Adventure Comics
#363
(December 1967)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1967-10-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Black Day for the Legion!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes); Dr. Mantis Morlo
- Reprints
-
in Lançamento (2ª Série) [A Legião dos Super-Heróis] (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1968 series) #16 -
in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #12/1968 ([desember] 1968) -
in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([December] 1997), #7 ([December] 1997) - in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2009)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
-
Black Day for the Legion!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Jim Shooter
- Pencils
- Jim Shooter (layouts only); Pete Costanza
- Inks
- Pete Costanza
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Bouncing Boy; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Princess Projectra; Light Lass; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Colossal Boy]; Dr. Mantis Morlo (villain); Chemoids (villains)
- Synopsis
- Morlo escapes the Legion team on Orando, while at the same time a second Morlo encounters and escapes the team on Daxam.
- Reprints
- in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #12/1968 ([desember] 1968)
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #114 (Circa February 1969) - in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([December] 1997)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2009)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Story continued from previous issue.
[no title indexed]
Super-Turtle / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My super-hearing picked up somebody in distress!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Super-Turtle; Superman
- Synopsis
- In his civilian identity, Super-Turtle's super-hearing picks up somebody in distress. He hurries to a phone booth so he can change into his costume, but the booth is occupied. He is surprised when Superman races out.
- Reprints
- in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #8/1968 ([august] 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Super-Turtle had met Superboy earlier in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #130.
Part II: Target... Earth!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Jim Shooter
- Pencils
- Jim Shooter (layouts); Pete Costanza (pencils)
- Inks
- Pete Costanza
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Princess Projectra; Mon-El; Star Boy; Dream Girl; Invisible Kid; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5]; Dr. Mantis Morlo (villain); Chemoids (villains); Time Trapper (image only, villain); Dr. Regulus (image only, villain); The Hunter (image only, villain)
- Synopsis
- The Legionnaires on Naltor encounter a third Morlo, but all three were decoys meant to distract the Legion from Morlo's real plot to blow up Earth.
- Reprints
- in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #12/1968 ([desember] 1968)
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #114 (Circa February 1969)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #7 ([December] 1997)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([June] 2009)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
-
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Job Number
- 6383
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you doing with all those old plastic trees from model kits?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Cap
- Synopsis
- how to make a trailer
Indexer Notes
Idea from Johnny Crow, APO, N.Y.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Black Day for the Legion!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
Black Day for the Legion!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes -
2.
["My super-hearing picked up somebody in distress!"]
Super-Turtle -
3.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
4.
Part II: Target... Earth!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes -
5.
["What are you doing with all those old plastic trees from model kits?"]
Cap's Hobby Hints -
6.
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- John Censullo
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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