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Adventure Comics 314

ADVENTURE COMICS #314

Cover Date: November 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-09-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: Part I: "The Super-Villains of All Ages!" (17 Pages)
Part II: "The Civil War of the Legion!"

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtJohn Forte
LetteringMilt Snapinn
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy
Legion of Super-Heroes:
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine)
Brainiac 5
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle)
Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg; in between issues #310 and #316)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz)
Mon-El (next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; next in Action Comics #307/2)
Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; next in Action Comics #307/2)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; next in flashback in #316)
Ultra Boy (Jo Nah; last in issue #310; next in flashback in issue #316)

Villain(s):

Alaktor (first appearance)
Adolf Hitler
Nero
John Dillinger

Other Character(s):

Ron-Karr (first appearance; next in issue #372)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Ancient Rome (64 AD)
Berlin, Germany (1945 AD)
Chicago, IL (likely; 1934 AD)
Lost World (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #501 (July 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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Second Story: "My Son, the Boy of Steel" (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #109)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #108/2 and #109)
Krypto (last in issue #312/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #109/2)
Lana Lang (last in issue #312/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #109)

Villain(s):

armored car robbers (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Fred Carter (first appearance; thinks his son Amos is Superboy)
Mrs. Carter (first appearance; his wife)
Amos Carter (first appearance; son of Fred and Mrs. Carter)

Location(s):

Smallville


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