Adventure Comics #319

(April 1964)

The Golden Rule! (Table of Contents)

Bob Hope / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Characters:

Bob Hope

Synopsis:

The Golden Rule is universal

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Part I: The Legion's Suicide Squad! (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:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

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 (1993)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)

Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes! (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 (splash only); ?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

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 (1993)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)

Superboy's Best Friend (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Content Information

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". Writer was listed as Leo Dorfman, but the original had Robert Bernstein; confirmed by Bob Hughes that Bernstein is the author (2009-01-03 by Allen Ross).