Adventure Comics
#279
(December 1960)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-10-27
- 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 Visits the 50th Century!
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lana Lang; Mrs. Lang; Lita Lang; Thaddee Lang
- Synopsis
- Superboy visits the 50th century where everyone considers him to be just a legend.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #136 (March 1967) -
in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #2/1969 ([februar] 1969) [1 page removed] - in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #10/1969 ([oktober] 1969) [2. translation, 1 page removed]
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #36 (May 1983)
-
- Keywords
- white kryptonite (intro)
Indexer Notes
Inker credit by Bob Hughes; we formerly credited George Klein.
Children of Tomorrow!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Synopsis
- Article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration of the Rights of a Child."
- Reprints
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #64 (décembre 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, no wonder, look at the splinters!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- Splinters lead to "out of order" sign.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #61 (November-December 1949)
-
The Sacrifice of Congorilla!
Congorilla and Janu / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Janu; Qazumi
- Synopsis
- Congorilla helps Wazumi earns the respect of the Maboli tribe.
- Reprints
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1959 series) #36 (avril 1962) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / 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
- Come in and play!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- Climbs on high table to play "tennis" with pal.
Coming Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from T. Sacco, Martin L. Guzman, Daniel Feinberg, Michael Lawler, Lester Crawford, Kenneth B. Onarga, Alby Berman, Dan Smith, Richard Greene.
Silly Sailors of the Sea!
Aquaman and Aqualad / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Eddie (teenager); Roy (teenager); Tom (teenager); Jim Hale
- Synopsis
- Aquaman and Aqualad teach ignorant young sailors a lesson after they steal a sailboat.
- Reprints
- in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1959 series) #35 (février 1962)
- in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([March] 2003)
- in Showcase Presents: Aquaman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Endnote announces Showcase #30 appearance. Writer credit by Bob Hughes.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superboy in the 50th Century!
Superboy -
1.
Test Your Talent
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
Superboy Visits the 50th Century!
Superboy -
3.
["The next Giant Superman annual..."]
Giant Superman -
4.
Children of Tomorrow!
-
5.
["Gosh, no wonder, look at the splinters!"]
Little Pete -
6.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company -
7.
The Sacrifice of Congorilla!
Congorilla and Janu -
8.
["Come in and play!"]
Little Pete -
9.
Coming Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman; Action Comics -
10.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
11.
Silly Sailors of the Sea!
Aquaman and Aqualad -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Padell Book Co. -
14.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
15.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Terry Jeffress
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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