Super Heroes Album #9

Published
March 1978
Page count
100
Cover price
0.75 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 Kill a World! (Legion of Super Heroes) Cover, 1 page

"Make no mistake--today the Fatal Five will kill a world!"

Featuring

Feature
Legion of Super Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Code
C-530
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]; Fatal Five [Validus; Emerald Empress; Persuader; Tharok; Mano]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Editing
Denny O'Neil, original Story Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #231 (September 1977)
Kill a World!
Show/hide 1. A Day in the Death of a World! (Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 16 pages

Featuring

Feature
Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Code
J-4757
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Mon-El; Shadow Lass; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy]; Fatal Five [Validus; Tharok; Emerald Empress; Persuader; Mano]

Credits

Writing
Paul Levitz, scripter
Art
James Sherman, penciller
 
Jack Abel, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Denny O'Neil, original Story Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #231 (September 1977)
A Day in the Death of a World!

Synopsis

As the Legion attempts to evacuate the planet Mordan before its star goes nova, they are confronted by the Fatal Five who want the inhabitants of Mordan to be converted into priceless energite when their star explodes, and have taken Karate Kid and Princess Projectra hostage to make sure the Legion doesn't interfere.

Show/hide 2. Chapter 2 3 Hours to Holocaust! (Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature
Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra]; Fatal Five [Mano; Validus; Persuader; Emerald Empress; Tharok]

Credits

Writing
Paul Levitz, scripter
Art
Michael Netzer, penciller
 
Jack Abel, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Denny O'Neil, original Story Editor
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #231 (September 1977)
Chapter 2: 3 Hours to... Holocaust!

Synopsis

After delaying the Legion's efforts to save the inhabitants of Mordan, the Fatal Five regroup on Tharok's ship. The Legion mounts a sneak attack on the ship and tricks Tharok into revealing where the control for the device causing the star to go nova is. But when the Fatal Five is subdued, Tharok causes the ship to self-destruct. The Legion escapes the ship, leaving the Fatal Five behind, but Superboy is certain they will meet them again.

Show/hide 3. The Menace of the Reptile Men (Sea Devils) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Sea Devils
Genre
Adventure
Characters
Sea Devils; Reptile-Men

Credits

Writing
Jack Miller , scripter
Art
Howard Purcell, penciller
 
Sheldon Moldoff, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
George Kashdan, original editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Sea Devils (DC, 1961 series) #20 (November-December 1964)
The Menace of the Reptile Men
Show/hide 4. Chapter 2 Half-Human, Half-Clay (Sea Devils) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Sea Devils
Genre
Adventure
Characters
Sea Devils; Reptile-Men; The Four Raiders

Credits

Writing
Jack Miller , scripter
Art
Howard Purcell, penciller
 
Sheldon Moldoff, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
George Kashdan, original editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Sea Devils (DC, 1961 series) #20 (November-December 1964)
Half-Human, Half-Clay

Synopsis

The Sea Devils and four other frogmen vie for possession of a molecular transfer ray, that belongs to a race of other-dimensional reptile-men.

Show/hide 5. Chapter 3 The Last Challenge (Sea Devils) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
Sea Devils
Genre
Adventure
Characters
Sea Devils; The Four Raiders; Reptile-Men

Credits

Writing
Jack Miller , scripter
Art
Howard Purcell, penciller
 
Sheldon Moldoff, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
George Kashdan, original editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Sea Devils (DC, 1961 series) #20 (November-December 1964)
The Last Challenge
Show/hide 6. The Queen Ant! (Space Voyagers) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Space Voyagers
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
Robert Kanigher, scripter
Art
Alex Niño, line art [as Alex Nino]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Joe Kubert, original editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Rima, the Jungle Girl (DC, 1974 series) #5 (December 1974-January 1975)
The Queen Ant!
Show/hide 7. That a World Might Live... A Legionnaire Must Die! (Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 32 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Code
J-4612
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Chemical King (death); Chameleon Boy; Shadow Lass; Light Lass; Colossal Boy; Timber Wolf; Wildfire; Saturn Girl]; President Kandru; Deregon; Dark Circle

Credits

Writing
Paul Levitz, scripter
Art
James Sherman, penciller
 
Jack Abel, inker
Text
, letterer (#228)
 
Bill Morse, letterer (#229)
Editing
Denny O'Neil, original editor
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #228 (June 1977)
That a World Might Live ... A Legionnaire Must Die!
 
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #229 (July 1977)
Hunt for a Hero-Killer

Synopsis

The Australian Regional Governor, Deregon, is working with the Dark Circle to create an energy explosion that will trigger World War VII.

Show/hide 8. Super-Action Superman Comics Now in Full Color! Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

"Super-Action Superman Comics now in full color! Look for the exciting Superman comics in full color! At any newsagent or bookstall"

Details

Printed
1977? to 1979?
Genre
Superhero
More...
Super-Action Superman Comics Now in Full Color!

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 1622

Entry created

  • 01/09/2004

Cover added

  • 27/10/2016

Last updated

  • 17/09/2019