Adventure Comics (1938 series) (DC) #319

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Volume:: ?
Price:: 0.12 USD
Pages:: 36
Indicia frequency:: ?
Indicia Publisher:: ?
Brand:: ?

Editing:: Mort Weisinger

Format:: Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

Issue Notes:: last Smallville Mailbag

Sequence 0

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	0	0
Title	The Legion's Suicide Squad!	The Legion's Suicide Squad!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	cover	cover
Feature	Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes	Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script
No Script	X	X
Pencils	Curt Swan	Curt Swan
No Pencils
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff	Sheldon Moldoff
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	Ira Schnapp	Ira Schnapp
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Star Boy]	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Star Boy]
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #3	in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #3
Notes	last Smallville Mailbag
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Sequence 1

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	1	1
Title	The Golden Rule!	The Golden Rule!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	public service announcement	public service announcement
Feature	Bob Hope [public service page]	Bob Hope
Genre
Job Number
Script	Jack Schiff	Jack Schiff
No Script
Pencils	Bob Oksner	Bob Oksner
No Pencils
Inks	Bob Oksner	Bob Oksner
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	Ira Schnapp	Ira Schnapp
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Bob Hope	Bob Hope
Synopsis	The Golden Rule is universal	The Golden Rule is universal
Reprint Notes
Notes	inside front cover	inside front cover
Keywords
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Sequence 2

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	2	2
Title	Part I: The Legion's Suicide Squad!	Part I: The Legion's Suicide Squad!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes	Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	Edmond Hamilton	Edmond Hamilton
No Script
Pencils	John Forte	John Forte
No Pencils
Inks	John Forte	John Forte
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing	Mort Weisinger	Mort Weisinger
No Editing
Page Count	9	9
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]	Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]
Synopsis	Isolationist planet Throon builds a citadel to keep others away and uses a ray to disable all passing spaceships. The first Legion team selected to take out the ray meets their defeat.	Isolationist planet Throon builds a citadel to keep others away and uses a ray to disable all passing spaceships. The first Legion team selected to take out the ray meets their defeat.
Reprint Notes	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #44 in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #3	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #44 in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #3
Notes
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Sequence 3

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	3	3
Title	Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!	Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes	Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	Edmond Hamilton	Edmond Hamilton
No Script
Pencils	John Forte	John Forte
No Pencils
Inks	John Forte	John Forte
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	Milton Snapinn (splash only); ?	Milton Snapinn (splash only); ?
No Letters
Editing	Mort Weisinger	Mort Weisinger
No Editing
Page Count	9	9
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Stone Boy; Night Girl]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Light Lass; Mon-El; Lightning Lad]	Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Stone Boy; Night Girl]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Light Lass; Mon-El; Lightning Lad]
Synopsis	The next two teams of Legionnaires also fail, but the Subs are able to put an end to the menace of Throon.	The next two teams of Legionnaires also fail, but the Subs are able to put an end to the menace of Throon.
Reprint Notes	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #44 in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #3	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #44 in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #3
Notes
Keywords
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Sequence 4

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	4	4
Title	Superboy's Best Friend	Superboy's Best Friend
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Superboy	Superboy
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	Robert Bernstein	Robert Bernstein
No Script
Pencils	George Papp	George Papp
No Pencils
Inks	George Papp	George Papp
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing	Mort Weisinger	Mort Weisinger
No Editing
Page Count	9	9
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Superboy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Jack; Freddy Shaw (intro, dies); Freddy Shaw robot; Mr. Gray (a teacher); Dr. Kenyon; Joe Shaw; Rick Farrow	Superboy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Jack; Freddy Shaw (intro, dies); Freddy Shaw robot; Mr. Gray (a teacher); Dr. Kenyon; Joe Shaw; Rick Farrow
Synopsis	Freddy Shaw becomes Clark Kent's best friend and is let in on his secret identity as Superboy. Freddy proceeds to blab to his ex-convict half-brother Joe and his buddy Rick Farrow and finally in his last few hours to anyone who was close to his death bed. All of Freddy's blabbing was caused by his brain fever delirium.	Freddy Shaw becomes Clark Kent's best friend and is let in on his secret identity as Superboy. Freddy proceeds to blab to his ex-convict half-brother Joe and his buddy Rick Farrow and finally in his last few hours to anyone who was close to his death bed. All of Freddy's blabbing was caused by his brain fever delirium.
Reprint Notes	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #77 (December 1959).	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #77 (December 1959).
Notes	A "Hall of Fame Classic". Writer was listed as Leo Dorfman, but the original had Robert Bernstein; confirmed by Bob Hughes that Bernstein is the author (2009-01-03 by Allen Ross).	A "Hall of Fame Classic". Writer was listed as Leo Dorfman, but the original had Robert Bernstein; confirmed by Bob Hughes that Bernstein is the author (2009-01-03 by Allen Ross).
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Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
R. J. Roper	Editing	2011-06-11 00:34:39	Available	Editing
R. J. Roper		2011-06-11 00:35:17	Editing	Pending Review
Juan Francisco González Fuentes		2011-06-12 02:35:00	Pending Review	Under Review
Juan Francisco González Fuentes		2011-06-12 02:41:11	Under Review	Approved

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