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Adventure Comics 369

ADVENTURE COMICS #369

Cover Date: June 1968
Cover Price: $.12

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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams


Story: "Mordru the Merciless!" (24 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJim Shooter
Layout pencilsJim Shooter
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJack Abel
LetteringCharlotte Jetter
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes
Cosmic Boy (in flashbacks in between issues #336 and #337 and in between issues #356 and #357)
Dream Girl (Nura Nal; behind the scenes)
Duo Damsel (also in flashbacks in between issues #336 and #337 and in between issues #356 and #357; creates the identity Marie Elkins while in Smallville)
Invisible Kid (behind the scenes)
Mon-El (also in flashbacks in between issues #336 and #337 and in between issues #356 and #357; reuses the identity Bob Cobb while in Smallville)
Princess Projectra
Saturn Girl (in flashbacks in between issues #336 and #337
Shadow Lass (creates the identity Betsy Norcross while in Smallville)
Sun Boy (in flashbacks in between issues #336 and #337 and in between issues #356 and #357)
Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #149)
Ultra Boy (behind the scenes)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #149)
Jonathan Kent (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #148/2)
Martha Kent (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #148)

Villain(s):

Mordru (first appearance, also in flashbacks; last chronological appearance in flashback in Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #316/2)
Mordru's armies (in flashbacks)
"King" Carter (first appearance; a gangster; takes over Smallville)
his mob (Gus, Kelly and "Slob" named; first appearance of all)

Guest Appearance(s):

Chief Parker (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #121)
Lewis Lang (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #127 and #150)
Sarah Lang (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #124 and #150)

Other Character(s):

Leah Parker (first appearance; Chief Parker's wife)
Mike (a student)
other citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters II
Smallville (in the 20th Century)
Space Sector 3500
Talok VIII (in flashback)
Unidentified Space Sector
Zerox (first 30th Century appearance)

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-49 (October-November 1976)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #8 (1998)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #3 ([April] 2009)

Solicitation:

After the powerful Mordu the Merciless escapes his prison, the Legion must travel back in time to Smallville to formulate the mad magician.


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