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Adventure Comics 342

ADVENTURE COMICS #342

Cover Date: March 1966
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1966-01-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Legionnaire Who Killed" (16 Pages)
Part II: "The Verdict of the Legion!"

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsCurt Swan
InksSheldon Moldoff (p. 1-8), George Klein (p. 9-16)
LetteringVivian Berg (p. 2-8), Milt Snapinn (p. 1, 9-16)
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes
Brainiac 5 (also in flashback to issue #343; between pages 2 and 3 of this issue)
Chameleon Boy
Colossal Boy (behind the scenes; also in brief flashback; next, behind the scenes, in issue #346)
Cosmic Boy (also in brief flashback)
Duo Damsel (also in brief flashback)
Element Lad (also in brief flashback)
Invisible Kid
Light Lass (also in brief flashback)
Lightning Lad (behind the scenes)
Matter-Eater Lad (behind the scenes; also in brief flashback)
Mon-El (next in issue #345)
Phantom Girl (next in issue #346)
Saturn Girl
Shrinking Violet
Star Boy (also in flashback to issue #343 between Page 3, Panel 1 and Panel 2 of this issue; expelled from the Legion of Super-Heroes; joins the Legion of Substitute Heroes)
Sun Boy
Superboy (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #127 and #128)
Supergirl (behind the scenes; last in Action Comics #336/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #186)
Ultra Boy (next in issue #345)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Substitute Heroes
Chlorophyll Kid (in between issues #337 and #351)
Fire Lad (in between issues #331 and #351)
Night Girl (in between issues #337 and #351)
Polar Boy (in between issues #331 and #351)
Stone Boy (in between issues #331 and #351)

Supporting Character(s):

Dream Girl (last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #306; next in Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #316/2)
Proty II

Villain(s):

Kenz Nuhor (first appearance; a jealous Naltorian suitor of Dream Girl; dies)

Guest Appearance(s):

Jimmy Olsen (behind the scenes; last in Action Comics #335; next in World's Finest Comics #156)

Other Character(s):

Jan Barth (first appearance; an explorer on Karak; dies)
Calamity King (E. Davis Esther; first appearance; last in flashback in issue #343)
Color Kid (Ulu Vakk; first appearance; next in issue #351)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Arnak
Comar (first mentioned)
Ektra (first mentioned)
Janda (first mentioned)
Karak (first appearance)
Koobar (first mentioned)
Naltor (mentioned)
Vavoona (first mentioned)
Xanthu (mentioned)
Zilc (first mentioned)
various unidentified planets (some in flashbacks)

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #202 (May-June 1974)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #5 (1994)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 (2008)


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Second Story (reprint): "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!" (8 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superboy Vol. 1 #86/2 (January 1961)


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