Adventure Comics #300

(September 1962)

The Super-Planet of Clark Kent and Lana Lang (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?; Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Lana Lang

Synopsis:

Lana and Clark are accidentally transported to a strange world where Clark must make her think they both have superpowers in order to prevent her from guessing he's Superboy

Reprints:

• in Superboy (Se-Bladene, 1967 series) #12/1967 (December 1967)

["Melissa, will you marry me?"] (Table of Contents)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Varsity Vic

Synopsis:

Vic asks Melissa to marry him so he can feel what it's like to lose a million dollars.

Reprints:

• from Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (DC, 1952 series) #19 (February 1955)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger [as Ed.]

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Superboy; Krypto

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Larry Eaton, Steven Gendler, Ned Snively, Amy Bloom, Larry Leichter, Grace DiGangi, Gary Inge, Myrt Gallagher.

Krypton, the World Where Superman Was Born, Lives Again! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan; Wayne Boring

Inks:

George Klein; Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Superboy; Jimmy Olsen; Futuro; Krypto; Jor-El; Lara; Super-Monkey; Klax-Ar

Synopsis:

House ad for Superman Annual #5.

["Oh, oh - here comes Willie."] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Little Pete

Synopsis:

Pete loses his ice cream to Willie's dog.

Indexer Notes

Title changed to first line of dialog of facilitate reprint tracking. (Gene Reed, 7/15/2011)

The Face Behind the Lead Mask! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte; Al Plastino (page 4 and some Superboy and Luthor heads only)

Inks:

John Forte; Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Superboy; Chameleon Boy (statue); Bouncing Boy (statue); Shrinking Violet (statue); Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg] (statue)]; Lex Luthor; Urthlo; Mon-El

Synopsis:

At a regular meeting of the Legion of Super-Heroes, the Legionnaires lose control of their powers. Urthlo arrives and announces that he now controls the Legionnaires' powers and there is nothing they can do about it. But Saturn Girl comes up with a serum to temporarily cure Mon-El and immunize him against lead, and Superboy releases him from the Phantom Zone to knock out Urthlo, who turns out to be an automaton created by Lex Luthor sent into the future to destroy the Legion.

Reprints:

• in Superboy (Se-Bladene, 1967 series) #12/1967 (December 1967)
which is reprinted
• in Superboy (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #6/1970 (June 1970)
• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #377 (June 1969)
• in Superboy (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #6/1970 (June 1970)
which is reprinted
• in Superboy (Se-Bladene, 1967 series) #12/1967 (December 1967)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #146 (Circa October 1971)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #497 (March 1983)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([June] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Beginning of first regular Legion series. Mon-El becomes a member of the Legion in this story.

["It was a beautiful drive out in the country, Jerry!"] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Jerry the Jitterbug

Synopsis:

Jerry takes Jane for dinner, but it's a cheap place.

Reprints:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #16 (September-October 1951)

Indexer Notes

Title changed to first line of dialog to facilitate reprint tracking. (Gene Reed, 7/15/2011)