Adventure Comics
#305
(February 1963)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-12-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #39 and copyright registration.
Clark Kent, He-Man!
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
[no title indexed]
The World of Dinosaurs / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing book about prehistoric animals
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Clark Kent, He-Man!
Superboy / comic story / 14 pages
- 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]
Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coming... super-attractions!
- Genre
- superhero
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
- 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, and Abraham Lobsenz.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Strange Sports Stories is the most exciting...
- Genre
- sports
Indexer Notes
house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC 1955 series) #46
Health Myths Debunked!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- 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!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11.67 pages
- 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-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 [January 1992])
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007) [black and white]
- 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)
-
Indexer Notes
"Super-Monsters" app; Mon-El leaves Phantom Zone permanently; a newspaper headline announces the re-election of John F. Kennedy
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your eyes may play tricks.... but not your taste!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sarge, I caught 'Fingers' Freddie...
- 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]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Jack Liebowitz
- 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.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
150 Civil War Soldiers!
150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Clark Kent, He-Man!
Superboy -
1.
["Amazing book about prehistoric animals"]
The World of Dinosaurs -
2.
Clark Kent, He-Man!
Superboy -
3.
["Coming... super-attractions!"]
Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen -
4.
207 Stamps
Zenith Stamps -
5.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
6.
["Strange Sports Stories is the most exciting..."]
The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories -
7.
Health Myths Debunked!
-
8.
The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
9.
["Your eyes may play tricks.... but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
10.
["Sarge, I caught 'Fingers' Freddie..."]
Casey the Cop -
11.
[no title indexed]
-
12.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
13.
150 Civil War Soldiers!
150 Civil War Soldiers -
14.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
American Body Building Club -
15.
104 Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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