1187 - Superboy 222 - Death of a Legend

Index Number – 1176 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 222
Cover Date – December 1976
Title – Death of a Legend
Characters – Light Lass, Timber Wolf, Superboy
Villain – Every Ten Years Monster
Synopsis – The Legion must help Questar, a legendary hero of Zentar who has no super-abilities, to defeat a monster.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Nasser / Bob Layton
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003
Comment – The cover title changes to “Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes” although the official title will remain “Superboy” until issue 231.

1175 - Superboy 222 - This Legionnaire is Condemned

Index Number – 1175 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 222
Cover Date – December 1976
Title – This Legionnaire is Condemned
Characters –Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Mon-El,
Princess Projectra, Shadow Lass, Star Boy, Superboy, Tyroc, Ultra Boy
Villain – Fenton Pike
Synopsis – Pike records Tyroc’s sonic screams and frames him for acts of destruction.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Mike Grell / Bob Wiacek
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003

1174 - Superboy 211 - The Trillion-Dollar Trophies

Index Number – 1174 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 221
Cover Date – November 1976
Title – The Trillion-Dollar Trophies
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Timber Wolf
Villain – Charma and Grimbor
Synopsis – Grimbor attempts to capture and imprison the Legionnaires.
Writer – Jim Shooter (idea from Ken Kaczala)
Artist – Mike Grell / Bob Wiacek
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003
Comment – Charma has the power to entrance men and alienate women. Kinda like Megan Fox.

1173 - Karate Kid 5 - The Tomorrow Thief

Index Number – 1173- 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 5
Cover Date – November 1976
Title – The Tomorrow Thief
Character – Karate Kid
Villain – Commander Blud
Synopsis – Someone using a communications globe in Karate Kid's apartment reminds him of the test he has agreed to undergo. Blud kidnaps the Kid’s friend, Iris, to force him to reveal military secrets of the future. Blud captures and attempts to brainwash the Kid, which drives him insane.
Writer – David Micheline
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Ernie Chan / Mike Grell
Editor – Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz

1172 - Superboy 220 - Dream Girl's Living Nightmare

Index Number – 1172 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 220
Cover Date – October 1976
Title – Dream Girl’s Living Nightmare
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Dream Girl
Synopsis – Dream Girl forsees the assassination of the leader of Deimos II. Cham attempts to impersonate the Primor but is stopped by his security. A death-ray strikes and kills an opposition member who is also impersonating the Primor.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Mike Grell / Bob Wiacek
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003
Comment – The Problem with Dream Girl: Dream Girl’s ability to accurately predict the future is problematic for the Legion. If she predicts a disaster, the Legionnaires immediately jump up and try to stop it, knowing that they can’t. The best they can hope for is an alternative interpretation of the dream. Or that damned self-fulfilling prophecy rears its ugly head and we discover that the event in question never would have happened if the Legion hadn’t shown up to cause it. That explains why there are so many people claiming to be their own grandparent.
The best handling of Dream Girl came years later when she learned to “dream on command” and became an excellent hand-to-hand fighter. She could predict her opponent’s punches and block them. All without mussing her hair.

1171 - Superboy 220 - The Super Soldiers of the Slave Maker

Index Number – 1171 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 220
Cover Date – October 1976
Title – The Super Soldiers of the Slave-Maker
Characters – Element Lad, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Superboy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Villain – The Thargg
Synopsis – To liberate a planet enslaved by the Thargg, the Legion pretends to cooperate while Pnantom Girl disarms a doomsday bomb.
Writer – Jim Shooter (idea from Ken Kaczala)
Artist – Mike Grell / Bob Wiacek
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
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1170 - Superboy 170 - The Plunder Ploy of the Fatal Five

Index Number – 1170 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 219
Cover Date – September 1976
Title – The Plumder Ploy of the Fatal Five
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Duplicate Boy , Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy Superboy,
Ultra-Boy
Villain – The Fatal Five - Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader, Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – The Legion battles the Fatal Five, after Duplicate Boy was brutally attacked.
Writer – Jim Shooter (idea from Ken Kaczala)
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
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Comment – Light Lass is shocked when she sees Mano’s face.

1169 - Karate Kid 4 - The Rage of Yesterdays Lost!

Index Number – 1169 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 4
Cover Date – September 1976
Title – The Rage of YesterDays Lost!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Princess Projectra
Villain – Master Hand
Synopsis – .Karate Kid returns from the 30th century to find Iris in hostage situation.
Writer – David Micheline
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz

1168 - Superboy 218 - The Super Villain the World Never Knew

Index Number – 1168 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 218
Cover Date – July 1976
Title – The Super Villain the World Never Knew
Characters –Absorbency Boy, Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Infectious Lass, Light Lass, Sun Boy, Star Boy, Superboy, Tyroc
Introduction – Absorbency Boy (Kirt Niedrigh)
Villain – Absorbvency Boy, Zoraz
Synopsis – . Tyroc joins up after defeating Absorbency Boy, a refected applicant who attacked the Legion.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003
Comments – Future Sub Infectious Lass graces a Legion story again. Lots of forshadowing going on in this story. Absorbency Boy will resurface in the 2000s as Earth-Man. The Legion cell bank, a depository of genetic material for each Legionnaire, is introduced. Can you say “SW6”?

1167 - Karate Kid 3 - The Revenger

Index Number – 1167 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 3
Cover Date – July 1976
Title – The Revenger
Characters – Karate Kid
Villain – The Revenger
Synopsis – Karate Kid must stop a man destroying his own technology that is being used for weaponry.
Writer – David Micheline
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz

1166 - Superboy 217 - Future Shock for Superboy

Index Number – 1166 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 217
Cover Date – June 1976
Title – Future Shock for Superboy
Characters – Laurel Kent, Superboy, Wildfire
Introduction – Laurel Kent
Synopsis – .Superboy meets Laurel Kent, who is his descendent . . .(spoiler alert) . . . or is she? Years later, she will be revealed to be a Manhunter, an intergalatic police force that predates the Green Lantern Corps.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003

1165 - Superboy 217 - The Charge of the Doomed Legionnaires

Index Number – 1165 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 217
Cover Date – June 1976
Title – The Charge of the Doomed Legionnaires
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Shadow Lass, Timber Wolf
Villain – Field Marshall Lorea of Khund
Synopsis – Brainiac 5 plays a deadly chess game against Lorea with the Legionnaires as game pieces.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
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1164 - Karate Kid 2 - The International Crimes of Major Didaster

Index Number – 1164 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 2
Cover Date – May 1967
Title – The International Crimes of Major Disaster
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy
Villain – Major Disaster
Synopsis – Karate Kid stops Major Disaster from destroying the United Nations.
Writer – David Micheline
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz
Comments – It this book were being published today, there would have been at least a year of foreshadowing before Karate Kid would have decided to stay in the 20 century. Instead, this just came out of the blue. “Hey, kids like karate. We have a character named Karate Kid who does super-karate. Let’s put him in a solo book.”

1163 - Superboy 216 - 1 + 1 = 3: The Private Lives of Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel

Index Number – 1163 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 216
Cover Date – April 1976
Title – 1 + 1 = 3: The Private Lives of Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Duo Damsel
Villain – Rampagers Gang
Synopsis – After being confronted by a gang in a public park, Bouncing Boy defeats the hoodlums in a enclosed ricochet ball court using his knowledge of angles and vectors.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003

1162 - Superboy 216 - The Hero Who Hated the Legion

Index Number – 1162 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 216
Cover Date – April 1976
Title – The Hero Who Hated the Legion
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Shadow Lass, Superboy
Intruduction – Tyroc (Troy Stewart)
Villain – Beta Gang
Synopsis – When the Legionnaires track the Beta Gang to the isolated island of Marzal, they meet reisitance from the populace and from its hero, Tyroc, who believe that the Legion is racist. By the end, tyroc and his friends are won over and he considers Legion membership.
Writer – Cory Bates
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
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Comments – We’ll be climbing up on our soapbox, so if you have a low threshold for sermons, you might want to go to the bathroom now, and come back later in the post.
It was 1976. There were a very few Black superheroes in mainstream comics, and only a handful of Black supporting characters. American Indian heroes had been fairly common, but only in the western comics, which were dying out. Asian characters were usually villains. And I can recall no heroes hailing from Central America. Even Karate Kid, who had been a Legionnaire for many years, had only recently started becoming half-Asian. So a Black Legionnaire was overdue.
As a 24-year-old peace and love activist, I has disappointed with the introduction of Tyroc.
First, he wore a ridiculous costume. He looked like he stepped right from a discotheque. His silver/white suit had no sleeves and no pants, and no front. It was a big collar across his shoulder-blades attached to suspenders attached to a Speedo near his navel. It was accessorized with three rows of chains across his chest. And of course, he sported a huge Afro hair style. It struck me that the two characters with the darkest skin, Tyroc and Shadow Lass, wore the skimpiest costume to show off the most flesh. I must admit that a fellow comic book fan and classmate from Jamaica told me I was just expressing “Colonial Guilt”.
Second, the racists in the story were the citizens of Marzal. They were close-minded by refusing to join the diversified United Planets society. It wasn’t until later that it was revealed that the island disappeared for 200 years at a time, so the Marzalians were a bit behind the times.
Third, he had a super-power that was hard to understand and harder to integrate in a team book. He didn’t fight, he yelled (with big, colorful visual effects like EEEOOORR). His shouts could alter reality in limitless manners. He could do anything. And a hero that can do anything doesn’t need 20 losers hanging around with him. Which meant that he would be relegated to off-panel missions with Chemical King.
So, what good did it do to break ground with a Black character that who’s appearance was somewhere between a joke and an insult and who rarely was written into stories? At least, he didn’t have a French accent.

1161 - Superboy 215 - The Hero Who Wouldn't Fight

Index Number – 1161 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 215
Cover Date – March 1976
Title – The Hero Who Wouldn’t Fight
Characters – Chameleon Boy. Colossal Boy. Cosmic Boy. Light Lass.
Lightning Lad, Shadow Lass. Sun Boy. Ultra-Boy
Villain - Emerald Empress
Synopsis – .On a sacred Braalian holiday, Cocmic Boy must face off against the Emerald Empress, without using his magnetic abilities.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell / Bill Draut
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
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1160 - Superboy 215 - The Final Eclipse of Sun Boy

Index Number – 1160 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 215
Cover Date – March 1976
Title – The Final Eclipse of Sun Boy
Characters – Superboy Brainiac 5. Element Lad. .Phantom Girl. Saturn Girl. Sun Boy
Villain – Ron-Vizl
Synopsis – .Phantom Girl is stalked by an assassin she is to testify against on her home world. Her brother enters Sun Boy’s body to help defend her.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003

1159 - Karate Kid 1 - My World Begins in Yesterday

Index Number – 1159 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 1
Cover Date – March 1976
Title – My World Begins in Yesterday
Characters – Brainiac 5, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl
Villain - Nemesis Kid
Synopsis – Karate Kid tracks Nemesis Kid to the 20th century and then decided to stay for awhile.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 - 2003
Comments - We have debated including this spin-off series in this index. But since the series eventually ties in to 30th century Orando, we will assign index numbers to these stories. Paul Levitz serves as writer and assistant editor.

1158 - Superboy 214 - Stay Small or Die

Index Number – 1158 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 214
Cover Date – January 1976
Title – Stay Small or Die
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – .When Shrinking Violet develops a fear of shrinking, Brainiac 5 takes her to a planet of giants.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Mike Grell / Bill Draut
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003

1157 - Superboy 214 - No Price Too High

Index Number – 1157 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 214
Cover Date – January 1976
Title – No Price Too High
Characters – Brainiac 5, Karate Kid, Shadow Lass, Superboy, Wildfire
Villain - Overseer
Synopsis – The Legion rescues a young boy, Leland McCauley IV, from a robot planet which his father owns.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003

1156 - Superboy 213 - Trapped to Live - Free to Die

Index Number – 1156 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 213
Cover Date – December 1975
Title – Trapped to Live – Free to Die
Characters – Timber Wolf
Villain – Black Mace
Synopsis – Timber Wolf must retrieve his flight ring from Black Mace before he is stranded on a barren planet.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell / Bill Draut
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
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1155 - Superboy 213 - The Jaws of Fear

Index Number – 1155 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 213
Cover Date – December 1975
Title – The Jaws of Fear
Characters –Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy,
Ultra-Boy, Wildfire
Villain - Benn Pares
Synopsis – Ultra Boy overcomes his fear of being trapped inside of giant space dinosaurs.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
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1154 - Superboy 212 - Death Stroke at Dawn

Index Number – 1154 -1.0
Issue – Superboy 212
Cover Date – Occtober 1975
Title – Death Stroke at Dawn
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Night Girl, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass
Villain – Crafty Colson
Synopsis – Shadow Lass helps Night Girl survive an attack by Colson’s gang. Night Girl is determined to track them down, which causes a rift between her and Cosmic Boy. They reunite to apprehend the gang.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 11 – 2001
Comments – A flashback to Night Girl’s application to the Legion mistakenly sgiws Lightning Lad in attendance. He was still dead at the time.

1153 - Superboy 212 - Last Fight for a Legionnaire

Index Number – 1153 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 212
Cover Date – October 1975
Title – Last Fight for a Legionnaire
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Timber Wolf
Villain - Calorie Queen, Chameleon Kid, Esper Lass, Magno Lad, Micro Lad, Phantom Lad
Synopsis – Six individuals from Legionnaires’ home planets try out for membership. After being rejected, they challenge their counterparts to a battle. The Legionnaires win using teamwork. Matter-Eater Lad resigns wince he has been drafted to run for political office on Bismoll.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff, Jack Harris
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 11 – 2001
Comments – A page was deleted from this story because DC cut the number of pages in their books at the last minute. The page was eventually printed in The Amazing World of DC Comics #9 (11/1975), a company-produced fanzine. On this page, Matter-Eater Lad expresses self-doubt after being manhandled by Calorie Queen in their first scuffle. Karate Kid gives him a little tough-love pep talk.

1152 - Superboy 211 - The Legion's Lost Home

Index Number – 1152 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 211
Cover Date – September 1975
Title – The Legion’s Lost Home
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chlorophyll Kid, Cosmic Boy, Fire Lad, Shadow Lass, Stone Boy, Superboy
Villain – Two generic thieves
Synopsis – Two thieves, disguised as Legionnaires, explore the old upside-sown rocket headquarters, looking for a jewel they hid while in Legion custody. They are caught by the Subs who have shown up to claim the original Legion clubhouse as their own.
Writer – Cary Bates
Artist – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 11 – 2001
Comments – Couture alert. The Subs debut their new uniforms.

1151 - Superboy 211 - The Ultimate Revenge

Index Number – 1151 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 211
Cover Date – September 1975
Title – The Ultimate Revenge
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chemical King, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad,
Light Lass, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy,
Villain - Roxxas
Synopsis – The Legion track down Roxxas, who murdered the population of Element Lad’s home world, Trom. They find him fiding out on Trom where he had suffered a breakdown from the imaginary ghosts of the Trommites he willed. Element Lad aims a energy weapon at Roxxas, without knowing that Chemical King has drained the weapons batteries. Jan does not fire, but takes Roxxas into custody.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 11 – 2001