The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #10
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis tenth volume of the Legion of Super-Heroes Archives collects classic Silver Age stories from Adventure Comics and Action Comics, featuring the futuristic team of teen heroes as they battle cosmic threats and navigate interstellar politics. It reprints issues originally published in the late 1960s, showcasing the work of writer Jim Shooter and artists like Curt Swan and George Papp. The volume continues the Archives series' mission of preserving DC's Legion lore in hardcover format with restored coloring and original lettering.
In "Brotherly Hate!", a mysterious twist in the Legion of Super-Heroes' ranks begins when Chameleon Boy, influenced by ancient crystals from Mordru's past, takes on Superboy's identity. With Ultra Boy sounding the alarm, Brainiac 5 and Lightning Lad arrive to find their friend seemingly in control—but nothing is as it seems. Written by Cary Bates and illustrated by Dave Cockrum with inks by Murphy Anderson, this 2000 issue features a cover by Dave Cockrum and explores the fragile line between trust and deception in the far future.
In "Curse of the Blood-Crystals!", Chameleon Boy, under the influence of ancient crystals tied to Mordru’s dark magic, swaps places with Superboy—leaving the Legion to grapple with a deception that blurs identity and loyalty. As Ultra Boy, Lightning Lad, and Brainiac 5 confront the strange turn of events, they must determine who among them is truly Superboy, while the real Superboy works to undo the spell before it’s too late.
Saturn Girl and Mon-El face a dangerous twist in their bid for leadership when Tharok and Validus abduct them, setting a deadly trap to break the Legion from within. With the Fatal Five's true intentions unfolding, Mon-El's desperate move to turn the tables on Tharok sparks a shocking betrayal—leaving the Legion's future hanging in the balance.
In "War between the Nights and Days!", the Legion of Super-Heroes steps into a planetary divide on Pasnic, where the sunlit half and the shadowed half have long been locked in conflict. With tensions flaring and peace hanging by a thread, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, and the rest of the team must navigate a world split by light and dark—before the war consumes them all.
[Part 1]: Timber Wolf: Dead Hero, Live Executioner! kicks off with the Legion welcoming back Timber Wolf, presumed dead, only for him to turn on the President of Earth during a ceremony. As the team scrambles to understand his sudden aggression, Saturn Girl follows clues that lead her to uncover a hidden mind-control plot orchestrated by Tyr, forcing Timber Wolf to confront a battle not just of loyalty, but of identity.
In "Part 2: The Sinister Secret of Timber Wolf!", the Legion welcomes back Timber Wolf after his presumed death—only for him to suddenly attack Earth's President in a violent outburst. As the team scrambles to understand what’s happening, Saturn Girl follows a trail of clues that leads her to suspect a hidden influence, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy involving Tyr and a mind-control scheme that threatens Legion HQ.
In "[Part 1]: The Fatal Five Who Twisted Time," Superboy finds himself caught in a deadly game when the Fatal Five—Emerald Empress, Persuader, Tharok, Validus, and Mano—use a time-distortion machine to plunge his era into chaos. As the Legion of Super-Heroes scrambles to stop them, a team from the future races to save Superboy’s timeline, knowing that if the machine isn’t disabled, the entire Legion and their headquarters may vanish forever.
In "Part 2: Prisoners of the Time Lock!", the Legion of Super-Heroes finds themselves fractured across time as the Fatal Five’s temporal device erases their future and strands key members in Superboy’s era. With Brainiac 5, Element Lad, and the rest of the team scattered and their headquarters vanished, a desperate effort unfolds to restore the timeline—before the past and future collapse entirely.
In "Part 3: Countdown to Catastrophe!", the Legion of Super-Heroes races against time as Brainiac 5, Karate Kid, Princess Projectra, Element Lad, and Chameleon Boy confront the Fatal Five—Validus, Tharok, Mano, Persuader, and Emerald Empress—amid a collapsing timeline. With Superboy's help, the team works to disable a time-distorting machine, risking everything to restore the future and trap the villains before history unravels.
When Tyr traps the Legionnaires inside their headquarters and uses his separable gun-hand to dominate Superboy, the team must think fast. Chameleon Boy takes a bold risk, posing as Tyr to infiltrate the machine and reclaim control from within.
[Part 1]: The Legionnaire Bride of Starfinger kicks off with Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel’s unexpected wedding, a moment of joy soon shattered when Starfinger arrives, seizing one of Duo Damsel’s bodies. As chaos erupts, Superboy steps in to face the threat, while the Legion scrambles to protect their friend and restore her. With Night Girl watching the scene unfold, the fate of Duo Damsel hangs in the balance.
In "Part 2: This Wife Is Condemned," Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel face a crisis when both lose their powers just before their wedding, forcing them to confront their future without their usual abilities. As the ceremony unfolds, Starfinger arrives with one of Duo Damsel’s bodies, plunging the celebration into chaos—only for Superboy to step in and restore her.
In "Part 3: Secret of the Starfinger Split," Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel face a crisis when both lose their powers just before their wedding—only to find their union threatened by Starfinger’s sudden arrival, who steals one of Duo Damsel’s bodies. With the Legion of Super-Heroes and Superboy racing to intervene, the fate of Duo Damsel’s split form hangs in the balance as the team confronts the enigmatic villain’s twisted scheme.
In "The Betrayer from Beyond," a mysterious applicant for Legion membership hides a dangerous secret—one that unravels when Erg-1, recently restored to flesh by the Miracle Machine, exposes the impostor before the full roster of the Legion of Super-Heroes. With the fate of the future hanging in the balance, the team must confront a deception that reaches beyond time and technology.
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↩ Reprints Adventure Comics #403 (1971), Superboy #172 (1971), Superboy #173 (1971), Superboy #176 (1971), Superboy #183 (1972), Superboy #184 (1972), Superboy #188 (1972), Superboy #190 (1972), Superboy #191 (1972), Superboy #193 (1973), Superboy #195 (1973), Superboy #197 (1973), Superboy #198 (1973), Superboy #199 (1973), Superboy #200 (1974), Superboy #201 (1974), Superboy #202 (1974)
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