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Adventure Comics #316

DC · Series began 1938 · January 1964

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Dates

Cover date: January 1964
On sale: November 27, 1963
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Win Mortimer, John Forte, Henry Boltinoff, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Sprang, Harry Lampertinks: George Klein, Win Mortimer, John Forte, Henry Boltinoff, Charles Paris, Harry Lampertletters: Ira Schnapp, Milt Snapinn, Henry Boltinoff, Harry Lampertscript: Jack Schiff, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Harry Lampert

Stories

The Renegade Super-Hero! Part I · 9 pages
When Ultra Boy appears to be an escaped convict, he is expelled from the Legion and has to flee the planet.
[The Renegade Super-Hero!] Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor! · 10 pages
Ultra Boy reveals that his faked criminal past was a ploy to infiltrate and lure a pirate band into custody.
Untitled · 0.67 pages
When a new baby elephant at the zoo won't eat because it misses his mother, Super-Turtle flies back and forth from Africa bringing all the elephants to the zoo so the baby can pick out its mother.
Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes · 1 pages
Home planets and origins of the Legionnaires that were shown in the previous illustration pages, serving as a key to them.
CinemAntics · 0.5 pages
Tommy goes to see "Treasure Island" instead of reading the book for a book report.

Characters

Clark KentSuperboyImra ArdeenRokk KrinnSaturn GirlQuerl DoxGarth RanzzCosmic BoyBrainiac 5Lightning LadJo NahReep DaggleLar GandUltra BoyDirk MorgnaTinya WazzoChameleon BoySun BoySalu DigbyAyla RanzzMon-ElJan ArrahPhantom GirlGim AllonElement LadChuck TaineShrinking VioletColossal BoyBouncing BoyLyle Norg

Reprinted in

Super Heroes Album (1976), The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (1991), Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (2007), Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017)