Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #14535

Tempo Books
United States
- Published
- 1977
- Page count
- 164
- Cover price
- $1.25
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/30571
Credits
- Editing
- ?
Issue contents

Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Princess Projectra; Lightning Lad; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Wildfire; Star Boy; Colossal Boy; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Element Lad; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El]
Credits
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
The cover image for this book is an edited version of the January picture from the Super DC Calendar 1976, with some characters removed to fit the cover size.

Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Jor-El; Lara; Krylo; Pa Kent
Credits
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Bob Brown
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #158 (July 1969) — Superboy's Darkest Secret!
- Also printed
-
Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #10 ([June 1973?]) — Superboy's Darkest Secret!
-
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #117 ([October 1979?])
-
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #117 ([October 1979?]) — Superboy's Darkest Secret
Synopsis
Superboy discovers that his parents survived the destruction of Krypton and are floating in space in suspended animation.

Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Superheroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [also as Clark Kent]; Invisible Kid; Dream Girl; Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass]; Lana Lang [also as Insect Queen]
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Synopsis
Lana Lang accompanies Superboy to a meeting of the Legion and applies for membership. Though she is rejected, she participates in a mission and is elected to the Legion Reserve.

Featuring
- Feature
- The Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Mordru
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Dave Cockrum
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #188 (July 1972) — Curse of the Blood-Crystals! (reformatted)
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #161 ([January 1973?]) — Curse of the Blood-Crystals
-
Super Heroes Album (Murray, 1977 series) #12 ([April 1979]) — Curse of the Blood-Crystals
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #Volume 10 (2000) — Curse of the Blood-Crystals!
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([November] 2010) — Curse of the Blood-Crystals!
Synopsis
Chameleon Boy finds a crystal created by Mordru to inspire hate for Superboy in whomever looks at it, and heads for 20th century Smallville.

Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Saturn Girl; Princess Projectra; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Brainiac 5 [also as Prince Projectur; Sun Boy [also as Saturn Lad]; Chameleon Boy [also as Pozr-Du]; Mon-El; Element Lad]
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Jack Abel
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Synopsis
Saturn Girl and Princess Projectra return from a mission to find a Legion that doesn't seem to know them, but it is all a test of Princess Projectra's ability to handle a crisis.
Notes
Mon-El is elected Legion leader and Element Lad deputy leader at the end of this story.
Notes
The cover image for this book is an edited version of the January picture from the Super DC Calendar 1976, with some characters removed to fit the cover size.
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.