Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1987
On Sale Date: July 21, 1987 Newsstand Date July 21, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 30, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 30, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #121

Shipping Date June 30, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Copyright Date June 8, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date June 30, 1987
Source: Comic Shop News, #1

Frequency: Annually
Cover Price: $2.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "There's No Substitute for the Real Thing"
Pages: 42

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Paul Levitz
Penciller: Gregory B. LaRocque
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Inker: Arne Starr
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #40)
• Polar Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #40)
• Blok (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #45)
• Dawnstar (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #40)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #40)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #40)
• Wildfire (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #40)

Guest Star(s)

• Legion of Substitute Heroes (reformed in this story; first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #37; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #63)
• Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #45)
• Night Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #59)
• Bouncing Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #46)
• Duo Damsel (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #46)
• Comet Queen (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #63)
• Karate Kid (Myg; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #63)

Villain(s)

• Dominators (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #34; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #1)

Other Character(s)

• Ambassador Relnic (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #34; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #62)
• Visi-Lad (a trainee from the Legion Academy; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)
• Laurel Kent (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Millennium #2; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #40)
• Lamprey (a trainee from the Legion Academy; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47)
• Nightwind (a trainee from the Legion Academy; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47)
• Mandalla (a trainee from the Legion Academy; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47)
• Power Boy (a trainee from the Legion Academy; no further appearances)
• Shadow Kid (a trainee from the Legion Academy; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47)
• Westerner (a trainee from the Legion Academy; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47)
• Urk (a trainee from the Legion Academy; no further appearances)
• Two unnamed Legion Academy students (no further appearances)
• Officer Kryda (a Science Police officer; no further appearances)

Comments:
Chapter Two:"But What is Reality Anyway?"

The Legion appears only briefly in this story.

Synopsis:
While vacationing on Kathoon, the homeworld of Night Girl, Cosmic Boy and Lydda stumble upon a station run by the Dominators that is drawing enormous amounts of power. Cosmic Boy summons the Legion for help. However, the Legion is busy on Weber's World where a peace agreement with the Dominators is being negotiated.

Bouncing Boy and several students from the Legion Academy have been left on Earth to handle emergencies. Chuck takes Comet Queen and Myg, the new Karate Kid, to Kathoon to answer Rokk's summons. Despite their relative lack of power the five heroes attack the Dominators who are planning to use the station to blow up Weber's World.

Cosmic Boy leads the other four heroes into a side dimension which links Kathoon with the Dominator homeworld. He then carries the assault to the Dominators. Despite their defeat, the Dominators believe they will achieve victory, because the station on Kathoon is still active. However, Duo Damsel has led another batch of Academy students to secure that location and prevent the Dominators from firing their weapon.

When Cosmic Boy and the others return to Earth, he officially reforms the Legion of Substitute Heroes with Bouncing Boy, Duo Damsel, Night Girl, Comet Queen, and Karate Kid as members.