Adventure Comics #333

(June 1965)

Happy Hobby Time! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superboy; Frank

Synopsis

Superboy teaches kids about hobbies and crafts.

Indexer Notes

Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover. Credits from a list by Lionel English.

Part I: The War Between Krypton and Earth! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Superboy; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Triplicate Girl]; Zat-El; Leta Lal

Synopsis

The Legionnaires travel to the past to find out the story behind an ancient artifact which refers to a war between Earth and Krypton. The half that goes to Earth's past finds space travelers colonizing ancient Atlantis; the other half accompanies a group of Kryptonians who leave anti-scientific Krypton for Earth.

Reprints

• in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #2 (March 1973)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #87 ([June 1974] ?)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #64 (September 1985)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #4 ([May] 1994)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([August] 2018)

Indexer Notes

DC credits this story to Edmond Hamilton in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #4 and Bob Hughes confirms the identification. We formerly had credited this story to Jerry Siegel.

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G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Johnny Gets His Own Monster Koach! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

AMT Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Part II: The Civil War of the Legion! (Table of Contents: 7)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Feature Logo

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Star Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Element Lad; Mon-El]; Zat-El; Leta Lal; Jhor Lal

Synopsis

While the Atlanteans and Kryptonians fight, Brainiac 5 discovers why Earth's air irritates the Atlanteans and helps them adapt to life under the sea. Later, back in the future, Superboy finds more artifacts that explain what happened to the Kryptonians.

Reprints

• in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #2 (March 1973)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #87 ([June 1974] ?)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #64 (September 1985)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #4 ([May] 1994)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([August] 2018)

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Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eugene Twilleger, Timothy Loan, Ned Snively, Denis O'Sullivan, Tony Swanson, and Jerry Weissman.

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Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Spoiled Superboy! (Table of Contents: 11)

Superboy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #79 (March 1960)

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80 Page Giant; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This picture is fine...

Genre

humor

Characters

Captain; Jenkins

Synopsis

Jenkins takes his paint-by-number hobby too far.

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Lucky Charms / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

10 Issues of Adventure for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

100 Magnets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)