Cover Dated Oct 1976, Cover Price .30 cents. Art: Mike Grell & Bob Wiacek Story: Jim Shooter.
The Legion is called to the Planet Murgador whose inhabitants are slaves of the planet Tharrg. Coming to free them the Legion are attacked by the people of Murgador, who tell the Legion to leave. The leader of the slave group tells the team that there is bomb at the core of the planet that will go off if they rebel. The heroes go back to the ship and talk about what to do, but Phantom Girl takes matter into her own hands and slips through the ship and into the planet. The rest of the team blasts towards Tharrg. The whole planet is one big Military installation. They are attacked and fight their way to the Citadel's throne room. While the Tharrg leader talks the team see Phantom Girl on the screen approaching the bomb. The Slave master tells the team that they will have to obey him or he will blow up Murgador. Dinda the leader of the slaves calls one of the underlings on Tharrg to warn them that the Legion is trying to free Murgador. The underling goes to tell his master and is hit into silence by Superboy. At the same time Phantom Girl is trying to disarm the bomb, see makes her hand immaterial and goes into the bomb but activates an alarm. She grabs wires and pulls. Back on Tharrg the alarm goes off and Superboy ties to reach the switch but the Slaver pushes it and the screen goes off. Ultra Boy loses his cools and attacks the Leader but Mon-El and Superboy pull him off. As they try to calm Ultra Boy down Superboy's belt alarm goes off and he takes off to Murgador. He returns moments later with Phantom Girl in his arm. Superboy explains that when Phantom Girl pulled the wire she turned off the monitor as well as the bomb. After they dismantled Thargg's military they return to Murgador and tell Dinda they are free, She apologies for trying to ruin their plan and the team head back to the ship and go off into space.
Roll Call:
- Superboy
- Mon-El
- Wildfire
- Lightning Lad
- Ultra Boy
- Phantom Girl
- Element Lad
- Wildfire is hit with a brick.
- Cool Thunder clap from Lightning Lad.
- Phantom Girl slips through the ship.
- The Legion kick ass.
- Superboy slaps a Lizard bitch.
- Ultra Boy loses his shit.
- Phantom Girl and Ultra Boy reunite and go looking for some soft light and Barry White.
Good issue not much happens but they all can't be a 12 page fight, but next issue we get the debut of an awesome villain.
Next time the 2nd story from this issue.
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