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Issue Details

Issue #317
Published February 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes cover logo changes to reflect new feature. Statement of Ownership this issue. "Hall of Fame" Superboy reprints begin this issue

Cover Details - "The Menace of Dream Girl!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy]; Dream Girl
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes cover logo changes to reflect new feature. Statement of Ownership this issue. "Hall of Fame" Superboy reprints begin this issue
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (1991 series) #2

9 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part I: The Menace of Dream Girl!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lass; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl; Bouncing Boy]; Dream Girl
Synopsis Dream Girl joins the Legion and insists Lightning Lass be expelled when she loses her powers and demands Triplicate Girl be court-martialled for accusing her of causing Lightning Lass to lose her power.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Milton Snapinn
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes intro Dream Girl, first mention of Time Trapper, first app the Iron Curtain of Time
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 tries to make criminals see he's invulnerable.
Genre Gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page Moolah the Mystic filler "untitled"

Characters Moolah the Mystic
Synopsis Moolah, who lies on nails and eats fire, stays away from the beach because he gets a sunburn.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

9 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Doom of the Legion!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Light Lass]; Dream Girl
Synopsis Even more Legionnaires are expelled before Dream Girl reveals to Star Boy that it was all a plot to prevent their deaths. Star Boy explains what she really foresaw and Dream Girl leaves the team to perfect her power.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Milton Snapinn
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Lightning Lass becomes Light Lass
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #502; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

8 page Superboy story "The Shrinking of Superboy"

Characters Superboy; Lana Lang; Prof Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Genre superhero
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Editing Mort Weisinger
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #61