Super Heroes Album #6

Published
June 1977
Page count
100
Cover price
0.50 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Planet Comics [rectangle]
 
Planet Comics [rectangle]

Credits

Editing
, editor

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Show/hide Cover The Secret Villain the World Never Knew (Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes) Cover, 1 page

""Stay back! Your lives depend on me! I can take him alone!" "The Secret Villain the World Neve Knew""

Featuring

Feature
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art

Reprint history

Printed in
Superboy 218, July 1976
Show/hide 1. The Secret Villain the World Never Knew (Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Cary Bates, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, editor

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Original
Superboy 218, July 1976
Show/hide 2. Journey to 1960 (Tommy Tomorrow) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tommy Tomorrow
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
Jack Miller, scripter
Art
Jim Mooney, line art
Editing
Jack Schiff, editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, Associate Editor
 
George Kashdan, Associate Editor

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Also printed
Australia
The Hundred Plus Comic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #53 ([January 1961?])
 
United Kingdom
Superadventure Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1959 series) 1966-7 (1966-7)
Original
World's Finest Comics 113, November 1960
This version
DC Super-Stars 6, August 1976
Show/hide 3. The Hero who Wouldn't Fight (Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Jim Shooter, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, penciller
 
Bill Draut, inker
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, editor

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Original
Superboy 215, March 1976

Notes

Cosmic Boy's and Colossal Boy's costumes change from this story.

Show/hide 4. [Origin of the Doom Patrol] (The Doom Patrol) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
The Doom Patrol
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Arnold Drake, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, editor

Reprint history

This version
Super-Team Family 8, December 1976-January 1977
Original
The Doom Patrol 86, March 1964
Show/hide 5. The Terrible Secret of Negative Man Part 2: The Toys of Terror (The Doom Patrol) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Doom Patrol
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Arnold Drake, scripter
Art
Bruno Premiani, line art
Editing
Tony Isabella, editor

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Also printed
Australia
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #76 ([September 1964])
This version
Super-Team Family 8, December 1976-January 1977
Original
The Doom Patrol 87, May 1964
Show/hide 6. The Super-Athletes From Outer Space Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 7. Future Shock For Superboy (Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Cary Bates, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, editor

Reprint history

Original
Superboy 217, June 1976
Show/hide 8. Destination Doom (Captain Comet) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Captain Comet
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
John Broome, scripter
Art
Murphy Anderson, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, editor [attributed] (actual)

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First print
United States
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #14 (November 1951)
Destination Doom
Also printed
Australia
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #24 (April 1960)
Destination Doom!
Show/hide 9. The Great Plutonium Plot (The First Fantastic Adventure of The Space Ranger) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 10. Science Says You're Wrong if you Believe that-- Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Non-Fiction

Notes

Information on sphere and cube, light and heavy cream, salt on snow, and plants with moons.

Show/hide 11. The Charge of the Doomed Legionnaires (Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Jim Shooter, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, editor

Reprint history

Original
Superboy 217, June 1976

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 1224

Entry created

  • 22/01/2004

Cover added

  • 24/01/2014

Index completed

  • 24/03/2005

Last updated

  • 24/01/2014