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Adventure Comics 293

ADVENTURE COMICS #293

Cover Date: February 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1961-12-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Legion of Super-Traitors!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes:
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; last in Action Comics #285; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; last in Action Comics #285; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in Action Comics #285; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152)
Legion of Super-Pets: (first appearance of team)
Super-Monkey (last in Action Comics #277/2; next in issue #313)
Comet (first appearance; last chronological appearance in Action Comics #301/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #157/3)
Krypto
Streaky (last in Action Comics #279/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #60/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent
Martha Kent
Lana Lang
Chief Parker (voice only; last in issue #290)

Villain(s):

Brain-Globes (four aliens; first appearance of all; also in flashback)
Phantom Zone Prisoners:
General Zod (Dru-Zod; last in flashback in issue #283; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #109/2)
Jax-Ur (last in issue #289; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #102/2)
two other unidentified prisoners

Guest Appearance(s):

Supergirl (last in Action Comics #301/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #157/3)

Other Character(s):

Mon-El (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #89; next in Action Comics #284)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813:
Krypton: (mentioned)
Space Sector 2814:
Earth:
Midvale
Smallville
Phobos
Unidentified Space Sector:
Asteroid Z (first appearance)
Rambat (first mentioned)
Phantom Zone

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #147/3 (May-June 1968)
Adventure Comics #495 (January 1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition ([January] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)


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Second Story: "The Good Deeds of Bizarro-Luthor!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Bizarro (last in Superman Vol. 1 #150; next in issue #294/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #285; next in World's Finest Comics #123)

Supporting Character(s):

Bizarro-Lois (last in Superman Vol. 1 #150; next in issue #294/2)
Bizarro-Junior No. 1 (in between issues #292/2 and #295/2)
Bizarro-Krypto (last in Superman Vol. 1 #150; next in issue #294/2)
Bizarro-Luthor (first appearance)
Bizarro Emergency Squad (first appearance)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (in between Action Comics #285 and #286/2)
a gang of bank robbers (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Bizarros
Bizarro-Kandorians (first appearance)
Danny (a young boy; first appearance)
his father (first appearance)
a distraught businessman (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482
Bizarro World
Fortress uv Bizarro
Bizarro-Kandor City (first appearance)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Unidentified Space Sector
Exile Planet (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #169/6 (February-March 1975)
Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World ([September] 2000)


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