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| The LEGION's first appearance. Image copyright DC COMICS |
SUPERMAN'S WHO'S WHO was a four parter about The LEGION Of SUPER-HEROES, which ran in SUPER DC #s 4, 5, 7 & 8 sometime in 1970-'71 (Scottish edition). It was a rather dull text feature in that it had no visual accompaniment, being part of the editor's page - DIRECT CURRENTS (as in the U.S. DC mags), and was hosted by a fictional seafaring character called The SKIPPER (in reality MICK ANGLO). What on earth had a sea captain to do with the world of DC Comics you might wonder?
Well, the ocean has currents, so there's a bit of a connection I suppose, strained and uninspired though it may be. Anglo had done the same thing before with TV TORNADO, where the 'editor' was also a sea captain, this time called ED STORM. (Tornado, Storm - geddit?)
So, by special request, here are all four parts on their pages to help Dougie relive his childhood.
Thanks. Kid! Really fascinating. I remember that photo of Shir Shean well! Oddly, given that it's probably from 1969 or 1970, the Legion Lore ends pre-1966. There's no Ferro Lad, Karate Kid or Princess Projectra. I think it's drawn from the 1962 Superman Annual and not from the Adventure 365 text feature.
ReplyDeleteNae bother, Dougie. How long is that since you last saw them? 45 years? Wow! The comic was curiously out of date even at the time.
ReplyDeleteMy mum threw out the Super DCs along with a lot of other DC comics, to make room for the burgeoning pile of UK Marvels, sometime in mid-1974. So, yes, it's certainly 40-plus years.
ReplyDeleteCuriously, while the membership of the Legion proper was "stuck" in early 1966, the text includes Colour Kid as one of the Substitutes. Yet,he wasn't credited as a Subs member until late 1966. Meanwhile, Timber Wolf and Chemical King had been inducted into the LSH in the autumn of 1968. So, oddly, the B-Team was up to date for 1969/70 but the A-team really wasn't.
ReplyDeleteI realise very few people would care!
I wonder if Mick Anglo was supplied with the info direct from DC, or he cobbled it together himself from whatever relevant comics he could lay his hands on. It's really a '70s comic, but very '60s in tone. No wonder most people who remember it seem to associate it with the '60s.
ReplyDeleteMeant to say, Dougie, there are currently several issues of Super DC available on eBay right now (at the time of typing). One seller's looking for about £12 an issue, buy it now - the other is taking bids, starting at £4.