Friday, October 8, 2010

1129 - Superboy 197 - Timber Wolf; Live Hero, Dead Executioner

Index Number – 1129 – 1.0
Issue – Superboy 197
Cover Date – September 1973
Title – Timber Wolf: Live Hero, Dead Excutioner
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy
Villain - Tyr
Synopsis – Timber Wolf, having been believed dead, returns with no memory of his destruction. Under mind control, he attempts to assassinate the President and destroy Legion headquarters. He sakes off his trance and helps apprehend Tyr.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Dave Cockrum
Cover – Nick Cardy
Editor – Murray Boltinoff
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 10 – 2000
Comments – 1 – The Legion returns to the cover illustration and to the cover series title. 2 – Timber Wolf is depicted in his bestial persona. 3 – Timber Wolf returns from the dead, and his sweetie, Light Lass, is nowhere to be found.

3 comments:

  1. This is a great synopsis the story....I wish there was an index of ALL the Legion with these essential details....and, of course, an index to it all! Lemaris, if you don't intend on doing one, why don't you use your site as a nexus where people could contribute these synopses?

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  2. You should list the penciler AND the inker of the story and cover art.

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  3. Thank you for the kind words. Regarding other indexes, there are a number of other sources for data on the LEgion. I recommend you search for the Grand ComicBook Database, the Legion Wikipedia, Legion Outpost II and Bits of Legionnaire Business. (I am not techinical ebough to provide links or portkeys to these sites.) These are sites that I rely on.

    As I noted in an early post, I am only indexing stories that advance the saga of the Legion. I will skip cameo appearances. (Although I still collect them as avidly as any completist out there.)

    In both Artist and Cover listings, I separate penciller and inker with a slash. Of course, I may have made a mistake or two.

    LL

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