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