Adventure Comics
#319
(April 1964)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-02-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #76 and copyright registration.
The Legion's Suicide Squad!
Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Star Boy]
- Reprints
-
in Lançamento (2ª Série) [A Legião dos Super-Heróis] (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1968 series) #38 -
in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3 ([October] 1993) - in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
-
The Golden Rule
Bob Hope / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; advocacy
- Characters
- Bob Hope
- Synopsis
- The Golden Rule is universal.
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
The Legion's Suicide Squad! Part I
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]
- Synopsis
- Isolationist planet Throon builds a citadel to keep others away and uses a ray to disable all passing spaceships. The first Legion team selected to take out the ray meets their defeat.
- Reprints
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #44 (January 1984)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3 ([October] 1993)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
-
[The Legion's Suicide Squad! ] Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- John Forte
- Inks
- John Forte
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn (splash only); ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Stone Boy; Night Girl]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Light Lass; Mon-El; Lightning Lad]
- Synopsis
- The next two teams of Legionnaires also fail, but the Subs are able to put an end to the menace of Throon.
- Reprints
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #44 (January 1984)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3 ([October] 1993)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
-
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Jack Darrow, Marion Forman, Bobby Waldon, and Sharon Ruben. Last Smallville Mailsack; becomes The Legion Outpost with the following issue.
[no title indexed]
World's Finest Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Superboy's Best Friend!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Jack; Freddy Shaw (intro, dies); Freddy Shaw robot; Mr. Gray (a teacher); Dr. Kenyon; Joe Shaw; Rick Farrow
- Synopsis
- Freddy Shaw becomes Clark Kent's best friend and is let in on his secret identity as Superboy. Freddy proceeds to blab to his ex-convict half-brother Joe and his buddy Rick Farrow and finally in his last few hours to anyone who was close to his death bed. All of Freddy's blabbing was caused by his brain fever delirium.
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #77 (December 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
A "Hall of Fame Classic." Script credit confirmed by Bob Hughes. We previously credited Leo Dorfman and, before that, Bernstein.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Legion's Suicide Squad!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
The Golden Rule
Bob Hope -
2.
The Legion's Suicide Squad! Part I
Legion of Super-Heroes -
3.
["Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."]
-
4.
[The Legion's Suicide Squad! ] Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
5.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
6.
["Coming... super-attractions!"]
World's Finest Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Action Comics -
7.
["Fight global air battles with planes of all nations"]
116 Planes of All Nations -
8.
["208 different world-wide stamps..."]
Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties -
9.
Superboy's Best Friend!
Superboy -
10.
Blast Off
Blast Off -
11.
Task Force
Task Force -
12.
100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set
100 Toy Soldiers -
13.
["Brother, can you spare a dime..."]
American Body Building Club -
14.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
- Daniel Thingvold
- Andrew S. Troth
- Jim Van Dore
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