Superman Vol 1 147

Perry White poses as a masked criminal with extra-sensory powers who has divined Superman’s secret identity, and sells his services to the local mobs.

Appearing in "Krypto Battles Titano"

Featured Characters:

Krypto

Supporting Characters:

Lois Lane (In flashback only)
Superman

Villains:

Titano

Other Characters:

Unnamed aliens

Locations:

Unknown

Items:

Kryptonite (Behind the scenes)

Vehicles:

Alien space ships

Synopsis for "Krypto Battles Titano"

Synopsis not yet written.

Appearing in "The Legion of Super-Villains"

Featured Characters:

Superman

Supporting Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes

Villains:

Legion of Super-Villains (First appearance)

Cosmic King (First appearance)
Lightning Lord (First appearance)
Saturn Queen (First appearance)

Lex Luthor

Other Characters:

Lightning Beasts (First appearance) (In flashback only)

Locations:

Metropolis
Venus (In flashback only)
Korbal (In flashback only)
Winath (In flashback only)
Saturn

Items:

Green Kryptonite

Vehicles:

None

Synopsis for "The Legion of Super-Villains"

Having earned the right to do repair work in prison, Lex Luthor secretly steals components to build a device that allows him to send messages into the future. Having heard of Superman's previous exploits with the Legion of Super-Heroes in his youth, Luthor deduces that if there is a Legion of Super-Heroes, there must be a Legion of Super-Villains which he could contact to help him break out of prison. Lex's plan works and devices from the future to help break him out of jail are sent from the future, Luthor breaks out and is soon met with the 21st Centuries Legion of Super-Villains:

Cosmic King, who can transmute matter with his eye beams; Lightning Lord, brother of the Legion's Lightning Lad who also was bombarded with the lightning powers of an alien beast; and finally Saturn Queen hailing from Saturn just like the Legion's Saturn Girl and has the powers of telepathy, who one day turned evil after years of being an non-criminal on Saturn.

The group team up with Luthor to get revenge on Superman, who at that time was helping build Orphan City, for a bunch of orphans to live in. After the Legion of Super-Villains terrorized the celebrations, they lure Superman into a trap on a planet in the future where he is captured and sentenced to death.

However, before Luthor and the Legion of Super-Villains can pull the lever, the now adult Legion of Super-Heroes arrive and battle their evil counterparts. When the fight comes to a draw, the Legion offers one of their own to die in Superman's place, Saturn Woman volunteering to take his place. As a last wish she asks that Superman create a ring around the planet they are on just like her home world of Saturn. With a ring around the planet, Saturn Queen suddenly becomes good and uses her mental powers to subdue her fellow evil Legionaries and Luthor. Superman reveals to the others that when Saturn Queen revealed why she became evil, Superman deduced that it was possibly due to the fact that she was away from Saturn's rings which has a special property that made Saturians incapable of criminal or evil activity. With the criminals defeated, the good Legion takes their evil counterparts into custody while Superman returns to the present to bring Lex back to the authorities to finish his prison term.

Notes

"The Legion of Super-Villains" is reprinted in Adventure Comics #494, Superboy (Volume 1) #147 (original and replica edition), Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 1 and Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes, Volume 1.
The Legion of Super-Heroes appeared last in Action Comics #276. They appear next in Adventure Comics #290.
Lex Luthor originally encountered the Legion of Super-Heroes and dreamed of a Legion of Super-Villains in Superboy #86.
Although they were hinted at in Action Comics #267, this is the first appearance of the Adult Legion.

Trivia

The cover to this issue is an homage to the cover of Adventure Comics #247 - the first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
In this story, the Legion and their evil counterparts are said to have come from the 21st Century, when in all previous (and later) Legion stories they state that they come from the 30th Century.

Links and References

Adult Legion

This issue takes place in Adult Legion continuity, one of the Possible Futures for the first incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Whereas regular Legion stories traditionally revolved around Superboy, the Adult Legion stories usually involved the fully grown Superman, taking place in his personal future as well.

Superman Vol 1 147

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Appearing in "The Great Mento"

Synopsis for "The Great Mento"