Adventure Comics #342

(March 1966)

Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself? (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Synopsis:

Betsy tells young Bobby that he should keep his room neater but realizes that she has the same problem.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1959.

The Legionnaire Who Killed! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 15.33 pages (report information)

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff (p. 1-8); George Klein (p. 9-16)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vivian Berg (p. 2-8); Milton Snapinn (p. 1, 9-16)

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid; Sun Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Mon-El; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Supergirl (cameo)]; Jan Barth (death); Kenz Nuhor (death); Dream Girl; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy]; Proty II; Jimmy Olsen; Calamity King (introduction); Color Kid (introduction)

Synopsis:

After Star Boy kills Kenz Nuhor in self-defense, he's put on trial for breaking the Legion code against killing. After his conviction, he's expelled and joins the Legion of Substitute Heroes.

Reprints:

• in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #10/1967 ([oktober] 1967)
• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #202 (June 1974), #202 (June 1974)
• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #12/1974 ([desember] 1974) [2. translation]
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #5 (1994), #5 (1994)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #2 (2008)

Keywords:

Karak (planet); trial

Indexer Notes

Part II is titled "The Verdict of the Legion!"

Pages numbered 8 and 16 are 2/3 page each.

Painting a Model Car! Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Editing:

?

Job Number:

6363

Characters:

Cap

Synopsis:

painting a model car

Indexer Notes

Part one is in Action Comics #335 and Detective Comics #349.

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

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Paul Laginis, Amy Behrens, Uday Saraiya, C. Alexander, Brian Hoya, Wayne Tanenbaum, Jeff Woods, Jack Stevenson, and Roger O'Connor. Bits of Legionnaire Business from: David Krels (Porcupine Pete), Greg Sanchez (Glass Girl), Betty Borbely (Colorless Kate), Sal Iacopelli (Negative Nell), Greg Kent (Rocket Roy), and Phillip Cano III (Disappearing Dan).

Also, it is acknowledged that Color Kid (who is introduced in this issue) was earlier suggested by Jeff Greenberg.

The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Pete Ross (introduction); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Synopsis:

Clark Kent becomes friends with a new boy in town, but Pete Ross seems to be trying to prove that Clark Kent is Superboy.

Reprints:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #86 (January 1961)

Keywords:

trophy room

Indexer Notes

"A Hall of Fame Classic"

Superboy's measurements are given as: Height 5 foot 10 inches, Weight: 149 pounds, Chest: 40 inches, Waist: 30 inches.

["With my x-ray vision I see a scuba diver trapped in weeds under water"] (Table of Contents: 6)

Super-Turtle / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters:

Super-Turtle

Synopsis:

Super-Turtle spots a scuba diver trapped underwater in the weeds. As he is helping the man, two octopuses threaten to attack. Super-Turtle ties their arms in knots in order to give him enough time to free the diver.

Reprints:

• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #12/1967 ([desember] 1967)

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script:

Irwin Donenfeld

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: October 1st, 1965. No sales given.