Adventure Comics #306

(March 1963)

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

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

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

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

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

Keywords

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Zenith Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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.

Coming... Super-Attractions! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Superboy; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Legion of Substitute Heroes! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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 ([April] 2007)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
• in Legion of Super Heroes: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 (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

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104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)