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Issue: Adventure Comics #317
Publication Date: February 1964
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Issues: #317 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: 12/26/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Cover logo changes to reflect new feature. "Hall of Fame" Superboy reprints begin this issue.
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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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Title Page
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Assets2
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The Menace of Dream Girl!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy]; Dream Girl
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In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as The Menace of Dream Girl! [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 #317 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Amazing book about prehistoric animals
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Menace of Dream Girl! Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lass; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl; Bouncing Boy]; Dream Girl (introduction); Rann Antar (rejected applicant)
Synopsis: Dream Girl joins the Legion and insists Lightning Lass be expelled when she loses her powers and demands Triplicate Girl be court-martialled for accusing her of causing Lightning Lass to lose her power.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #63 published November 1964
as The Menace of Dream Girl (part 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #502 [Direct Sales] published August 1983
as Part I: The Menace of Dream Girl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as Part I: The Menace of Dream Girl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Menace of Dream Girl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: First mention of the Time Trapper and the first appearance the Iron Curtain of Time.

At the beginning of the meeting, there is a reading of the Legion Constitution, which includes "Clause 6, sub-clause 3 [which] requires that every Legionnaire use language-learning machines to learn any new planetary language."

And later Dream Girl quotes clause 2-B, which reads "No one without a super-power can be a member." And she later quotes sub-clause 11, which reads "Making false charges against any fellow-legionnaire shall be cause for expulsion from the Legion." And later yet she quotes clause 2, sub-clause 4 which forbids subverting a legionnaire doing his or her duty.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
Character(s): Super-Turtle
First Line: Look at that turtle dressed like Superman...
Synopsis: Super-Turtle confronts bank robbers who laugh at a turtle dressed like Superman. They shoot at him, but keep missing. Super-Turtle is discouraged that crooks will never realize he is invincible unless they can hit him, so the next time he encounters bank robbers, he puts a bullseye on his belly.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Moolah the Mystic
First Line: He's lying on a bed of spikes!
Synopsis: Moolah, who lies on nails and eats fire, stays away from the beach because he gets a sunburn.
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From Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #18 published November 1957
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Co.
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[The Menace of Dream Girl!] Part II The Doom of the Legion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass]; Dream Girl
Synopsis: Even more Legionnaires are expelled before Dream Girl reveals to Star Boy that it was all a plot to prevent their deaths. Star Boy explains what she really foresaw and Dream Girl leaves the team to perfect her power.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #63 published November 1964
as The Menace of Dream Girl: The Doom of the Legion (part 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #502 [Direct Sales] published August 1983
as Part II: The Doom of the Legion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as Part II: The Doom of the Legion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Menace of Dream Girl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Lightning Lass becomes Light Lass.

Again Dream Girl quotes from the Legion Constitution: clause 33-B says "If a Legionnaire becomes physically or mentally unfit to perform his duties, he must remain under observation in the Science Hospital for one year." And later she mentions that clause 81 allows punishment for making false charges against a fellow-Legionnaire.
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First Line: Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The column starts with an announcement of the new "Hall of Fame" department, which reprints from time to time the "greatest stories of past eras."

Letters from Jerry Phillips, Merle S. Winston, Lane Tyson, Buddy Nesser, and Nora Knight.

The editor also credits Edmond Hamilton for "The Super-Villains of all Ages" in issue 314, and for the story in the next issue, 318.
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The Shrinking of Superboy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Lana Lang; Professor Lewis Lang; Martha Kent
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #61 published December 1957
was The Shrinking of Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Caption in splash panel has been rewritten to reference the "Hall of Fame" reprints that begin in this issue. The original story title does not end with an exclamation point.
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First Line: Fight global air battles with planes of all nations
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Pages: 1
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132 Roman Soldiers

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Brother, can you spare a dime...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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