Adventure Comics
#237
(June 1957)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-04-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Robot War of Smallville
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Prof Lang; Interplanetary Vigilantes; Superboy robot (not built by Superboy)
- Synopsis
- Superboy returns to Smallville after a trip and finds that everyone has been turned into robots.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 series) #105 ([November 1957] ?)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn; we previously credited Otto Binder.
No appearance of any group remotely resembling the Legion of Super-Heroes in this story despite what it says in various Overstreet volumes.
[no title indexed]
Ollie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd like to open a bank account!
- Genre
- humor
The Secret of the Sea King
Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Roy Mason
[no title indexed]
Quick Quiz / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How often may the design on United States coins be changed?
- Reprints
-
from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #83 (April 1954)
-
The Home-Made Arrows
Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Speedy; unnamed crooks (villains)
- Reprints
- in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #13 ([October 1957] ?)
-
- Keywords
- Arrow-Cave
[no title indexed]
Lem 'n' Lime / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm reading a book on anatomy...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lem; Lime
- Reprints
- in Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 series) #103 ([September 1957])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Robot War of Smallville!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamps -
2.
The Robot War of Smallville
Superboy -
3.
You'll Want to Join Up with Sgt.Bilko
Sgt. Bilko -
4.
Worldwide Adventures in Science!
-
5.
["I'd like to open a bank account!"]
Ollie -
6.
The Secret of the Sea King
Aquaman -
7.
["How often may the design on United States coins be changed?"]
Quick Quiz -
8.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
9.
How to Become an Expert Pitcher
-
10.
The Home-Made Arrows
Green Arrow -
11.
["I'm reading a book on anatomy..."]
Lem 'n' Lime -
12.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
14.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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