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Issue Details

Issue #315
Published December 1963
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Smallville Mailsack contains a letter from E. Nelson Bridwell. End of original Superboy stories this issue

Cover Details - "The Titanic Superboy!"

Characters Superboy; Clark Kent; Lana Lang
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ira Schnapp

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part I: The Legionnaire's Super-Contest!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]
Synopsis The Legion of Super-Heroes finds out about the Subs, and hold a contest to induct the winner into the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Joe Letterese (splash only); ?
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Legion of Substitute Heroes app. Bouncing Boy misidentified as Bouncing Girl in Roll Call
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #501; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

1 page public service announcement "Your Free Trip Around the World!"

Characters an old sea captain; two boys
Synopsis The public library can take its patrons on journeys around the world and beyond, as shown by the captain after telling the boys some tales.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes A list by Lionel English also gives the penciller and inker as "Morris Waldinger" in one of the issues this PSA appears in. Creator credits from a list by Lionel English.
Reprinted in June 1966 DC titles

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Winner of the Super-Tests!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl, Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]
Synopsis Stone Boy wins the contest, but decides to stay with the Subs.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Joe Letterese
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Legion of Substitute Heroes app.
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #501; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

1 page Smallville Mailsack letters page

Notes Includes a letter from E. Nelson Bridwell

9 page Superboy story "The Titanic Boy of Steel!"

Characters Superboy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Colossal Boy; red kryptonite
Synopsis Red K makes Superboy giant size
Genre superhero
Script ?; Mort Weisinger
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Letters Joe Letterese
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes last new Superboy story in Adventure Comics during the Legion's run