Comic Title: Action Comics #385
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1970
On Sale Date: December 24, 1969 Newsstand Date December 23, 1969
Source: House Ad, Witching Hour #7, Page 18

Newsstand Date December 24, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #76

Copyright Date December 24, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1970

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Fallen Starboy"
Pages: 11

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (of Earth-1)

Writer: E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller: J. Winslow Mortimer
Inker: Jack Abel

Reprinted In:
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 9 HC (2000)
Showcase Presents:Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 TPB (2010)
Legion of Super-Heroes:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Action Comics #384; next appearance in Action Comics #386)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Action Comics #381; next appearance in Action Comics #386)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #375; next appearance in Superboy #190)
• Star Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #379; next appearance in Superboy #199)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Action Comics #381; next appearance in Action Comics #386)
• Dream Girl (last appearance in Action Comics #384; next appearance in Action Comics #387)
• Karate Kid (last appearance in Action Comics #384; next appearance in Action Comics #386)

Villain(s)

• Yark Althu (the Naltorian brother of Kenz Nuhor; no further appearances)
• Yark's gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Several police officer on Xanthu (no further appearances)
• Fryd and Mira Kallor (last appearance in Adventure Comics #356; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Kenz Huhor (in flashback to the first story of Adventure Comics #342)
• Jan Barth (in flashback to the first story of Adventure Comics #342)

Synopsis:
Star Boy leads a team to his home planet of Xanthu to help stop a criminal gang that has been successful in pulling off several daring robberies. The Legion guards a shipment of valuable artifacts that is a likely target for the gang. The crooks make an attempt at the robbery and are prepared for the Legionnaires. Despite this, Star Boy is able to stop them from escaping with the artifacts.

The Legionnaires correctly deduce that the crooks are Naltorian and are able to predict the future. During the next robbery, they use a teleportation ray on Star Boy. He is taken to a weightless environment where his powers are thought to be neutralized. He meets the gang leader, Yark Althu, who is the brother of Kenz Nuhor, a criminal who Star Boy killed years earlier. Yark seeks revenge and tries to kill Star Boy who uses his power to stay alive. Since the Legionnaire's power affects mass, not weight, they still function in the weightless environment. The other Legionnaires then arrive to round up the rest of the gang.