Adventure Comics
#269
(February 1960)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-12-31
- 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 ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #15 and copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Krypto's Mean Master!
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Krypto; Solar Boy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Synopsis
- Krypto searches for a new master after Superboy punishes him, with disastrous results.
- Reprints
-
in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #169 (February-March 1975) which is reprinted -
in Superman (Editrice Cenisio, 1976 series) #12 (Dicembre 1976) -
in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #12/1975 ([desember] 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's a neat idea, Jane!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #13 (February-March 1952)
-
The Comic Book Archer!
Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mr. Sloan (Editor of All-Star Comics); Bill Nixon (creator of the Wizard Archer)
- Synopsis
- Sloan refuses to buy Nixon's comic strip because it's too unbelievable, so Green Arrow has to duplicate the Wizard Archer's amazing feats.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
-
[no title indexed]
Tricksy World's Greatest Stunt Man / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a daring feat!
- Genre
- humor
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #15, Superboy #79, and Action Comics #261.
The Kid from Atlantis!
Aquaman / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth] (intro, origin); Atlantis; Topo
- Synopsis
- Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish. Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick.
- Reprints
-
in Top Comics (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #2 -
in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1959 series) #45 (janvier 1963) [N&B [B&W]] - in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #79 (December 1968)
-
in Aquaman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #2501 (1969) -
in Aquaman Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #2 ([June 1979]) [Aquaman logo has been replaced with one reading 'The Origin of Aqualad'] - in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #9 (May 1981)
- in Hercule (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #23 (mars 1982) [N&B [B&W]]
- in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in Showcase Presents: Aquaman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
- in Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2016 series) ([December] 2016)
- in Aquaman: 80 Years of the King of the Seven Seas The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2023 series) ([April] 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superdog's Mean Master!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council -
2.
Krypto's Mean Master!
Superboy -
3.
[no title indexed]
Hi-Power Binoculars -
4.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
5.
["That's a neat idea, Jane!"]
Peg -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
The Comic Book Archer!
Green Arrow -
8.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
9.
["What a daring feat!"]
Tricksy World's Greatest Stunt Man -
10.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics; Superboy -
11.
The Kid from Atlantis!
Aquaman -
12.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
13.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
14.
[no title indexed]
Space Shoes -
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
16.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
17.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ed Boner
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- R S
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walker
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