Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1992
On Sale Date: October 20, 1992 Shipping Date October 20, 1992
Source: Previews, Vol. 2 #8 (#44)

Direct Market Date October 23, 1992
Source: Usenet, (Capital City) : New releases: October 21-23

Direct Market Date October 22, 1992
Source: Comic Shop News, #276

Shipping Date October 20, 1992
Source: Direct Currents, #57

Cover Price: $39.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Doom of the Super-Heroes"
Pages: 17

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

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Artist: John Forte

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #310 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #311)
• Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #308; next appearance in Adventure Comics #311)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #311)
• Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #311)
• Sun Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #311)
• Bouncing Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #311)
• Invisible Kid (last appearance in Adventure Comics #307; next appearance in Adventure Comics #314)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Adventure Comics #308; next appearance in Adventure Comics #313)
• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #106; next appearance in Adventure Comics #310)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #314)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #312)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Adventure Comics #308; next appearance in Adventure Comics #312)
• Triplicate Girl (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Adventure Comics #308; next appearance in Adventure Comics #313)
• Phantom Girl (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Adventure Comics #304; next appearance in Adventure Comics #313)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #313)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Adventure Comics #309; next appearance in Adventure Comics #311)
• Element Lad (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #70; next appearance in Adventure Comics #316)

Villain(s)

• Mask Man (the 30th century descendant of Mr. Mxyzptlk; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed science police offficer (no further appearances)
• Ak Aru (a scientist on Doll World; no further appearances)
• An unnamed female inhabitant of Doll World (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Star Boy (as a face on splash page)

Comments:
Part 2: "Last Stand of the Legion"

The Legion Pledge is first depicted in this story.

Synopsis:
On the day of the Legion’s Rededication Ceremony, a doll-sized lead-masked villain, possessing the powers of all the Legionnaires, appears over Metropolis, kills Ultra Boy, and vanishes. The heroes, calling this nemesis "Mask Man", surmise that someone so small could only have come from the Doll World, and track him there, only to watch as he murders several more Legionnaires.

Retreating to a nearby planetoid, the Legion builds a defensive citadel. However, Mask Man soon infiltrates the stronghold, eventually killing every remaining hero except Superboy, who guesses that their foe is actually a descendant of his 5th-dimensional foe, Mr. Mxyzptlk. Once the Boy of Steel tricks him into saying his name backwards, Mask Man is banished to his home dimension. All of the effects of his magic vanish, the Legionnaires return to life, and only Superboy is left to remember the last stand of the Legion.