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.