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Issue: Adventure Comics #0
Publication Date: April 2009
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Issues: #0 of 27 Issues (56 Printings)
Title: none
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 02/04/2009
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194128102500011
Price: $1.00 USD
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Content Items: 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Elisabeth V. Gehrlein; Sean Ryan (Associate Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Aaron Lopresti (signed)
Inker(s): Aaron Lopresti (signed)
Colorist(s): Brian Miller (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
Character(s): Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy
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In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 published February 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover is an homage to Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247. On the original cover and in the original story (reprinted inside this issue) Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy. Also on this new cover the Legionnaires are in variations of their more familiar classic costumes, not the costumes they wear in the story reprinted in this issue.
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The Legion of Super-Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Mort Weisnger (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]; Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Synopsis: Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely initiation pranks which proved he is a good sport.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #247 published April 1958
was The Legion of Super-Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Reprint of the first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy in this story. Several other unidentified Legionnaires appear in the story, including one colored to imply he is Brainiac 5. The Legionnaires are not yet in their classic costumes in this story.
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Origins & Omens

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Geoff Johns
Penciller(s): Francis Manapul
Inker(s): Francis Manapul
Colorist(s): Brian Buccellato
Letterer(s): Steve Wands [as Swands]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes; Scar
Character(s): Scar; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Superboy [Conner Kent]
Synopsis: As Scar reviews The Book of the Black, she thinks about Lex Luthor. Lex, assigned by General Lane to try and unlock the secrets in Brainiac, believes he has control over the villain, but Brainiac surprises Lex by re-activating and declaring that now they will be working together as a team. Only Scar knows that Luthor will be saved from this alliance with Brainiac by the currently deceased Superboy.
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Pages: 6

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