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

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 A/S, 1969 series) #1/1972 (January (?) 1972)

Indexer Notes

Original version shows Clark watching tv. In the 80-Page Giant reprint, Clark receives pictures from the future on the radio.

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

Genre:

puzzle page

Reprints:

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

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 [Direct] (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:

fact; 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:

gag

The Guinea Pig of the Sea (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ramona Fradon

Inks:

Ramona Fradon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; Dr. Rush

["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)