Story: "Here A Villain, There A Villain..." (24 Pages)

Credits:

Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen (plot)
Paul Levitz (script)
Keith Giffen (pencils)
Larry Mahlstedt (inks)
John Contanza (letters)
Carl Gafford (colors)
Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Characters: Mon-El
Chameleon Boy
Shadow Lass
Ultra Boy
Timber Wolf
Colossal Boy
Shrinking Violet
Dream Girl
Star Boy (all nine last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #313)

Supporting Characters:

Ayla Ranzz (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #300)
Yera Allon (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #312)
Computo (last seen in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #313)
President Marte Allon (last seen in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #313; resigns as President of Earth behind the scenes)

Villains:

Nemesis Kid (last in Karate Kid #1; behind the scenes as the leader of the new Legion of Super-Villains, as revealed in #3)
Lightning Lord (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #302)
Micro Lad (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #305)
Sun Emperor (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #309)
Cosmic King (last in Adventure Comics #331)
Ol-Vir (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #294)
Radiation Roy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #208)
Silver Slasher (last in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
Zymyr (first appearance; a native of Gil'dishpan, as revealed in #2, where he is actually seen for the first time)
Esper Lass
Magno Lad (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #212)
the Hunter (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #179)
Lazon
Titania II
Neutrax
Mist Master (latter four last in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
Tyr (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #199)
Ron-Karr (last appearance in Adventure Comics #372)
Chameleon Chief
Spider Girl (both last in Superboy Vol. 1 #208); latter eleven characters behind the scenes only, as revealed in the letters page of Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 2 #3; all of the above villains team together as the new Legion of Super-Villains, under the leadership of Nemesis Kid, for the first time in this story)
Various Takron-Galtos inmates

Other Characters:

Sara (a friend of Ayla's)
Bili, and an unnamed kid (first and only appearance of all three)
M.W. (first appearance; a private investigator; revealed to be a distant relative of Bruce Wayne in #7, his next appearance)