Cover Credits |
Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: George Klein |
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Comic Title: Adventure Comics #293
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1962
On Sale Date:
December 28, 1961 Newsstand Date December 28, 1961
Source: House Ad, Superman #151, Page 21
Copyright Date December 28, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1962
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger
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Title: "The Legion of Super-Traitors"
Pages: 14
Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein
Reprinted In:
Superboy #147 (1968)
Adventure Comics #495 (1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 1 HC (1991)
Superboy #147 Replica Edition #1 (2003)
Showcase Presents:Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017)
Legion of Super-Heroes:The Silver Age Vol. 1 TPB (2018)
Tails of the Super-Pets TPB (2022)
Feature Character(s)
- Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #292; next appearance in Adventure Comics #294)
Guest Star(s)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Action Comics #285; next appearance in Superman #152)
- Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Action Comics #285; next appearance in Superman #152)
- Saturn Girl (last appearance in Action Comics #285; next appearance in Superman #152)
- Lightning Lad (last appearance in Action Comics #285; next appearance in Superman #152)
Supporting Character(s)
- Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #292; next appearance in Adventure Comics #294)
- Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #292; next appearance in Adventure Comics #294)
- Lana Lang (last appearance in Adventure Comics #292; next appearance in Adventure Comics #294)
- Krypto (last appearance in Adventure Comics #292; next appearance in Adventure Comics #294)
- Police Chief Parker (as a voice only; last appearance in Adventure Comics #290; next appearance in Adventure Comics #294)
Villain(s)
- The Brain Globes of Rambat (no further appearances)
- Jax-Ur (last appearance in Adventure Comics #289; next appearance in Superboy #102)
- General Zod (last appearance in Action Comics #336; next appearance in Superboy #109)
Guest Appearance(s)
- Mon-El (last appearance in Superboy #89; next appearance in Adventure Comics #300)
- Supergirl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #308; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #70)
- Legion of Super-Pets (next appearance in Adventure Comics #313)
- Streaky (last appearance in Action Comics #279; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #60)
- Super-Monkey (last appearance in Action Comics #277; next appearance in Adventure Comics #313)
- Comet (Super-Horse; formerly Biron, a centaur; first appearance; last appearance in Action Comics #301; next appearance in Action Comics #302)
Comments:
Krypto appears in this story in between his adventures in Superboy’s time-period, while Streaky and Beppo come from the "present" of Superman and Supergirl, and Comet comes from the near-future of Superman and Supergirl. This is Krypto’s only appearance with the Super-Pets which takes place while he is still Superboy’s pet; in all later Super-Pets appearances, Krypto travels to the 30th century from the same era as the other members, the relative "present" of Superman. Curiously, Saturn Girl does not cause Krypto to forget this encounter, despite the fact that it allows him to know that Streaky and Comet, and thus Supergirl, will exist in the future.
The Time Bubble is referred to as both the Time Cabinet and the Time Sphere in this story.
Synopsis:
When powerful alien creatures known as the Brain-Globes of Rambat scheme to move Earth to their own solar system, they realize that they must first subdue Superboy. After unsuccessfully attempting to control Superboy themselves, they summon the Legionnaires from the Earth’s future, and mentally command them to defeat him.
Once this is done, the overconfident Brain-Globes release the heroes from their trance. Together, they are not powerful enough to defeat the aliens, until they notice that the Brain-Globes are incapable of controlling the minds of animals. Manning the Time Sphere, the Legionnaires gather Krypto, Streaky, Beppo, and Comet (aka Super-Dog, Super-Cat, Super-Monkey, and Super-Horse), who, united as the Legion of Super-Pets, defeat the Brain-Globes. The Legion returns them to their proper time eras before Superboy recovers to dismantle the Brain Globes’ machines. Superboy remains unaware of the pets’ involvement, and thus unaware of the future existence of Supergirl.
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