Unofficial Adventure Comics Index

ADVENTURE COMICS #309

Cover Date: June 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-04-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: "The Legion of Super-Monsters! Part I" (17 Pages) Part II: "The Legion's Super-Showdown!"

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Art	John Forte
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes:

Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine)

Brainiac 5 (Qurel Dox)

Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle)

Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; last in issue #307/2)

Mon-El

Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen)

Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna)

Ultra Boy (Jo Nah; last in issue #304/2)

Villain(s):

Jungle King (first appearance; also in flashback; also named Monster Master; dies)

Legion of Super-Monsters: (first appearance of all)

Drill Beast (also named "The Driller")

Earthquake Beast

Eye-Monster

Mirror Monster

Omnibeast

Other Character(s):

Rainbow Girl (Dori Aandraison; first appearance; next in Action Comics #862)

Gas Creature (first appearance)

Super-Spinner Beast (first appearance)

Dez-Nu (father of Jungle King; first appearance; in flashback)

citizens of Sky City

staff of the Space Bank

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superboy (pictured on a map of the universe)

Legion of Super-Heroes:

Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; pictured on a map of the universe)

Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg; pictured on a map of the universe)

Matter-Eater Lad (Tenzel Kem; pictured on a map of the universe)

Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; pictured on a map of the universe)

Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo; pictured on a map of the universe)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:

Earth:

Metropolis:

Legion Headquarters

Unidentified Space Sector(s):

Althar (first mentioned)

Inshar (first appearance)

Korr (first appearance)

Sky City

Monster World (first appearance)

Xolnar (first mentioned)

unidentified planet (protected by Colossal Boy)

unidentified planet (used as a temporary hideout for the Legion of Super-Monsters; first appearance)

Space Bank

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #500 (June 1983)

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 (1992)

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 Fake Superboy from Krypton!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Papp
Lettering	Joe Letterese
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (also poses as Dirk Jagger; in between Superboy Vol. 1 #105/3 and #106)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #105/3 and #106)

Villain(s):

Blackie Burke (first appearance; an ex-convict who believes Superboy is Clark Kent)

Other Character(s):

Phineas Potter (poses as Hugo Stanton; last in issue #300; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #111)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (as a statue)

Lara Jor-El (as a statue)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813:

Krypton: (sculpture)

Scarlet Jungle (mentioned; said to be 982 square miles / 600,000 sesatrons)

Space Sector 2814:

Earth:

Metropolis

Smallville

Comment(s):

This story takes place on April 17th.

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