Monday, January 31, 2011

1205 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 325 - Trial of the Legion Five

Index Number – 1205 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 235
Cover Date – January 1978
Title – Trial of the Legion Five
Characters – , Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Lightning Lad, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Superboy,Timber Wolf, Wildfire
Synopsis – In the previous issue (Index 1025), the Legionnaires captured a space dragon. Since the radiation from that beast could have cured a terminally ill young man, they are charged with murder.
Writer – Gerry Conway
Artist – George Tuska / Vince Colletta
Editor – Al Milgrom

Sunday, January 30, 2011

1204 - Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes 235 - The Legion's Super Secret!


Index Number – 1204 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes 235
Cover Date – January 1978
Title – The Legion’s Super Secret!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Shadow Lass, Sun Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf
Synopsis – The Legion must brainwash Superboy to make him forget about the serum that has allowed his teammates to remain teenagers for so long.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Mike Grell / Vince Coletta
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Al Milgrom
Comment – Why don’t we all try to forget about this one.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

1203 - Karate Kid 12 - The "Time" of Your Death


Index Number – 1203 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 12
Cover Date – January 1977
Title – The “Time” of Your Death
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy
Villain – Major Disaster and the Lord of Time
Synopsis – The villains send Karate Kid to Smallville in the recent past where he mistakenly faces off against Superboy and the Legion
Writer – Bob Rozakis
Artist – Juan Ortiz / Bob McLeod
Cover – Rich Buckler / Jack Abel
Editor – Allen Milgrom
Comment – Fans have attempted to identify the time frame of the Legionnaires in this story by their costumes and their flight rings, placing this tale immediately after Adventure 329 (index number 1049). But the concept of “Chronicler’s Error” introduced into the Legion mythos by Paul Levitz tells us that flight rings were available to the Legionnaires from the start, therefore this story could be inserted almost anywhere in the early Legion chronology.

Monday, January 24, 2011

1202 - Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes 234 -- Wanted - Dead of Alive - The Composite Legionnaire


Index Number – - 1202 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes 234
Cover Date – December 1977
Title – Wanted - Dead or Alive - The Composite Legionnaire
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Duplicate Boy,
Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Wildfire
Synopsis – While attempting to harvest space dragon scales for Imsk, an explosion merges Colossal Boy, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl and Shrinking Violet into one entity.
Writer – Gerry Conway
Artist – Ric Estrada / Jack Abel
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Al Milgrom

Monday, January 17, 2011

1201 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 233 - The Final Illusion

Index Number – - 1201 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 233
Cover Date – November 1977
Title – The Final Illusion
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Dream Girl, Karate Kid, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl
Synopsis – Projectra’s illusion-casting abilities cause her to suffer from hallucinations.
Writer – Paul Levitz, Michael Netzer
Artist – Michael Netzer / Bob Layton
Editor – Denny O’Neill
Comments - Netzer is credited with the idea for this story.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Index Numbers 1101 - 1200

1101 - Adventure Comics 377 – Heroes for Hire!
1102 - Adventure Comics 378 – Twelve Hours to Live!
1103 - Adventure Comics 379 - Burial in Space!
1104 - Adventure Comics 380 – The Legion’s Space Odyssey!
1105 - Action Comics 378 – The Forbidden Fruit!
1106 - Action Comics 379 - One of Us is an Imposter!
1107 - Action Comics 380 – Half a Legionnaire?
1108 - Action Comics 381 – The Hapless Hero
1109 - Action Comics 382 - Kill a Friend to Save a World
1110 - Action Comics 383 - Chameleon Boy’s Secret Identity!
1111 - Action Comics 384 - Lament for a Legionnaire!
1112 - Action Comics 385 - The Fallen Starboy!
1113 - Action Comics 386 – Zap Goes the Legion!
1114 - Action Comics 387 – One Hero Too Many!
1115 - Action Comics 389 – The Mystery Legionnaire!
1116 - Action Comics 390 – The Tyrant and the Traitor
1117 - Action Comics 391 – The Ordeal of Element Lad!
1118 - Action Comics 392 – The Legionnaires Who Never Were!
1119 - Superboy 172 – Brotherly Hate!
1120 - Superboy 173 – Trust Me or Kill Me!
1121 - Superboy 176 – Invisible Invader!
1122 - Superboy 183 – War of the Wraith-Mates!
1123 - Superboy 184 – One Legionnaire Must Go!
1124 - Superboy 188 – Curse of the Blood Crystals!
1125 – Superboy 189 – Murder the Leader
1126 - Superboy 191 – Attack of the Sun-Scavenger!
1127 - Superboy 193 – War Between the Nights and the Days!
1128 – Superboy 195 – The One-Shot Hero!
1129 - Superboy 197 – Timber Wolf: Live Hero, Dead Excutioner
1130 - Superboy 198 – The Fatal Five that Twisted Time
1131 - Superboy 199 - The Legionnaires Vs. the Gun that Mastered Men
1132 - Superboy 199 – The Impossible Target
1133 - Superboy 200 – The Legionnaire Bride of Starfinger
1134 - Superboy 201 – The Betrayer from Beyond
1135 - Superboy 201 - The Silent Death
1136 - Superboy 202 – Lost: A Million Miles from Home
1137 - Superboy 202 – The Wrath of the Devil-Fish!
1138 – Superboy 203 – Massacre by Remote Control
1139 – Superboy 204 – The Legionnaire Nobody Remembered
1140 – Superboy 204 – Brainiac 5’s Secret Weakness
1141 – Superboy 205 – The Legion of Super-Executioners
1142 - Superboy 206 The Legionnaires Who Haunted Superboy
1143 - Superboy 206 Welcome Home, Daughter … Now Die!
1144 - Superboy 207 – The Rookie who Betrayed the Legion
1145 - Superboy 207 - Lightning Lad’s Day of Dread
1146 - Superboy 208 - The Vengeance of the Super-Villians
1147 - Superboy 209 - Who Can Save the Princess?
1148 - Superboy 209 - Hero for a Day
1149 - Superboy 210 - Soljer’s Private War
1150 -Superboy 210 – The Lair of the Black Dragon – The Secret Origin of Karate Kid
1151 - Superboy 211 – The Ultimate Revenge
1152 - Superboy 211 – The Legion’s Lost Home
1153 - Superboy 212 - Last Fight for a Legionnaire
1154 -Superboy 212 – Death Stroke at Dawn
1155 - Superboy 213 – The Jaws of Fear
I156 - Superboy 213 – Trapped to Live – Free to Die
1157 - Superboy 214 - No Price Too High
1158 - Superboy 214 – Stay Small or Die
1159 – Karate Kid 1 - My World Begins in Yesterday
1160 - Superboy 215 - The Final Eclipse of Sun Boy
1161 - Superboy 215 The Hero Who Wouldn’t Fight
1162 - Superboy 216 – The Hero Who Hated the Legion
1163 - Superboy 216 – 1 + 1 = 3: The Private Lives of Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel
1164 - Karate Kid 2 The International Crimes of Major Disaster
1165 -Superboy 217 - The Charge of the Doomed Legionnaires
1166 - Superboy 217 Future Shock for Superboy
1167 - Karate Kid 3 - The Revenger
1168 - Superboy 218 - The Super Villain the World Never Knew
1169 - Karate Kid 4 - The Rage of Yesterdays Lost
1170 - Superboy 219 - The Plumder Ploy of the Fatal Five
1171 - Superboy 220 – The Super Soldiers of the Slave-Maker
1172 - Superboy 220 – Dream Girl’s Living Nightmare
1173- Karate Kid 5 – The Tomorrow Thief
1174 - Superboy 221 – The Trillion-Dollar Trophies
1175 - Superboy 222 – This Legionnaire is Condemned
1176 - Superboy 222 – Death of a Legend
1177 - Karate Kid 6 – Showdown with Commander Blud!
1178 - Superboy 223 – We Can’t Escape the Trap in Time
1179 - Superboy 224 – When Stargrave Strikes
1180 - Karate Kid 7 – The Gyro-Master Strikes Twice
1181 - Superboy 225 - And Who Shall Lead Them?
1182 - Superboy 225 - A Matter of Priorities
1183 - Superboy 226 - The Dazzling Debut of Dawnstar
1184 - Superboy 226 - Five Against One
1185 - Karate Kid 8 – Pandemonium ... Panic ... Pulsar!
1186 - Superboy 227 - War at World’s End
1187 - DC Special 28 - The City that Stopped - Dead!
1188 - Superboy 228 - That the World Might Live … A Legionnaire Must Die!
1189 - Karate Kid 9 - Title – The Black Belt Contract
1190 - Superboy 229 - Hunt for a Hero Killer
1191 - Superboy 230 - The Creature Who Conned the Legion
1192 - Superboy 230 - The Day Bouncing Boy Bounced Back
1193 - Karqate Kid 10 - Death Duel on Orando
1194 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 231 - A Day in the Death of a World
1195 - Justice League of America 147 - Crisis in the 30th Century!
1196 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 232 - The Disease that Wouldn’t Die
1197 - Karate Kid 11 - Disasters of Yesterday
1198 - DC Super Stars 17 - The Secret of the Quintile Crystal
1199 - Justice League of America 148 - Crisis in Triplicate
1200 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 233 - The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

1200 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 233 - The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion!


Index Number – 1200 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 233
Cover Date – November 1977
Title – The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Dream Girl, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Star Boy, Superboy,Wildfire
Villain – The Infinite Man
Synopsis – An accident at the time institute turns Jaxon Rugarth into the Infinite Man, who can summon beings from any era in time.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Bob Wiacek
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Denny O’Neil

Sunday, January 2, 2011

1199 - Justice League of America 148 - Crisis in Triplicate


Index Number – 1199 - 1.0
Issue – Justice League of America 148
Cover Date – November 1977
Title – Crisis in Triplicate
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Lightning Lad, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Sun Boy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Villain – Mordru; Abnegezar, Rath, Ghast
Synopsis – The Legionnaires join the Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America to battle Mordru and the three demons; Abnegezar, Rath, Ghast.
Writer – Paul Levitz, Martin Pasko
Artist – Dick Dillin / Frank McLaughlin
Cover – Rick Buckler / Jack Abel
Editor – Julius Schwartz
Reprinted – Crisis on Multiple Earths 4 – 2006