Adventure Comics #247
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeFew cover images in 1958 comics carry quite this much dramatic punch: Superboy stands before a judging panel where Cosmic Boy, Lightning Boy, and Saturn Girl have each pressed their "No" buttons, rejecting him from their Super-Hero Club on the grounds that his powers are "too ordinary." Curt Swan and Stan Kaye deliver that irony with wonderful clarity — the world's most famous hero looking genuinely taken aback by three teenagers in colorful future costumes. Written by Otto Binder with interior art by Al Plastino, this issue of Adventure Comics introduces readers to "The Legion of Super-Heroes" in a story that clearly has a lot of fun turning the expected superhero pecking order completely upside down.
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Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely initiation pranks which proved he is a good sport.
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