Superboy 197 Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes

This is the first post for my new blog and I want to start off with the frist issue of Superboy that has the Legion as the Main feature. Superboy 197, Cover date Sept 1973, Story title "Timber Wolf Dead hero Live executioner!" Script by Cary Bates and art by Dave Cockrum.  The story starts in Smallville, it is spring some time in the mid 20th century. Clark Kent on a date with very sexy looking Lana Lang, gets a summons from Legion of Super-Heroes of the 30th century. Using gravity and heat vision, Clark knocks out his date and changes into Superboy. The Teen of Steel propels himself into the timestreem and exits into 30th century Metropolis, landing at legion headquaters Superboy is shocked to see a Legionnaire he thought dead, Brin Londo Timber Wolf. (More on that later). They are quickly surrounded by other members of the Legion, most in New or fairly new costumes.
   Timber Wolf recaps his death and return. "I mysteriously found myself on earth again." He told Superboy.    What, sorry to interup the story but a hero dies and returns under mysterious circumstances I would suspect some sort of trap.  Okay back to the Plot. Light years away an unknown ship is travling towards earth and an unseen foe rejoices in his plan for the Legion's downfall. On Earth  Legion leader Mon-El watches Timber Wolf via Surveillance in the viewing room. The Next day the President of Earth arrives to give T-Wolf the Valor Star. Out of the blue Timber Wold cannot fight the urge to kill the President. After a chase in mid air Superboy saves the President and Mon-el captures a crazed Timber Wolf with his cape. Brainiac-5 cures Timber wolf the next day in the Mento-Rehabilitation Room. After his treatment T-Wolf remembers something from his 6 month long absence, A hazy shape that was reponsible for the asteroid explosion. Thinking the wolf is free from control Superboy leaves to return to his own time and a groggy Lana Lang. That night when the citadel is a sleep a still mind controled Timber Wolf sneaks out of his quarters and activates a self destruct switch in the Central Control complex. A Pink clad Saturn Girl spots him and is about to stop him when she is blasted by Tyr a self named scrouged of his own galaxy. While Tyr explains his plot to Saturn Girl an unbrainwashed Timber Wolf talckes him and them disarms the self destruct device. Tyr gun hand escapes and plots the rescure of his master, The end.
   Wow where to begin this was an exciting adventure but it was also wonky. First off time travel, Superboy did not have to knock Lana out he could of finshed his date and arrived in the future any time he wanted. This is not the first example of Superboy not understanding time travel and nor will it be the last. Next Timber Wolf is dead and then alive and is with out his memory of the last 6 months and nobody thinks to have Brainiac-5 give him a brain scan until after he tries to kill the President. My other nitpick is the self destruct switch in the floor of the headquarters, WTF.  But all that aside I loved this issue, I started collecting the legion in the seventies and love this time line of the legion. 
             ROOMS IN THE CLUB HOUSE
This issue we see.

1. The courtyard
2. The viewing room
3. The Mento-Rehabilitation Room
4. Timber Wolf's Quarters
5. The Central Control Complex

Firsts

1. Timber Wolfs new costume and more animalistic face.
2. Lightning Lad new costume.
3. The Valor-Star.
4. President of Earth (this looks like a different one than in other adventures.)
5. 1st app of Tyr.

Roll Call
not counting members only seen in back round

1. Superboy
2. Timber Wolf
3. Mon-El
4. Lightning Lad
5. Brainiac-5
6. Saturn Girl

Okay that is it for this time I am skiping the Superboy back up story, next time Member Profile on Timber Wolf.