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Adventure Comics 301

ADVENTURE COMICS #301

Cover Date: October 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-08-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "Lex Luthor and Clark Kent: Cell-Mates!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #100/2; next in issue #302/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #100/2 and #102/2)
Krypto (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #99/3 and #101/2)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (next in issue #308)

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #166/5 (August-September 1974)


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Second Story: "The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtJohn Forte, Al Plastino
LetteringMilt Snapinn
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; last in Superman Vol. 1 #156; next in issue #302/2; also in flashbacks to earliest chronological appearance)
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; last in Superman Vol. 1 #156; also in flashbacks in between Action Comics #276/2 and Adventure Comics #290 and in flashbacks in between Superman Vol. 1 #152 and Action Comics #287/2)
Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; last in flashback in issue #323; next in issue #304/2)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; in between Superman Vol. 1 #156 and #157/3; also in flashbacks in between Action Comics #276/2 and Adventure Comics #290 and in flashbacks in between Superman Vol. 1 #152 and Action Comics #287/2)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; in between Superman Vol. 1 #156 and #157/3; also in flashbacks in between flashback in issue #282 and Action Comics #276/2; between Action Comics #276/2 and flashback in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #2 and in flashback between Superman Vol. 1 #152 and Action Comics #287/2
Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo; last in Action Comics #290/2; next in issue #304/2)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in Superman Vol. 1 #156; also in flashbacks in between Action Comics #276/2 and Adventure Comics #290 and in flashbacks in between Superman Vol. 1 #152 and Action Comics #287/2)
Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; last in Superman Vol. 1 #156; also in flashback in between Adventure Comics #247 and Superman Vol. 1 #156)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; last in Superman Vol. 1 #156 also in flashback between Superman Vol. 1 #152 and Action Comics #287/2)
Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo; last in Superman Vol. 1 #156; next in issue #303/2; also in flashback in between Adventure Comics #323 and Action Comics #287/2
Ultra Boy (Jo Nah; last in Superboy Vol. 1 #100/2)

Villain(s):

two escaping crooks (first appearance for both; in flashback; stopped by Lightning Lad)
a robber harnessing electricity (first appearance; in flashback; defeated by Bouncing Bou)

Other Character(s):

an unnamed scientist (first appearance; in flashback; creates the formula that gave Chuck Taine his Bouncing Boy powers)
Lester Spiffany (first appearance; son of a wealthy jeweler; attempts to buy his way into Legion membership)
his chauffeur (first appearance)
Storm Boy (Myke Chypurz; first appearance; next in Action Comics #859)
unnamed Legion applicants

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Ferno (first appearance)
Grykk (first appearance)
Lumbak (first appearance)
Xandu (first mentioned)

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #180 (December 1971)
Adventure Comics #498 (April 1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)


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