Monday, September 6, 2010

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.

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