Superboy v1 147

From Legion Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Superboy v1 #147
Preboot » Pre-Crisis
Superboy-v1-147.jpg
Cover by Curt Swan, Neal Adams and Gaspar Saladino
Story title The Origin of the Legion
Next story Action Comics v1 #267: The Three Super-Heroes!
Publication date March 14, 1968
Cover date May/June 1968
Creators
Writer E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller Pete Costanza
Inker Pete Costanza
Letterer Milton Snapinn
Colourist Unknown
Editor Mort Weisinger
Cover artist(s) Curt Swan, Neal Adams, Gaspar Saladino

The Origin of the Legion!

First appearances

This issue marks the first appearance of the following characters and recurring key Legion story elements:


Notes of Interest

Legion stories reprinted in this issue

Reprints

The lead story in this issue has been reprinted in the following:

Replica Edition

This is one of the comics selected as one of DC's "Replica Editions" (also called "Facsimile Edition" - this version was solicited as such - see below). This reprinted the entire issue as it was, except for the original advertising, modern paper rather than newsprint and slightly altered page proportions, in line with the general change of shape of comics since the 1960s.

Facsimile Edition standard solicitation

SUPERBOY #147 — FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by Jerry Siegel and Robert Bernstein; art by various; cover by Curt Swan and Neal Adams

A reprinting of 1968’s classic all-Legion 80-page Giant! Featuring the origin of the Legion of Super-Heroes by E. Nelson Bridwell and Pete Costanza as well as six more stories from the early ’60s! For more information, see the feature story.

January 2nd :: 80 pages :: $6.95

Facsimile Edition feature article/expanded solicit

SUPERBOY #147 — FACSIMILE EDITION
TRADE PAPERBACK

Historians say that in order to understand the present, one must look to the past. So what better way to get the inside scoop on the Boy of Steel than by checking out SUPERBOY #147 — FACSIMILE EDITION, a look back at 1968’s classic SUPERBOY 80-PAGE GIANT?

Sporting a cover by legendary creators Curt Swan & Neal Adams, SUPERBOY #147 — FACSIMILE EDITION reprints the first all-Legion of Super-Heroes issue of SUPERBOY, originally published over three decades ago. Surrounding the book’s centerpiece tale — the first full-length retelling of the Legion’s origin by E. Nelson Bridwell and Pete Costanza — are stories by a Who’s Who of classic comics creators, including writers Jerry Siegel and Robert Bernstein and artists Curt Swan, George Klein, Jim Mooney, George Papp, and Sheldon Moldoff.

The featured stories, all originating in the early ’60s, make up the groundwork for much of the Legion’s legendary history, and feature a host of beloved characters. The stories told in SUPERBOY #147 — FACSIMILE EDITION are perfect for the longtime DC fan or a newbie wanting a historic look back at Superboy’s action-packed past!

SUPERBOY #147 FACSIMILE EDITION is an 80-page one-shot arriving in comic-book stores January 2 with a cover price of $6.95 U.S.

See also


« Previous    Next »Superboy v1 #147
N/A (Story precedes all other LSH tales) 
By continuity
Action Comics #267

Superboy v1 #138 
By series
Superboy v1 #148

Adventure Comics #367 
By publication
Adventure Comics #368