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Issue: Adventure Comics #311
Publication Date: August 1963
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Issues: #311 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: 06/27/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
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The Legion of Substitute Heroes Declares War on the Legion of Super-Heroes!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as The Legion of Substitute Heroes Declares War on the Legion of Super-Heroes! [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 #311 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[Part I] The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass] (most as projected images)
Synopsis: The Legion of Substitute-Heroes tries to fill in for the Legion, but the Legion tells the Subs to disband.
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #500 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
as [Part I] The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as [Part I]: The War between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Legion of Substitute Heroes stars.
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Try a Tongue Teaser!

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Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual
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Part II: The Duel of the Legions!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy]
Synopsis: The Substitutes realize the Legion has been replaced by aliens, chase the aliens away, and save the real Legion.
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #500 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
as Part II: The Duel of the Legions! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as Part II: The Duel of the Legions! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
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Feature(s): Giant Lois Lane Annual
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Tommy Tryon, Todd Walters, Steven J. Gerstein, Caroline Dove, and excerpts from other letters including reader suggestions for new Legionnaires include Evolvo Lad. Readers point to the existence of Lightning Man in stories of the adult Legion as proof that Lightning Lad's death can't be permanent, editors admit that he'll be restored in the following issue at the cost of another member's life.
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Smallville's War Against Superbaby!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superbaby; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Zeke Stebbins
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: "An Untold Tale of Superboy When He Was a Superbaby!"
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Great Masterpieces

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Baw!" "What's the matter, sonny?
Synopsis: Casey rescues a little boy and takes him for ice cream.
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Feature(s): Superboy; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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