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Adventure Comics 323

ADVENTURE COMICS #323

Cover Date: August 1964
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1964-06-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: Part I: "The Eight Impossible Missions!" (16 Pages)
Part II: "The Amazing Winner of the Great Proty Puzzle!"

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJohn Forte
InksGeorge Klein
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes
Brainiac 5 (next in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #125/3; also in flashback between issue #247 and Action Comics #285)
Chameleon Boy (also in flashback between issue #247 and Superboy Vol. 1 #93/2)
Colossal Boy (in flashback between issue #247 and flashback in issue #301/2
Cosmic Boy (in flashback in between issues #247 and #267)
Element Lad (last in issue #321)
Invisible Kid (in flashback between issue #247 and Superman Vol. 1 #156)
Lightning Lad (in flashback in between issues #247 and #267)
Phantom Girl (next in issue #325)
Saturn Girl (becomes Legion leader for another term; also in flashback in between issues #247 and #267)
Sun Boy
Superboy (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #114/2 and #115)
Triplicate Girl (in flashback between issue #247 and flashback in issue #301/2)
Ultra Boy (last in issue #321)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (also as Elastic Lad; last in Superman Vol. 1 #171/3; next in World's Finest Comics #143)
Pete Ross (last in Action Comics #309; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #116/2)
Proty II (next in issue #325)

Villain(s):

The Mighty Gazor (first appearance; also in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Double-Header (Dyvud/Frenk Retzum; first appearance; a rejected Legion applicant; next in DC Comics Presents #59)
Spider Girl (Sussa Paka; first appearance; a rejected Legion applicant; next in issue #372)
Gooba of Aktar (first appearance; a dinosaur rodeo contestant)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (in flashback; last/next in ???)
the Brain of Garf-Og (first appearance; in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Aktar (first mentioned)
Janus (first mentioned)
Rorbis (first appearance)
Phantom Zone

Comment(s):

This story takes place on the anniversary of Superboy's official induction into the Legion.

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #185/5 (May 1972)
Best of DC #44/6 (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): "How Krypto Made History!" (8 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superboy Vol. 1 #75/2 (September 1959)


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