Legion Publication History/1971-1978

1971
	Superboy v1 #172 (published January 7, 1971, cover date March 1971) "Brotherly Hate!"
	Adventure Comics #403 (published January 12, 1971, cover date March/April 1971) (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 (published February 18, 1971, cover date April 1971) "Trust Me Or Kill Me!"
	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 v1 #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
	The 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
	The 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
	The 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
	The 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
	Secret Origins v1 #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
	The 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 v1 #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 and 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 and 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 and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #233 (November) "The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion!" (1st app. Infinite Man) "The Final Illusion"
	Superboy and 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 Tempo Books paperback, 1977 Reprint of "Superboy's Darkest Secret" Reprint of "The Six Legged Legionnaire" Reprint of "Curse of the Blood Crystals" Reprint of "The Legionnaires Who Never Were" 169b, #252, #232
	The Amazing World Of DC Comics #16 (December) "The Legion Outpost"
1978
	Karate Kid #12 January "The "Time of Your Death!"
	Superboy and 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 and 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 and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #237 March "No Price Too High"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #238 April (reprints #175, #177)
	Karate Kid #14 May "Diamondeth Is Forever!" (Robin x-over)
	Superboy and 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 and 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 and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #241 July "Prologue To Earthwar" "My Brother's Keeper"
	Superboy and 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 and 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 and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #244 October "The Dark Circle That Crushed Earth"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #245 November "Mordru Master of Earth!"
	Superboy and 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 and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #247 January "Savage Sanctuary!" "Celebration!" (Lightning Lad elected leader)
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #248 February "Beneath the Streets Lurks ... Death!"
	Super Friends #17 February "Trapped In Two Times!" (app. Time Trapper)
	Superboy and 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 and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #250 April "This Is the Day the Universe Dies!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #251 May "The Man Who Destroyed the Universe!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #252 June "Postscript To Holocaust"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #253 July "Night of the Super-Assassins!" (1st app. Blok)
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #254 August "A Madman Shall Lead Them"
	DC Comics Presents #13 September "To Live In Peace -- Nevermore!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #255 September "The Super-Spectacles Swipe!"
	World Of Krypton v1 #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)
	DC SPECIAL SERIES #19 Fall Secret Origins of Super-Heroes (reprint of #234)
	Action Comics #500 October "The Life Story of Superman" (Legion statuettes)
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #256 October "This Is Your Life -- And Death, Brainiac 5!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #257 November "Who Stole the Legion?" "Once A Legionnaire ... !"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #258 December "The Mind-Attack of the Psycho-Warrior!"