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Adventure Comics 308

ADVENTURE COMICS #308

Cover Date: May 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-03-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Super-Menace of Smallville!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringMilt Snapinn, Joe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #105)
Jonathan Kent (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #105/3)
Martha Kent (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #105/3)
Chief Parker (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #105)
Pete Ross (last in issue #306; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #105/3)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in issue #301; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #107/3)
Kronn (first appearance; an evil scientist from Atlantis)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville
deep beneath the Pacific Ocean (20 degrees N latitude, 160 degrees longitude)


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Second Story: "The Return of Lightning Lad" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtJohn Forte
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #105)
Supergirl (last in Superman Vol. 1 #161/2; next in Action Comics #300/2)
Legion of Super-Heroes
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine)
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox)
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; last in issue #306/2)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; next in issue #310)
Lightning Lass (Ayla Ranzz; first appearance; twin sister of Lightning Lad; joins the Legion; last chronological appearance in flashback in page 10 panel 6 of Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #6; next in issue #310)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; deceased; also in flashback; in between issues #305/2 and #312)
Mon-El
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; also in flashback)
Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; in between issues #306/2 and #310)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna)
Triplicate Girl (Luornu Taine; last in issue #304/2; next behind the scenes in issue #310)

Supporting Character(s):

Proty (first appearance; a Protean; next in issue #312)

Villain(s):

an electrical mind-globe (master of Thieves' World; first appearance)
Autonom Guards (first appearance for all)
Ant-Race of Canopus (first appearance)
Pyramid Men (first appearance)
two criminals (three-headed aliens from Hydra World; first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Jon Arkol (first appearance; a scientist)

Location(s):

Space Sector 1771
Korbal (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Altair (first mentioned)
Antares II (first mentioned)
Canopus (first mentioned)
Hydra World (first mentioned)
Siri (first mentioned)
Thieves' Planet (first appearance)

Comment(s):

First appearance of the Legion's flag.

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #403/3 (March-April 1971)
Adventure Comics #500 (June 1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 (1992)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)


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