Superboy Vol 1 220



The Super Soldiers of the Slave-Makers


 * "He was a wily and wicked warlord, this Thargg..."
 * --Narrator

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 220 Month: October Year: 1976

Credits
Head Writer: Jim Shooter Cover Artists: Mike Grell Pencilers: Mike Grell Inkers: Bob Wiacek Editors: Jack Harris and Murray Boltinoff

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Superboy (Earth-One)
 * Legion of Super-Heroes
 * Element Lad
 * Lightning Lad
 * Mon-El
 * Phantom Girl
 * Ultra Boy
 * Wildfire


 * Dinda
 * Elgor
 * Pollor

Locations:
 * Murgador
 * Gondra


 * Thargg

Items:
 * Legion flight ring
 * LX-811 Legion star cruiser

First Appearances: Dinda (a slave leader); Elgor (a slave); Pollor (a slave) Final Appearances: Dinda; Elgor; Pollor

Synopsis: Answering a distress beacon, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes arrive on the planet, Murgador. They discover that a reptilian alien race known as the Thargg have enslaved Murgador’s indigenous populous and put them to work in the mines. The slave camp leader, Dinda, intercepts the Legion and pleads with them not to interfere. She explains that the Thargg have planted a bomb beneath the capital city of Gondra, and should anyone attempt to rebel against their leadership, the bomb will be detonated.

Superboy, Ultra Boy, Lightning Lad, Wildfire and Mon-El decide to address the Thargg directly, while Phantom Girl sneaks off to disarm the bomb on her own. They fight several Thargg warriors and gain an audience with the reigning warlord. Superboy keeps the warlord distracted, allowing Phantom Girl enough time to disarm the weapon. With the bomb no longer a threat, the Legion helps the miners to gain their freedom.

Dream Girl's Living Nightmare
Featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes

Credits
Head Writer: Cary Bates Pencilers: Mike Grell Inkers: Bob Wiacek Editors: Jack Harris and Murray Boltinoff

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Brainiac 5
 * Chameleon Boy
 * Dream Girl
 * Primor Nyrd Gordor

Locations:
 * Demros-II

Items:
 * Legion force field belt
 * LX-811 Legion star cruiser

First Appearances: Nyrd Gordor (Primor of Demros-II) Final Appearances: Nyrd Gordor

Synopsis: Brainiac 5, Dream Girl and Chameleon Boy are flying back towards Earth on a Legion space cruiser. Dream Girl has a dream wherein she sees Primor Nryd Gordor of Demros-II assassinated during a speech. Chameleon Boy takes it upon himself to fly to Demros-II and save the Primor. He takes on the Primor’s form and attempts to supplant him at the broadcasting station. Armed guards stop him however and he is horrified as he watches an assassin's death-ray cut the Primor down. As it turns out however, the dead man lying on the podium is not in fact the true Primor. A revolutionary had disguised himself as the Primor in order to manipulate the government, but factions loyal to the Primor took him down before he could cause any harm.

Trivia

 * The Legionnaire space cruisers visually resemble the Galaxy-class starships used by the Federation in the Star Trek mythos.

Recommended Readings

 * Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
 * Superboy (Volume 2)

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 * Thargg