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Adventure Comics 315

ADVENTURE COMICS #315

Cover Date: December 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-10-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Legionnaire's Super-Contest! Part I" (16 Pages)
Part II: "The Winner of the Super-Tests!"

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtJohn Forte
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #109/2)
Legion of Super-Heroes:
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox)
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; last in issue #313; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in Action Comics #307/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; last in flashback in issue #316; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Ultra Boy (Jo Nah; last in issue #310; next in flashback in issue #316)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Substitute Heroes:
Chlorophyll Kid (Ral Benem; in between issues #311 and #319)
Fire Lad (Staq Mavlin; last in issue #311; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Night Girl (Lydda Jath; last in issue #313; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Polar Boy (Brek Bannin; last in issue #313; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
Stone Boy (Dag Wentim; last in issue #311; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)

Villain(s):

Glass Raiders (first appearance)
Sun Woman (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

alien natives of two different unidentified asteroids

Cameo Appearance(s):

Chlorophyll Kid's mother (in flashback)
Night Girl's father (in flashback)
Stone Boy's mother (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:
Earth:
Metropolis:
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector(s):
Kathoon (in flashback)
Mardru (in flashback; not named)
Shwar (in flashback; not named)
Thar (mentioned)
Tharr (in flashback)
Tree World (first appearance; on a monitor)
Ring World (first appearance; on a monitor)
Vannar (first appearance)
Wind World (first appearance; on a monitor)
Zwen (in flashback; not named)
an unidentified planet
two different unidentified asteroids

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #501 (July 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)


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Second Story: "The Titanic Boy of Steel!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #110)

Guest Star(s):

Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; last in issue #313; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #109/2 and #111/3)
Martha Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #109/2 and #112)
Lana Lang (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #109 and #110)
Pete Ross (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

bank robbers (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

the President of the United States (voice only)

Location(s):

Smallville


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