Adventure Comics
#376
(January 1969)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-11-26
- 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); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Execution of Chameleon Boy!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Curt Swan; Carmine Infantino; Neal Adams (see note)
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Danvers]]
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #202 (May-June 1974) which is reprinted - in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([December] 1998)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([November] 2010), #4 ([November] 2010)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
-
in Indexer Notes
The cover was fully penciled by Curt Swan; Carmine Infantino altered and partially re-laid it out afterwards; the new figures of Supergirl and Brainiac 5 and corrections were tightened up and the entire cover inked by Neal Adams (per Neal Adams via email, March 2007).
The Execution of Chameleon Boy!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Jim Shooter
- Pencils
- Jim Shooter (layouts only); Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Duo Damsel [Lournu Durgo]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle; also as Bouncing Boy]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Danvers]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah]; Element Lad [Jan Arrah]; Shadow Lass [Tasmia Mallor]]; Celebrand; Psyche; Radagor; King Artros; Sir Kayle; Sir Borrs; Sir Elistar; Sir Galado; Sir Norwith; Baron Kodar; Princess Elwinda; Proty II [also as Chameleon Boy]
- Synopsis
- The challenge to the Legion of Super-Heroes is explained to the winner of the contest, who it turns out was Chameleon Boy using the form of Bouncing Boy.
- Reprints
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([December] 1998)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([November] 2010)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Dimenso-Crystal
Indexer Notes
Story continues from previous issue.
Part II: Cupid Clips Cham!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Jim Shooter
- Pencils
- Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Duo Damsel [Lournu Durgo]]; Princess Elwinda; King Artros; Baron Kodar; Sir Kayle
- Synopsis
- Chameleon Boy is not allowed to fight Baron Kodor since defeating him would allow him to marry Princess Elwinda. But when King Artros' forces fail to stop Kodor, Chameleon Boy defeats Kodor and wins the hand of the Princess. The Legion views the wedding ceremony, and misunderstanding, thinks Cham is in trouble and teleports him home, sealing the passage between the two dimensions.
- Reprints
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([December] 1998)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([November] 2010)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
-
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Greg Moe, Neal S. Pozner, Warren Morrison, Edward Privensal, Larry Snyder, Robert Gleaner, Chris Weitzel, Monica Parnell, Kenneth Makowsky, Drew Crislip; Richard Butler, Franklin Burden III, John D. Taylor, Glen Quasny and Rich Butler.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Execution of Chameleon Boy!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
The Execution of Chameleon Boy!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes -
2.
Super City Comes Alive!
Super City; Ideal Toys -
3.
The Gang Goes for Booby Trap!
Parker Games -
4.
Tyco Puts Fun Where the Action Is
Tyco -
5.
Part II: Cupid Clips Cham!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes -
6.
["Five fantastic ways to have fun... from General Electric"]
General Electric -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost
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