Adventure Comics #317

(February 1964)

Part I: The Menace of Dream Girl! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte (signed)

Inks:

John Forte (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lass; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl; Bouncing Boy]; Dream Girl

Synopsis:

Dream Girl joins the Legion and insists Lightning Lass be expelled when she loses her powers and demands Triplicate Girl be court-martialled for accusing her of causing Lightning Lass to lose her power.

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #502 [Direct] (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)

Indexer Notes

intro Dream Girl, first mention of Time Trapper, first app the Iron Curtain of Time

["Look at that turtle dressed like Superman"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; funny animals; superhero

Characters:

Super-Turtle

Synopsis:

Super-Turtle confronts bank robbers who laugh at a turtle dressed like Superman. They shoot at him, but keep missing. Super-Turtle is discouraged that crooks will never realize he is invincible unless they can hit him, so the next time he encounters bank robbers, he puts a bullseye on his belly.

["He's lying on a bed of spikes!"] (Table of Contents)

Moolah the Mystic / 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:

Moolah the Mystic

Synopsis:

Moolah, who lies on nails and eats fire, stays away from the beach because he gets a sunburn.

Reprints:

• from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #18 (November-December 1957)

Part II: The Doom of the Legion! (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 [Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass]; Dream Girl

Synopsis:

Even more Legionnaires are expelled before Dream Girl reveals to Star Boy that it was all a plot to prevent their deaths. Star Boy explains what she really foresaw and Dream Girl leaves the team to perfect her power.

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #502 [Direct] (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)

Indexer Notes

Lightning Lass becomes Light Lass

The Shrinking of Superboy (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Sikela

Inks:

John Sikela

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Lana Lang; Prof Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Reprints:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #61 (December 1957)

Indexer Notes

Caption in splash panel has been rewritten to reference the "Hall of Fame" reprints that being in this issue.