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Adventure Comics #369

DC · Series began 1938 · June 1968

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Dates

Cover date: June 1968
On sale: April 30, 1968
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, Jim Shooter, Curt Swaninks: Neal Adams, Curt Swan, Jack Abel, George Kleinletters: Ira Schnapp, Gaspar Saladino, Charlotte Jetterscript: Jim Shooter

Stories

Mordru the Merciless! · 12.67 pages
When Shadow Lass accidentally releases Mordru, four Legionnaires flee to Superboy's time to hide from him.
Part II: Mordru and the Mob! · 11 pages
Mordru tries to find the Legionnaires, but they refuse to expose themselves. When a group of gangsters tries to take over Smallville, and the Legionnaires encourage the townspeople to defend themselves, the Legionnaires realize they need to return to the future to face Mordru. But as they prepare to time travel, Mordru finds them.

Publisher’s description

First appearance of Mordu the Merciless! After the powerful Mordu the Merciless escapes his prison, the Legion must travel back in time to Smallville to formulate the mad magician.

Reprinted in

Limited Collectors' Edition (1972), The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (1991), Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (2007), Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017), Superboy: A Celebration of 75 Years (2020)