Adventure Comics, #319
Published: April 1964
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The Legion's Suicide Squad!
Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy
- Brainiac 5
- Bouncing Boy
- Chameleon Boy
- Saturn Girl
- Ultra Boy
- Cosmic Boy
- Triplicate Girl
- Star Boy]
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Golden Rule
Storyline
The Golden Rule is universal.
Characters
- Bob Hope
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bob Oksner
- Inks: Bob Oksner
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
inside front cover
The Legion's Suicide Squad! Part I
Storyline
Isolationist planet Throon builds a citadel to keep others away and uses a ray to disable all passing spaceships. The first Legion team selected to take out the ray meets their defeat.
Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy
- Element Lad
- Sun Boy
- Shrinking Violet
- Phantom Girl
- Mon-El
- Superboy
- Bouncing Boy
- Saturn Girl
- Chameleon Boy
- Brainiac 5
- Star Boy
- Triplicate Girl
- Invisible Kid
- Lightning Lad
- Cosmic Boy]
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: John Forte
- Inks: John Forte
"Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."
[The Legion's Suicide Squad! ] Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!
Storyline
The next two teams of Legionnaires also fail, but the Subs are able to put an end to the menace of Throon.
Characters
- Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad
- Chlorophyll Kid
- Polar Boy
- Stone Boy
- Night Girl]
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy
- Star Boy
- Triplicate Girl
- Ultra Boy
- Matter-Eater Lad
- Cosmic Boy
- Invisible Kid
- Superboy
- Brainiac 5
- Bouncing Boy
- Chameleon Boy
- Saturn Girl
- Element Lad
- Phantom Girl
- Colossal Boy
- Light Lass
- Mon-El
- Lightning Lad]
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: John Forte
- Inks: John Forte
- Letters: Jeff Osgood
Story Notes
Letters from Jack Darrow, Marion Forman, Bobby Waldon, and Sharon Ruben. Last Smallville Mailsack; becomes The Legion Outpost with the following issue.
Featuring World's Finest Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Action Comics
"Coming... super-attractions!"
"Fight global air battles with planes of all nations"
"208 different world-wide stamps..."
Superboy's Best Friend!
Storyline
Freddy Shaw becomes Clark Kent's best friend and is let in on his secret identity as Superboy. Freddy proceeds to blab to his ex-convict half-brother Joe and his buddy Rick Farrow and finally in his last few hours to anyone who was close to his death bed. All of Freddy's blabbing was caused by his brain fever delirium.
Characters
- Superboy
- Jonathan Kent
- Martha Kent
- Jack
- Freddy Shaw (intro, dies)
- Freddy Shaw robot
- Mr. Gray (a teacher)
- Dr. Kenyon
- Joe Shaw
- Rick Farrow
Credits
- Script: Robert Bernstein
- Pencils: George Papp
- Inks: George Papp
Story Notes
A "Hall of Fame Classic." Script credit confirmed by Bob Hughes. We previously credited Leo Dorfman and, before that, Bernstein.
Blast Off
Story Notes
Sold by Five Star Toys.
Task Force
Story Notes
Sold by Helen of Toy.
100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set
"Brother, can you spare a dime..."
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"
Story Notes
Back cover.