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Issue Details

Issue #316
Published January 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Renegade Super-Legionnaire!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lass; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ira Schnapp
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "You Get What You Vote For!"

Characters Joe; Buzzy Brown; Mr. Brown
Synopsis Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote.
Genre teen; fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.

9 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part I: The Renegade Super-Hero!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy, Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass]
Synopsis When Ultra Boy appears to be an escaped convict, he is expelled from the Legion and has to flee the planet.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Milton Snapinn
Editing Mort Weisinger
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #502; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

10 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Invisible Kid; Bouncing Boy]
Synopsis Ultra Boy reveals that his faked criminal past was a ploy to infiltrate and lure a pirate band into custody.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Milton Snapinn
Editing Mort Weisinger
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #502; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

Half page Super-Turtle filler "untitled"

Characters Super-Turtle
Synopsis Super-Turtle helps a baby elephant reunite with his mother.
Genre Gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

2 page The Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!"

Characters Phantom Girl, Triplicate Girl, Brainiac 5, Lightning Lad, Bouncing Boy, Invisible Kid, Shrinking Violet, Cosmic Boy, Chameleon Boy, Saturn Girl, Colossal Boy, Sun Boy [cont]
Synopsis illustrations of Legionnaires in action, with real names and home worlds
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Editing Mort Weisinger
Reprinted from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 [with alterations]; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #57; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2 [in this version]

2 page The Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!] [con't"

Characters [cont] Superboy, Lightning Lass, Star Boy, Mon-El, Ultra Boy, Matter-Eater Lad, Supergirl, Proty II, Element Lad, Elastic Lad (Jimmy Olsen), Super-Pets (Krypto, Super-Monkey, Super-Horse, Streaky)
Synopsis illustrations of Legionnaires in action, with real names and home worlds
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Editing Mort Weisinger
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #57; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

1 page The Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!] [con't"

Synopsis origins of Legionnaires in previous illustration pages
Genre superhero
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2 [reformatted]

Half page Cinema Antics story

Characters Cinema Antics
Synopsis Tommy goes to see "Treasure Island" instead of reading the book for a book report.
Genre Humor
Notes humor strip