Comic Title: Adventure Comics #316
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1964
On Sale Date: November 27, 1963 Newsstand Date November 27, 1963
Source: House Ad, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #74, Page 8

Copyright Date November 27, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963

Newsstand Date November 28, 1963
Source: House Ad, Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #46, Page 30

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Notes:
This issues contains a 5-page feature: "The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes" which is partially reprinted from Superman Annual #4.

Title: "The Renegade Super-Hero"
Pages: 19

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (of Earth-1)

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Artist: John Forte

Reprinted In:
Adventure Comics #502 (1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 2 HC (1992)
Showcase Presents:Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Adventure Comics #317)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Adventure Comics #317)
• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #110; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Adventure Comics #317)
• Bouncing Boy (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Phantom Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #313; next appearance in Adventure Comics #319)
• Invisible Kid (last appearance in Adventure Comics #314; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Adventure Comics #315; next appearance in Adventure Comics #317)
• Sun Boy (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Ultra Boy (origin retold; poses as Rann Varal in this story; last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #73; next appearance in Adventure Comics #317)
• Element Lad (last appearance in Adventure Comics #310; next appearance in Action Comics #309)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Adventure Comics #313; next appearance in Action Comics #309)

Supporting Character(s)

• Proty II (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72; next appearance in Adventure Comics #320)

Villain(s)

• The Mystery Marauders (an unnamed alien race of space-pirates; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed biochemist and his transformed victims (no further appearances)
• An unnamed Science Police officer, two Science Police clerks, unnamed solar power plant workers, and various citizens of 30th century Metropolis (no further appearances)
• The giant inhabitants of an unnamed dimension (appear in flashback; last appearance in Adventure Comics #313; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Sun Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #314; next appearance in Adventure Comics #315)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #314; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #73)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Proty (as a statue)
• Olen Jor (criminal of planet Thar; on a slide)
• An energy-beast and two Science Police officers (identified as Galactic Patrol officers; all in flashback to Ultra Boy’s origin)

Comments:
Part 2: "The End of a Super-Traitor"

Following this story, Bouncing Boy, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Lightning Lass, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, and Triplicate Girl travel back to Superman’s time for the "Superman Super-Spectacular" in the first story of Action Comics #309.

Synopsis:
The Legionnaires discover that Ultra Boy is actually Rann Varal, an escaped criminal from the planet Rimbor. After he is expelled from the Legion, his former teammates hunt him throughout the galaxy.

Eventually, he joins forces with a group of space-pirates, and he and Phantom Girl, who believes he is innocent, lead them inside the Legion Clubhouse, where he subdues them with a freeze-ray. Then he finally explains to the Legion that he had deliberately framed himself so as to infiltrate the pirate band. Exonerated, he is reinstated in the group.