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Adventure Comics 282

ADVENTURE COMICS #282

Cover Date: March 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-01-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #87/3 and #88)

Guest Star(s):

Star Boy (Thom Kallor; first appearance; also in flashback in between flashbacks in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #306)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #87/3 and #88/2)
Jonathan Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #87/3 and #88/2)

Villain(s):

two criminals on Xanthu (first appearance of both)

Guest Appearance(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes:
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; in flashback; last/next in ???)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; in flashback, in between Action Comics #267/2 and #276/2)
Lightning Lad.(Garth Ranzz; in flashback; last in Action Comics #267/2; next in issue #301/2)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; in flashback, in between Action Comics #267/2 and #276/2)

Other Character(s):

Fryd Kallor (first appearance; in flashback)
Mira Kallor (first appearance; in flashback)
Xanthuians
Lewis Lang
Sarah Lang (in between issues #279 and #285)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters (in flashback)
Smallville
Unidentified Space Sector
Xanthu (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #356/2 (May 1967)
Adventure Comics #493 (November 1982)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)


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Second Story: "One Hour to Doom!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtRamona Fradon
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (last in Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #75; next in Showcase #31)

Supporting Character(s):

Aqualad (in between Showcase #30 and #31)
Topo (in between Showcase #30 and #32)

Villain(s):

Jed Rowe (first appearance; a smuggler)
Rowe's crew of smugglers (Ed named; first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

the captain and a crewman of a Coast Guard cutter (first appearance of both)
a lighthouse keeper (first appearance)
two marine scientists (first appearance of both)

Location(s):

the ocean
various desert islands and coastal regions

Comment(s):

Over a week passes throughout this story.

Story Reprinted in:

Aquaman Archives #1 ([January] 2003)
Showcase Presents Aquaman #1 ([February] 2007)


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