Dates
- Cover date
- May-June 1968
- On sale
- March 14, 1968
- Pages
- 84
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Origin of the Legion! · 8 pages
Three youths with fantastic powers save billionaire R.J. Brande, who bankrolls them in an organization meant to emulate Superboy and Supergirl, the Legion of Super-Heroes.
- The Boy with Ultra-Powers! · 13 pages
Ultra Boy must discover Superboy's secret identity as an initiation test for joining the Legion of Super-Heroes.
- The Legion of Super-Traitors! · 14 pages
Superboy is attacked by his friends in the Legion, under the evil influence of the Brain-Globes of Rambat. After the Legionnaires regain their senses, they gather four super-pets to defeat the Brain-Globes.
- Supergirl's Three Super-Girl Friends! · 12 pages
Supergirl and Brainiac 5 become the newest members of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
- The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! · 13.67 pages
Superboy meets new Legion member Sun Boy (who is later revealed to be an impostor). Meanwhile, reform school escapee Tom Tanner (a double for Clark Kent) tries to take over Clark's life in Smallville.
- The Legion of Super-Villains! · 11 pages
Luthor contacts and teams up with the Legion of Super-Villains from the 30th Century. An adult Legion of Super-Heroes comes to 20th Century to help Superman.
- The Lore of the Legion · 1 pages
The author covers the major events in the published history of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Characters
Reprinted in
Secret Origins (1973), The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (1991), Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition (2003), Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017)