Adventure Comics 317

Adventure Comics #317 Preboot » Pre-Crisis Cover by Curt Swan and George Klein Story title The Menace of Dream Girl! Previous story Adventure Comics #316: The Renegade Super-Hero! Next story Adventure Comics #318: The Mutiny of the Legionnaires! Publication date December 26, 1963 Cover date February 1964 Creators Writer(s) Edmond Hamilton 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

The Menace of Dream Girl!

(? pages/? panels)

Roll Call

Legionnaires

• Bouncing Boy (? panels)
• Brainiac 5 (? panels)
• Chameleon Boy (? panels)
• Dream Girl (? panels)
• Lightning Lad (? panels)
• Lightning Lass/Light Lass (? panels)
• Matter-Eater Lad (? panels)
• Mon-El (? panels)
• Saturn Girl (? panels)
• Shrinking Violet (? panels)
• Star Boy (? panels)
• Sun Boy (? panels)
• Superboy (? panels)
• Triplicate Girl (? panels)
• Ultra Boy (? panels)

Villains

• Time Trapper (? panels, mentioned only)

Other Characters

• Rann Antar (? panels)

Notes

First appearances

This issue marks the first appearance and origin of the Dream Girl, as well as the origin of Star Boy. The Time Trapper and his Iron Curtain of Time are mentioned for the first time. Also, with this issue, Lightning Lass changes her name to Light Lass when her powers are changed.

Other Stories in this Issue

The issue also contains another story with no Legion content. Superboy stars in "The Shrinking of Superboy", which was originally presented in Superboy v1 #61.

Reprints

The Menace of Dream Girl! has been reprinted in the following:

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  Adventure Comics #502 (August, 1983)

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  Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Volume 2 (1992)

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  Showcase Presents: The Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 1 (2007)

See also

• Legion Publication History - Other issues published 1950-1964
• Legion Publication History - Other issues of Adventure Comics
• Pre-Crisis Chronology
• Quick index of links to other Adventure Comics issues

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