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Issue Details

Issue #311
Published August 1963
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Reader suggestions for new Legionnaires include Evolvo Lad. Readers point to the existence of Lightning Man in stories of the adult Legion as proof that Lightning Lad's death can't be permanent, editors admit that he'll be restored in the following issue at the cost of another member's life.

Cover Details - "The Legion of Substitute Heroes Declares War on the Legion of Super-Heroes!"

Characters Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Reader suggestions for new Legionnaires include Evolvo Lad. Readers point to the existence of Lightning Man in stories of the adult Legion as proof that Lightning Lad's death can't be permanent, editors admit that he'll be restored in the following issue at the cost of another member's life.
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

7 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part I: The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires!"

Characters Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass] (most as projected images)
Synopsis The Legion of Substitute-Heroes tries to fill in for the Legion, but the Legion tells the Subs to disband.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Joe Letterese; Milton Snapinn
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Legion of Substitute Heroes stars
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

8 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Duel of the Legions!"

Characters Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy]
Synopsis The Substitutes realize the Legion has been replaced by aliens, chase the aliens away, and save the real Legion.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Letters Joe Letterese; Milton Snapinn
Editing Mort Weisinger
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2

9 page Superboy story "Smallville's War Against Superbaby!"

Characters Superbaby; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Zeke Stebbins
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Milton Snapinn
Editing Mort Weisinger

Half page Casey the Cop filler "untitled"

Characters Casey the Cop
Synopsis Casey rescues a little boy and takes him for ice cream.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff