Wednesday, July 7, 2010

1038 - Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 76 - Elastic Lad Jimmy and his Legion Romances!

Index Number – 1038 - 1.0
Issue – Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 76
Cover Date – April 1964
Title – Elastic Lad Jimmy and his Legion Romances!
Characters – Elastic Lad, Light Lass, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – The girls pretend to fall for Jimmy to make Lucy Lane jealous.
Writer – Jerry Siegel
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

1037 - Adventure Comics 319 - The Legion's Suicide Squad

Index Number – 1037 - 1.0
Issue – Advemtiure Comics 319
Cover Date – April 1964
Title – The Legion’s Suicide Squad
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Fire Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Stone Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl
Villain – The population of Throon
Synopsis – The Subs save the day when the Legion is utterly defeated by the Citadel of Throon
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / Sheldon Moldoff
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – The Subs save the day (again), and still no invitation to join.

Monday, July 5, 2010

1036 - Adventure Comics 318 - The Mutiny of the Legionnaires!

Index Number – 1036 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 318
Cover Date – March 1964
Title – The Mutiny of the Legionnaires!
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl
Synopsis – While suffering from space-fatigue, Sun Boy becomes a tyrant and sets his teammates adrift in space after they mutiny.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 3 – 1993
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – By this time, the Legion has been around for about 6 years, yet this is one of the first space missions that they have undertaken.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

1035 - Adventure Comics 317 - The Menace of Dream Girl!

Index Number – 1035 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 317
Cover Date – February 1964
Title – The Menace of Dream Girl!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Dream Girl, Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass/Light Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy
Introduction – Dream Girl (Nura Nal)
Synopsis – After a vision of the death of the Legionnaires, Dream Girl joins and begins expelling her teammates on technicalities. She discovers that she misinterpreted her dream and resigns, but not before using “Naltorian Super Science” to give Lightning Lass weight reduction abilities
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – Witness the kindling of the Dream Girl / Star Boy romance.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

1034 - Adventure Comics 316 - The Renegade Super-Hero!

Index Number – 1034 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 316
Cover Date – January 1964
Title – The Renegade Super-Hero!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – Space raiders
Synopsis – Ultra Boy pretends to be evil to be drummed out of the Legion and to track down some raiders.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments - The beginning of the Ultra Boy / Phantom Girl romance. Aw.

Friday, July 2, 2010

1033 - Adventure Comics 315 - The LEgionnaires' Sper-Contest!

Index Number – 1033 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 315
Cover Date – December 1963
Title – The Legionnaires’ Super Contest!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chlorophyll Kid, Cosmic Boy, Chameleon Boy, Fire Lad, Lightning Lad, Night Girl, Polar Boy, Saturn Girl, Stone Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy
Synopsis – While the Legion is away, the Subs capture space pirates who are intent of stealing our glass. In gratitude, the Legionnaires hold a contest to induct one of the subs. Stone Boy wins, but elects to stay with his teammates.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – Glass-stealing space pirates!?

Thursday, July 1, 2010

1032 - Adventure Comics 314 - The Super-Villians of All Ages!

Index Number – 1032 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 314
Cover Date – November 1963
Title – The Super-Villians of All Ages!
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain - Alaktor
Synopsis – Self-proclaimed “Master of Worlds”, Alaktor transfers the minds of Nero, Hitler and Dillinger into Superboy, Mon-El and Ultra Boy.
Writer – Edmond Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Cover – Curt Swan / George Klein
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007