Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	February 1973
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jeff Rovin

Cover Details - "The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!"

Characters	Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part I]: The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion! "

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
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.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Letters	David Huffine
Notes	No credits on item; credits from other printings of the story.
Reprinted	from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #328

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Secret of the Legion Rookie?!"

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
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.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Letters	David Huffine
Notes	No credits on item; credits from other printings of the story.
Reprinted	from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #328

2 page text article "The Legion of Super-Heroes Membership List -- (Part One)"

Characters	Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Element Lad
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	John Forte (illoes)
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff (first 3 illoes); George Klein (last 2 illoes)
Letters	typeset
Notes	No art credits on item; credits from other printings of the illustrations.
Reprinted	from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #335 [first 3 illoes]; from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 [last 2 illoes]

1 page Our Strange Universe story "It takes 24 1/2 days for the sun..."

Genre

Fact

Half page Professor Eureka filler "We're the first to find this tomb, Professor Twiddle."

Characters	Professor Eureka; Professor Twiddle
Synopsis	The Prof. likes to read hieroglyphics before going to bed.
Genre	Gags
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Title, first line, and reprint data from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.
Reprinted	from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #26

Half page text article "The Legion Constitution"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Selected passages from the Legion Constitution.

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Riddle of the Space Rainbow"

Characters	Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; "Nova" Norton
Synopsis	Nova Norton tries to trick Tommy Tomorrow into the nets of other-dimensional space fishermen, but Tommy outsmarts him.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Notes	No credits on item; credits from GCD index of original printing.
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #232