Issue Details

Issue	#306
Published	March 1963
Cover Price	0.12
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Runaway Town!"

Characters	Superboy, the Kents
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Letters	Ira Schnapp

12 page Superboy story "The 5th Dimensional High-School!"

Characters	Superboy, Mxyzptlk, Pete Ross, Lana Lang, the Kents, Chief Parker, Krypto
Synopsis	Mxyzptlk plays pranks on Smallville in order to do well in his 5th dimensional practical joking class
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Letters	Joe Letterese
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Half page Casey the Cop filler "untitled"

Characters	Casey the Cop
Synopsis	When it begins to rain Casey pauses from chasing a crook to buy an umbrella.
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

14 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Legion of Substitute Heroes"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]
Synopsis	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.
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	John Forte
Inks	John Forte
Letters	Joe Letterese
Editing	Mort Weisinger
Notes	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
Reprinted	in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500; in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2