Adventure Comics #311 (DC, 1963) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $2,390.00
Sold: Apr 30, 2017
Adventure Comics #311 Values
Publisher: DC, 1963
About Adventure Comics #311
Featuring Superboy and the Legion of Substitute-Heroes. Curt Swan cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
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]
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
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.
Pages: 7.670
Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: John Forte (signed)
Inks: John Forte (signed)
Letters: Joe Letterese; Milton Snapinn
Reprints: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #500 (June 1983)
Notes: Legion of Substitute Heroes stars.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
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