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Adventure Comics, #316

Published: January 1964

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Adventure Comics #316

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Issue Contents:
The Renegade Super-Legionnaire!
1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
You Get What You Vote For!
Story 1 1 page advocacy; teen

"Hey, fellers, don't tell me the meeting's all over!"

Storyline

Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.

The Renegade Super-Hero! Part I
Story 2 9 pages superhero
Storyline

When Ultra Boy appears to be an escaped convict, he is expelled from the Legion and has to flee the planet.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Proty II appeared previously in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #72 (October 1963) and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #165 (November 1963).

Story 3 1 page superhero
Characters
Story Notes

Letters from readers - Christy Ortega, Charles Massoglia, Lon Mitchell, Barney Palmatier, L. Taylor, Robert Block, and Lynn Thompson.

The Untold Stories of Superman!
Story 4 1 page superhero
Characters
Story Notes

House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8, "on sale everywhere".

[The Renegade Super-Hero!] Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor!
Story 5 10 pages superhero
Storyline

Ultra Boy reveals that his faked criminal past was a ploy to infiltrate and lure a pirate band into custody.

Characters
Credits
The Fastest Cars in the World!
Story 6 2 pages
Story Notes

On the two pages between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.

Story 7 1 page humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

"This new baby elephant just arrived from Africa."

Storyline

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.

Characters
Credits
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Story 8 0 pages superhero
Characters
Story Notes

House ads for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #308 and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #74, both "now on sale", and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #167, on sale December 19th.

Batman and Robin's Most Thrilling Mystery Cases!
Story 9 1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman (mainstream Universe)
  • Dick Grayson (mainstream Universe)
  • Robin (mainstream Universe)
  • Bruce Wayne (mainstream Universe)
  • Robert Cray (in armor)
  • Carl Danton (finger only)
  • Rand Blanning (climbing on globe)
Story Notes

House ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6, "on sale everywhere".

Story 10 1 page

"75 'Matchbox' models only 49¢ each!"

Story Notes

Sold by Fred Bronner Corporation.

The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!
Story 11 4 pages superhero
Storyline

Illustrations of Legionnaires in action.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

The first two pages are reprinted, but the last two pages are new.

Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Story 12 1 page superhero
Storyline

Home planets and origins of the Legionnaires that were shown in the previous illustration pages, serving as a key to them.

Featuring CinemAntics

Story 13 1 page humor

"Now, Tommy, I want you to do at least an hour's homework while I'm gone!"

Storyline

Tommy goes to see "Treasure Island" instead of reading the book for a book report.

Characters
  • Tommy
  • Tommy's mother
Credits
Story 14 1 page

"Zenith's amazing U.S. stamp offer... limited time only"

126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos and Full Battle Equipment!
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page

"Learn radio-television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time"

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Fly-Over Chicane
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.