Adventure Comics #315

(December 1963)

Part I: The Legionnaire's Super-Contest! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese (splash only); ?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]

Synopsis:

The Legion of Super-Heroes finds out about the Subs, and hold a contest to induct the winner into the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #501 [Direct] (July 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

Legion of Substitute Heroes app. Bouncing Boy misidentified as Bouncing Girl in Roll Call

Your Free Trip Around the World! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

an old sea captain; two boys

Synopsis:

The public library can take its patrons on journeys around the world and beyond, as shown by the captain after telling the boys some tales.

Indexer Notes

A list by Lionel English also gives the penciller and inker as "Morris Waldinger" in one of the issues this PSA appears in. Creator credits from a list by Lionel English.

Part II: The Winner of the Super-Tests! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7.67 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 [Superboy; Saturn Girl, Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]

Synopsis:

Stone Boy wins the contest, but decides to stay with the Subs.

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #501 [Direct] (July 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

Legion of Substitute Heroes app.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from E. Nelson Bridwell

The Titanic Boy of Steel! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 9 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; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Colossal Boy; red kryptonite

Synopsis:

Red K makes Superboy giant size

Indexer Notes

last new Superboy story in Adventure Comics during the Legion's run