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Superman's Pal, Jimmy
Olsen No. 31 (Sept. 1958) "The
Elastic Lad"
Writer:
Otto Binder
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
Ray Burnley
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Jimmy Olsen becomes Elastic
Lad for the first time. As Elastic Lad, Jimmy
will become an honorary member of the Legion of
Super-Heroes.
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Superboy No. 86 (Jan.
1961) "The Boy
Who Betrayed Clark Kent"
Writer:
Robert Bernstein
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: First appearance of Pete
Ross, who will later become an honorary member of
the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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Superboy No. 89 (June
1961) "Superboy's
Big Brother"
Writer:
Robert Bernstein
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: First appearance of Mon-El,
who will later join the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Mon-El first enters the Phantom Zone.
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Superboy No. 90 (July
1961) "Pete
Ross' Super-Secret"
Writer:
Robert Bernstein
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Pete Ross discovers Superboy
is really Clark Kent and vows to keep his
friend's secret. His loyalty to Clark is the
reason he is later rewarded with honorary
membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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Adventure Comics No.
289 (Oct. 1961) "Clark
Kent's Super-Father"
Writer:
Otto Binder
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Statuettes of members of the
Legion of Super-Heroes are seen.
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Superman No. 149 (Nov.
1961) "The
Death of Superman"
Writer:
Jerry Siegel
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
Sheldon Moldoff
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and
Lightning Lad appear at Superman's funeral in
this Imaginary Story.
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Action Comics No. 282
(Nov. 1961) "The
Supergirl of Tomorrow"
Writer:
Jerry Siegel
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman builds an exact
duplicate of the Legion's time-bubble to take an
un-powered Supergirl to the future. Supergirl
thinks of Brainiac 5 as one of her boyfriends.
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Action Comics No. 284 (Jan. 1962) "The Babe of
Steel"
Writer: Robert
Bernstein
Penciller: Curt
Swan
Inker: Sheldon
Moldoff
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman visits Mon-El in the
Phantom Zone.
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Action Comics No. 286 (Mar. 1962) "The Jury of
Super-Enemies"
Writer: Robert
Bernstein
Penciller: Curt
Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman has a red
kryptonite-induced nightmare in which members of
the Legion of Super-Villains appear.
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
No. 33 (May 1962) "The Phantom Lois
Lane"
Writer: Unknown
Penciller: Curt
Swan
Inker:
Ray Burnley
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Lois Lane is sent into the Phantom
Zone, where she meets Mon-El.
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Action Comics No. 288
(May 1962) "The Man
Who Made Supergirl Cry"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Criminals in the Phantom Zone
use Supergirl's super-tears as part of a chemical
formula that can open the Phantom Zone. Mon-El
makes an appearance.
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy
Olsen No. 62 (Aug. 1962) "Superman's
Phantom Pal"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Elastic Lad enters the
Phantom Zone and meets Mon-El.
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Superman No. 157 (Nov.
1962) "The
Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner"
Writer:
Edmond Hamilton
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman makes his
Zone-Ophone in order to communicate with Mon-El
in the Phantom Zone.
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Action Comics No. 294
(Nov. 1962) "The
Kryptonite Killer"
Writer:
Edmond Hamilton
Artist:
Al Plastino
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman makes a bust of
Saturn Queen for his new "Hall of
Enemies" display at the Fortress of
Solitude.
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Action Comics No. 296
(Jan. 1963) "The
Girl Who Was Supergirl's Double"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Phantom Girl and Saturn Girl
are listed on the splash page with other
super-heroines.
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Action Comics No. 297
(Feb. 1963) "The
Forbidden Weapons of Krypton"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Supergirl has to fight
Lesla-Lar, who has freed criminals from the
Phantom Zone. Mon-El makes an appearance.
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen No.
68 (Apr. 1963) "The Richest Boy in
Metropolis"
Writer: Leo
Dorfman
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Charms of Chameleon Boy, Saturn
Girl, and Sun Boy appear as on a braclet. Elastic
Lad also appears.
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Action Comics No. 299 (Apr. 1963) "The Story of
Superman's Experimental Robots"
Writer: Jerry
Seigel
Artist: Al
Plastino
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Lightning Lad
appears in Superman's thoughts as one of those
people he knows whose initials are
"L.L."
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Superman No. 161 (May
1963) "The
Last Days of Ma and Pa Kent"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Artist:
Al Plastino
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superboy recalls how he sent
Mon-El into the Phantom Zone and tries to do the
same to his foster parents in order to save their
lives.
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Superman No. 162 (July
1963) "The
Amazing Story of Superman-Red and
Superman-Blue"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Pencillers:
Curt Swan / Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: The Legionnaires make an
appearance in this Imaginary Story.
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Action Comics No. 306
(Nov. 1963) "The
Maid of Doom"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Brainiac 5 appears in
flashback; Mon-El makes an appearance in the
Phantom Zone.
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Superman No. 166 (Jan.
1964) "The
Fantastic Story of Superman's Sons"
Writer:
Edmond Hamilton
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman's son, Jor-El II,
uses a Legion time-bubble to go back in time to
before Krypton exploded in this Imaginary Story.
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Superman No. 167 (Feb.
1964) "The
Team of Luthor and Brainiac"
Writer:
Edmond Hamilton
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Brainiac 5's ancestor is
revealed to actually be the human Brainiac II
because Brainiac is really an android.
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
No. 47 (Feb. 1964) "The Super-Life of
Lois Lane"
Writer: Unknown
Artist: Kurt
Schaffenberger
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman's computer shows Lois what
her life would have been like if she had come to
Krypton instead of him. The Night Girl of this
"what if" reality helps Lois keep her
secret identity of "Krypton Girl".
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Superboy No. 111 (Mar.
1964) "Krypto's
Three Amazing Transformations"
Writer:
Jerry Siegel
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superboy returns from a trip
to the future and mentions Legionnaires Lightning
Lad and Lightning Lass.
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Action Comics No. 311
(Apr. 1964) "Superman,
King of the Earth"
Writer:
Robert Bernstein ?
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman mentions that
Supergirl is in the future on a mission with the
Legion of Super-Heroes.
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Action Comics No. 312
(May 1964) "The
Fantastic Menace of the "LL's""
Writer:
Unknown
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: On the splash page, Lightning
Lad's name is included in a list of the
"LL's" in Superman's life.
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy
Olsen No. 77 (June 1964) "The
Colossus of Metropolis"
Writer:
Unknown
Penciller:
Curt Swan / Inker: George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Jimmy Olsen gains the power
of Colossal Boy from an enlarging compound given
him by the Legionnaires. Costumes of various
Legion members can be seen in Jimmy's trophy
collection.
"The Kid
Who Couldn't Lose"
Writer:
Unknown
Penciller:
Curt Swan / Inker: George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: One of the trophies in the
Jimmy Olsen Fan Club is a plaque signed by the
members of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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Superboy No. 114 (July
1964) "Krypto's
Catastrophe"
Writer:
Otto Binder
Artist:
Al Plastino
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superboy tells Krypto that he
is going to visit his friends in the Legion.
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Superman No. 173 (Oct.
1964) "The
Triumph of Luthor and Brainiac"
Writer:
Jerry Siegel
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Pictures of Legionnaires, as
well as unflattering statues depicting them as
senior citizens, can be seen.
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Superboy No. 117 (Dec.
1964) "Superboy
and the Five Legion Traitors"
Writer:
Jerry Siegel
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superboy meets the
parallel-universe counterparts of five of his
Legion friends, who in that reality are villains.
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Action Comics No. 320
(Jan. 1965) "The
Three Super-Enemies"
Writer:
Otto Binder
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman refers to the events
of Superboy No. 117.
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy
Olsen No. 83 (Mar. 1965) "The
Great Miss Universe Contest"
Writer:
Sam Rofle
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Jimmy uses Brainiac 5's
force-shield belt.
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Action Comics No. 322
(Mar. 1965) "The
Coward of Steel"
Writer:
Jerry Siegel
Artist:
Al Plastino
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Supergirl mentions Evillo
(from Adventure Comics No. 350/351).
"The
Planet of Outcasts"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Supergirl is tricked by the
Sisterhood of Evil, a member of which poses as a
character inspired by "Bits of Legionnaire
Business".
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Superboy No. 120 (Apr.
1965) "The
Fate of the Future Superman"
Writer:
Unknown
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superboy comments that the
people of the 35th century know about his secret
identity just like the Legion of Super-Heroes do
in the 30th century.
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Action Comics No. 323
(Apr. 1965) "The
Kryptonian Killer"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: The Legion of Super-Pets
appear in the Supergirl story. Continued from the
previous issue.
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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
No. 57 (May 1965) "The Camera From
Outer Space"
Writer: Otto
Binder
Artist: Kurt
Schaffenberger
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Lois Lane wears her Legion of
Super-Heroes earrings.
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Superboy No. 124 (Oct.
1965) "The
Insect Queen of Smallville"
Writer:
Otto Binder
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Lana Lang first becomes
Insect Queen. As Insect Queen, Lana will
eventually become a reservist in the Legion of
Super-Heroes.
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Superman No. 181 (Nov.
1965) "The
Superman of 2965"
Writer:
Edmond Hamilton
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: A version of the 30th century
without the Legionnaires is depicted, as
Superman's descendent is shown becoming the
Superman of 2965.
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Action Comics No. 331
(Dec. 1965) "Operation
Satan"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Artist:
Jim Mooney
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Supergirl tries to use
medallions of the Legionnaires as part of a
device to summon them from the future.
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Superboy No. 129 (May
1966) "How
Mon-El Left the Phantom Zone"
Writer:
?
LEGION
RELEVANCE: This reprint issue has a text
feature detailing Mon-El's history.
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World's Finest Comics No. 158
(June 1966) "The Invulnerable
Super-Enemy"
Writer: Edmond
Hamilton
Penciller: Curt
Swan
Inker: George
Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Villains duplicate the powers of
Legionnaires.
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Action Comics No. 338
(June 1966) "Muto
- Monarch of Menace"
Writer:
Edmond Hamilton
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: A continuance of the 30th
century that has a Superman of 2966 but does not
have a Legion of Super-Heroes.
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Superboy No. 131 (July
1966) "The Dog
from S.C.P.A."
Writer:
?
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superboy goes on a Legion
mission while Krypto joins the Space Canine
Patrol Agency (which is based on the Legion of
Super-Heroes). Statuettes of the Legionnaires
appear.
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Action Comics No. 339
(July 1966) "Muto
vs. the Man of Tomorrow"
Writer:
Edmond Hamilton
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: A continuance of the 30th
century that has a Superman of 2966 but does not
have a Legion of Super-Heroes.
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Superboy No. 132
(Sept. 1966) "Krypto's
Cat Crook Caper"
Writer:
Otto Binder
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Krypto says that the Space
Canine Patrol Agency is as good as the Legion of
Super-Heroes.
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World's Finest Comics No. 162
(Nov. 1966) "Pawns of the
Jousting Master"
Writers: Jim
Shooter / Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Curt
Swan
Inker: George
Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Superman mentions Colossal Boy.
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Superboy No. 136 (Mar.
1967) "Decoy
of the Doom Statues"
Writer:
Otto Binder
Artist:
George Papp
LEGION
RELEVANCE: S.C.P.A. story.
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Inferior Five No. 2 (May/June
1967) "The
House Hunting Heroes"
Writer: E. Nelson
Bridwell
Penciller: Mike
Sekowsky
Inker: Mike
Esposito
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Not edited by Mort Weisinger;
not a part of the Legion's reality. "Invisible Kid"
appears, and there is mention of a Legion
"theme song".
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World's Finest Comics No. 166
(May 1967) "Danger
of the Deadly Duo"
Writer: Jim
Shooter
Penciller: Curt
Swan
Inker: George
Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: A continuance of the 30th
century that has a Superman of 2967 but does not
have a Legion of Super-Heroes.
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World's Finest Comics No. 172
(Dec. 1967) "Superman
and Batman - Brothers"
Writer: Jim
Shooter
Penciller: Curt
Swan
Inker: George
Klein
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Batman joins the Adult Legion of
2984 in this Imaginary Story.
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy
Olsen No. 112 (July 1968) "The
Murderous Magnaman"
Writer:
Otto Binder
Penciller:
Pete Costanza
Inker:
Joe Giella
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Jimmy mentions Mon-El.
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Action Comics No. 365
(July 1968) "Superman's
Funeral"
Writer:
Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Ross
Andru
Inker: Mike
Esposito
LEGION
RELEVANCE: The Legion appears in a
flashback.
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Superman's Girlfriend,
Lois Lane No. 97 (Nov. 1969) "The
Three Super-Sirens"
Writer:
?
Penciller: Irv
Novick
Inker: Mike
Esposito
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Appearance of Durlans.
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Action Comics No. 385
(Feb. 1970) "The
Immortal Superman"
Writer:
Cary Bates
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Roussos
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Appearance of the
Time-Trapper.
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Action Comics No. 386
(Mar. 1970) "The
Home for Old Super-Heroes"
Writer:
Cary Bates
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Roussos
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Appearance of the
Time-Trapper.
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Action Comics No. 387
(Apr. 1970) "Even a
Superman Dies"
Writer:
Cary Bates
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Roussos
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Appearance of the
Time-Trapper.
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Adventure Comics No.
393 (May 1970) "The
Girl Who Knew Supergirl's Secrets"
Writer:
E, Nelson Bridwell
Artist:
Kurt Schaffenberger
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Appearance of the Legion
flight-ring.
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Action Comics No. 388
(May 1970) "Puzzle
of the Wild World"
Writer:
Cary Bates
Penciller:
Curt Swan
Inker:
George Roussos
LEGION
RELEVANCE: Appearance of
alternate-reality versions of the Legionnaires.
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