Cover Credits |
Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: George Klein |
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Comic Title: Adventure Comics #364
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1968
On Sale Date:
November 30, 1967 Newsstand Date November 30, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Metamorpho #16, Page 32
Copyright Date November 30, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger
Story |
Title: "The Revolt of the Super-Pets"
Pages: 24
Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (of Earth-1)
Writer: James Shooter
Artist: Peter Costanza
Reprinted In:
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 7 HC (1997)
Showcase Presents:Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 TPB (2009)
Legion of Super-Heroes:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2020)
Tails of the Super-Pets TPB (2022)
Feature Character(s)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #365)
- Saturn Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #368)
- Lightning Lad (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #367)
- Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Superboy #147)
- Colossal Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Superboy #147)
- Invisible Kid (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #367)
- Star Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #367)
- Phantom Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #367)
- Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #365)
- Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Adventure Comics #361; next appearance in Superboy #147)
- Sun Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #367)
- Ultra Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #368)
- Lightning Lass (Light Lass; last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Superboy #147)
- Karate Kid (in flashback to an untold Legion adventure; last appearance in Adventure Comics #363; next appearance in Adventure Comics #365)
- Superboy (last appearance in Action Comics #358; next appearance in Adventure Comics #365)
- Supergirl (last appearance in Action Comics #358; next appearance in Action Comics #359)
Guest Star(s)
- Legion of Super-Pets (last appearance in Adventure Comics #351; next appearance in Adventure Comics #380)
- Krypto (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #107; next appearance in Adventure Comics #380)
- Streaky (last appearance in Adventure Comics #351; next appearance in Adventure Comics #380)
- Comet (disguised as Biron the Bowman in this story; last appearance in Adventure Comics #351; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #92)
- Super-Monkey (last appearance in Adventure Comics #351; next appearance in Adventure Comics #380)
- Proty II (disguised as Blockade Boy in this story; last appearance in Adventure Comics #343; next appearance in Adventure Comics #375)
Villain(s)
- The inhabitants of planet Thanl (Rikkor Rost named; no further appearances)
Cameo Appearance(s)
- Jor-El (in flashback to Beppo's origin)
- Circe (in flashback to Comet's origin)
- Maldor (in flashback to Comet's origin)
- The Luck Lords (in flashback)
- The Llorn (in flashback to Proty's origin)
Comments:
Part II:"Fang, Claw and Hoof"
Synopsis:
The animal members of the Legion of Super-Pets are playing in space when they detect remote-controlled crime machines headed for Earth. The Pets destroy the machines and fly to the Legion Clubhouse to warn the Super-Heroes, only to have the Legionnaires chastise them because they failed to trace the weapons to their point of origin. Leaving the Super-Pets and Saturn Girl to guard the Clubhouse, the heroes attempt to trace the machine's trail themselves. Upset over this treatment, the Pets depart after Saturn Girl gives them a telepathic charge so that they can communicate with each other.
The Super-Pets soon meet Rikkor Rost of the planet Thanl, who informs them that his world worships them, and hopes that they will accept his offer of a permanent home there. They accept, and he teleports them to Thanl.
Meanwhile, the Super-Heroes return to the Clubhouse to inform Saturn Girl that their attempt to trace the machines proved fruitless, and that they want to apologize to the Super-Pets. She leads them to Thanl, where the heroes note the many statues honoring the Pets. They find that the animals are now reluctant to leave, and when Chameleon Boy rashly grabs Proty, demanding his obedience, the Pets fight back, and send the defeated Legionnaires back to Earth.
Rikkor Rost suggests that the heroes may further plot against them, and so Super-Horse, now human because a comet is passing Earth, and a disguised Proty join the Legion as two new members, Biron the Bowman and Blockade Boy. The two are assigned the task of discovering the origin of the crime machines, and after the other depart, they use the Legion's computer to trace the weaponry to the planet Thanl.
Comet and Proty return to face the Thanlians in a showdown, and the heroes arrive shortly afterward to assist the Pets in defeating them. The two Legions are reconciled, and all earlier differences are forgiven.
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