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Adventure Comics #369
Preboot » Pre-Crisis

Cover by Neal Adams and Gaspar Saladino.

Story title	Mordru the Merciless! Part II: Mordru and the Mob
Previous story	Adventure Comics #368: The Mutiny of the Super-Heroines!
Next story	Adventure Comics #370: The Devil's Jury!
Publication date	April 30, 1968
Cover date	June 1968

Creators

Writer	Jim Shooter
Layouts	Jim Shooter
Penciller	Curt Swan
Inker(s)	Curt Swan (page 1 only), Jack Abel
Letterer(s)	Gaspar Saladino (page 1 only) and Charlotte Jetter
Colourist(s)	???
Editor	Mort Weisinger
Cover artist(s)	Neal Adams and Gaspar Saladino

Mordru the Merciless!

Synopsis

Part I

Part II: Mordru and the Mob

Key Quotes and Catchphrases

Critique

Roll Call

In order of appearance:

Legionnaires

Villains

Mordru

Supporting characters

Lana Lang

Other characters

Planets and Settings

Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff

Notes

Errors and Oddities

First appearances

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

Mordru the Merciless

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 [[Neal Adams]] and [[Gaspar Saladino]]
+|caption=Cover by [[Neal Adams]] and [[Gaspar Saladino]].
-|era=Pre-Crisis
+|story_title=Mordru the Merciless!<br>Part II: Mordru and the Mob
-|story_title=Mordru the Merciless!<br>Part 2: Mordru and the Mob
 |previous=[[Adventure Comics 368|''Adventure Comics'' #368]]: The Mutiny of the Super-Heroines!
 |next=[[Adventure Comics 370|''Adventure Comics'' #370]]: The Devil's Jury!
 |publication_date=[[April 30]], [[Legion_Publication_History/1965-1970#1968|1968]]
 |cover_date=June 1968
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+|writer=[[Jim Shooter]]
-|writers=[[Jim Shooter]]
+|layouts=Jim Shooter
-|pencillers=[[Curt Swan]], Jim Shooter (layouts)
+|penciller=[[Curt Swan]]
 |inkers=Curt Swan (page 1 only), [[Jack Abel]]
 |letterers=[[Gaspar Saladino]] (page 1 only) and [[Charlotte Jetter]]
-|colorists=Unknown
+|colorists=???
-|editors=[[Mort Weisinger]]
+|editor=[[Mort Weisinger]]
 |cover_artists=[[Neal Adams]] and Gaspar Saladino
 }}
 __TOC__
 ==Mordru the Merciless!==
+===Synopsis===
+====Part I====
-==Part 2: Mordru and the Mob==
+====Part II: Mordru and the Mob====
-===Plot Synopsis===
 ===Key Quotes and Catchphrases===
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 ===Critique===
-==Roll Call==
+===Roll Call===
 In order of appearance:
-===Legionnaires===
+====Legionnaires====
-===Villains===
+====Villains====
-*[[Mordru/Pre-Crisis|Mordru]]
+*[[Mordru/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Mordru]]
-===Supporting Characters===
+====Supporting characters====
-*[[Lana Lang]]
+*[[Insect Queen/Lana Lang|Lana Lang]]
-===Other Characters===
+====Other characters====
-===Planets and Settings===
+====Planets and Settings====
-===Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff===
+====Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff====
@@ Line 55: / Line 54: @@
 ===First appearances===
 This issue marks the first appearance of the following characters and recurring key Legion story elements:
-*[[Mordru/Pre-Crisis|Mordru]] the Merciless
+*[[Mordru/Preboot#Pre-Crisis|Mordru]] the Merciless
 ===Powers and abilities===
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 ===Reboot Reference Kit===
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-| xxx
-|-
-| bgcolor="#cc99ff" width="80"|'''Glorithverse'''
-| xxx
-|-
-| bgcolor="#5be85b" width="80"|'''Post-Zero Hour'''
-| xxx
-|-
-| bgcolor="#96a02c" width="80"|'''Post-Infinite Crisis'''
-| xxx
-|-
-| bgcolor="#ffe25f" width="80"|'''DCAU'''
-| xxx
-|-
-| bgcolor="#ffb84f" width="80"|'''LSH cartoon'''
-| xxx
-|}
 ===Retcon Alert===
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 <gallery>
-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)
 </gallery>
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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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