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Issue Details

Issue #304
Published January 1963
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Polar Boy suggested by reader in this issue's Smallville Mailbag

Cover Details - "The War Between Superboy and Superman!"

Characters Superboy; "Superman" [Roz-Em]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Police chief Parker; Krypto; Nim-El; Jor-El
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ira Schnapp

13 page Superboy story "The War Between Superboy and Superman"

Characters Superboy; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; "Superman" (Kryptonian impersonator); Lana Lang
Synopsis An adult version of Superboy appears to have been created by Red Kryptonite; only one version may remain
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Letters Joe Letterese
Editing Mort Weisinger

1 page public service announcement "Touchdown for Picasso!"

Characters Stan; friend of Stan's; Biff Drake
Synopsis Stan learns that even tough football players can appreciate the fine arts as well.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page Movie Ha-Lights filler

Characters Movie Ha-Lights
Synopsis Hollywood "yes-men" spill soup on themselves when their boss gets some spilled on him.
Genre Gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

11 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Stolen Superpowers!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid; Matter-Eater Lad; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Supergirl]; Lori Lemaris; Zaryan the Conqueror
Synopsis Saturn Girl tries to sacrifice herself after she finds out that a computer predicts the death of a legionnaire fighting Zaryan, but Lightning Lad dies instead.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Joe Letterese
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Death of Lightning Lad. Lori Lemaris appearance. Saturn Girl elected Legion leader.
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #403; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #499; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) [black and white]; in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008)

Half page Super-Turtle filler

Characters Super-Turtle
Synopsis Super-Turtle uses a net to catch a cannonball.
Genre Gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Characters Casey the Cop
Synopsis A man whose home is burning talks Casey into letting him run in to save his golf clubs.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff