Tuesday, June 22, 2010

1023 - Adventure Comics 306 - The Legion of Substitute Heroes!

Index Number – 1023 - 1.0
Issue – Adventure Comics 306
Cover Date – March 1963
Title – The Legion of Substitute Heroes!
Characters – Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Fire Lad, Night Girl, Polar Boy, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Stone Boy, Sun Boy
Introductions - Chlorophyll Kid (Ral Benem), Fire Lad (Staq Mavlen), Night Girl (Lydda Jath), Polar Boy (Brek Bannin), Stone Boy (Dag Wentim)
Villain – Plant Men
Synopsis – The Subs defeat an invasion of Earth while the Legionnaires are in space.
Writer – Edmund Hamilton
Artist – John Forte
Editor – Mort Weisinger
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 2 – 1992
Showcase Presents the Legion of Super-Heroes 1 - 2007
Comments – Even as a kid, I thought “Legion of Substitute Heroes” was a dumb name.

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