girl!
1036 - Adventure Comics 318 - The Mutiny of the Legionnaires!
1037 - Adventure Comics 319 - The Legion’s Suicide Squad!
1038 - Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 76 - Elastic Lad Jimmy and his Legion Romances!
1039 - Adventure Comics 320 - The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton!
1040 – Adventure Comics 321 – The Code of the Legion!
1041 - Adventure Comics 322 - The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets!
1042 - Adventure Comics 323 - The Eight Impossible Missions!
1043 - Adventure Comics 324 - The Legion of Super Outlaws!
1044 - Adventure Comics 325 - Lex Luthor Meets the Legion!
1045 - Adventure Comics 326 - The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires!
1046 - Superboy 117 – Superboy and the 5 Legion Traitors!
1047 - Adventure Comics 327 - The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!
1048 – Adventure Comics 328 – The Lad Who Wricked the Legion!
1049 - Adventure Comics 329 – The Bizarro Legion!
1050 - Adventure Comics 330 The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!
1051 – Adventure Comics 331 The Triumph of the Legion of Super Villians!
1052 - Adventure Comics 332 - The Super-Moby Dick of Space!
1053 - Adventure Comics 333 - The War Between Krypton and Earth!
1054 - Adventure Comics 334 – The Unknown Legionnaire!
1055 - Adventure Comics 335 – Starfinger!
1056 - Adventure Comics 336 - The True Identity of Starfinger!
1057 - Adventure Comics 337 - The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion!
1058 - Adventure Comics 338 - The Menace of the Sinister Super-Babies!
1059 – Superboy 125 - The Sacrifice of Kid Psycho!
1060 - Adventure Comics 339 – Hunters of the Super-Beasts!
1061 - Adventure Comics 340 – Computo the Conqueror!
1062 - Adventure Comics 341 - Colossal Boy’s One Man War!
1063 - Adventure Comics 342 - The Legionnaire Who Killed!
1064 - Adventure Comics 343 – The Evil Hand of the Luck Lords!
1065 - Adventure Comics 344 – The Super-Stalag of Space!
1066 - Adventure Comics 345 - The Execution of Matter-Eater Lad!
1067 - Adventure Comics 346 - One of Us Is a Traitor!
1068 - Adventure Comics 347 – The Traitor’s Triumph!
1069 - Adventure Comics 348 - Target: 21 Legionnaires!
1070 - Adventure Comics 349 - The Rogue Legionnaire!
1071 - Adventure Comics 350 – The Outcast Super Heroes!
1072 - Adventure Comics 351 – The Forgotten Legion!
1073 - Adventure Comics 352 - The Fatal Five!
1074 - Adventure Comics 353 – The Doomed Legionnaire!
1075 - Adventure Comics 354 – The Adult Legion!
1076 – Adventure Comics 355 – The War of the Legion!
1077 – Adventure Comics 355 – The Six-Legged Legionnaire!
1078 – Adventure Comics 356 – The Five Legion Orphans!
1079 – Adventure Comics 357 - The Ghost of Ferro Lad!
1080 - Adventure Comics 358 – The Hunter!
1081 - Adventure Comics 359 - The Outlawed Legionnaires!
1082 - Adventure Comics 360 - The Legion Chain Gang!
1083 - Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 106 - The Lone Wolf Legionnaire Reporter!
1084 - Adventure Comics 361 - The Unkillables!
1085 - Adventure Comics 362 - The Chemoids are Coming!
1086 – Adventure Comics 363 - Black Day for the Legion!
1087 - Adventure Comics 364 - The Revolt of the Super Pets!
1088 - Adventure Comics 365 - The Escape of the Fatal Five!
1089 - Adventure Comics 366 - The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!
1090 - Adventure Comics 287 – No Escape from the Circle of Death!
1091 - Superboy 147 - The Origin of the Legion!
1092 - Adventure Comics 368 - The Mutiny of the Super-Heroines!
1093 - Adventure Comics 369 - Mordur the Merciless!
1094 - Adventure Comics 370 - The Devil’s Jury!
1095 - Adventure Comics 371 - The Colossal Failure!
1096 - Adventure Comics 372 - School for Super Villains!
1097 - Adventure Comics 373 - The Tornado Twins!
1098 - Adventure Comics 374 - Mission: Diabolical!
1099 - Adventure Comics 375 - The King of the Legion!
1100 - Adventure Comics 376 - The Execution of Chameleon Boy!

1100 - Adventure Comics 376 - The Execution of Chameleon Boy!

Index Number – 1100 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 376
Cover Date – January 1969
Title – The Execution of Chameleon Boy!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Star Boy, Supergirl, Ultra Boy
Wanderers – Celebrand
Synopsis – Chameleon Boy has been transported to a medieval world where he fights for the daughter of the king.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Win Mortimer
Cover – Curt Swan, Carmine Infantino, Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Most covers of the Legion’s run in Adventure featured Superboy on the cover, even when he was not prominently featured in the story. (See Adventure 344, Index Number 1065) DC inserted the head of Superboy into the logo for the book to drive all of us rabid Superboy fans to the spinner rack.

1099 - Adventure Comics 375 - The King of the Legion!

Index Number – 1099 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 375
Cover Date – December 1968
Title – The King of the Legion!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy
Wanderers; Celebrand, Dartalg, Elvo, Immorto, Ornitho, Psyche, Quantum Queen
Introduction - Wanderers; Celebrand, Dartalg, Elvo, Immorto, Ornitho, Psyche, Quantum Queen
Synopsis – The heroic Wanderers mysteriously turn evil and must be rounded up. At the same time, the Legionnaires are mysteriously challenged by a magical guaantlet to present their greatest member for combat. They mysteriously decide to accept the challenge and to use the task at hand to determine who will represent the Legion, Bouncing Boy mysteriously wins, but he is revealed to be Chameleon Boy, who mysteriously disappears.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Win Mortimer
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Quantum Queen, fated to die as a Legionnaire, is introduced.

1098 - Adventure Comics 374 - Mission: Diabolical!

Index Number – 1098 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 374
Cover Date – November 1968
Title – Mission: Diabolical!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Fire Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Stone Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy
Villain – Chief Zoltorus, the Scorpius Gang, the Taurus Gang
Synopsis – A number of Legionnaires are kidnapped by the Scorpius Gang and the ransom is for the remaining members to infiltrate and defeat the rival Taurus Gang. With the help of the Subs, the Legion prevails and unmasks the Science Police chief as the leader of Scorpius.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Win Mortimer
Cover – Curt Swan / Mike Espisito
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Once again, the Subs save the day. And they are still living in a cave. The Legion just got a small city for their clubhouse and they can’t spare a closet for they pals.

1097 - Adventure Comics 373 - The Tornado Twins!

Index Number – 1097 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 373
Cover Date – October 1968
Title – The Tornado Twins
Characters – Brainiac 5, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Phantom Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy
Synopsis – Don and Dawn Allen show up the Legion with their speed-powered crime-fighting feats and refuse offers of membership. Then on Flash Day, they reveal themselves to be direct descendents of Barry Allen, who were given temporary abilities to promote the memorial.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Win Mortimer / Win Mortimer
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – Chronicler’s Error: The Allens will later be revealed as the children of Barry and Iris Allen, conceived after they moved to the 30th century and before Barry died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Dawn and Don will become the parents of XS, a future Legionnaire, and Impulse / Kid Flash, the contemporary hero.

1096 - Adventure Comics 372 - School for Super-Villains!

Index Number – 1096 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 372
Cover Date – September 1968
Title – School for Super Villains!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy
Villain – Tarik the Mute, Legion of Super-Villains
Synopsis – Superboy, Chameleon Boy, Timber Wolf and Chemcial King infiltrate the training facility of the Legion of Super Villains, where they discover a number of rejected Legion applicants and Colossal Boy as an instructor. He sees the error of his ways and the Legion prevails. Timber Wolf and Chemical King are inducted.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist - Jim Shooter. Curt Swan / Curt Swan, Jack Abel
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – The Legionnaires consistently do two things wrong; inducting members who only cause trouble as members, and rejecting applicants who only cause trouble as enemies. If only they had some kind of . . . er . . . academy . . never mind.

1095 - Adventure Comics 371 - The Colossal Failure!

Index Number – 1095 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 371
Cover Date – August 1968
Title – The Colossal Failure
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Colossal Boy, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Introduction – Chemical King (Condo Arlik)
Villain - The Legion of Super-Villians
Synopsis – Colossal Boy’s parents are kidnapped and turned into glass. In insure their safety, he must provide information about the Legion Academy. He pretends to be incompetent and is ordered for retraining.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist - Jim Shooter. Curt Swan / Curt Swan, Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – This book also contains a story titled, “When Superboy Walked Out on the Legion!”. It is a partial reprint on “The Valhalla of Super-Companions!” from Superboy 101, with two new panels added that pictures Legionnaires. This story in not indexed, inspite of an expressive Neal Adams cover.

1094 - Adventure Comcis 370 - The Devil's Jury!

Index Number – 1094 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 370
Cover Date – July 1968
Title – The Devil’s Jury!
Characters – Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Insect Queen, Mon-El, Princess Projectra, Pete Ross, Shadow Lass, Superboy, Ultra Boy, White Witch
Villain - Mordru
Synopsis – The Legionnaires in 20th century Smallville manage to elude Mordru with the help of Lana Lang and Pete Ross. Meanwhile, Mordru is trapped again by three girls; Princess Projectra, Dream Girl and her sister,the white Witch!
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist - Jim Shooter. Curt Swan / Curt Swan, Jack Abel
Cover – Curt Swan, Jack Abel
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 - 2010
Comments – This story refers to a previous battle with Mordru. The master magician will go on to become a staple in both the future and present DC Universe.