Adventure Comics #271

(April 1960)

How Luthor Met Superboy! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lex Luthor (origin); Jonathon [Pa] Kent; Martha [Ma] Kent; Krypto; Lana Lang; kryptonite

Synopsis:

Young Lex and Superboy start out as friends, but after Superboy accidentally destroys Luthor's laboratory and accidentally causes Lex to lose his hair, Luthor vows revenge.

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 Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1967 (25. März 1967)
• in Superboy (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #7/1969 (July 1969)
• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975)
• in The Great Superman Comic Book Collection (DC, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #[nn] (1983)
• in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] ([January] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Story based on a suggestion from reader Eugene J. Buie, printed in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #130, cover dated July 1959.

The Son of Congorilla (Table of Contents)

Congorilla / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; jungle

Characters:

Janu the Jungle Boy; Congo Bill; Son of Congorilla (intro)

Synopsis:

A young albino gorilla appears, and Congo Bill has to use the magic ring on him instead of Congorilla.

[The alarm clock just doesn't work] (Table of Contents)

Ollie / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Second Deluge! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Ramona Fradon

Inks:

Ramona Fradon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Aqua-Cave; Captain Noah

Synopsis:

Captain Noah predicts a second deluge.

Reprints:

• in Century Plus Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #55 ([January 1961])
• in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([January] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([February] 2007)
• in Top Comics Wassermann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #112