Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 7 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1997
On Sale Date: October 29, 1997 Direct Market Date October 29, 1997
Source: Previews, Vol. 7 #8 (#104)

Direct Market Date October 29, 1997
Source: ComicList, Diamond : New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, October 29, 1997

Shipping Date October 15, 1997
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #1248

Copyright Date October 17, 1997
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1997

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 240
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Unkillables"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: James Shooter
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Jim Mooney

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #361 (1967)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #106; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)
• Phantom Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #360; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #360; next appearance in Adventure Comics #363)
• Star Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #360; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Adventure Comics #360; next appearance in Adventure Comics #364)
• Bouncing Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #360; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #106; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)
• Duo Damsel (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #106; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #360; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)
• Karate Kid (last appearance in Adventure Comics #360; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)
• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #142; next appearance in Adventure Comics #362)

Supporting Character(s)

• President Boltax (leader of the United Planets; next appearance in Adventure Comics #366)

Villain(s)

• A renegade Dominator (leader of the Unkillables; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• The Unkillables (descendants of Lee Harvey Oswald, Brutus and Cassius, and John Wilkes Booth; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Dominators (Goltann named in this story; revealed to be illusions; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #243)
• Several unnamed guards and demonstrators (no further appearances)

Comments:
Part II: "Time's Most Notorious Killers"

Synopsis:
After two decades of war between the United Planets and a confederation of worlds called the Dominion, the latter sues for peace. As anti-Dominion feelings run high on Earth, the President calls upon the Legion to ensure their ambassadors' safe arrival. The heroes are sent to the neutral planet, Politor, where they meet the Dominators, a race characterized by blue skin, baldness, and round white discs on their foreheads which signify rank. Under orders from the President, the Legion is to transport the Dominators' ambassadors through the 10th dimension. This is a sub-universe in which a billion-mile trip is reduced to only five hundred miles.

Meanwhile, a costumed group of villains called the Unkillables prepares to attack. They enter the 10th dimension, intending to strike and weaken the caravan at periodic intervals before finally destroying it.

As the journey begins, the Legionnaires stop an arranged avalanche before making camp for the night. Shortly afterward, the Unkillables strike, destroying the party's supplies. Since Star Boy, who had been on guard duty, was distracted by a Dominator just as he was attacked, the heroes conclude that one of the ambassadors is aiding the Unkillables.

As the final stretch begins, the Unkillables suddenly launch themselves at the entourage from volcanic craters. The Legionnaires, weary from their constant vigilance, fight back. The leader of the Unkillables then produces his ultimate weapon, a ray which causes the Legionnaires' powers to be switched at random from member to member. In the resulting confusion, he hurls a suspended-animation bomb at the Dominators. Brainiac 5, now possessing Superboy's powers, blows it back at him, and it explodes, paralyzing the villain.

The leader is then revealed as the Dominators' deposed ruler, who sought to use the Unkillables for revenge. The Unkillables, who are found to be descendants of infamous assassins in Earth history, were turned into killers by one of his machines.

As the Legion returns to Earth, the Dominators reveal that they are actually three-dimensional images, and that the real aliens have already reached Earth.