Adventure Comics
#258
(March 1959)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-01-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Superboy Meets the Young Green Arrow!
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
-
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Superboy Meets the Young Green Arrow!
Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Lana Lang; Superboy's Time Telescope (intro); Jim Brand (local farmer); Jesse James (Cowhand in disguise); Sir Modred (Cowhand in disguise); Sheriff of Nottingham (Cowhand in disguise); Cherokee Chief (Cowhand in disguise)
- Synopsis
- Superboy observes Green Arrow on his time scope and decides to help the young Oliver develop his skills after Oliver moves to Smallville.
- Reprints
- in Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #37 (January-February 1972)
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #7 (September-October 1980)
-
in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #13/1980 (Dezember 1980) - in Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
- in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) ([March] 2010)
-
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This dachshund I got for a present is real cute
- Genre
- humor; teen
The Arrow Platoon!
Green Arrow / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Arrow-Plane; Star City (intro); Private Kovacs; Private Brandt; Private Martin; Private Cohen; Escaped Convicts (Villains)
- Synopsis
- Green Arrow and Speedy help 4 soldiers round up some excaped convicts who are dressed up as Indians.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes.
First Green Arrow story explicitly set in Star City.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
The Incredible Fish of Doctor Danton!
Aquaman / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Danton
- Synopsis
- A cloud of radioactive dust contaminates the tanks of Dr. Danton's fish, giving them extraordinary abilities. With the help of his finny friends, Aquaman recaptures the fish, who revert to normal when their radioactivity wears off.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superboy Meets the Young Green Arrow!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
2.
Superboy Meets the Young Green Arrow!
Superboy -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["This dachshund I got for a present is real cute"]
Peg -
5.
[no title indexed]
American Seeds -
6.
The Arrow Platoon!
Green Arrow -
7.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
8.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
9.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve -
10.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
11.
The Incredible Fish of Doctor Danton!
Aquaman -
12.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
13.
[no title indexed]
Colorfoto Natural Color Photos -
14.
[no title indexed]
Exact Replica Army Grenade -
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
16.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Stamps -
17.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Tristan Lapoussière
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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