Superman Vol 1 147
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I'm from the planet Saturn, where there has been no crime at all for centuries, and where everyone can perform amazing mental feats!. One day, when I traveled to Earth, I felt a sudden desire to outwit the law with my powers of super-hypnotism, and so I joined the Legion of Super-Villains! 
- -- Saturn Queen
Appearing in "The Great Mento"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Mento (Rocky Sneed) (First and only known appearance to date)
Other Characters:
- Several unnamed gang leaders
Locations:
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Great Mento"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Krypto Battles Titano"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Unnamed aliens
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- Kryptonite (Behind the scenes)
Vehicles:
- Alien space ships
Synopsis for "Krypto Battles Titano"
No synopsis written.
Appearing in "The Legion of Super-Villains"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Lex Luthor
- Legion of Super-Villains (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Lois Lane (as an illusion)
Locations:
Items:
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.
Trivia
- The cover to this issue is a pastiche of the cover to 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.
Related Articles
- 1961
- Superman image gallery
- Superman quotes page
- Superman's rogues gallery
- Legion of Super-Heroes image gallery
- Legion of Super-Villains image gallery
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Action Comics
- Superboy (Volume 1)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)
- Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
- World's Finest Comics
Links and References
- Superman article at Wikipedia
- Superman article at Supermanica
- Superman (Volume 1) series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Superman (Volume 1) series index at Comicbookdb.com
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