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Issue: Adventure Comics #353
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 12/27/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
The Doomed Legionnaire!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Curt Swan
George Klein
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Sun Boy; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad]; Fatal Five [Mano; Validus; Tharok; Emerald Empress; Persuader]
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #2/1968 published February 1968
as Den fortapte legionær! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #6 published January 1996
as The Doomed Legionnaire! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Legion of Super-Heroes - The Life and Death of Ferro Lad #[nn] published May 2009
as Adventure Comics #353 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #3 published June 2009
as Adventure Comics 353 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Doomed Legionnaire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
Jim Shooter (layouts only); Curt Swan
George Klein
?
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Princess Projectra; Sun Boy; Ferro Lad]; Fatal Five [Tharok; Mano; Emerald Empress; Persuader; Validus]
The heroes and villains prepare to confront the Sun-Eater, while Tharok plans for the aftermath.
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #2/1968 published February 1968
as Den fortapte legionær! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Supacomic #105 published May 1968
as The Doomed Legionnaire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #1 published March 1980
as The Fatal Five! Part I: To Save a Galaxy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #6 published January 1996
as [Part I]: The Doomed Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #6 published January 1996
as Part II: Slain by the Sun-Eater [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Legion of Super-Heroes - The Life and Death of Ferro Lad #[nn] published May 2009
as The Doomed Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #3 published June 2009
as The Doomed Legionnaire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Story continues from previous issue.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Pete
Little Pete
Gee, thanks. It's a neat model car kit!
Pete wants it to rain because he wants to build his model.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
6290
Peace on Earth

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff ?
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
informational
the words "peace on earth" translated into several languages
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Curt Swan
George Klein
?
typeset
Subject Matter
The Legion Outpost
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Letters from: Tom Shields, Jay Burdick, Norm Nichols, Dave Olsen, David Luhn, Jack Jodell, Elizabeth Kane (two letters), Violet Smith, Irene Vartanoff, Gene Comeau, M. Shelby Silver, and A. C. Bethune.

Credit is given to 14-year old Jim Shooter for issue #349 (it's mentioned that he just turned 15), and to E. Nelson Bridwell for issue #351.
Part II: Slain by the Sun-Eater!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
Jim Shooter (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils)
George Klein
?
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Princess Projectra; Ferro Lad (death); Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl]; Fatal Five [Persuader; Validus; Tharok; Emerald Empress; Mano]
Ferro Lad knocks out Superboy and sacrifices his life delivering the bomb which destroys the Sun-Eater.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
11.5
[untitled]

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
opinion
Watch those sparks!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Direct Currents
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irwin Donenfeld
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Date of Filing: October 1st, 1966. Total Paid Circulation, Average for 12 months: 481,234, for issue nearest to filing date: 522,096

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