Comic Title: Best of DC #33
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1983
On Sale Date: November 4, 1982 Newsstand Date November 4, 1982
Source: House Ad, Fury of Firestorm #9, Page 32

Newsstand Date November 4, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #206

Newsstand Date November 4, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #77

Shipping Date October 12, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #206

Newsstand Date November 4, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #16

Copyright Date October 12, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 96
Editor: Nicola Cuti

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Brotherly Hate"
Pages: 7

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

Writer: E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist: George Tuska

Reprinted From:
Superboy #172 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Action Comics #392; next appearance in Superboy #173)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Action Comics #386; next appearance in Superboy #188)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Action Comics #382; next appearance in Superboy #200)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Action Comics #391; next appearance in Superboy #191)

Villain(s)

• Lightning Lord (last appearance in Adventure Comics #372; next appearance in Superboy #207)

Other Character(s)

• The manager at an interplanetary bank (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Cosmic Boy (in flashback to the Legion's origin)
• Saturn Girl (in flashback to the Legion's origin)
• R. J. Brande (in flashback to the Legion's origin)

Comments:
The Legion's origin as well as the origin of Lightning Lad are recapped in flashback.

Synopsis:
A trio of Legionnaires investigate a robbery of the Interplanetary Bank by a thief using lightning bolts. Lightning Lad and Light Lass recognize the crook as their brother Mekt. All three gained lightning powers after an encounter with beasts on the planet Korbal. The Legionnaires track down Mekt, the self-proclaimed Lightning Lord, and attempt to apprehend him. Timber Wolf and Light Lass are unsuccessful, but Lightning Lad prevails by reflecting his lightning off a cliff filled with silver ore. The blast causes Lightning Lord's hair to turn snow white.