Adventure Comics 312

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Adventure Comics #312
Preboot » Pre-Crisis
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Cover by Curt Swan, George Klein and Ira Schnapp
Story title The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires
Part 2: The Bravest Legionnaire
Previous story Adventure Comics #311:The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires
Next story Adventure Comics #313:The Condemned Legionnaires
Publication date July 25, 1963
Cover date September 1963
Creators
Writer(s) Edmond Hamilton and Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s) John Forte
Inker(s) John Forte
Letterer(s) Milton Snapinn
Colourist(s) Unknown
Editor(s) Mort Weisinger
Cover artist(s) Curt Swan, George Klein and Ira Schnapp

The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires

Mon-El returns from his home world, Daxam, with the sad news that he has found no way to revive the deceased Lightning Lad, as he promised. However, Saturn Girl picks up a thought from him that he is lying. Before she can probe his mind further, Mon-El guards his thoughts.

The Legionnaires pledge to find some way to restore Lightning Lad to life, and head out to various worlds in search of clues. Superboy flies to a planet where its temporarily deceased inhabitants are revived by exposure to a blue sun; he fashions gases from the sun into a mini blue sun, but its radiation fails to restore Lightning Lad. Saturn Girl stays close to Mon-El so she can learn what he is concealing; together, they visit the planet of the fabled Taroc beast, which dies and comes back to life. But they observe that the Taroc is merely reborn in a new body from its old, which will not help Lightning Lad. As they visit Lightning Lad’s body on the lightning world, Saturn Girl picks up another alarming thought from Mon-El: that he knows how to revive Lightning Lad but doesn’t want to.

Part 2: The Bravest Legionnaire

Key Quotes and Catchphrases

Critique

Roll Call

In order of appearance:

Legionnaires

Villains

Supporting Characters

Other Characters

Planets and Settings

Technology, Gadgets and Other Neat Stuff

Notes

Errors and Oddities

First appearances

This issue marks the first appearance of the following characters and recurring key Legion story elements:

Powers and abilities

Reboot Reference Kit

Post-Crisis xxx
Glorithverse xxx
Post-Zero Hour xxx
Post-Infinite Crisis xxx
DCAU xxx
LSH cartoon xxx

Retcon Alert

Other

Other stories in this issue

There is an additional story that does not feature the Legion - "Clark Kent, He-Man"

Reprints

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See also