Adventure Comics #305

(February 1963)

Clark Kent, He-Man! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Chameleon Boy; Joe Moss; Bud Corwin; Jeff Craig

Synopsis:

The Kents move to Rail City, so Clark won't have to act timid and meek.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils:

George Papp ? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Paul Gambaccini; Ron Wenkart; Lee A. Litch; Doug Seelye; Susan Kaghan; Tilson van Broeck; Marie Rogers; Wayne Stodge; Abraham Lobsenz

Strange Sports Stories Is the Most... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC 1955 series) #46

Health Myths Debunked! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

How to treat frostbite, a black eye, and does cutting your hair make it grow faster?

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated May 1966.

The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El [as Marvel Lad, the Legionnaire Lemon]; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Superboy (in flashback)]

Synopsis:

In tryouts to replace the fallen Lightning Lad, Marvel Lad wows the Legionnaires, who reveals he is Mon-El, now cured by Brainiac 5.

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #403 (March 1971)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G81 (March-April 1971)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #91 ([February 1975] ?)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500 (June 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) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

"Super-Monsters" app; Mon-El leaves Phantom Zone permanently; a newspaper headline announces the re-election of John F. Kennedy

["Sarge, I caught 'Fingers' Freddie..."] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Casey the Cop

Synopsis:

Casey puts boxing gloves on a criminal who's handcuffed so the prisoner can't pick the lock on the handcuffs.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1962
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 415,000
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld; Irwin Donenfeld; Sonia Iger; J.S. Liebowitz; P.H. Sampliner, S.U. Sampliner, Harry Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.