Cover: Curt Swan & Murphy Anderson

Adventure Comics #403

Mar 1971 · DC · 0.25 USD

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“The Stolen Super-Powers!”

In "The Stolen Super-Powers!", Saturn Girl faces a harrowing choice when a computer foretells the death of a Legionnaire in battle against Zaryan—only to find that her sacrifice doesn’t prevent the tragedy, as Lightning Lad falls instead. Written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by John Forte, with lettering by Joe Letterese, this gripping tale from Adventure Comics #403 (1971) explores the cost of heroism in the Legion of Super-Heroes, all under Curt Swan’s dynamic cover art with Murphy Anderson’s inks.

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writer Jerry Siegel · artist, inker John Forte · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson

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Full credits

writer Jerry Siegel

artist, inker John Forte

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks Murphy Anderson

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Saturn Girl tries to sacrifice herself after she finds out that a computer predicts the death of a legionnaire fighting Zaryan, but Lightning Lad dies instead.

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