Adventure Comics #306

(March 1963)

Safety First-- All Year! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

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Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

The 5th Dimensional High-School! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Mxyzptlk; Pete Ross; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kents,; Chief Parker; Krypto

Synopsis:

Mxyzptlk plays pranks on Smallville in order to do well in his 5th dimensional practical joking class

Reprints:

• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1974 ([mai] 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mike Nolan, Peter Mirkel, A. C. Haeger, Edward Morse, Elsa O'Donnell, Oscar Disney, Mille Carbone, Adam Osserman.

["It's the first day I'm wearing my new uniform."] (Table of Contents: 4)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Editing:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Casey the Cop

Synopsis:

When it begins to rain Casey pauses from chasing a crook to buy an umbrella.

The Legion of Substitute Heroes! (Table of Contents: 5)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]

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 (1992)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017)

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