Adventure Comics #293

(February 1962)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Legion of Super-Traitors! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

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Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang, Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]; Jax-Ur (in the Phantom Zone); General Zod (in the Phantom Zone); Mon-El (in the Phantom Zone); two unnamed Phantom Zone prisoners; Legion of Super-Pets (first appearance) [Krypto; Streaky; Beppo the Super-Monkey; Comet the Super-Horse (first appearance)]; Brain Globes of Rambat

Synopsis

Super-Pets defeat Brain-Globes of Rambat.

Reprints

• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #147 (May-June 1968)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #495 (January 1983)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991 [January 1992])
• in Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition (DC, 2003 series) ([March] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([October] 2018)
• in Tails of the Super-Pets (DC, 2022 series) ([July] 2022)

Keywords

Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

1st Legion of Super-Pets; 3rd appearance Mon-El.

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Superman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ronald Glenn, David Clingman, Ed Platt, Nelson Bridwell (suggests Awkwardman) plus "Bits of Bizarro Business" from Bob Canter, Beverly Allen, Jerry Moore, Bill Molden, Marcus Phillips, Dan Weiler, Fred Bronson, Shirley F. Mack, Ira Greenblatt, Lee Cohen, Pam Fischer, Harvey Young, Diana Puccetti, Christine Varley, Tom Dobe, Bradley Wilmet, and Stephen Hurley.

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Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Two, please!

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Popcorn prevents hearing transistor radio.

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Action Comics; Superboy; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Good Deeds of Bizarro-Luthor! (Table of Contents: 7)

Bizarro / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

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Letters

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Feature Logo

Tales of the Bizarro World

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Bizarro-Luthor (introduction); Bizarro #1; Bizarro, Jr. #1; Bizarro-Krypto; Bizarro Emergency Squad; Lex Luthor; Bizarro Lois Lane; Htrae

Synopsis

Bizzaro-Luthor invents reverse "S" symbol for Bizarros.

Reprints

• in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #169 (February-March 1975)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #191 ([circa July 1975])
• in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) ([October] 2000)

Keywords

Bizarro Kandor; blue kryptonite; Fortress of Bizarro

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Bob Hughes; we previously credited George Klein.

Let Science Serve You! (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

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Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Frontier Cabin (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)