Action Comics v1 267

Action Comics #267 Preboot » Pre-Crisis Cover by Curt Swan, Stan Kaye and Ira Schnapp Story title The Three Super-Heroes Previous story Superboy v1 #147:The Origin of the Legion Next story Adventure Comics #282:Lana Lang Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes Cover date August 1960 Creators Writer(s) Otto Binder and Mort Weisinger Penciller(s) Wayne Boring Inker(s) Stan Kaye Letterer(s) Milton Snapinn Colourist(s) Unknown Editor(s) Mort Weisinger Cover artist(s) Curt Swan, Stan Kaye, Ira Schnapp

The Three Super-Heroes

In events parallelling (and from the Legion's point-of-view, preceeding) the initiation of Superboy, the Legion of Super-Heroes approaches Supergirl for membership, and brings her to the 30th century. There, she proves her worthiness by creating a trans-Earth tunnel that will lighten air traffic. Unfortunately, in doing so she encounters a piece of Red Kryptonite that temporarily transforms her into an adult. She is refused membership on the grounds that she now exceeds their 18-year old age limit.

Heartbroken, Supergirl is forced to return home and wait for the transformation to end, and to wonder if she'll have another chance at Legion membership.

First appearances

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

Other stories in this issue

There is an additional story that does not feature the Legion. "One Hour to Doom"

Reprints

This Legion story has been reprinted in the following:

• Action Comics #334
• Adventure Comics #492
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 1