1124 - Superboy 188 - Curese of the Blood Crystals!

Index Number – 1124 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 188
Cover Date – July 1972
Title – Curse of the Blood Crystals!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain - Mordru
Synopsis – Chameleon Boy is enthralled by crystals formed by Mordru in the 20th century. They fill him with a murderous rage against Superboy, so he travels back in time to kill him. The Legion stops Cham by trapping him underground, Mordur’s weakness.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Dave Cockrum / Murphy Anderson
Editor – Murray Boltinoff
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 10 – 2000
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Comments – When Mordru was introduced in Adventure 269 (Index 1093) he instilled such terror in the Legionnaires that they fled to the past. In other stories, like this one, he is easily beaten.