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Issue: Adventure Comics #312
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #312 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: 07/25/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Published monthly by National Periodical Publications, Inc., 2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, Ill. (the address of Spartan Printing Company, the printer, and a subsidiary of World Color Press). Editorial, executive offices and subscriptions, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.
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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
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The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Lightning Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]]; Proty
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In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing World of DC Comics #9 published November 1975
as Adventure Comics [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as [untitled] [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 #312 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future #[nn] published August 2008
as The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Draw Any Person in One Minute

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Norton Products
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes indicia.
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Part I: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Lightning Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]]; Proty
Synopsis: The Legionnaires search to find a way to revive Lightning Lad.
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #403 published March 1971
as Part I: The Super Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #93 published June 1975
as Part I: The Super Sacrifice of the Legionnaires [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #500 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
as Part I: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as Part I: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future #[nn] published August 2008
as Part I: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Try a Tongue Teaser!

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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Feature(s): Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics
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Feature(s): Zenith Company
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Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Lightning Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Proty (death)
Synopsis: Proty sacrifices his life to revive Lightning Lad.
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #403 published March 1971
as Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #93 published June 1975
as Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #500 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
as Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future #[nn] published August 2008
as Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.67
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Look at the Curved Shapes!

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Disclose Notes: Tootsie Roll Pop
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Feature(s): Missile Attack
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104 Classic Racing Foreign Modern Cars Only $1.49 Postpaid

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Feature(s): 104 Cars
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Letters from David Smith, Stephen Tenyak, Violet Smith, Paul Tremaine, and Larry Minton.

Also includes "Bits of Legionnaire Business" snippets from other readers' letters and reader suggestions for new Legionnaires include Weight Wizard and Blockade Boy.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Hi! Boys and girls...
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Disclose Notes: DC subscription page.
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Lana Lang, Hollywood Star!

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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto; Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Mrs. Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Jordan; Mr. Carter; Mr. Murrel; Ron Rendle; Tharka; Hair-Dresser Gaston
Synopsis: Lana makes a movie in which she's a jungle queen.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #9/1974 published September 1974
as Hollywoodstjernen Lana Lang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Super-Turtle
First Line: I'll rescue that paratrooper...
Synopsis: Super-Turtle rescues a paratrooper, puts out a forest fire, and rescues a woman whose heel is caught in a grate.
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Great Masterpieces

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Edouard Manet (The Filer, see notes); ? (illustration)
Inker(s): Edouard Manet (The Filer, see notes); ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Tootsie Roll Fudge.

Reproduction of Edouard Manet's The Filer in the advertisement.
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Feature(s): 104 Kings' Knights
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Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Feature(s): Blast Off
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

An advertisement for greeting cards from Wallace Brown, Inc. of New York 10, N.Y.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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