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Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Light Lass; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Cosmic Boy; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Light Lass]; Dr. Hanscom
Synopsis:
The Legionnaires must guard the valuable mineral rejuvium from Starfinger, who threatens to destroy the Seven Wonders of the 30th Century. While confronting him, Saturn Girl gets a glimpse of his thoughts and realizes that he is a Legionnaire.
Pages:
14.670
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters:
Milt Snapinn
Notes:
1st appearance of Magnetic Lad (as Pol Krinn, Cosmic Boy's brother) original splash from second chapter eliminated
Pages:
2.330
Script:
Nicola Cuti
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Feature starts as bottom third of page 17 of the digest, continues as bottom third of page 24, 33, 41, 48, 56 and concludes as bottom third of page 71. Letters of comment from readers Rob Griffin and Errol W. Knowles.
Title:
Part I: The True Identity of Starfinger!
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy]; Dr. Hanscom
Synopsis:
The Legionnaires try to trap Starfinger.
Pages:
6.670
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
George Klein
Letters:
Milt Snapinn
Notes:
Story continues from previous story.
Title:
Part II: The Secret of Starfinger!
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Superboy; Matter-Eater Lad; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Mon-El]; Dr. Hanscom
Synopsis:
The Legionnaires trap Starfinger and discover he is Lightning Lad and that he was hypnotized by Dr. Lanscom.
Pages:
8.670
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
George Klein
Letters:
Milt Snapinn
Title:
The Insect Queen of Smallville
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]; Mrs. Lang
Synopsis:
Lana helps an alien who rewards her with a ring that gives her the powers of insects.
Pages:
7.670
Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Notes:
Origin of Lana Lang's Insect Queen identity.
Title:
Part I: The Weddings That Wrecked the Legion
Synopsis:
Two pairs of Legionnaires marry, leaving membership spots open for some secret agents who plan to join in disguise.
Pages:
6.670
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters:
Vivian Berg
Notes:
Brainiac 5 elected Legion leader.
Title:
Part II: The Legionnaire Dropouts!
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy]; Night Girl; Size Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Blackout Boy; Magnetic Kid; Proty II
Synopsis:
The secret agents join the group and turn on the Legionnaires, but it was all a ruse to flush them out.
Pages:
7.670
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters:
Milt Snapinn
Title:
The Menace of the Sinister Super-Babies
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Star Boy; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5]; Time Trapper; Glorith
Synopsis:
The Time Trapper sends Glorith to turn the Legionnaires into children. But the child Legionnaires cause such havoc, that when Brainiac 5 and Superboy cross the Time Trapper's barrier, he agrees to reverse the process if they will go away and leave him alone.
Pages:
14.670
Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
John Forte
Letters:
Vivian Berg
Notes:
Original splash page from the second chapter eliminated.
Title:
The Sacrifice of Kid Psycho
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Kid Psycho; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy]
Synopsis:
Kid Psycho comes from the Legion's time and impresses Superboy, who returns with him to the 30th century for reconsideration of Kid Psycho's petition for membership. But when Superboy learns the reason Kid Psycho was rejected, he suggests that he be made the Legion's secret weapon.
Pages:
7.660
Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Notes:
origin and first appearance of Kid Psycho
Title:
Hunters of the Super-Beasts
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Phantom Girl]; Heroes of Lallor [Beast Boy; Evolvo Lad; Gas Girl; Life Lass; Duplicate Boy]
Synopsis:
The Legionnaires need Beast Boy for a case, but he has turned his back on humanity. When they try to track down Beast Boy, he runs and ends up giving his life to save a young girl who is nice to him.
Pages:
18.660
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters:
Vivian Berg
Notes:
Original splash page from second chapter eliminated.
Title:
The Story Behind the Stories
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Paul Levitz (credited)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Inside back cover. Annotation of the issues Legion stories.
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