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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #11
Publication Date: October 2001
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Issues: #11 of 13 Issues (17 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 08/15/2001
Volume: 11
Pages: 224
ISBN: 156389730X
UPC/EAN: 76194120146701111
Price: $82.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 41 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dale Crain; Murray Boltinoff (original editor of all reprinted material)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
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Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dave Cockrum
Inker(s): Dave Cockrum
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Wildfire; Timber Wolf; Dream Girl
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #205 published November 1974
was Lore of the Legion! [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is a composite of separate figures done for "The Lore of the Legion" feature in Superboy #205.
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Legion of Super-Heroes Archives: Volume 11

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mon-El; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Frontispiece illustrated with a detail from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #203 (August 1974).
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy]; Flynt Brojj
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Illustrated with a detail from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #209 (June 1975).
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Grell
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superboy; Duo Damsel
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Illustrated with a detail from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #209 (June 1975).
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Massacre by Remote Control!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy (signed)
Inker(s): Nick Cardy (signed)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl]; Validus
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #203 published July 1974
was Massacre by Remote Control! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[Part 1]: Massacre by Remote Control

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Invisible Kid; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Dream Girl; Saturn Girl; Ferro Lad (statue)]; Validus; Myla; Tharok
Synopsis: After the Legionnaires run a practice drill on protecting their headquarters, Invisible Kid collapses. He reveals that when he turns invisible he can see an invisible world and one of its inhabitants, Myla. Later, Dream Girl dreams that Validus is coming to attack the Legion. Saturn Girl confirms that the components of Tharok's brain being held by the Legion are summoning Validus.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #203 published July 1974
was Massacre by Remote Control [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Part 2: Invisible Kid's Last Try

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Superboy; Karate Kid]; Validus; Myla
Synopsis: Validus attacks Legion headquarters and kills Invisible Kid just as he destroys the components of Tharok's brain controlling Validus.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #203 published July 1974
was Massacre by Remote Control [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy]; Anti-Lad
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #204 published September 1974
was The Legionnaire Nobody Remembered? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl are in their present-day costumes on the cover, not the costumes they wear in the flashback story it reflects.
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The Legionnaire Nobody Remembered

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5]; Anti-Lad
Synopsis: The Legionnaires ponder a photo in their archives featuring a Legionnaire no one remembers, Anti-Lad. The readers are told how a time traveller from the far-distant future saw Superboy being rejected by the Legion in his initial tryout and went to the Legion's time to make sure they gave the Boy of Steel a second chance.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #204 published September 1974
was The Legionnaire Nobody Remembered [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: In the sequences related to Superboy's initiation tests, the Legionnaires are wearing their classic Silver Age costumes, not the versions they wore in the actual story.
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Brainiac 5's Secret Weakness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Star Boy; Brainiac 5; Supergirl; Saturn Girl
Synopsis: Brainiac 5 misses Supergirl so much his subconscious mind creates an android version of her. When Brainy and his android get into trouble, the real Supergirl saves them and announces she is leaving the Legion.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #204 published September 1974
was Brainiac 5's Secret Weakness! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Wildfire; Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Phantom Girl; Karate Kid; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy]; Lana Lang; Mike Grell
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #205 published November 1974
was The Legion of Super-Executioners; The Outcast Super-Heroes; The One-Man Team [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[Chapter 1]: The Legion of Super-Executioners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Shadow Lass; Karate Kid; Brainiac 5; Wildfire; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Shrinking Violet]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]
Synopsis: Superboy and Lana Lang arrive in the 30th century to find Ultra Boy locked up and berserk.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #205 published November 1974
was The Legion of Super-Executioners [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Chapter 2: The Legionnaire Firing Squad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Ultra Boy; Wildfire]; Lana Lang
Synopsis: After Superboy sets off to retrieve the cure for Ultra Boy's condition, the Legionnaires turn on Lana Lang and prepare to execute her and a rational Ultra Boy.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #205 published November 1974
was The Legion of Super-Executioners [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Chapter 3: The Army of Super-Slaves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Wildfire; Brainiac 5; Karate Kid; Shadow Lass; Superboy]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]; The Master
Synopsis: Superboy secretly saves Ultra Boy and Lana Lang from their firing squad, then the three of them destroy the helmet of the alien controlling the other Legionnaires.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #205 published November 1974
was The Legion of Super-Executioners [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Meet "Iron Mike" Grell

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Grell
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Superboy; Saturn Girl; Aquaman
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #205 published November 1974
was Meet "Iron Mike" Grell [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Lore of the Legion

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Dave Cockrum (pages 1, 2); Curt Swan (page 3)
Inker(s): Dave Cockrum (pages 1, 2); George Klein (page 3); George Roussos (Insect Queen figure)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Element Lad; Dream Girl; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Shadow Lass; Timber Wolf; Chemical King; Wildfire; Ferro Lad]; Elastic Lad; Kid Psycho; Insect Queen; Pete Ross; Rond Vidar
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #205 published November 1974
was Lore of the Legion! [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Profiles of 10 of the Legionnaires and 5 of their associates. The Ferro Lad figure is taken from the cover to Adventure Comics (1938 series) #352; the Jimmy Olsen figure is taken from the cover of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954 series) #105; the Kid Psycho figure is taken from the cover of Superboy (1949 series) #125; the Insect Queen figure is taken from the cover of Adventure Comics (1938 series) #370; the Pete Ross figure is taken from the cover of Superboy (1949 series) #94; the Rond Vidar figure is taken from Adventure Comics (1938 series) #360.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy (signed)
Inker(s): Nick Cardy (signed)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Superboy; Invisible Kid (clone); Ferro Lad (clone)
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #206 published January 1975
was The Legionnaires Who Haunted Superboy [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Legionnaires Who Haunted Superboy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5]; Invisible Kid (clone); Ferro Lad (cameo); Validus
Synopsis: Superboy encounters dead Legionnaires Ferro Lad and Invisible Kid in Smallville. They tell him they are testing themselves to see if they still have what it takes to be in the Legion. But Superboy knows they are experimental clones who only survive for 2 days.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #206 published January 1975
was The Legionnaires Who Haunted Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Welcome Home, Daughter... Now Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Princess Projectra; Karate Kid
Synopsis: Princess Projectra's guilt causes her to create an illusion of Orando so convincing she thinks she is home.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #206 published January 1975
was Welcome Home, Daughter... Now Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Rookie Who Betrayed the Legion

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl]; Dvron
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #207 published March 1975
was The Rookie Who Betrayed the Legion [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Rookie Who Betrayed the Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy]; Dvron; Universo; President of Earth
Synopsis: While the Legion is told by the President that Universo has escaped, Colossal Boy finds a Science Police officer slinking around the headquarters. Dvron tells the Legionnaires that he has already encountered the escaped Universo and leads them to him. But once they find him, Dvron stops the Legionnaires from capturing Universo as payback for Universo saving his life. But now that they are even, Dvron helps the Legionnaires snare Universo.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #207 published March 1975
was The Rookie Who Betrayed the Legion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Lightning Lad's Day of Dread

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Shadow Lass]; Lightning Lord
Synopsis: Lightning Lad honors the first anniversary of his parents death at the spot in space where they died and encounters his brother Lightning Lord.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #207 published March 1975
was Lightning Lad's Day of Dread [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Light Lass is incorrectly shown as younger than Lightning Lad. Lightning Lord is also incorrectly shown with white hair in flashbacks.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell (main panel); Curt Swan (smaller panels)
Inker(s): Mike Grell (main panel); George Klein (smaller panels)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Duo Damsel]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #208 published April 1975
was Vengeance of the Super-Villains [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The secondary panels were reproduced from the covers to Superboy (1949 series) #93 and Adventure Comics (1938 series) #343.
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[Part 1]: Vengeance of the Super-Villains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy]; Legion of Super-Villains [Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord; Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Nemesis Kid; Chameleon Chief]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Larx Kenrik
Synopsis: As the Legion prepares to award a peace negotiator with the coveted Universal Trophy, Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy are attacked by their parents.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #208 published April 1975
was Vengeance of the Super-Villains [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Lightning Lord's hair is mistakenly colored blonde on the first page.
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Part 2: The Night before Doomsday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Villains [Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord; Nemesis Kid; Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Chameleon Chief]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Chemical King; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El]
Synopsis: As the Legion prepares for the ceremony, Chameleon Chief booby traps the statue.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #208 published April 1975
was Vengeance of the Super-Villains [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Part 3: Villainaires vs. the Legionnaires

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Lightning Lad; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Shadow Lass]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Larx Kenrik; Legion of Super-Villains [Chameleon Chief; Spider Girl; Nemesis Kid; Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord]
Synopsis: Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy are released from their traps, but the rest of the Legion is already onto the Villains' plans and have surprised the LSV in their own lair.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #208 published April 1975
was Vengeance of the Super-Villains [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Saturn Girl's hair is incorrectly colored brunette on the final page.
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The Legion of Substitute Heroes

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Color Kid]
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #208 published April 1975
was The Legion of Substitute Heroes [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Figures are taken from Adventure Comics (1938 series) #351.
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Who Will Save the Princess?

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Superboy; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #209 published June 1975
was Who Will Save the Princess? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Who Can Save the Princess?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Superboy]; Duo Damsel
Synopsis: The Legionnaires must siphon off Princess Projectra's pain in order to allow her to survive the Pain Plague.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #209 published June 1975
was Who Can Save the Princess? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Hero for a Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Cosmic Boy; Wildfire; Saturn Girl; Chemical King]; Flynt Brojj
Synopsis: While giving a tour to a special fan, the Legion receives a dangerous Witch Wolf. When the Legionnaires fail to subdue the animal, Flynt Brojj realizes that the Legionnaires are victims of a mass hypnotic spell.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #209 published June 1975
was Hero for a Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Shadow Lass (vignette); Karate Kid (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Soljer
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #210 published August 1975
was Soljer's Private War [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Soljer's Private War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Princess Projectra; Chameleon Boy]; Soljer
Synopsis: Lightning Lad re-animates a soldier who can materialize any type of weapon he can imagine. When the Legion convinces him that his war is over and he has done his duty, he finally passes on to his rest.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #210 published August 1975
was Soljer's Private War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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The Lair of the Black Dragon: The Untold Origin of Karate Kid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Karate Kid; Sadaharu; Sensei; Black Dragon
Synopsis: Karate Kid's learns who killed his father.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #210 published August 1975
was The Lair of the Black Dragon: The Untold Origin of Karate Kid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Chemical King; Light Lass; Shadow Lass (vignette); Karate Kid (vignette); Phantom Girl (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Roxxas
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #211 published September 1975
was The Ultimate Revenge [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ultimate Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Chemical King; Element Lad; Star Boy; Light Lass; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Star Boy]; Roxxas; Gorra
Synopsis: Element Lad tracks Roxxas to Trom and plans to execute him, but Chemical King prevents him from making the ultimate mistake.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #211 published September 1975
was The Ultimate Revenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Legion's Lost Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Shadow Lass]; Cosmic Boy impostor; Shadow Lass impostor; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid]
Synopsis: Two impostor Legionnaires ransack the old Legion clubhouse to find a gem they hid years ago, but they run into the Legion of Substitute-Heroes who have come to claim the headquarters and make it their own.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #211 published September 1975
was The Legion's Lost Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Subs are all in new costumes.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Superboy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Shadow Lass (vignette); Brainiac 5 (vignette); Mon-El (vignette); Saturn Girl (vignette)]; Esper Lass; Magno Lad; Phantom Lad; Micro Lad
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #212 published October 1975
was Death Stroke at Dawn [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Last Fight for a Legionnaire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf; Karate Kid; Superboy; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Ferro Lad (statue)]; Chameleon Kid; Magno Lad; Esper Lass; Phantom Lad; Calorie Queen; Micro Lad
Synopsis: Six Legion applicants from the same planets as six Legionnaires challenge them for their positions on the team.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #212 published October 1975
was Last Fight for a Legionnaire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Includes page removed before original publication and published only in black & white in The Amazing World of DC Comics #9. Matter-Eater Lad is drafted into the political system of his home planet in this story and leaves the Legion.
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A Death Stroke at Dawn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo)]; Night Girl
Synopsis: Night Girl's efforts to track down "Crafty" Colson and his gang cause a rift between her and Cosmic Boy, but together they take them down.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #212 published October 1975
was A Death Stroke at Dawn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Night Girl is in a new costume in this story.
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Short biographies of the primary writers and artists of the stories in this volume.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy (#203); Mike Grell (larger panel of #208 and #210 & #211); Curt Swan (smaller panels of #208)
Inker(s): Nick Cardy (#203); Mike Grell (larger panel of #208 and #210 & #211); George Klein (smaller panels of #208)
Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon
Letterer(s): ?; Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Phantom Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Chemical King; Light Lass]; Validus; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Soljer; Roxxas
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #203 published July 1974
was Massacre by Remote Control! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #208 published April 1975
was Vengeance of the Super-Villains [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #210 published August 1975
was Soljer's Private War [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #211 published September 1975
was The Ultimate Revenge [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four small cover reproductions on back cover.

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