Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1965-06-24
Editing: Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor)
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Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Featuring Starfinger - the 30th-century villain more dangerous than Goldfinger!
Characters:
Lightning Lad [as Starfinger]; Phantom Girl; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Light Lass
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

"Goldfinger" was a popular James Bond movie at the time.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Published monthly by National Periodical Publications, Inc., 2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, Ill. (the address of Spartan Printing Company, the printer, and a subsidiary of World Color Press). Editorial, executive offices and subscriptions, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.

Summer at Home Can Be Fun!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, Dad, it's fun helping in the store this summer.
Characters:
Jack; Dad; Hank
Synopsis:
Despite being disappointed in their plans, Jack and Hank find ways to enjoy their summers.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. In comics-story form.

Part I: Starfinger!
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Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • Feature Logo:Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Out of nowhere comes the most formidable lawbreaker the Legion of Super-Heroes has ever fought!
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Light Lass; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad [also as Starfinger]; Cosmic Boy; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5]; Dr. Hanscom
Synopsis:
The Legionnaires must guard the valuable mineral rejuvium from the threat of Starfinger.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Indicia at bottom of page one.

Flight of the P-26
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Wen-Mac Gas-Powered Models / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Put Your Nose to the Dot
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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

How to Build Prrrrfect Models
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

The Kat from AMT / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Palisades Amusement Park Admission; Superman / advertisement / 0.5 page

How's Trix?
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Trix Cereal; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.67 page

Brainiac 5
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Meet the Legionnaires / text article / 0.33 page

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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Many years ago, on a distant planet, scientists created huge electronic computers with tenth-level-effector minds, as compared to the sixth-level-effector brains of humans.
  • Keywords:Computer; robot
Characters:
Brainiac 5
Synopsis:
The origin and powers of Brainiac 5.

Part II: Starfinger against the Legion!
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Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Feature Logo:Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Starfinger, man of terrific might, of mystery and menace, is the most awesome single antagonist the Legion has ever faced!
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad [as Starfinger]; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Star Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Matter-Eater Lad]
Synopsis:
Starfinger threatens the Seven Wonders of the 30th Century to make the Legion give up the rejuvium. While confronting him, Saturn Girl gets a glimpse of his thoughts and realizes that he is a Legionnaire.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue.

What Do You Have When You Cut a Tootsie Pop in Half?
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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Superboy's Underground Exile!
(Table of Contents: 12)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • Feature Logo:Superboy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:For what fantastic reason does Superboy one day plunge underground...
Characters:
Superboy
Synopsis:
After a missile test, Superboy has to remain underground.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

A Hall of Fame Classic.

Join the Fun with G.I. Joe!
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G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page

We Screened Hundreds of Olsen Adventures!
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Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Fooey! Fooey! Chewy!
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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!
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Cocoa Puffs; Cuckoo Bird / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

10 Issues of Adventure for Only $1.00
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Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page

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?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: John Selsky, Fred Kau, Peter Mancuso, Nancy Kahn, Richard Duncan, Harold Leibowitz, Steven Rosenbery, Shawn Childerse, and Ricky Crump.

[no title indexed]
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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Featuring Starfinger - the 30th-century villain more dangerous than Goldfinger!"]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. Summer at Home Can Be Fun!
  3. Part I: Starfinger!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. Flight of the P-26
    Wen-Mac Gas-Powered Models
  5. Put Your Nose to the Dot
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  6. How to Build Prrrrfect Models
    The Kat from AMT
  7. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission; Superman
  8. How's Trix?
    Trix Cereal; Trix Rabbit
  9. Brainiac 5
    Meet the Legionnaires
  10. Part II: Starfinger against the Legion!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  11. What Do You Have When You Cut a Tootsie Pop in Half?
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  12. ["Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"]
    Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle
  13. Superboy's Underground Exile!
    Superboy
  14. Join the Fun with G.I. Joe!
    G.I. Joe
  15. We Screened Hundreds of Olsen Adventures!
    Jimmy Olsen
  16. Fooey! Fooey! Chewy!
    Tootsie Roll
  17. The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!
    Cocoa Puffs; Cuckoo Bird
  18. 10 Issues of Adventure for Only $1.00
    Superboy
  19. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  20. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  21. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
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