The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Volume 1 (1991) (TolEressea-Novus-HD) [NVS-D]

English | CBZ | 260 Pages

The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Volume 1
Publisher: DC Comics
Publication Date: November 1991

Writers: Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel, Robert Bernstein
Pencilers: Al Plastino, George Papp, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, and John Forte
Inkers: Al Plastino, George Papp, Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoff, George Kelin, and John Forte
Cover Artists: Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson
Colorists: Tom McCraw and Rick Taylor
Letterers: Joe Letterese and Milton Snappin

It started out as just another Superboy story - on the face of it, perhaps a bit more innovative than most, although it was published during one of the most creatively unique periods in DC Comics' history.

It wound up changing the entire comics field.

The Legion of Super-Heroes was merely a clever title for a group of teenaged super-heroes (only three of whom are actually named) from the far future who went back in time to pay tribute to the greatest teenaged super-hero of them all - the Boy of Steel, Superboy. But the interest on the part of comics fans was so great, the super-team was brought back time and time again, in the majority of Superman Family titles. Eventually, demand grew so strong the Legion of Super-Heroes was awarded its own continuing series.

While quite a number of significant Legionnaires made their first appearances throughout the earliest years - Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Sun Boy, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Boy, Triplicate Girl, Bouncing Boy, Star Boy, Matter-Eater Lad, Shrinking Violet, and Ultra Boy - the membership roster continued to grow ... and indeed, continues to grow to this day.

Under the direction of editor Mort Weisinger, these early Legion of Super-Heroes stories were produced by much of the Who's Who of Superman Family writers and artists of the 1950s and 1960s: Otto Binder and Al Plastino (who produced the initial Legion appearance in Adventure Comics #247), George Papp, Jim Mooney, John Forte, Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff, and George Klein. The majority of Legion appearances during these early years came from the typewriter of the writer who started it all: Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel.

This first volume of The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives includes, in their entirety, all of the significant apperances of the teenaged super-team prior to the establishment of the ongoing series, as wel as the first half-dozen stories in the regular series - culminating with one of the most significant comic book stories ever published.

Along with The Superman Archives, The Batman and Dark Knight Archives, The All Star Archives, The Justice League Archives, and The Shazam! Archives, The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives provides the definitive collection of some of the most important ongoing series in comic book history.

Contains the following issues originally published in single magazine form as Adventure Comics #247, 267, 282, 290, 293, 300-305, Action Comics #267, 276, 287, 289, Superboy #86, 89, 98, Superman #147, and Superman Annual #4.