Adventure Comics #250

(July 1958)

Are You a Litter Bug? (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

The Impostor from the Year 2958 (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

John Sikela

Inks:

John Sikela

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lorac-K7; Pa Kent; Ma Kent; Prof Lang; Mayor Brook; Principal Sands; Lana Lang; Inspector Edaw-8; Mr. Carr

Synopsis:

A criminal from the 30th Century comes to Smallville to get Cobalt to build a cobalt bomb, and disguises himself as a local resident and Superboy has to figure out which one.

Reprints:

• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #10 (May 1965)
• in Giant Superboy Album (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #2 ([Circa 1966-1967])
• in Superboy (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1972 ([januar ?] 1972)

Indexer Notes

Original version shows Clark watching tv. In the 80-Page Giant reprint, Clark receives pictures from the future on the radio.
Story retold from the Superman newspaper strip (episode 103 "The Imposter From the Year 3004").

Meet Space Ranger (Table of Contents)

Space Ranger / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #15 starring Space Ranger.

["Lisa is giving up her movie career to get married"] (Table of Contents)

Honey in Hollywood / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• from Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (DC, 1952 series) #2 (September-October 1952)

Indexer Notes

Title changed to first line of dialog to facilitate reprint tracking. (Gene Reed, 7/14/2011) Palisade Park ad on bottom half of page.

["Three seven-letter words can be spelled, using all seven letters in each word!" (TNGIDIE)] (Table of Contents)

Teen Twisters / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Naydel

Pencils:

Martin Naydel

Inks:

Martin Naydel

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Naydel

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (DC, 1952 series) #26 (January 1956) [as feature titled Teen Twisters]

Keywords:

puzzle page

The Green Arrows of the World (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Phantom of France; Green Arrow (Mexico); Green Arrow (Japan); Green Arrow (Switzerland); Bowman from Britain; Bowman of the Bush; Green Arrow (Polynesia); "Counterfeit" Carson

Synopsis:

"Counterfeit" Carson attempts to crash a party by the Green Arrows of the world to get his revenge.

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #29 (February 1959)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23 (July 1982)
• in The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] ([November] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
• in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 (July 2011)

Indexer Notes

First Silver Age Green Arrow.
Bill Finger writer credit removed based on discussion with Bob Hughes. [Mike Nielsen 5/2007]

["A snail has about 14,000 teeth!"] (Table of Contents)

Animal Wonderworld / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; animal

Reprints:

• from The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog (DC, 1952 series) #3 (May-June 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Chuckle Box / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Guinea Pig of the Sea (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Millard

Pencils:

Ramona Fradon

Inks:

Ramona Fradon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; Dr. Rush

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/ .

["Dad asked me to paint this fence today."] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Title changed to first line of dialog to facilitate reprint tracking. (Gene Reed, 7/14/2011)