CATALOG RECORD

Adventure Comics #304

DC · Series began 1938 · January 1963

first appearance of Super-Turtle and Zaryan the Conqueror

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Super-Turtle (DC humor, Tur-Tel of Galapagon) — first appearance
Zaryan the Conqueror (Nahlrog Zaryan of Brok) — villain, first appearance
Nim-El (twin brother of Jor-El) — flashback, first appearance
Roz-Em (Kryptonian) — introduction, poses as Superman and as Uncle Charlie

Dates

Cover date: January 1963
On sale: November 29, 1962
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, George Papp, Win Mortimer, Sheldon Moldoff, Harry Lampert, Rube Grossman, John Forte, Henry Boltinoffinks: George Klein, George Papp, Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Sheldon Moldoff, Harry Lampert, Rube Grossman, John Forte, Henry Boltinoffletters: Ira Schnapp, Joe Letterese, Harry Lampert, Henry Boltinoffscript: Jerry Siegel, Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff, Harry Lampert, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

The War Between Superboy and Superman! · 12.67 pages
An adult version of Superboy appears to have been created by red kryptonite; only one version may remain on Earth.
Untitled · 0.67 pages
Hollywood "yes-men" spill soup on themselves when their boss gets some spilled on him.
The Stolen Super-Powers! · 11 pages
Saturn Girl tries to sacrifice herself after she finds out that a computer predicts the death of a legionnaire fighting Zaryan, but Lightning Lad dies instead.
Untitled · 0.67 pages
Super-Turtle uses a net to catch a cannonball that some kids shot out of an old cannon.
Untitled · 1 pages
A man whose home is burning talks Casey into letting him run in to save his golf clubs.

Characters

Clark KentKara Zor-ElSupergirlSuperboyJonathan KentMartha KentLana LangKryptoImra ArdeenRokk KrinnSaturn GirlQuerl DoxGarth RanzzCosmic BoyBrainiac 5Jor-ElLightning LadJo NahReep DaggleLar GandUltra BoyDirk MorgnaChameleon BoyLuornu DurgoSun BoySalu DigbyMon-ElGim AllonChuck TaineShrinking Violet

Reprinted in

All Star Adventure Comic (1959), The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (1991), Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (2007), Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (2008), Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017), Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age (2018)