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Issue: Adventure Comics #314
Publication Date: November 1963
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Issues: #314 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: 09/26/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from a promotional house advertisement in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #45 (November 1963) and 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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The Legion of Super-Heroes!

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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Alaktor
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as 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 #314 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: Fill the gaps in your family's education...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Cadillac Publishing Co.
Inside front cover.
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The Super-Villains of All Ages! Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Alaktor; Ronn Kar; John Dillinger
Synopsis: Rejected Legion applicant Alaktor steals a Time Bubble and recruits the help of Nero, Dillinger, and Hitler.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #501 [Direct Sales] published July 1983
as Part I: The Super-Villains of All Ages! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 [1st Printing] published December 1992
as Part I: The Super-Villains of All Ages! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Super-Villains of All Ages! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Ronn Kar.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Try a tongue teaser!
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Pages: 0.33
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Company.
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First Line: Zenith's amazing bargain offer
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Pages: 0.5
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Letters from Rusty Schireson, Gary Heeter, Mary Wintrol, Louis Lopez, and Charles Silbergleith. Reader suggestions for new Legionnaires include Gas Girl.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Coming... super-attractions!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisement for Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #109 (December 1963) on-sale date of October 3rd; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #73 (December 1963) on-sale date of October 10th, and Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #306 (November 1963) listed as now on-sale.
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[The Super-Villains of All Ages!] Part 2: The Civil War of the Legion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): John Dillinger; Alaktor
Synopsis: Alaktor switches Hitler's, Nero's, and Dillinger's minds with Superboy's, Mon-El's, and Ultra-Boy's. Saturn Girl tricks them into defeating each other, and the Legion forces Alaktor to undo the process.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #501 [Direct Sales] published July 1983
as Part 2: The Civil War 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 2: The Civil War of the Legion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Super-Villains of All Ages! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
First Line: Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: The advertisement includes "Shoot • A • Basket" optical illusion which if viewed closely can cause the viewer to think the basketball is in the hoop.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Here it is, fans--
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisement for the Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter team-up story in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #50 (October-November 1963). Cover reproduced.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: 102 ships of all nations
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription order form for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series), Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series), Metal Men (DC, 1963 series), The Flash (DC, series), and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series).
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My Son, the Boy of Steel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Fred Carter thinks his son Amos is Superboy.
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Pages: 9
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Katmos [Metal Monarch]; Mr. Element
First Line: The flashiest news of the year... a giant Flash Annual!
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: A promotional house advertisement for "Giant Flash Annual", Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1 (Summer 1963), with the cover shown, on sale August 15th.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: For party fun! Game of the month!
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Pages: 0.33
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132 Roman Soldiers

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations); ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations); ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Let me show you free how to develop spaceman strength and endurance
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Make Your Own Monsters

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Dracula; Phantom of the Opera; Creature of the Black Lagoon; The Mummy; Wolfman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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