Adventure Comics 1938 #333 - reader copy - $6.00
Superboy teaches kids about hobbies and crafts.
The Legionnaires travel to the past to find out the story behind an ancient artifact which refers to a war between Earth and Krypton. The half that goes to Earth's past finds space travelers colonizing ancient Atlantis; the other half accompanies a group of Kryptonians who leave anti-scientific Krypton for Earth.
While the Atlanteans and Kryptonians fight, Brainiac 5 discovers why Earth's air irritates the Atlanteans and helps them adapt to life under the sea. Later, back in the future, Superboy finds more artifacts that explain what happened to the Kryptonians.
Jenkins takes his paint-by-number hobby too far.
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #85 and copyright registration.
- Happy Hobby Time! - Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover. Credits from a list by Lionel English.
- Part I: The War Between Krypton and Earth! - DC credits this story to Edmond Hamilton in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #4 and Bob Hughes confirms the identification. We formerly had credited this story to Jerry Siegel.
- - On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.
- - Art credits submitted by Brian Heaton via the GCD Error Tracker.
- - Letters from Eugene Twilleger, Timothy Loan, Ned Snively, Denis O'Sullivan, Tony Swanson, and Jerry Weissman.
- - On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
- - Inside back cover.
- - Back cover.
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