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ADVENTURE COMICS #355

Cover Date: April 1967
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1967-02-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: "The War of the Legions!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jim Shooter
Layout pencils	Jim Shooter
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in issue #354; next in ???)

Legion of Super-Heroes: (adult versions of characters)

Brainiac 5 (last in issue #354)

Cosmic Man (Rokk Krinn; last in issue #354)

Element Lad (Jan Arrah; last in issue #354)

Lightning Man (Garth Ranzz; last in issue #354)

Polar Man (Brek Bannin; last in issue #354)

Saturn Woman (Imra Ardeen-Ranzz; last in issue #354)

Villain(s):

Legion of Super-Villains (last in issue #354)

Cosmic King (last in issue #354)

Lightning Lord (last in issue #354)

Saturn Queen (last in issue #354)

Beauty Blaze (first appearance; see Comments)

Echo (first appearance; see Comments)

Other Character(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (first appearance; brother of Mister Mxyzptlk V, first seen in #310, both descendents of the original Mister Mxyzptlk; this Mxyzptlk is inducted into the Legion of Super-Heroes)

Lex Luthor (first appearance; a descendent of the original Lex Luthor; inducted into the Legion of Super-Heroes)

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

beneath the Atlantic Ocean

the Island of Java

Metropolis

Legion Headquarters

Comment(s):

This is a story of the "Adult Legion" and therefore may not have a place in continuity.

Beauty Blaze and Echo make their first in-continuity appearance in Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #2 (November 2008).

Story continued from the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Super-Stars #3/2 (May 1976)

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #6 (1996)

Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future ([June] 2008)

DC Comics Classics Library: The Legion of Super-Heroes - The Life and Death of Ferro Lad ([March] 2009)

Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #3 ([April] 2009)

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Second Story: "The Six-Legged Legionnaire!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #137/2; next in issue #356)

Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; last in flashback in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #31; next in issue #359)

Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; in between issues #353 and #358)

Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; in between issues #353 and #356)

Dream Girl (Nura Nal; in between issues #351 and #356)

Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #100; next in issue #356)

Light Lass (Ayla Ranzz; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #100; next in issue #356)

Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; in between issues #353 and #356)

Supporting Character(s):

Insect Queen (Lana Lang; applies for Legion membership, but is turned down; given Legion Reservist status; in between Superboy Vol. 1 #131/2 and #139/2)

Villain(s):

Oggar-Kon (first appearance; a space tyrant; also in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Smallville (in the 20th Century)

Metropolis

Legion Headquarters

Ice City, Antarctica

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #181/2 (January 1972)

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Tempo Books) #14535 (1977) [reformatted]

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #6 (1996 [January 1997])

Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #3 ([April] 2009)

Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ([August] 2018)

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