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Adventure Comics 320

ADVENTURE COMICS #320

Cover Date: May 1964
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1964-03-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: Part I: "Revenge of the Knave from Krypton!" (18 Pages)
Part II: "The Treachery of Molock the Merciless!"

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel, Otto Binder (pages 4-9)
PencilsJohn Forte (pages 1-3, 10), George Papp (pages 4-9)
InksSheldon Moldoff (pages 1-3, 10), George Papp (pages 4-9), Al Plastino (Superboy and Clark Kent faces)
LetteringMilt Snapinn
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #169/2)
Legion of Super-Heroes:
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox; next in flashback in World's Finest Comics #142)
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle)
Element Lad (Jan Arrah; next in flashback in World's Finest Comics #168)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz)
Mon-El (next in flashback in World's Finest Comics #142)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; next in flashback in World's Finest Comics #142)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; next in flashback in World's Finest Comics #142)

Supporting Character(s):

Proty II (in between issues #316 and #322)

Villain(s):

Cosmic Spy League (first appearance)
Molock the Merciless (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Dev-Em (also in flashbacks; last in issue #288; next in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #294)
Radiation Roy (Roy Travich; first appearance; also in flashback to origin; next in issue #372)
two unidentified researchers (first appearance; in flashback; attempt to give powers to Roy)
two students at Smallville High (first appearance)
Commander Kolar (first appearance of the Inter-Stellar Counter-Intelligence Corps)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (in flashback)
Lara Jor-El (in flashback)
Krypto (in flashback)
Jonathan Kent (in flashback)
Martha Kent (in flashback)
Dev-Em's parents (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Smallville (in flashback)
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Myrnah (first mentioned)

Comment(s):

Reprinted pages from Adventure Comics #287 (August 1961) [pgs. 4-8 only] and Adventure Comics #288 (September 1961) [pg. 9, panels 1-2 only]

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #177 (September 1971)
Best of DC #44/2 (January 1984)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #3 (1993)
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 (reprint): "Superboy's Switch in Time" (8 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superboy Vol. 1 #53/3 (December 1956)


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