Adventure Comics #253

(October 1958)

Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Wood

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robin; Superman (flash forward); Prof Nichols; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lex Luthor; Kryptonite

Synopsis:

Prof Nichols sends Robin into the past to destroy a machine that will one day kill Superman.

Reprints:

• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #133 (October 1966)
• in Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #36 (November-December 1971)
• in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #52 ([Circa 1972-1973])
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #[nn] ([November] 1989)
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) #[nn] ([June] 1990)
• in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] ([January] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Tootsie Roll ad on bottom of last page

A teenaged Luthor is depicted with thinning hair, this tale pre-dates the story "How Luthor Met Superboy" (Adventure Comics (DC Series 1938) #271 April 1960). In this later issue Lex is shown losing a full head of hair in a laboratory accident, it is this version of events that is recognised as an integral part of the Silver Age Luthor/Superboy story.

["Give me that check! I'll pay for Peg's soda!"] (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Indexer Notes

bottom of page as Palisades Park ad.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Action Comics Oct 1958 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Prisoners of Dimension Zero! (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Herron

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Xeen Arrow (Guest); Alien Crooks (Villains); Arrowcar

Synopsis:

In another dimension, Green Arrow and Speedy meet GA's counterpart Xeen Arrow and discover that due to a passing comet, a gateway to their dimension has opened up, and the mysterious giant arrows they encountered on Earth are merely children's toys from this other dimension which have passed through the gateway. The mystery solved, Xeen Arrow shoots them back to Earth through the gateway before it closes.

Reprints:

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #28 ([January 1959])
• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #449 (July 1975) [minus pages]
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23 [Direct] (July 1982)
• in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) #[nn] ([October] 1990)
• in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] ([October] 1990)
• 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

Bottom of last page has Tootsie Pop ad. Continued from last issue. Dave Wood credit is inaccurate according to Martin O'Hearn.

Lost -- A Free Education! (Table of Contents)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

["I bought a nice present for Linda!"] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Reprints:

• from A Date with Judy (DC, 1947 series) #27 (February-March 1952)

Indexer Notes

bottom of page has Winchester Skates ad.

Smallville Mailsack (Table of Contents)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger [as Editor]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

First issue with letters page. Features letters from Dorothy Watson, Tony Mellio, Charles Fedder, Andrew Otis, and William Allen Hunter.

The Ocean of 1,000,000 B.C. (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller

Pencils:

Ramona Fradon

Inks:

Ramona Fradon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; a caveman

Synopsis:

Finding himself transported back in time, Aquaman discovers that he has no control over the prehistoric animals that surround him. He is forced to use his wits to survive until lightning returns him to his own era.

Indexer Notes

bottom of last page has Tootsie Roll contest ad