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Issue Details

Issue #147
Published August 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Legion of Super-Villains!"

Characters Legion of Super-Villains [Cosmic King; Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen]; Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Cover is an homage to the cover of Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]

7 page Superman story "The Great Mento!"

Characters Superman; Perry White (as the Great Mento, intro); Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Rocky Sneed (villain)
Synopsis Perry White fakes ESP powers as The Great Mento, with Superman's help, to capture wanted criminals.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein ?
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Recycled from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #103.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]

8 page Superman story "Krypto Battles Titano!"

Characters Krypto (guest star); Titano (origin, villain); Superman; Lois Lane; green kryptonite
Synopsis Krypto travels into the prehistoric past to meet Titano.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel ?
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]

11 page Superman story "The Legion of Super-Villains!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Man; Cosmic Man; Saturn Woman] (first Adult Legion appearance); Legion of Super-Villains [Cosmic King (intro, origin); Lightning Lord [Mekt Ranzz] (intro, origin); Saturn Queen (intro, origin)] (intro, origin, villains); Lex Luthor (villain); Superman; Lois Lane (illusion); green kryptonite
Synopsis Luthor contacts and teams up with Legion of Super-Villains from 30th Century; adult Legion of Super-Heroes comes to 20th Century to help Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Milton Snapinn
Notes First adult Legion; first Legion of Super-Villains
Reprinted in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #147; in Superman (Tempo Books, 1978 series) #14532; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #494; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 [black and white]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 [black and white]