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)
	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 (published May 20, 1971, cover date July 1971) "Invisible Invader!"
	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 (published June 29, 1971, cover date August 1971) 1st reprint of “The Condemned Legionnaires!” from Adventure Comics #313, Oct. 1963
	Superboy v1 #177 (published July 6, 1971, cover date September 1971) (1st reprint of "The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton!" from Adventure Comics #320, May, 1964)
	Adventure Comics #410 (published July 29, 1971, cover date September 1971) 1st reprint of "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires!" from Adventure Comics #326, Nov. 1964
	Superboy v1 #178 (published August 26, 1971, cover date October 1971) (1st reprint of "The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!" from Adventure Comics #327, Dec. 1964)
	Adventure Comics #411 (published August 31, 1971, cover date October 1971) 1st reprint of "The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion!" from Adventure Comics #337, Oct. 1965
	Superman v1 #245 (1st reprint of “The Team of Luthor and Brainiac!” from Superman #167, Feb. 1964) December
	Superboy v1 #180 (published October 28, 1971, cover date December 1971) (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
	Superboy v1 #181 (published November 25, 1971, cover date January 1972) (reprint #169b)
1972
	Batman #238 (1st reprint of "The Legion of Super-Outlaws!" from Adventure Comics #324, Sept. 1964) January
	Superboy v1 #183 (published January 25, 1972, cover date March 1972) "War of the Wraith Mates!"
	Superboy v1 #184 (published February 24, 1972, cover date April 1972) "One Legionnaire Must Go!"
	Superboy v1 #185 (published March 2, 1972, cover date May 1972) (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)
	Superboy v1 #188 (published May 25, 1972, cover date July 1972) "Curse of the Blood Crystals!"
	Superboy v1 #190 (published July 27, 1972, cover date September 1972) "Murder the Leader!" September
	Superboy v1 #191 (published August 24, 1972, cover date October 1972) "Attack of the Sun Scavenger" October
	Superboy v1 #193 (published December 26, 1972, cover date February 1973) "War Between the Nights and the Days!" February
1973
	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 (published March 20, 1973, cover date June 1973) "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 (published June 19, 1973, cover date September 1973) "Timber Wolf --Dead Hero, Live Executioner!" (cover title changed to Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes, begins 3rd regular Legion series)
	Superboy v1 #198 (published July 19, 1973, cover date October 1973) "The Fatal Five Who Twisted Time!"
	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 (published August 21, 1973, cover date November 1973) "The Gun That Mastered Men" (1st app. Tyr) "The Impossible Target!"
	Superboy v1 #200 (published October 18, 1973, cover date January/February 1974) "The Legionnaire Bride of Starfinger" (wedding Bouncing Boy & Duo Damsel)
	Superboy v1 #201 (published December 20, 1973, cover date March/April 1974) "The Betrayer from Beyond" "The Silent Death" March
1974
80px	Secret Origins v2 #6 (reprint #191) January
	Superman v1 #272 (1st reprint of “Beauty and the Super-Beast!” from Superman #165, Nov. 1963) February
	World's Finest Comics #223 (1st reprint of “The Composite Superman!” from World’s Finest Comics #142, June, 1964) March
	Superboy v1 #202 (published February 21, 1974, cover date May/June 1974) "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!"
	The Superman Family #165 (1st reprint of “Krypto’s Three Amazing Transformations!” from Superboy #111, Mar. 1964) June
	Superboy v1 #203 (published April 18, 1974, cover date July/August 1974) "Massacre By Remote Control" (Death Invisible Kid)
	Superboy v1 #204 (published June 25, 1974, cover date September/October 1974) "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 (published August 22, 1974, cover date November/December 1974) "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"
	The Superman Family #168 (1st reprint of "Lois Lane, Super-Telepath!" from Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #56, Apr. 1965) December
	Superboy v1 #206 (published October 24, 1974, cover date January/February 1974) "The Legionnaires Who Haunted Superboy" "Welcome Home, Daughter ... Now Die!"
	Superboy v1 #207 (published December 24, 1974, cover date March 1975) "The Rookie Who Betrayed the Legion" "Lightning Lad's Day of Dread"
1975
	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 #208 (published January 9, 1975, cover date April 1975) "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 (published March 11, 1975, cover date June 1975) "Who Can Save the Princess?" "Hero for a Day" June
	Superboy v1 #210 (published May 8, 1975, cover date August 1975) "Soljer's Private War" "Lair of the Black Dragon" (origin Karate Kid) August
	Superboy v1 #211 (published June 12, 1975, cover date September 1975) "The Ultimate Revenge" (2nd app. Roxxas) "The Legion's Lost Home" September
	Superboy v1 #212 (published July 15, 1975, cover date October 1975) "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 (published September 16, 1975, cover date December 1975) "The Jaws of Fear" "Trapped To Live -- Free To Die!" December
	Superboy v1 #214 (published October 21, 1975, cover date January 1976) "No Price Too High" "Stay Small Or Die"
	Superboy v1 #215 (published December 18, 1975, cover date March 1976) "The Final Eclipse of Sun Boy" "The Hero Who Wouldn't Fight"
1976
	Superman v1 #295 "Costume, Costume -- Who's Got the Costume?" 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 #216 (published January 22, 1976, cover date April 1976) "The Hero Who Hated the Legion" (1st app. Tyroc) "1 + 1 = 3" (Bouncing Boy/ Dou Damsel solo story)
	Karate Kid #2 "The International Dooms of Major Disaster" May
	DC Super Stars #3 (reprints #165, #169) May
	Superboy v1 #217 (published March 18, 1976, cover date June 1976) "The Charge of the Doomed Legionnaires" "Future Shock for Superboy" (1st app. Laurel Kent)
	Karate Kid #3 "The Ravager" July
	Superboy v1 #218 (published April 20, 1976, cover date July 1976) "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 (published June 21, 1976, cover date September 1976) "The Plunder Ploy of the Fatal Five" September
	Superboy v1 #220 (published July 19, 1976, cover date October 1976) "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 (published August 23, 1976, cover date November 1976) "The Trillion-Dollar Trophies"
	Superboy v1 #222 (published September 13, 1976, cover date December 1976) "This Legionnaire Is Condemned!" "Death of a Legend"
	Superboy v1 #223 (published October 18, 1976, cover date January 1976) "We Can't Escape the Trap In Time!"
	Superboy v1 #224 (published November 15, 1976, cover date February 1977) "When Stargrave Strikes!"
	Superboy v1 #225 (published December 20, 1976, cover date March 1977) "And Who Shall Lead Them?" (Wildfire elected leader) "A Matter of Priorities"
1977
	Limited Collectors' Edition #C-52 (1977) (reprint #48)
	Karate Kid #6 (January) "Showdown With Commander Blud!"
	Karate Kid #7 (March) "The Gyro-Master Strikes Twice!"
	The Amazing World Of DC Comics #14 (1977) (March 1977 on cover) "The Legion Outpost"
	Superboy v1 #226 (published January 17, 1977, cover date April 1977) "The Dazzling Debut of Dawnstar!" (1st app. Dawnstar, joins) "Five Against One"
	Karate Kid #8 (May) "Pandemonium ... Panic ... Pulsar!"
	Superboy v1 #227 (published February 14, 1977, cover date May 1977) "War At World's End!"
	DC Special #28 (June) "The City That Stopped -- Dead!"
	Superboy v1 #228 (published March 21, 1977, cover date June 1977) "That A World Might Live ... A Legionnaire Must Die!" (Death Chemical King)
	Karate Kid #9 (July) "The Black Belt Contract"
	Superboy v1 #229 (published April 18, 1977, cover date July 1977) "Hunt for a Hero-Killer"
	Superboy v1 #230 (published May 16, 1977, cover date August 1977) "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 (published June 20, 1977, cover date September 1977) "A Day in the Death of a World" (series title formally changed)
	Adventure Comics #453 (published June 27, 1977, cover date September/October 1971) "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 (published July 18, 1977, cover date October 1977) "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 (published August 22, 1977, cover date November 1977) "The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion!" (1st app. Infinite Man) "The Final Illusion"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #234 (published September 19, 1977, cover date December 1977) "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"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #235 (published October 17, 1977, cover date January 1978) "The Legion's Super-Secret" "Trial of the Legion Five"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #236 (published November 21, 1977, cover date February 1978) "A World Born Anew!" "Mon-El's One-Man War!" "Words Never Spoken!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #237 (published December 19, 1977, cover date March 1978) "No Price Too High"
1978
	Karate Kid #12 January "The "Time of Your Death!"
	The Superman Family #187 January "The Dealers of Death" (Elastic Lad) "A Phoenix of Steel!" (Elastic Lad)
	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 #238 (published January 23, 1978, cover date April 1978) (reprints #175, #177)
	Karate Kid #14 May "Diamondeth Is Forever!" (Robin x-over)
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #239 (published February 20, 1978, cover date May 1978) "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 (published March 20, 1978, cover date June 1978) "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 (published April 17, 1978, cover date July 1978) "Prologue To Earthwar" "My Brother's Keeper"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #242 (published May 15, 1978, cover date August 1978) "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 (published June 19, 1978, cover date September 1978) "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 (published July 17, 1978, cover date April 1978) "The Dark Circle That Crushed Earth"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #245 (published August 21, 1978, cover date November 1978) "Mordru Master of Earth!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #246 (published September 18, 1978, cover date December 1978) "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
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #247 (published October 23, 1978, cover date January 1979) "Savage Sanctuary!" "Celebration!" (Lightning Lad elected leader)
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #248 (published November 26, 1978, cover date February 1979) "Beneath the Streets Lurks ... Death!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #249 (published December 25, 1978, cover date March 1979) "Capital Crimes of the Chemical Conqueror" "The Arctoraan Jewel Case" (Chameleon Boy solo story)
1979
	Super Friends #17 February "Trapped In Two Times!" (app. Time Trapper)
	Super Friends #18 March "Manhunt In Time!" (app. Time Trapper)
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #250 (published January 22, 1979, cover date April 1979) "This Is the Day the Universe Dies!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #251 (published February 19, 1979, cover date May 1979) "The Man Who Destroyed the Universe!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #252 (published March 19, 1979, cover date June 1979) "Postscript To Holocaust"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #253 (published April 23, 1979, cover date July 1979) "Night of the Super-Assassins!" (1st app. Blok)
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #254 (published May 21, 1979, cover date August 1979) "A Madman Shall Lead Them"
	DC Comics Presents #13 September "To Live In Peace -- Nevermore!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #255 (published June 18, 1979, cover date September 1979) "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 (published July 16, 1979, cover date october 1979) "This Is Your Life -- And Death, Brainiac 5!"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #257 (published August 20, 1979, cover date November 1979) "Who Stole the Legion?" "Once A Legionnaire ... !"
	Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #258 (published September 24, 1979, cover date December 1979) "The Mind-Attack of the Psycho-Warrior!"