Adventure Comics
#306
(March 1963)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-01-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Runaway Town!
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Safety First -- All Year!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The 5th Dimensional High-School!
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Chief Parker; Pete Ross; Miss Schmidt; Mxyzptlk; Ququrlz
- Synopsis
- Mxyzptlk plays pranks on Smallville in order to do well in his 5th dimensional practical joking class
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Zrfff
in [no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Mike Nolan, Peter Mirkel, A. C. Haeger, Edward Morse, Elsa O'Donnell, Oscar Disney, Mille Carbone, and Adam Osserman.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's the first day I'm wearing my new uniform.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
- Synopsis
- When it begins to rain Casey pauses from chasing a crook to buy an umbrella.
[no title indexed]
Superboy; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
The Legion of Substitute Heroes!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 14 pages
- Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Bouncing Boy [Charles Foster Taine]; Colossal Boy [Gim Allon]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Lad [Brek Bannin]; Night Girl [Lydda Jath]; Stone Boy [Dag Wentim]; Fire Lad [Staq Mavlen]; Chlorophyll Kid [Ral Benem]]
- Synopsis
- A group of rejected applicants band together as the Legion of Substitute Heroes and thwart the Plant Men's scheme to take over the Earth.
- Reprints
-
in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1 (March-April 1980) - in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500 (June 1983)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 ([December] 1992)
- 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)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Intro & origin Legion of Substitute Heroes (Polar Boy, Night Girl, Stone Boy, Fire-Lad, Chlorophyll Kid); Polar Boy based on reader suggestion in #304's Smallville Mailbag
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Runaway Town!
Superboy -
1.
Safety First -- All Year!
-
2.
The 5th Dimensional High-School!
Superboy -
3.
["The most exciting offer we have made to stamp collectors"]
Zenith Stamps -
4.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
5.
["It's the first day I'm wearing my new uniform."]
Casey the Cop -
6.
["Coming... super-attractions!"]
Superboy; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane -
7.
Missile Attack!
Missile Attack -
8.
The Legion of Substitute Heroes!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
9.
104 Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights -
10.
147 Famous Automobiles
147 Famous Automobiles -
11.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
12.
["Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!"]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
13.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
American Seeds
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