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    Superman #147

    Superman » Superman #147 - The Legion of Super-Villains! released by DC Comics on August 1961.

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    The Legion of Super-Villains! last edited by deactivated-62e5b6c75b65e on 07/05/22 01:55AM View full history

    Cover Story: Lex Luthor builds a contraption in prison that allows him to contact people from the future. He ends up meeting the Legion of Super-Villains: Cosmic King, Saturn Queen and Lightning Lord. They are a three-member team that opposes the Legion of Super-Heroes as adults, particularly Saturn Woman (who is Saturn Girl as an adult), Cosmic Man (who is Cosmic Boy as an adult) and Lightning Man (who is Lightning Lad as an adult). Superman and this adult version of the Legion of Super-Heroes defeats the Legion of Super-Villains and returns everyone to jail, except Saturn Queen who ends up renouncing evil.

    1st story: "The Great Mento" - Superman fights against the scourge of Mento and his henchman. What is the secret of this masked man?

    2nd Story: "Krypto vs Titano" - Krypto goes back in time to meet Titano.

    2nd story: "Krypto vs Titano" -

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    This could be considered the first real comic style story of the appearances of the Legion of Super Heroes so far. While other stories have had a bit (or a lot) or hokum, this story is more along the lines of "encounter villain, defeat villain." There are still a lot of suspensions of disbelief here (allowing a hero to go free for a heroic act before death?) at least in comparison to modern comics, but this issue is a lot more readable compared to other Legion stories thus far. It is also th...

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