Comic Title: Superboy #181
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1972
On Sale Date: November 25, 1971 Newsstand Date November 25, 1971
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #408, Page 46

Copyright Date November 25, 1971
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1972

Newsstand Date November 25, 1971
Source: Etcetera, V1 #9

Frequency: Monthly, (semi-monthly May)
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Six-Legged Legionnaire"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (of Earth-1)

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #355 (1967)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #100; next appearance in Adventure Comics #356)
• Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #353; next appearance in Adventure Comics #358)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #353; next appearance in Adventure Comics #359)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Adventure Comics #353; next appearance in Adventure Comics #358)
• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #137; next appearance in Adventure Comics #356)
• Dream Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #351; next appearance in Adventure Comics #356)
• Invisible Kid (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #100; next appearance in Inferior Five #2)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #100; next appearance in Adventure Comics #356)
• Bouncing Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #351; next appearance in Adventure Comics #359)

Guest Star(s)

• Lana Lang (as Insect Queen; last appearance in Superboy #137; next appearance in Superboy #139)

Villain(s)

• Oggar-Kon (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Several Smallville students (no further appearances)
• The people of Ice City (no further appearances)
• Two unnamed Legion applicants (no further appearances)

Comments:
Lana appears in this story as Insect Queen between Superboy #127 and Adventure Comics #369.

Synopsis:
Because Lana Lang refuses to watch when she catches Superboy switching to his secret identity, he rewards her by taking her to a Legion meeting. Changing to her costumed identity of Insect Queen, Lana tours 30th century Metropolis, and after meeting Dream Girl, decides to apply for Legion membership. Since her powers come from her bio-genetic ring, however, she is disqualified.

The Legionnaires are then summoned to Antarctica, where its Ice City is threatened by the ruthless criminal, Oggar-Kon. Despite Dream Girl's prediction that Lana will meet with tragedy if she changes into a moth maid, Lana comes along, and helps rescue the heroes when Oggar-Kon nearly defeats them. In the course of the battle Superboy is sprinkled with Green Kryptonite dust, and Lana changes to a Sphinx Moth to shake it off him. In the process, her bio-ring slips off her finger and is seemingly lost forever; thus, Lana is trapped in insect form.

After Oggar-Kon is captured by the others, the Legionnaires search for Lana's ring, until it finally turns up in the pouch of Superboy's cape. In gratitude for her assistance on this case, the Legionnaires vote Lana into the Legion Reserve.