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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
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Credits:
| Art | George Papp |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn, Joe Letterese |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
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)
- Earth
Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Art | John Forte |
| Lettering | Joe Letterese |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Bouncing Boy
- Brainiac 5
- Chameleon Boy (last in issue #306/2)
- Cosmic Boy (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)
- Mon-El
- Saturn Girl (also in flashback)
- Shrinking Violet (in between issues #306/2 and #310)
- Sun Boy
- Superboy (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #105)
- Supergirl (last in Superman Vol. 1 #161/2; next in Action Comics #300/2)
- Triplicate Girl (last in issue #304/2; next, behind the scenes, in issue #310)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- an electrical mind-globe (first appearance; master of Thieves' World)
- Autonom Guards (first appearance of all)
- Ant-Race of Canopus (first appearance)
- Pyramid Men (first appearance)
- two criminals (first appearance of all; three-headed aliens from Hydra World)
Other Character(s):
- Jon Arkol (first appearance; a scientist)
- Lightning Lad (deceased; also in flashback; in between issues #305/2 and #312)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 1771
- Korbal (in flashback)
- Space Sector 2814
- 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)