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Issue: Adventure Comics #306
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 01/31/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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The Runaway Town!

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superhero
Superboy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
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Safety First -- All Year!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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non-fiction, opinion
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Inside front cover.
The 5th Dimensional High-School!

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superhero
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Chief Parker; Pete Ross; Miss Schmidt; Mxyzptlk; Ququrlz
Mxyzptlk plays pranks on Smallville in order to do well in his 5th dimensional practical joking class
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FlagSuperboy #5/1974 published May 1974
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Miscellaneous
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The most exciting offer we have made to stamp collectors
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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Letters from Mike Nolan, Peter Mirkel, A. C. Haeger, Edward Morse, Elsa O'Donnell, Oscar Disney, Mille Carbone, and Adam Osserman.
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Subject Matter
humorous
Casey the Cop
It's the first day I'm wearing my new uniform.
When it begins to rain Casey pauses from chasing a crook to buy an umbrella.
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[untitled]

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Superboy; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Coming... super-attractions!
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Missile Attack!

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Sold by Strathmore Toys.
The Legion of Substitute Heroes!

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superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Bouncing Boy [Charles Foster Taine]; Colossal Boy [Gim Allon]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Lad [Brek Bannin]; Night Girl [Lydda Jath]; Stone Boy [Dag Wentim]; Fire Lad [Staq Mavlen]; Chlorophyll Kid [Ral Benem]]
A group of rejected applicants band together as the Legion of Substitute Heroes and thwart the Plant Men's scheme to take over the Earth.
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FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #1 published March 1980
as The Legion of Substitute Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventure Comics #500 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
as The Legion of Substitute Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as The Legion of Substitute Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Legion of Substitute Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Intro & origin Legion of Substitute Heroes (Polar Boy, Night Girl, Stone Boy, Fire-Lad, Chlorophyll Kid); Polar Boy based on reader suggestion in #304's Smallville Mailbag
104 Kings' Knights

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147 Famous Automobiles

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Sold by Auto Models.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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[untitled]

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Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!
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Inside back cover.
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Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.

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