Adventure Comics
#307
(April 1963)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-02-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Sugar and Spike #46 and copyright registration.
The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!
Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Element Lad [as Mystery Lad]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl]; Superboy; Bizarro
- Reprints
-
in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 ([December] 1992), #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)
-
[no title indexed]
Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fill the gaps in your family's education...
Indexer Notes
Sold by Cadillac Publishing Co.
Inside front cover.
The Confession of Superboy!
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Lana Lang; Mr. Lang; Mrs. Kent; Chief Parker
- Synopsis
- Lana tries to prove Clark is Superboy
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kids!! Blast off your own space capsule...
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from David Bergman, Roberta Quirck, Richard Grossman, Edgar Strohm, Leo Manning & Stephen Gilpin. Also, "Bits of Legionnaire Business" is introduced (based on reader suggestion in earlier letter column) with contributions from Lucinda Briggs, David Dickhereber, Roger Anderson, Alexander Naumov, Janet Hein, Mark Kaufman, Toni-Joe Frazier, Bill Hodges, James Cook, Ronald Domsky, Stephen Maloney, Alan Geros, Jess & Steve Weiner.
[no title indexed]
Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly...
[no title indexed]
Jaro Stamps; Maxim Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 208 different world-wide stamps...
The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy]; Element Lad [as Mystery Lad]; Roxxas
- Synopsis
- The Legion takes in new member Mystery Lad on Saturn Girl's word and he helps them put an end to space pirate Roxxas.
- Reprints
- 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
Introduction and origin of Element Lad, who joins the team.
[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
- There's an awful lot of littering in the streets these days.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
- Synopsis
- Casey tries to cite a litterer.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
147 Famous Automobiles
147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Auto Models.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
["Fill the gaps in your family's education..."]
Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia -
2.
The Confession of Superboy!
Superboy -
3.
["Kids!! Blast off your own space capsule..."]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
5.
["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly..."]
Grit Newspaper -
6.
["208 different world-wide stamps..."]
Jaro Stamps; Maxim Stamps -
7.
The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
8.
Missile Attack!
Missile Attack -
9.
["There's an awful lot of littering in the streets these days."]
Casey the Cop -
10.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superboy -
11.
104 Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights -
12.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
13.
147 Famous Automobiles
147 Famous Automobiles -
14.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
American Body Building Club -
15.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
American Seeds
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