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Adventure Comics #370
Preboot » Pre-Crisis

Cover by Curt Swan, George Roussos and Gaspar Saladino.

Story title	The Devil's Jury! Part II: The Condemned Crusaders
Previous story	Adventure Comics #369: Mordru the Merciless!
Next story	Adventure Comics #371: The Colossal Failure!
Publication date	May 28, 1968
Cover date	July 1968

Creators

Writer	Jim Shooter
Layouts	Jim Shooter
Penciller	Curt Swan
Inker	Jack Abel
Letterer(s)	Joe Letterese (splash page only) and Ben Oda
Colourist(s)	???
Editor	Mort Weisinger
Cover artist(s)	Curt Swan, George Roussos, Gaspar Saladino

The Devil's Jury!

Synopsis

Part I

Part II: The Condemned Crusaders

Key Quotes and Catchphrases

Critique

Roll Call

In order of appearance:

Legionnaires

Villains

Supporting characters

Other characters

Planets and Settings

Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff

Notes

Errors and Oddities

This story's plot involves Pete Ross' knowledge of Superboy's secret identity. Superboy eventually learns of it and attempts to remove that knowledge, but Mon-El stops him, going so far as to make Superboy himself forget that Pete Ross knows that he is Clark Kent.

A thought ballon reveals that Mon-El felt that he had no choice, because at some point Pete will save Superboy's life, but only because he knows his secret identity.

First appearances

This issue marks the first appearance of the following characters and recurring key Legion story elements:

Powers and abilities

Reboot Reference Kit

Retcon Alert

Other

Reprints

This Legion story has been reprinted in the following:

LimitedColectorsEditionC49.jpg

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-49 (October/November 1976)
LSHArchives08.jpg

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Volume 8 (1998)

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-|caption=Cover by [[Curt Swan]], [[George Roussos]] and [[Gaspar Saladino]]
+|caption=Cover by [[Curt Swan]], [[George Roussos]] and [[Gaspar Saladino]].
-|era=Pre-Crisis
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-|story_title=The Devil's Jury!<br>Part 2: The Condemned Crusaders
 |previous=[[Adventure Comics 369|''Adventure Comics'' #369]]: Mordru the Merciless!
 |next=[[Adventure Comics 371|''Adventure Comics'' #371]]: The Colossal Failure!
 |publication_date=[[May 28]], [[Legion_Publication_History/1965-1970#1968|1968]]
 |cover_date=July 1968
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+|layouts=Jim Shooter
-|pencillers=[[Curt Swan]], Jim Shooter (layouts)
+|penciller=[[Curt Swan]]
-|inkers=[[Jack Abel]]
+|inker=[[Jack Abel]]
 |letterers=[[Joe Letterese]] (splash page only) and [[Ben Oda]]
-|colorists=Unknown
+|colorists=???
-|editors=[[Mort Weisinger]]
+|editor=[[Mort Weisinger]]
 |cover_artists=Curt Swan, [[George Roussos]], [[Gaspar Saladino]]
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 __TOC__
 ==The Devil's Jury!==
+===Synopsis===
+====Part I====
-==Part 2: The Condemned Crusaders==
+====Part II: The Condemned Crusaders====
-===Plot Synopsis===
 ===Key Quotes and Catchphrases===
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 ===Critique===
-==Roll Call==
+===Roll Call===
 In order of appearance:
-===Legionnaires===
+====Legionnaires====
-===Villains===
+====Villains====
-===Supporting Characters===
+====Supporting characters====
-===Other Characters===
+====Other characters====
-===Planets and Settings===
+====Planets and Settings====
-===Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff===
+====Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff====
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 ===Errors and Oddities===
+This story's plot involves [[Pete Ross]]' knowledge of Superboy's secret identity. Superboy eventually learns of it and attempts to remove that knowledge, but Mon-El stops him, going so far as to make Superboy himself forget that Pete Ross knows that he is Clark Kent.
+A thought ballon reveals that Mon-El felt that he had no choice, because at some point Pete will save Superboy's life, but only because he knows his secret identity.
 ===First appearances===
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 ===Reboot Reference Kit===
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-| bgcolor="#5be85b" width="80"|'''Post-Zero Hour'''
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-| bgcolor="#96a02c" width="80"|'''Post-Infinite Crisis'''
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-| bgcolor="#ffe25f" width="80"|'''DCAU'''
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-| bgcolor="#ffb84f" width="80"|'''LSH cartoon'''
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 ===Retcon Alert===
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-image:LimitedColectorsEditionC49.jpg|[[Limited Collectors' Edition C-49|''Limited Collectors' Edition'' #C-49]] (October/November 1976)
+File:LimitedColectorsEditionC49.jpg|[[Limited Collectors' Edition C-49|''Limited Collectors' Edition'' #C-49]] (October/November 1976)
-image:LSHArchives08.jpg|[[Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol 8|''Legion of Super-Heroes Archives'' Volume 8]] (1998)
+File:LSHArchives08.jpg|[[Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol 8|''Legion of Super-Heroes Archives'' Volume 8]] (1998)
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 *[[Legion Publication History/1965-1970|Legion Publication History - Other issues published 1965-1970]]
 *[[Legion Publication History/Series/Adventure Comics|Legion Publication History - Other issues of ''Adventure Comics'']]
-*[[Chronology/Pre-Crisis|Pre-Crisis Chronology]]
+*[[Chronology/Preboot/Pre-Crisis|Pre-Crisis Chronology]]
 *[[Legion Publication History/Index/Series#Adventure Comics|Quick index of links to other ''Adventure Comics'' issues]]
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