1093 - Adventure Comics - Murdru the Merciless!

Index Number – 1093 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 369
Cover Date – June 1968
Title – Mordru the Merciless!
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villain – Mordru, King Carter
Synopsis – Shadow Lass mistakenly releases Mordur from his air-tight prison. She, Duo Damsel, Mon-El and Superboy hide out in 20th century Smallville, where they help the town defeat a gang of thieves without revealing themselves. As the prepare to return to the future, Mordru discovers them.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist - Jim Shooter. Curt Swan / Curt Swan, Jack Abel
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 – Duo Damsel’s unrequited feelings for Superboy are revealed.

1092 - Adventure Comics 268 - The Revolt of the Super-Heroines!

Index Number – 1092 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 268
Cover Date – May 1968
Title – The Mutiny of the Super-Heroines!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Thora of Taltar
Synopsis – The ambassador of Taltar, a matriarchal world, augments the powers of the female Legionnaires, and uses some sort of mental influence to cause the girls to rebel against the males.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – Once again, the girls defeat the boys. See Adventure Comics 326, Index 1045.

1091 - Superboy 147 - The Origin of the Legion!

Index Number – 1091 -1.0
Issue – Superboy 147
Cover Date – June 1968
Title – The Origin of the Legion!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Doyle Brande
Synopsis – In the 30th century, when R. J. Brande is attacked at a spaceport, three teenagers from different worlds subdue the attackers with their amazing abilities. Brande asks them to form a team of young people to carry on the legacy of Superboy and Supergirl.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Pete Constanza / Pete Constanza
Cover – Curt Swan / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Comments – 10 years after its first appearance, the Legion gets an origin story. And, how about that Curt Swan / Neal Adams cover? This book is also numbered as 80-Page Giant G-47.

1090 - Adventure Comics 287 - No Escape from the Circle of Death!

Index Number – 1090 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 287
Cover Date – April 1968
Title – No Escape from the Circle of Death
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villain – The Dark Circle
Synopsis – With the Legion headqarters destroyed (see last issue) and the UP defense system inoperative, the Dark Circle invades Earth. When all seems lost, Brianiac finds a deux ex machina, the Miracle Machine.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein, Sheldon Moldoff
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 8 – 1998
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – Even with a multi-page tour of the new headquarters, this book is loaded with tons of action and adventure.

1089 - Adventure Comics 366 - The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!

Index Number – 1089 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 366
Cover Date – March 1968
Title – The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Shadow Lass, Superboy
Villain - Fatal Five - Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader,Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – Shadow Lass becomes a Legionnaire to help defend Legion headquarters from the Fatal Five.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – As characterization become more important in comics, the Legionnaires started to develop individual personalities. Shadow Lass will become the Legion’s “bad girl”. She joins in order to be near Brainiac. She will later start flirting with Mon-El, and she will become increasingly hard to get along with. We also see Saturn Girl turn into “Iron Butt” Imra; Princess Projectra becomes regal and a bit haughty; Dream Girl will be depicted and obsessed with her looks, and Duo Damsel will suffer from a unrequited love for Superboy.
Also, this two parter had great art. You can’t beat Neal Adams on the cover and Swan and Klein on the inside.

1088 - Adventure Comics 365 - The Escape of the Fatal Five!

Index Number – 1088 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 365
Cover Date – February 1968
Title – The Escape of the Fatal Five!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Shadow Lass, Superboy
Introduction – Shadow Lass (Tasmia Mallor)
Villain - Fatal Five - Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader,Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – The Legionnaires join Shadow Lass to investigate a new militaristic regime on her home world, Talok VIII. As they escape from individual traps, the Legionnaires provide the power to free the Fatal Five from another dimension.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Neal Adams / Neal Adams
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – This is one of the best of the Shooter Era. It is a good adventure / mystery story, with a handful of characters overcoming difficult challenges, as a group and singly as they escape from some ingenious death traps. The big reveal that the Fatal Five is behind everything occurs about three-quarters through the story, leading to a cliff-hanger. But it is given away on the cover. I have never seen any evidence to support this, but I believe that the cover and title were added after the story was written and drawn. I can’t believe that anyone would create such a mystery and then spoil it on the cover.

1087 - Adventure Comics 364 - The Revolt of the Super Pets!

Index Number – 1087 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 364
Cover Date – January 1968
Title – The Revolt of the Super Pets!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Rikkor Rost
Synopsis – After the pets are reprimanded for mishandling an encounter with space invaders, they are lured away to a planet that idolizes them. Of course, their new friends just happen to be the very same criminals.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Pete Constanza / Pete Constanza
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – I hated the Super-Pets in the sixties, and I hate them now.

1086 - Adventure Comics 363 - Black Day for the Legion!

Index Number – 1086 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 363
Cover Date – December 1967
Title – Black Day for the Legion!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – Dr. Mantis Morlo
Synopsis – Morlo faces Legionnaires on Orando, Daxam and Naltor, at the same time. Chameleon Boy discovers that these battles are decoys, and everyone heads to Earth to prevent its destruction.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Pete Constanza / Pete Constanza
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – “If Chameleon Boy can look like anything or anyone, why doesn’t he change into something normal, and get rid of the antennas?”
This was a common question in the sixties in our little comic book club, and with this issue we received the answer; he uses the antenna to scan images of people, places and things to change into. Of course, we didn’t understand that a Durlan might be proud to look like a Durlan. It would be years later that we discovered that Durlans do not naturally look like this.

1085 - Adventure Comics 362 - The Chemoids are Coming!

Index Number – 1085 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 362
Cover Date – November 1967
Title – The Chemoids are Coming!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – Dr. Mantis Morlo and the Chemoids
Synopsis – After the Legion shuts down the evil chemist’s space lab that is polluting the earth, Morlo vows revenge. He sets up chemical hazards on the home wolrds of three Legionnaires, including Orando, where the Legionnaires are defeated.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Pete Constanza / Pete Constanza
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – Orando is revealed to be a medieval monarchy based on magic, rather than science. Karate Kid grabs a kiss from the Princess.

1084 - Adventure Comics 361 - The Unkillables!

Index Number – 1084 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 361
Cover Date – October 1967
Title – The Unkillables!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Phantom Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – The Unkillables
Synopsis – The Legionnaires escort a group of Dominator ambassadors to a treaty signing with the United Planets.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Jim Mooney / Jim Mooney
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009

1083 - Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 106 - The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1083 - 1.0
Issue – Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 106
Cover Date – October 1967
Title – The Lone Wolf Legionnaire Reporter!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Duo Damsel, Elastic Lad, Element Lad, Mon-El
Villain – The Uniform Gang
Synopsis – Jimmy is summoned to help publish the Legion newspaper. Instead, he inadvertently performs super-feats.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Pete Constanza
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – It’s good to know that newspapers will remain viable in the 30th century.

1082 - Adventure Comics 360 - The Legion Chain Gang!

Index Number – 1082 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 360
Cover Date – September 1967
Title – The Legion Chain Gang!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain - Universo
Synopsis – The Legion and its Espionage Squad go underground to sabotage the source of the mind-controlling chemicals. They are assisted by Rond Vidar, son of the villainous Universo.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – “If not for that goody-goody brat, I’d have won.” – Universo. Did that line inspire Hanna and Barberra to create . . .
“Scooby Doo and the Perilous President”, starring Saturn Girl as Velma, Dream Girl as Daphne, Lightning Lad as Freddy, Matter-Eater Lad as Shaggy, and (wait for it) Timber Wolf starring as Scooby Doo
This two-parter remains my favorite story of the sixties.

1081 - Adventure Comics 359 - The Outlawed Legionnaires!

Index Number – 1081 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 359
Cover Date – August 1967
Title – The Outlawed Legionnaires!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Kandro Boltax
Synopsis – The Legionnaires return from a space mission to find a new President of Earth and the planet turned against them.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 7 – 1997
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – Don’t take the elevated transportation systems if you visit 30th century Metropolis. The old president died when his car pumped off the roadway, and the Legionnaires are busted while rescuing a number of monorail cars, which they also had to do years later as adults (Adventure 354).

1080 - Adventure Comics 358 - The Hunter!

Index Number – 1080 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 358
Cover Date – July 1967
Title – The Hunter!
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – Otto Orion
Synopsis – For the ultimate thrill, Orion hunts the Legionnaires on his jungle planet.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, George Papp / George Papp
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – Another literary adaptation: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.

1079 - Adventure Comics 357 - The Ghost of Ferro Lad!

Index Number – 1079 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 357
Cover Date – June 1967
Title – The Ghost of Ferro Lad!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – A Controller
Synopsis – Cosmic Boy, Princess Projectra, Sun Boy and Superboy seem to be haunted by Ferro Lad. In reality, they are being subjected to mind control by the Controller who created the sun eater. They are saved by the (gasp) ghost of Ferro Lad.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – Pol Krinn (future Magnetic Kid) appears. The Ferro Lad Effect – This is the second appearance of Ferro Lad since dieing.

1078 -/Adventure Comics 356 - The Five Legion Orphans!

Index Number – 1078 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 356
Cover Date – May 1967
Title – The Five Legion Orphans!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Star Boy, Superboy
Synopsis – Five Legionnaires are lured to a planet where they are turned into toddlers and adopted. Baby Brainiac is still smart enough to firure it out.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – There are no new ideas.

1077 - Adventure Comics 355 - The Six-Legged Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1077 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 355
Cover Date – April 1967
Title – The Six-Legged Legionnaire!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Chameleon Boy, Dream Girl, Insect Queen, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Shrinking Violet, Superboy
Introduction – Insect Queen (Lana Lang)
Villain – Oggar-Kon
Synopsis – While visiting the 30th centure with Superboy, Lana Lang tries out for Legion membership as Insect Queen. She is rejected, since her power is derived from her bio-ring. But after helping to apprehend Oggar-Kon, she is granted reserve status.
Writer – Otto Binder
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009

1076 - Adventure Comics 356 - The War of the Legions!

Index Number – 1076 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 355
Cover Date – April 1967
Title – The War of the Legions!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Man, Element Man, Lex Luthor, Lightning Man, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Polar Man, Saturn Woman, Superman
Introduction – Lex Luthor, Mr. Mxyzptlk
Villain - Legion of Super-Villains- Beauty Blaze, Cosmic King, Echo, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen
Synopsis – Having failed in their attempt to destroy the Legion with Douglas Nolan, the Legion of Super Villains take the direct approach. They would have won if not for the timely intervention of the similarly-named descendents of Lex Luthor and Mr. Mxyzlptlk, who are given Legion membership.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 – 2009
Legion of Super-Heroes - 1,050 Years of the Future - 2008
The DC Comics Classic Library – The Legion of Super Heroes – The Life and Death of Ferro Lad - 2009
Comments – Paul Levitz has recently been quoted saying that he enjoys working on the Legion because it is set in the future and he doesn’t have to get involved in the rest of the present-day DC universe. Not so in the Weisinger era. Mort Weisinger edited all of the Superman books, and liked to have characters cross over from book to book. That explains the frequent appearances of Jimmy Olsen, Lana Lang, Lois Lane, and even Lex Luthor’s and Mr. Mxyzpltk’s multi-great-grandsons.

1075 - Adventure Comics 354 - The Adult Legion!

Index Number – 1075 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 354
Cover Date – March 1967
Title – The Adult Legion!
Characters – Gim Allon, Brainiac 5, Cosmic Man, Element Man, Nura Nal Kallor, Thom Kallor, Tenzil Kem, Lydda Jath Krinn, Lightning Man, Ayla Ranzz Londo, Mon-El, Tinya Wazzo Nah, Polar Man, Old Qelo, Salu Digby Qelu, Saturn Woman, Superman, Chuck Taine, Luornu Durgo Taine, Timber Wolf, Ultra Man
Introduction – Douglas Nolan
Villain – Legion of Super Villains – Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen
Synopsis – Superman is summoned to a time period when his Legion friends are adults. After some sightseeing, he help them capture a mysterious attacker – Ferro Lad’s twin brother.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 – 2009
Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future - 2008
The DC Comics Classic Library – The Legion of Super Heroes – The Life and Death of Ferro Lad - 2009
Comments – The Trouble with Time Travel: Marriages and deaths are prefigured to the eternal anguish of continuity hounds everywhere. Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl and Ultra Boy, Light Lass and Timber Wolf, Night Girl and Cosmic Mon, Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy, Shrinking Violet and Duplicate Boy are all married, In addition to Ferro Lad, future Legionnaires, Chemical King, Reflecto, Quantum Queen and Shadow Lass are shown to have died in battle. The Curse of Male Pattern Baldness – Cosmic Man, it’s called Rogaine! The Ferro Lad Effect – One issue after dying, Ferro Lad makes his first post-mortem appearance.

1074 - Adventure Comics 353 - The Doomed Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1074 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 353
Cover Date – February 1967
Title – The Doomed Legionnaire!
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Ferro Lad, Princess Projectra, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villain - Fatal Five - Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader, Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – The Legion and the Fatal Five unite to save Earth, but Ferro Lad sacrifices his life to deliver the death blow to the sun eater.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 – 2009
The DC Comics Classic Library – The Legion of Super Heroes – The Life and Death of Ferro Lad - 2009
Comments – Over the years, I have never seen any interview with Shooter or any other staff member that confirms that Ferro Lad was introduced in Adventure 346 just to be killed seven issues later. His death was even foretold by the Hag in Adventure 350. But don’t be sad, Ferro Lad will maintain a long lasting presence in Legion lore for many years.

1073 - Adventure Comics 352 - The Fatal Five!

Index Number – 1073 -1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 352
Cover Date – January 1967
Title – The Fatal Five!
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Ferro Lad, Princess Projectra, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villains - Fatal Five - Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader, Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – The Legionnaires gather together the five worst villains in the universe to battle a sun-eater.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – This two-parter is the template for the best epic “team book” stories, where the different abilities of the heroes are combined in a Rube Goldberg type plan to overcome a seemingly unbeatable adversary.

1072 - Adventure Comics 351 - The Forgotten Legion!

Index Number – 1072 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 351
Cover Date – December 1966
Title – The Forgotten Legion!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Element Lad, Ferro Lad, Fire Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Stone Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Ultra Boy, White Witch
Introduction - White Witch (Mysa Nal)
Villain – Prince Evillo, Sugyn, Wild Huntsman
Synopsis – Miss Terious uses a spell to transform her system from the Hag to the White Witch, who then helps the Legion defeat Evillo. The two newcomers are revealed as Dream Girl and Star Boy, who are welcomed back in spite of their violations of the sacred Legion Code. And Bouncing Boy and Matter-Eater Lad switch body types.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – Color Kid changes the green kryptonite cloud to blue, allowing Superboy and Supergirl to rejoin, making himself the greatest super-hero of all time. Note the fill-in writer. E. Nelson Bridwell will become a Legion writer of great renown.

1021 - Adventure Comics 350 - The Outcast Super Heroes!

Index Number – 1071 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 350
Cover Date – November 1966
Title – The Outcast Super Heroes
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Ultra Boy
Villain – Evillo, Apollo, the Hag, Sugyn, the Wild Huntsman
Synopsis – When a green kryptonite cloud encircles the Earth, Superboy and Supergirl are forced to resign. Their replacements, Sir Prize and Miss Terious, mysteriously and surprisingly help battle Evillo and the other four members of the Devil’s Dozen.
Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 6 – 1996
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 3 - 2009
Comments – Once again, the Legionnaires induct new members based only on trust, and then immediately begin to mistrust them.

1070 - Adventure Comics 349 - The Rague Legionnaire!

Index Number – 1070 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 349
Cover Date – October 1966
Title – The Rogue Legionnaire!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Shrinking Violet, Saturn Girl, Superboy
Villain - Universo
Synopsis – Universo lures the Legionnaires to moments in Earth’s past to be executed, but they are rescued by his son’s science project.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – In my humble opinion, this is the book in which Shooter, the boy wonder, came into his own as a writer. Each character has a solo adventure with plenty of action (even Saturn Girl). It was only within the last few years that I learned that Shooter drew basic layouts for his scripts, that would be used to prepare the finished art. His first two stories (Adventure 346 and 347) seemed very simplistic in design, but they quickly improved.

1069 - Adventure Comics 348 - Target: 21 Legionnaires!

Index Number – 1069 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 348
Cover Date – September 1966
Title – Target: 21 Legionnaires!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Invisible Kid, Phantom Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villain – Dr. Zaxton Regulus
Synopsis – A villain with a grudge against Sun Boy defeats the Legionnaire one by one until SB saves the day.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, George Papp / George Papp
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Another story based on classic literature; Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie

1068 - Adventure Comics 347 - The Traitor's Triumph!

Index Number – 1068 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 347
Cover Date – August 1966
Title – The Traitor’s Triumph
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Ferro Lad, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Nemesis Kid, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Shrinking Violet, Superboy
Villain - Garlak and the Khunds, Nemesis Lad
Synopsis – The traitor is exposed (by accident), and the invasion is repelled,
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Much like the Klingons, over time the Khunds got a lot uglier. Shooter was later quoted that he created Karate Kid and Ferro Lad to provide more action in the stories since so many of the Legionnaires simply stood and pointed.

1067 - Adventure Comics 346 - One of Us Is a Traitor!

Index Number – 1067 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 346
Cover Date – July 1966
Title – One of Us Is a Traitor!
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Ferro Lad, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Nemesis Kid, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Shrinking Violet; Superboy
Introduction - Ferro Lad (Andrew Nolan), Karate Kid (Val Armorr), Nemesis Kid (Hart Druiter), Princess Projectra
Villain – Garlak and the Khunds
Synopsis – The Legion inducts four new members and this time only 25% of its inductees are evil.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Jim Shooter, Sheldon Moldoff / Sheldon Moldoff
Cover – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Weren’t Garlak and the Khunds a British Invasion band?

1066 - Adventure Comics 345 - The Execution of Matter-Eater Lad!

Index Number – 1066 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 345
Cover Date – June 1966
Title – The Execution of Matter-Eater Lad!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain - Nardo
Synopsis – Matter-Eater Lad survives and two execution attempts, but becomes morbidly obese instead. The girls hatch a successful escape plot.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Coming Attractions – Comic-Book-Writer Boy joins the Legion.

1065 - Adventure Comics 344 - The Super-Stalag of Space!

Index Number – 1065 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 344
Cover Date – May 1966
Title – The Super-Stalag of Space!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy,
Villain - Nardo
Synopsis – The Legionnaires are trapped in a prison camp, and are about to witness the execution of Matter-Eater Lad.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Fellow prisoners, Plant Lad, Weight Wizard and Blockade Boy were suggested by letter column contributors.
The problem with Superboy – Superboy and Mon-el (and often Ultra Boy) were often written out of stories to make it more difficult for the Legionnaires to accomplish their tasks. But, accommodations had to be made to include Superboy on the cover. In this case, a unnamed Durlan hero deiguised himself as Superboy to help some friends escape. He is frozen in that form by a energy blast, so that when he attempts his excape, everyone who was not paying attention (or only looked at the cover) thinks that Superboy is dead.

1064 - Adventure Comics 343 - The Evil Hand of the Luck Lords!

Index Number – 1064 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 343
Cover Date – April 1966
Title – The Evil Hand of the Luck Lords!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Chameleon Boy, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lighting Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy
Villain – The Luck Lords
Synopsis – When a number of Legionnaires appear to have been jinxed, Saturn Girl tells them that it is all in their heads. It turns out that she was right.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – Curt Swan / George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008

1063 - Adventure Comics 342 - The Legionnaire Who Killed!

Index Number – 1063 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 342
Cover Date – March 1966
Title – The Legionnaire Who Killed!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Duo Damsel, Element Lad, Fire Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Stone Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Supergirl, Ultra Boy
Introduction – Color Kid (Ulu Vakk)
Synopsis – Kenz Nuhor
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff, George Klein
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 5 – 1994
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - 2008
Comments – Color Kid is rejected for Legion membership and is referred to the Subs, which has recently admitted Dream Girl, And something else . . . yes, of course, Star Boy kills Dream Girl’s stalker in self-defense and is referred to the Subs (where human life is cheap).