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Issue: Adventure Comics #293
Publication Date: February 1962
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Issues: #293 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/28/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #31 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Legion of Super-Traitors!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 [1st Printing] published January 1991
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as Adventure Comics #293 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Dear Boys and Girls...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Letter to readers thanking them for having bought this comic despite the 2 cents price increase.
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The Legion of Super-Traitors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang, Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]; Jax-Ur (in the Phantom Zone); General Zod (in the Phantom Zone); Mon-El (in the Phantom Zone); two unnamed Phantom Zone prisoners; Legion of Super-Pets (first appearance) [Krypto; Streaky; Beppo the Super-Monkey; Comet the Super-Horse (first appearance)]; Brain Globes of Rambat
Synopsis: Super-Pets defeat Brain-Globes of Rambat.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #147 published May 1968
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #495 [Direct Sales] published January 1983
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 [1st Printing] published January 1991
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition #[nn] published March 2003
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: 1st Legion of Super-Pets; 3rd appearance Mon-El.
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Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smallville Mailsack
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Ronald Glenn, David Clingman, Ed Platt, Nelson Bridwell (suggests Awkwardman) plus "Bits of Bizarro Business" from Bob Canter, Beverly Allen, Jerry Moore, Bill Molden, Marcus Phillips, Dan Weiler, Fred Bronson, Shirley F. Mack, Ira Greenblatt, Lee Cohen, Pam Fischer, Harvey Young, Diana Puccetti, Christine Varley, Tom Dobe, Bradley Wilmet, and Stephen Hurley.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: Two, please!
Synopsis: Popcorn prevents hearing transistor radio.
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics; Superboy; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
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Pages: 0.33
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The Good Deeds of Bizarro-Luthor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Bizarro World
Character(s): Bizarro-Luthor (introduction); Bizarro #1; Bizarro, Jr. #1; Bizarro-Krypto; Bizarro Emergency Squad; Lex Luthor; Bizarro Lois Lane; Htrae
Synopsis: Bizzaro-Luthor invents reverse "S" symbol for Bizarros.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Family #169 published February 1975
as The Good Deeds of Bizarro-Luthor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #191 published July 1975
as The Good Deeds of Bizarro-Luthor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as The Good Deeds of Bizarro-Luthor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Let Science Serve You!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
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Another Giant Batman Collection!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Batman Annual
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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