| Characters |
Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass (intro); Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Superboy; Cosmic Boy]; Fatal Five [Mano; Tharok; Emerald Empress; Persuader; Validus] |
| Synopsis |
The Legion is sent to Talok VIII to investigate its sudden belligerence, with its native heroine Shadow Lass, and fall into separate traps designed for each one of them. The Legionnaires escape their traps, but their energy in doing so powers the Fatal Five's escape from the dimension into which they were flung after their last encounter with the Legion. |
| Genre |
Superhero |
| Script |
Jim Shooter |
| Pencils |
Jim Shooter (layouts only); Curt Swan |
| Inks |
George Klein |
| Letters |
Milton Snapinn (page 1 only), Morris Waldinger ? |
| Editing |
Mort Weisinger |
| Notes |
Story continues in next issue. |
| Reprinted |
in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #8; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #7 |
| Characters |
Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy; Light Lass; Star Boy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Supergirl; Element Lad; Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen]; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad; Insect Queen [Lana Lang]; Kid Psycho (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes); Proty II; Krypto; Beppo; Comet; Streaky (all as the Legion of Super-Pets); Polar Boy; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Color Kid (all as the Legion of Substitute-Heroes) |
| Synopsis |
Origins and powers of the Legionnaires, Subs, and Pets |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Pencils |
Curt Swan (reprint art, p. 1-4); Al Plastino (new art, p. 5-6) |
| Inks |
George Klein (reprint art, p. 1-4); Al Plastino (new art, p. 5-6) |
| Editing |
Mort Weisinger |
| Notes |
First two pages were originally printed in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4, then reprinted with some alterations in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 with third and fourth pages, all of which were reprinted here with further alterations by Al Plastino, most notably in the Light Lass and Duo Damsel panels, and with the fifth and sixth pages added. |
| Reprinted |
from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 [pp. 1-2, with alterations]; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 [pp. 3-4, with alterations]; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #5; in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 |