Legion of Super-Heroes #1
DC Comics
United States.
- Published
- February 1973
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.20 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/25903
Credits
- Editing
- Jeff Rovin
Issue contents
Cover
The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!
(Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- Q-100
- Characters
- Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl
Credits
- Art
- Nick Cardy
1Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- Q-101
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Lighting Lad; Phantom Girl]; Command Kid; Bouncing Boy
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Jim Mooney
- Letters
- David Huffine
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #328 (January 1965) — The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #328 (January 1965)
- First print
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #76 ([December 1965?]) — The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion Part 2: The Secret of the Legion Rookie
- Also printed
-
Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973)
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #170 ([October 1973?])
-
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #57 (February 1985) — [Part I]: The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3 (1993) — [Part I]: The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #Volume 2 ([April] 2008) — The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!
Synopsis
Command Kid joins the Legion, but his arrogance puts off some of the Legionnaires. Star Boy, however, asks Command Kid to help him become as powerful as he is.
Notes
No credits on item; credits from other printings of the story.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- Q-101
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad]; Command Kid
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Jim Mooney
- Letters
- David Huffine
Synopsis
More Legionnaires submit to Command Kid's treatment, but Saturn Girl and Element Lad return with the solution to the mystery of Command Kid just in time.
Notes
No credits on item; credits from other printings of the story.
3Featuring
- Code
- Q-102
- Characters
- Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Element Lad
Credits
- Author
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- John Forte (illustrations)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (first 3 illustrations)
George Klein (last 2 illustrations) - Letters
- typeset
Notes
Illustrations from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 (last two) and #335 (first three). No art credits on item; credits from other printings of the illustrations.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Our Strange Universe
- Genre
- Non-fiction
- Code
- Q-121
5"We're the first to find this tomb, Professor Twiddle."
Featuring
- Feature
- Professor Eureka
- Genre
- Humor
- Code
- Q-122
- Characters
- Professor Eureka; Professor Twiddle
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #26 (May-June 1960) — Untitled (Edited to a half page.)
- Also printed
-
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #104 ([October 1957]) — Professor Eureka
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #26 ([August 1963?]) — Untitled
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #325 (October 1964) — Untitled
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #64 (December 1964) — Untitled
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #44 ([February 1968?]) — Untitled
Synopsis
The Prof. likes to read hieroglyphics before going to bed.
6Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Selected passages from the Legion Constitution.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Tommy Tomorrow
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- Q-103
- Characters
- Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; "Nova" Norton
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Jim Mooney
Synopsis
Nova Norton tries to trick Tommy Tomorrow into the nets of other-dimensional space fishermen, but Tommy outsmarts him.
Notes
No credits on item; credits from GCD index of original printing.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.