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Adventure Comics 312

ADVENTURE COMICS #312

Cover Date: September 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-07-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: Part I: "The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!" (15 Pages)
Part II: "The Bravest Legionnaire!"

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #107/3)
Legion of Super-Heroes:
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn)
Lightning Lass (Ayla Ranzz; last in issue #310)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; last in issue #308/2)
Mon-El (last in issue #310)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna)

Supporting Character(s):

Proty (last in issue #308/2; dies)

Other Character(s):

workers at the Interplanetary Post Office (first appearance of all)
Skorians (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 1760
Daxam
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Aarok (first mentioned; on the Interplanetary Clock)
Borka OR Nobla (first mentioned; on the Interplanetary Clock)
Grocz (first mentioned; on the Interplanetary Clock)
Lightning World
Skor (first appearance)
unidentified homeworld of the Tarocs (first appearance)
unidentified world orbiting blue and orange suns (first appearance)
Xando (first mentioned; on the Interplanetary Clock)
Yar (first mentioned; on the Interplanetary Clock)
Zanno (first mentioned; on the Interplanetary Clock)
Interplanetary Post Office (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #403/4 (March-April 1971)
Adventure Comics #500 (June 1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 (1992)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future ([June] 2008)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)

Solicitation:

The heroic Lightning Lad sacrificed his life back in ADVENTURE COMICS #304, but the other Legionnaires may have found a way to revive him--at the cost of another life!


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Second Story: "Lana Lang, Hollywood Star" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #108)

Supporting Character(s):

Krypto (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #107/3; next in issue #314/2)
Lana Lang (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #107/3; next in issue #314/2)
Jonathan Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #107/3 and #108/2)
Martha Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #107/3 and #108/2)

Other Character(s):

Lewis Lang (last in issue #310/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #110)
Sarah Lang (last in issue #307; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #124)
Mr. Carter (first appearance; a studio executive)
Mr. Jordan (first appearance; a movie director)
Ron Rendle (first appearance; an actor)
Tharka (first appearance)
Gaston (first appearance; a hairdresser)
other unidentified cast and crew (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Smallville
Africa


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