The Legion of Super-Heroes started as a one-off Superboy story back in 1958, but they slowly grew in popularity and were featured many times in Superboy, Supergirl, and even Superman stories through the early 1960s. Starting in Adventure Comics #300 (July 1962), they replace “Tales of the Bizarro World” as the back-up feature to Superboy […]
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In Action Comics #284 (Nov 1961), a ghostly hand leaves Clark Kent a message. Using red kryptonite, Superman shrinks himself down to toddler-size for the amusement of the reader. Of course there is a reason he does this, and we just have to be patient and watch random humans refuse to believe the toddler is […]
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Superboy #89 (April 1961), expands the Superboy/Superman/Legion mythos yet again by introducing another important character: Mon-El, also known as Lar Gand. After crash-landing on Earth, Superboy rescues the amnesiac young man who seems to have all the powers of a Kryptonian, carries a letter written in Kryptonese from Jor-El, and a locket expressing their love […]
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