Adventure Comics #316

(January 1964)

You Get What You Vote For! (Table of Contents)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; teen

Characters:

Joe; Buzzy Brown; Mr. Brown

Synopsis:

Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote.

Indexer Notes

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

Part I: The Renegade Super-Hero! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy, Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass]

Synopsis:

When Ultra Boy appears to be an escaped convict, he is expelled from the Legion and has to flee the planet.

Reprints:

• in Super Heroes Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #13 ([Circa 1978-1980])
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #502 (August 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)

[Smallville Mailsack] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Christy Ortega, Charles Massoglia, Lon Mitchell, Barney Palmatier, L. Taylor, Robert Block and Lynn Thompson.

Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Invisible Kid; Bouncing Boy]

Synopsis:

Ultra Boy reveals that his faked criminal past was a ploy to infiltrate and lure a pirate band into custody.

Reprints:

• in Super Heroes Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #13 ([Circa 1978-1980])
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #502 (August 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)

["This new baby elephant just arrived from Africa"] (Table of Contents)

Super-Turtle / filler / 0.6 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters:

Super-Turtle

Synopsis:

When a new baby elephant at the zoo won't eat because it misses his mother, Super-Turtle flies back and forth from Africa bringing all the elephants to the zoo so the baby can pick out its mother.

The Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents)

The Legion of Super-Heroes / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Phantom Girl; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lightning Lass; Star Boy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Proty II; Element Lad; Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen], Super-Pets [Krypto; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Super-Horse [Comet]; Streaky]

Synopsis:

Illustrations of Legionnaires in action.

Reprints:

• from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 (1961) [pages 1 and 2 with alterations]
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #365 (February 1968) [pp. 3-4, with alterations]
which is reprinted
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #5 (1994)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 (2008)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #57 (February 1985)
• 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

The first two pages are reprinted, but the last two pages are new.

Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

The Legion of Super-Heroes / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

Home planets and origins of the Legionnaires that were shown in the previous illustration pages, serving as a key to them.

Reprints:

• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 (1992) [reformatted]

["Now, Tommy, I want you to do at least an hour's homework while I'm gone!"] (Table of Contents)

Cinema Antics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cinema Antics; Tommy

Synopsis:

Tommy goes to see "Treasure Island" instead of reading the book for a book report.