Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes #55
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: Holiday 1988
On Sale Date: October 18, 1988 Shipping Date October 18, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #9

Shipping Date October 20, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #150

Copyright Date November 8, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "Different Paths"
Pages: 27

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Paul Levitz
Plotter/Penciller: Keith Giffen
Penciller: Ernie Colon
Penciller: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Penciller: Erik J. Larsen
Inker: Alan Gordon
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #56)
• Blok (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #56)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #51; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #62)
• Dream Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #63)
• Polar Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #56)
• White Witch (last appearance in Wanderers #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #63)

Supporting Character(s)

• Atmos (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #63)
• Star Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #40; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #63)

Villain(s)

• The Inquisitor (next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #56)
• A short blue man (revealed to be in the employ of the Inquisitor; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #56)

Other Character(s)

• Harlak (a Khundian student on Sorcerers' World; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #63)
• Sarvisa (a sorcerer; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #57)
• Star (an instructor on Sorcerers' World; no further appearances)
• The inhabitants of Sorcerers' World (no further appearances)
• The Coluan Council of the Revolt (no further appearances)
• Vrajj Xan (a Coluan friend of Brainiac 5; no further appearances)
• Aleza Shari (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4; no further appearances)
• The Tribune of Xanthu (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #28; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Mordru (in flashback)
• Superman (in Brainiac 5's thoughts)
• Infinite Man (in Brainiac 5's thoughts)
• Chameleon Boy (in Dream Girl's thoughts)
• Colossal Boy (in Dream Girl's thoughts)
• Dawnstar (in Dream Girl's thoughts)
• Element Lad (in Dream Girl's thoughts)
• Invisible Kid (in Dream Girl's thoughts)
• Timber Wolf (in Dream Girl's thoughts)
• Ultra Boy (in Blok's thoughts)
• Wildfire (in Blok's thoughts)
• League of Super-Assassins (in flashback)
• Mist Master (in flashback)
• Neutrax (in flashback)
• Lazon (in flashback)
• Silver Slasher (in flashback)
• Titania (in flashback)

Synopsis:
Polar Boy attempts to locate several of the missing members of the Legion. The White Witch has returned to Sorcerers' World where she agree to teach a young Khund boy. She sends a mage named Sarvisa to carry a message back to Earth.

On Colu, Brainiac 5 attempts to begin experiments in time travel. He is met with resistance from the Coluan Council of the Revolt who have banned such research.

Dream Girl has joined Atmos on his return to Xanthu. The return creates friction with Xanthu's resident hero Star Boy who elects to leave. Dream Girl is still unclear on her own motives for staying with Atmos.

Finally Blok has become an unwitting prisoner of the Inquisitor, who is seeking silicon-based life forms.