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Issue: Adventure Comics #293
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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 (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The Legion of Super-Traitors!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Curt Swan
George Klein
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]
Reprinting
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)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as Adventure Comics #293 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Dear Boys and Girls...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Letter to readers thanking them for having bought this comic despite the 2 cents price increase.
The Legion of Super-Traitors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Curt Swan
George Klein
?
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
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
Super-Pets defeat Brain-Globes of Rambat.
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #147 published May 1968
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventure Comics #495 [Direct Sales] published January 1983
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 [1st Printing] published January 1991
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition #[nn] published March 2003
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14
1st Legion of Super-Pets; 3rd appearance Mon-El.
Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Giant Superman Annual
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Smallville Mailsack
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
?
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Varsity Vic
Two, please!
Popcorn prevents hearing transistor radio.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Action Comics; Superboy; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
The Good Deeds of Bizarro-Luthor!

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

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Another Giant Batman Collection!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Giant Batman Annual
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
100 Toy Soldiers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Best Values Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
For the Best in Comics Entertainment

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Revolutionary War Soldiers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Frontier Cabin
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Back cover.

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