Adventure Comics #308

(May 1963)

Countdown on Excellence (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Jerry; Jerry's father

Synopsis:

Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.

Indexer Notes

Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.

The Super-Menace of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn; Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Luthor; the Kents; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Chief Parker

Synopsis:

Luthor plagues Smallville with a Red Kryptonite palgue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tricksy / 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:

Tricksy

Synopsis:

Tricksy, a high-wire artist, can't find an empty bunk, so he goes to sleep on the high wire.

The Return of Lightning Lad! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lass [as Lightning Lad]; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Lightning Lad (in flashback and lying in state); Shrinking Violet; Supergirl; Brainiac 5]; Proty

Synopsis:

Lightning Lad's sister impersonates her dead brother and joins the Legion.

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) #92 ([April 1975])
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500 (June 1983)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 (1992)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Intro Proty, Lightning Lass; Lightning Beasts of Korball app; Lightning Lad's body app.