Adventure Comics
#331
(April 1965)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1965-02-25
- 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 Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #56 and copyright registration.
The Triumph of the Legion of Super-Villains!
Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Villains: Cosmic King; Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen
Superboy - Reprints
-
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)
-
- Keywords
- cemeteries; tombstones
The Triumph of the Legion of Super-Villains!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages
- Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Villains: Cosmic King (villain); Lightning Lord (villain); Saturn Queen (villain)
Dynamo Boy; Golden Boy; The Polecat; Animal Lad; The Tusker; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Polar Boy] - Synopsis
- Dynamo Boy accepts as members the Legion of Super-Villains, over the Subs' objections.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #83 (Circa July 1966) - 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
Story continues from previous issue.
Featuring Superboy's Greatest Foes and Menaces!
80 Page Giant; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another letter for you, Pete!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Private Pete
- Synopsis
- Private Pete gets a lot of mail. Turns out Pete is sending them himself, because he likes to get mail.
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #132 (September 1952)
-
Part II: The Revolt of the Super-Villains!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Villains: Cosmic King (villain); Lightning Lord (villain); Saturn Queen (villain)
Dynamo Boy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy] - Synopsis
- The LSV turns on Dynamo Boy and sends him into the future. The ex-Legionnaires, keeping track of events from far off, challenge the LSV to a final confrontation.
- Reprints
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #83 (Circa July 1966)
- 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)
-
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost / letters page / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Bill Lewis, Mel Adams, Billy Edminster, Karen Beach, Ed Drew, Sandra Williams, and Charles Davis.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This must be the coldest day of the winter -- brrr --
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Casey thinks it is warmer standing by the theatre that is playing a movie called "Desert Sands."
- Reprints
- from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #1 (January 1951)
-
[no title indexed]
Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Clark Kent's Coach
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #43 (September 1955)
-
Are YOU A Silent Witness?
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Kids learn that it pays to stick around and help the cops as a witness to a crime.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Triumph of the Legion of Super-Villains!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
[no title indexed]
100 Magnets -
2.
The Triumph of the Legion of Super-Villains!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
3.
Featuring Superboy's Greatest Foes and Menaces!
80 Page Giant; Superboy -
4.
["Another letter for you, Pete!"]
Private Pete -
5.
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe -
6.
Part II: The Revolt of the Super-Villains!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost -
8.
[no title indexed]
Silly Putty -
9.
["This must be the coldest day of the winter -- brrr --"]
Casey the Cop -
10.
[no title indexed]
Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle -
11.
Clark Kent's Coach
Superboy -
12.
10 Issues of Adventure for Only $1.00
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13.
[no title indexed]
80-Page Giant; The Flash -
14.
[no title indexed]
Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties -
15.
Are YOU A Silent Witness?
-
16.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club -
17.
[no title indexed]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- John Censullo
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Andrew S. Troth
- Jim Van Dore
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