Adventure Comics
#255
(December 1958)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-10-30
- 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 Splitting of Superboy
Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Kozz of Mars (yellow skin); Superboy robots; Lana Lang; Superboy
- Synopsis
- Kozz of Mars uses Red Kryptonite to split Superboy and Clark into two separate people. But Clark turns out to be evil.
- Reprints
-
in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #10 (May 1965) -
in Giant Superboy Album (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #2 ([June 1966] ?) -
in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1969 ([august] 1969)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite; red kryptonite (2nd Appearance)
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, officer! I've been getting threatening letters through the mail
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #40 (June-July 1954)
- in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #24 (circa 1966-1968)
-
The War That Never Ended!
Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby; Rosalind Kirby (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Duffy ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Major Tayako
- Synopsis
- Green Arrow and Speedy are stranded on a Pacific island that is still inhabited by Japanese soldiers who do not know that WWII is over.
- Reprints
-
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #39 (décembre 1959) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #23 (mai 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
- in The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (DC, 2001 series) (2001 [January 2002])
- in Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
- in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011)
-
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Letters from readers with editors' answers.
Indexer Notes
A letter from Harry (Aquaboy) Endersby of Fort Lauderdale, Florida announces he and friends call themselves "Aquaboys" when swimming. And how about an Aquaboy companion for Aquaman like Robin and Speedy? The editor replies, "Not bad... We'll take it up with the editor-in-chief."
Aquaman's Double Trouble!
Aquaman / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- King Neptune
- Synopsis
- Aquaman is repeatedly torn between dilemmas to save sea life, submarines, sinking ships, and more. Each time he makes a difficult choice, he finds the other choice was saved by an old seafarer who leaves three mysterious holes at every scene. When Aquaman himself is saved, the old man reveals he's King Neptune - with his three-pointed trident. Neptune retired when a new "King of the Sea" arrived - Aquaman!
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Splitting of Superboy!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
Giant Dinosaurs -
2.
The Splitting of Superboy
Superboy -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Oh, officer! I've been getting threatening letters through the mail"]
Casey the Cop -
5.
Operation Blackhawks!
Blackhawk -
6.
Sharing -- The United Nations Way!
-
7.
The War That Never Ended!
Green Arrow -
8.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
9.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council -
10.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
11.
Aquaman's Double Trouble!
Aquaman -
12.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
15.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Clayton Emery
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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