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Adventure Comics 319

ADVENTURE COMICS #319

Cover Date: April 1964
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1964-02-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: Part I: "The Legion's Suicide Squad!" (18 Pages)
Part II: "The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!"

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtJohn Forte
LetteringMilt Snapinn
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in flashback in Action Comics #309)
Legion of Super-Heroes:
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; last in issue #317; next in flashback in #343)
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox; last in issue #317)
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; last in issue #317)
Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; in between issues #317 and #321)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #125/3)
Element Lad (Jan Arrah; last in issue #317)
Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg; in between issues #317 and #321)
Light Lass (Ayla Ranzz; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #76; next in issue #322)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz)
Matter-Eater Lad (Tenzil Kem; next in issue #321)
Mon-El
Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo; in between issues #317 and #321)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #76)
Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; in between issues #317 and #321)
Star Boy (Thom Kallor; next in issue #321)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #76)
Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #76; next in issue #321)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Substitute Heroes
Chlorophyll Kid (Ral Benem; in between issues #315 and #322)
Fire Lad (Staq Mavlin; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in issue #322)
Night Girl (Lydda Jath; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in issue #322)
Polar Boy (Brek Bannin; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in issue #322)
Stone Boy (Dag Wentim; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in issue #331)

Villain(s):

Throonians (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Dr. James Bannon (first appearance; an archaeologist)
Tim Vare (first appearance; an interplanetary trader)
Science Police
inhabitants of an unidentified world (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Throon (first appearance)
two unidentified planets

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #44 (January 1984)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #3 (1993)
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 (reprint): "Superboy's Best Friend!" (8 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superboy Vol. 1 #77/3 (December 1959)


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