Legion Publication History/1971-1978

The following list of all known Legion of Super-Heroes collectibles from the Pre-Crisis era serves as a quick reference guide. It may also be used as an additional quick-jump index to entries in the Legion Wiki.

1971
	SUPERBOY v1 #172 "Brotherly Hate!" March
	ADVENTURE COMICS #403 (1st reprint of “The Stolen Super Powers!” from Adventure Comics #304, Jan. 1963; 1st reprint of "The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!" from Adventure Comics #305, Feb. 1963; 1st reprint of “The Return of Lightning Lad!” from Adventure Comics #308, May, 1963; 1st reprint of "The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!" from Adventure Comics #312, Sept. 1963); "Legion Fashion Show" (fan designed Legion costumes) April
	SUPERBOY v1 #173 "Trust Me Or Kill Me!" April
	SUPER DC GIANT #S24 (1st reprint of “The Forbidden Weapons of Krypton!” from Action Comics #297, Feb. 1963; 1st reprint of “The Super Powers of Lex Luthor!” from Action Comics #298, Mar. 1963) May
	SUPERBOY #176 "Invisible Invader!" July
	SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #140 (1st reprint of "The World of Doomed Olsens!" from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72, Oct. 1963) July
	ADVENTURE COMICS #409 (1st reprint of “The Condemned Legionnaires!” from Adventure Comics #313, Oct. 1963) August
	SUPERBOY v1 #177 (1st reprint of "The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton!" from Adventure Comics #320, May, 1964) September
	ADVENTURE COMICS #410 (1st reprint of "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires!" from Adventure Comics #326, Nov. 1964) September
	SUPERBOY v1 #178 (1st reprint of "The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!" from Adventure Comics #327, Dec. 1964) October
	ADVENTURE COMICS #411 (1st reprint of "The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion!" from Adventure Comics #337, Oct. 1965) October
	SUPERMAN v1 #245 (1st reprint of “The Team of Luthor and Brainiac!” from Superman #167, Feb. 1964) December
	SUPERBOY v1 #180 (1st reprint of “The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy!” from Adventure Comics #301, October, 1962) December
	DC 100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #6 (lists 1st appearance of every Legion character) 1971
1972
	BATMAN #238 (1st reprint of "The Legion of Super-Outlaws!" from Adventure Comics #324, Sept. 1964) January
	SUPERBOY v1 #181 (reprint #169b) January
	SUPERBOY v1 #183 "War of the Wraith Mates!" March
	SUPERBOY v1 #184 "One Legionnaire Must Go!" April
	SUPERBOY v1 #185 (1st reprint of “Clark Kent’s Super Father!” from Adventure Comics #289, October, 1961; 1st reprint of "The Eight Impossible Missions!" from Adventure Comics #323, Aug. 1964) May
	SUPERBOY v1 #188 "Curse of the Blood Crystals!" July
	SUPERBOY v1 #190 "Murder the Leader!" September
	SUPERBOY v1 #191 "Attack of the Sun Scavenger" October
1973
	SUPERBOY v1 #193 "War Between the Nights and the Days!" February
	LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES v1 #1 (1st reprint of "The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!" from Adventure Comics #328, Jan. 1965) "Legion membership list (part 1)" February
	LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES v1 #2 (1st reprint of "The War Between Krypton and Earth!" from Adventure Comics #333, June, 1965) "Legion membership list (part 2)" March
	LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES v1 #3 (1st reprint of "Computo the Conqueror!" from Adventure Comics #340, Jan, 1966) April
	SUPERBOY v1 #195 "The One-Shot Hero!" (1st app. Wildfire) June
	100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #DC-18 (1st reprint of "The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue!" from Superman #162, July, 1963) July
	LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES v1 #4 (1st reprint of "Colossal Boy's One-Man War!" from Adventure Comics #341, Feb. 1966) July
	THE AMAZING WORLD OF SUPERMAN, METROPOLIS EDITION (reprints #55, #220) (B&W tabloid available only in Metropolis, Ill. and through the mail) 1973
	SUPERBOY v1 #197 "Timber Wolf --Dead Hero, Live Executioner!" (cover title changed to Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes, begins 3rd regular Legion series) September
	SUPERBOY v1 #198 "The Fatal Five Who Twisted Time!" October
	100-PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #DC-21 (1st reprint of "The Super Moby Dick of Space!" from Adventure Comics #332, May, 1965) October
	SUPERBOY v1 #199 "The Gun That Mastered Men" (1st app. Tyr) "The Impossible Target!" November
1974
	SUPERBOY v1 #200 "The Legionnaire Bride of Starfinger" (wedding Bouncing Boy & Dou Damsel) January
80px	SECRET ORIGINS #6 (reprint #191) January
	SUPERMAN v1 #272 (1st reprint of “Beauty and the Super-Beast!” from Superman #165, Nov. 1963) February
	SUPERBOY v1 #201 "The Betrayer from Beyond" "The Silent Death" March
	WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #223 (1st reprint of “The Composite Superman!” from World’s Finest Comics #142, June, 1964) March
	SUPERBOY v1 #202 "Lost: A Million Miles From Home!" "The Wrath of the Devil-Fish!" (Wildfire joins) (1st reprint of "The Legionnaire Who Killed!" from Adventure Comics #342, Mar. 1966; 1st reprint of "The Super-Stalag of Space!" from Adventure Comics #344, May, 1966; 1st reprint of "The Execution of Matter-Eater Lad!" from Adventure Comics #345, June, 1966) "The Lore of the Legion!" May
	THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #165 (1st reprint of “Krypto’s Three Amazing Transformations!” from Superboy #111, Mar. 1964) June
	SUPERBOY v1 #203 "Massacre By Remote Control" (Death Invisible Kid) July
	SUPERBOY v1 #204 "The Legionnaire Nobody Remembered" "Brainiac 5's Secret Weakness!" (Supergirl resigns) September
	THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #167 (1st reprint of “The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot!” from Superboy #100, October, 1962; 1st reprint of "The Insect Queen of Smallville!" from Superboy #124, Oct. 1965) October
	SUPERBOY v1 #205 "The Legion of Super-Executioners" (1st reprint of "The Outcast Super-Heroes!" from Adventure Comics #350, Nov. 1966; 1st reprint of "The Forgotten Legion!" from Adventure Comics #351, Dec. 1966) "Lore of the Legion" November
	THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #168 (1st reprint of "Lois Lane, Super-Telepath!" from Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #56, Apr. 1965) December
1975
	SUPERBOY v1 #206 "The Legionnaires Who Haunted Superboy" "Welcome Home, Daughter ... Now Die!" January
	THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #169 (1st reprint of “The League of Fantastic Supermen!” from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #63, August, 1962) February
	LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION #C-34 "Super-Hero Calendar" (two-page 1975 calendar pin-up which depicts the charter members of the Legion alongside Superboy) February
	SUPERBOY v1 #207 "The Rookie Who Betrayed the Legion" "Lightning Lad's Day of Dread" March
	SUPERBOY v1 #208 "Vengeance of the Super-Villains" "The Legion of Substitute Heroes" April (1st reprint of “Lana Lang’s Superboy Identity Detection Kit!” from Superboy #93, December, 1961; 1st reprint of "The Evil Hand of the Luck Lords!" from Adventure Comics #343, Apr. 1966; , #25)
	WONDER WOMAN #217 (1st reprint of “Fun House of Time!” from Wonder Woman #101, October, 1958) April
	SUPERBOY v1 #209 "Who Can Save the Princess?" "Hero for a Day" June
	SUPERBOY v1 #210 "Soljer's Private War" "Lair of the Black Dragon" (origin Karate Kid) August
	SUPERBOY v1 #211 "The Ultimate Revenge" (2nd app. Roxxas) "The Legion's Lost Home" September
	SUPERBOY v1 #212 "Last Fight for a Legionnaire" (Matter-Eater Lad resigns) "A Death Stroke At Dawn" October
	THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #173 (1st reprint of "Beware of the Bug Belle!" from Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #69, Oct. 1966) October
	THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #9 "The Legion Handbook" (DC Comics' fan magazine) November
	SUPERBOY v1 #213 "The Jaws of Fear" "Trapped To Live -- Free To Die!" December
1976
	SUPERMAN v1 #295 "Costume, Costume -- Who's Got the Costume?" January
	SUPERBOY v1 #214 "No Price Too High" "Stay Small Or Die" January
	SUPERMAN FAMILY #175 "Super-Family Puzzle Page" (Legion mentioned in crossword puzzle) February
	KARATE KID #1 "My World Begins In Yesterday" March
	SUPERBOY v1 #215 "The Final Eclipse of Sun Boy" "The Hero Who Wouldn't Fight" March
	SUPERBOY #216 "The Hero Who Hated the Legion" (1st app. Tyroc) "1 + 1 = 3" (Bouncing Boy/ Dou Damsel solo story) April
	KARATE KID #2 "The International Dooms of Major Disaster" May
	DC SUPER STARS #3 (reprints #165, #169) May
	SUPERBOY v1 #217 "The Charge of the Doomed Legionnaires" "Future Shock for Superboy" (1st app. Laurel Kent) June
	KARATE KID #3 "The Ravager" July
	SUPERBOY v1 #218 "The Super-Villain the World Never Knew" (Tyroc joins) July
	THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #12 (August 1976 on cover) "The Legion Outpost" July
	THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #178 (1st reprint of “Superman’s Phantom Pal!” from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #62, July, 1962) August
	SUPER-TEAM FAMILY #6 (reprint #176) August
	KARATE KID #4 "The Rage of Yesterdays Lost!" September
	SUPERBOY v1 #219 "The Plunder Ploy of the Fatal Five" September
	SUPERBOY v1 #220 "The Super Soldiers of the Slave-Maker" "Dream Girl's Living Nightmare" October
	LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION #C-49 (reprints #192, #196) October
	THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #13 (November 1976 on cover) "The Legion Outpost" October
	KARATE KID #5 "The Tomorrow Thief" November
	SUPERBOY v1 #221 "The Trillion-Dollar Trophies" November
	SUPERBOY v1 #222 "This Legionnaire Is Condemned!" "Death of a Legend" December 1977 LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION #C-52 (1977) (reprint #48) KARATE KID #6 (January) "Showdown With Commander Blud!" SUPERBOY v1 #223 (January) "We Can't Escape the Trap In Time!" SUPERBOY v1 #224 (February) "When Stargrave Strikes!" KARATE KID #7 (March) "The Gyro-Master Strikes Twice!" SUPERBOY v1 #225 (March) "And Who Shall Lead Them?" (Wildfire elected leader) "A Matter of Priorities" THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #14 (1977) (March 1977 on cover) "The Legion Outpost" SUPERBOY v1 #226 (April) "The Dazzling Debut of Dawnstar!" (1st app. Dawnstar, joins) "Five Against One" KARATE KID #8 (May) "Pandemonium ... Panic ... Pulsar!" SUPERBOY v1 #227 (May) "War At World's End!" DC SPECIAL #28 (June) "The City That Stopped -- Dead!" SUPERBOY v1 #228 (June) "That A World Might Live ... A Legionnaire Must Die!" (Death Chemical King) KARATE KID #9 (July) "The Black Belt Contract" SUPERBOY v1 #229 (July) "Hunt for a Hero-Killer" SUPERBOY v1 #230 (August) "The Creature Who Conned the Legion" "The Day Bouncing Boy Bounced Back" (Bouncing Boy regains powers) THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #15 (August) "The Legion Outpost" KARATE KID #10 (September) "Death-Duel on Orando" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #231 (September) "A Day in the Death of a World" (series title formally changed) ADVENTURE COMICS #453 (September) "You Too Can Be A Super-Hero!" (mentions events of #327) JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #147 (October) "Crisis In the 30th Century!" (JLA/JSA/LSH team-up) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #232 (October) "The Disease That Wouldn't Die!" (1st mention Klordny festival) X-MEN v1 #107 Marvel Comics (October) (First appearance of the Imperial Guard) KARATE KID #11 (November) "Disasters of Yesteryear" DC SUPER-STARS #17 (November) "The Secret of the Quintile Crystal" JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #148 (November) "Crisis In Triplicate!" (JLA/JSA/LSH team-up) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #233 (November) "The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion!" (1st app. Infinite Man) "The Final Illusion" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #234 (December) "Wanted -- Dead or Alive: The Composite Legionnaire" (1st app, Composite Legionnaire) SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 1977 title: (reprints #169b, #252, #232) (Tempo Books paperback) THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #16 (December) "The Legion Outpost" 1978 KARATE KID 12 January "The "Time of Your Death!" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 235 January "The Legion's Super-Secret" "Trial of the Legion Five" THE SUPERMAN FAMILY 187 January "The Dealers of Death" (Elastic Lad) "A Phoenix of Steel!" (Elastic Lad) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 236 February "A World Born Anew!" "Mon-El's One-Man War!" "Words Never Spoken!" ALL-NEW COLLECTORS' EDITION C-55 1978 "The Millennium Massacre" (marraige Saturn Girl/ Lightning Lad) "The Origins and Powers of the Legionnaires" "Secrets of the Legion" KARATE KID 13 March "Tomorrow's Battle ... Yesterday!" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 237 March "No Price Too High" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 238 April (reprints #175, #177) KARATE KID 14 May "Diamondeth Is Forever!" (Robin x-over) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 239 May "Murder Most Foul" THE SUPERMAN FAMILY 189 May "Memories of Menace!" (20th century Mon-El app. in Phantom Zone) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 240 June "The Man Who Manacled the Legion" "Dawnstar Rising" KARATE KID 15 July "Bring Back My Future To Me!" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 241 July "Prologue To Earthwar" "My Brother's Keeper" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 242 August "Startarget: Earth" "Girls' Night Out" KAMANDI, THE LAST BOY ON EARTH 58 August "Enter: the Legionnaire" (Karate Kid x-over, cont. from #353) DC COMICS PRESENTS 2 September "Race to the End of Time!" (brief Legion cameo) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 243 September "Earth's Last Stand" CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE 2 Fall 1978 "Into the Vortex" (app. Legion HQ) cover to DEMAND CLASSICS #2 which would have reprinted #171(Collection of unpublished artwork) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 244 October "The Dark Circle That Crushed Earth" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 245 November "Mordru Master of Earth!" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 246 December "Will the Last One To Leave Mercury Please Close the Planet?" "A World for the Winning!" SUPERMAN (Tempo Books paperback; 2nd reprint of “The Legion of Super-Villains!” from Superman #147, September, 1961) 1978 1979 SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 247 January "Savage Sanctuary!" "Celebration!" (Lightning Lad elected leader) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 248 February "Beneath the Streets Lurks ... Death!" SUPER FRIENDS 17 February "Trapped In Two Times!" (app. Time Trapper) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 249 March "Capital Crimes of the Chemical Conqueror" "The Arctoraan Jewel Case" (Chameleon Boy solo story) SUPER FRIENDS 18 March "Manhunt In Time!" (app. Time Trapper) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 250 April "This Is the Day the Universe Dies!" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 251 May "The Man Who Destroyed the Universe!" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 252 June "Postscript To Holocaust" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 253 July "Night of the Super-Assassins!" (1st app. Blok) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 254 August "A Madman Shall Lead Them" DC COMICS PRESENTS 13 September "To Live In Peace -- Nevermore!" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 255 September "The Super-Spectacles Swipe!" WORLD OF KRYPTON (v.1) 3 September "The Last Days of Krypton" (The 20th century Mon-El appears in flashback) THE BEST OF DC DIGEST #1 (2nd reprint of “The Death of Superman!” from Superman 149, November, 1961) September DC COMICS PRESENTS 14 October "Judge, Jury ... And No Justice!" (makes reference to #372) SECRET ORIGINS OF SUPER-HEROES (DC SPECIAL SERIES #19) Fall (reprint #234) ACTION COMICS 500 October "The Life Story of Superman" (Legion statuettes) SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 256 October "This Is Your Life -- And Death, Brainiac 5!" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 257 November "Who Stole the Legion?" "Once A Legionnaire ... !" SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 258 December "The Mind-Attack of the Psycho-Warrior!"