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Issue Details

Issue #64
Published September 1985
Cover Price 1.50
Pages 100
Editing Nicola Cuti
Notes wrap-around cover

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Paris Cullins
Inks Bob Smith
Notes wrap-around cover

8 page Superboy story "Superboy and the Five Legion Traitors"

Characters Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Element Lad]; Police Chief Parker; Lana Lang
Synopsis Superboy accidentally arrives in a parallel world where the Legion are villains.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Colors Shelley Eiber
Letters Milt Snapinn
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #117 (December 1964)

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part I]: The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet]; Dynamo Boy [Vorm]; Pargg; Eye-ful Ethel; The Mess
Synopsis Space pirate Vorm joins the Legion as Dynamo Boy and begins to eliminate the Legionnaires.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Colors Shelley Eiber
Letters David Huffine
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #330 (March 1965)

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Victory of the Evil Legionnaire!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Light Lass]; Dynamo Boy
Synopsis Dynamo Boy expels the remaining Legionnaires and makes plans for a new member drive.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Colors Shelley Eiber
Letters David Huffine
Notes Continues in next story.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #330 (March 1965)

9 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part I]: The Triumph of the Legion of Super-Villains!"

Characters Dynamo Boy; Golden Boy; The Polecat; Animal Lad; The Tusker; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen; Cosmic King]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Polar Boy]
Synopsis Dynamo Boy accepts as members the Legion of Super-Villains, over the Subs' objections.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Colors George Roberts
Letters David Huffine
Notes Story continues from previous story.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #331 (April 1965)

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Revolt of the Super-Villains!"

Characters Dynamo Boy; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Cosmic King; Saturn Queen]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy]
Synopsis The LSV turns on Dynamo Boy and sends him into the future. The ex-Legionnaires, keeping track of events from far off, challenge the LSV to a final confrontation.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Colors George Roberts
Letters David Huffine
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #331 (April 1965)

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part I: The Super-Moby Dick of Space!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Dr. Lanphier
Synopsis Lightning Lad loses an arm to the Super-Moby Dick of Space. When Ultra Boy fails to subdue the space creature, Lightning Lad leads a team against it.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters Milt Snapinn
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #332 (May 1965)

9 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Cosmic Quest of Lightning Lad!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Superboy; Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy]; Dr. Lanphier
Synopsis Lightning Lad shrinks the space creature to its original size with the help of the scientist who accidentally enlarged it.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters Milt Snapinn
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #332 (May 1965)

9 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part I: The War between Krypton and Earth!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Triplicate Girl]; Zat-El; Leta Lal
Synopsis The Legionnaires travel to the past to find out the story behind an ancient artifact which refers to a war between Earth and Krypton. The half that goes to Earth's past finds space travellers colonizing ancient Atlantis; the other half accompanies a group of Kryptonians who leave anti-scientific Krypton for Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks George Klein
Colors Karin Orlando
Letters Milt Snapinn
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 (June 1965)

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Civil War of the Legion"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Star Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Element Lad; Mon-El]; Zat-El; Leta Lal; Jhor Lal
Synopsis While the Atlanteans and Kryptonians fight, Brainiac 5 discovers why Earth's air irritates the Atlanteans and helps them adapt to life under the sea. Later, back in the future, Superboy finds more artifacts that explain what happened to the Kryptonians.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks George Klein
Colors Karin Orlando
Letters Milt Snapinn
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 (June 1965)

8 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part I: The Unknown Legionnaire"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl]; Norm Eldor
Synopsis Superboy recalls a case when the Legionnaires were helped by a hero called Unknown Boy.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Colors Jeanine Casey
Letters Vivian Berg
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (July 1965)

9 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Secret of Unknown Boy"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Mon-El]; Norm Eldor
Synopsis After Unknown Boy helps the Legion finish a case, Superboy figures out that under the costume is Supergirl. Supergirl then recalls going through a red kryptonite cloud and losing her memory, but knowing she had to protect her secret identity, and so creating the Unknown Boy costume.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Colors Jeanine Casey
Letters Milt Snapinn
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (July 1965)

4 page feature story "Legion Headquarters"

Script Nicola Cuti (p. 1, 4); E. Nelson Bridwell (p. 2-3)
Pencils James Sherman (p. 1); Jim James (p. 2-3); Keith Giffen (p. 4)
Inks Jack Abel (p. 1); Frank Chiaramonte (p. 2-3); Larry Mahlstedt (p. 4)

1 page text article "The Story behind the Stories"

Script Nicola Cuti