Unofficial Adventure Comics Index

ADVENTURE COMICS #316

Cover Date: January 1964
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-11-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: Part I: "The Renegade Super-Hero" (19 Pages) Part II: "The End of a Super-Traitor!"

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Art	John Forte
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes

Bouncing Boy (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in Action Comics #309)

Brainiac 5

Chameleon Boy (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in Action Comics #309)

Colossal Boy (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in Action Comics #309)

Cosmic Boy (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)

Element Lad (last in issue #310; next in Action Comics #309)

Invisible Kid (last in issue #314; next in Action Comics #309)

Lightning Lad (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)

Lightning Lass (last in issue #313; next in Action Comics #309)

Mon-El (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)

Phantom Girl (last in issue #313)

Saturn Girl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in Action Comics #309)

Shrinking Violet (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in Action Comics #309)

Sun Boy (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; also in flashback in between issues #314 and #315; next in Action Comics #309)

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #110/2)

Ultra Boy (last in issue #314; also in flashback to origin in Superboy Vol. 1 #98/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Proty II (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72; next in issue #320)

Villain(s):

unidentified alien raiders (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Science Police

a scientist (first appearance; claims to have been influenced by Tor-An)

his test subjects (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Metropolis

Legion Headquarters

Unidentified Space Sector(s)

Mirage World (first appearance)

Puppet Planetoid (in flashback to issue #313)

Rimbor (in flashback; also spelled as "Rambor" in error)

Thar (first mentioned)

unidentified planets

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #502/2 (August 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)

Solicitation:

Ultra Boy is expelled from the Legion when he is revealed to be an escaped convict!

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Feature: "The Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Curt Swan (pencils)

George Klein (inks)