Adventure Comics #280

(January 1961)

Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lori Lemaris; Lana Lang; Britt Lemaris (intro); Orma Lemaris (intro); kryptonite; Prof Lang; Aquababy (cameo)

Synopsis:

Superboy meets Lori Lemaris as a teen-ager.

Reprints:

• in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] ([January] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Explanation of the difference between Aquaman's Atlantis and Lori Lemaris's Atlantis. Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05

Watch for the Second Superman Annual! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Titano; Brainiac; Bizarro; Metallo

Synopsis:

House ad for Superman Annual #2.

["There's the moon - straight ahead!"] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Rocket / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Synopsis:

Forgets toothbrush; goes back

Seven Faces of Congorilla (Table of Contents)

Congorilla and Janu / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; jungle

Characters:

Janu

Synopsis:

Dizziness makes him act out nursery rhyme

Indexer Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger [as Ed.]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Superboy

["Pardon me, is Miss Gibbs here?"] (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Synopsis:

Boy uses excuse to visit girl's gym class repeatedly

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #69 (February-March 1952)

The Lost Ocean! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman and Aqualad / 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]; Jim Flood; Ted Flood; Movie Director; Lighthouse Keeper

Synopsis:

Aquaman and Aqualad help make TV movie Sea Chase after the two stars get the bends after diving to deep. Sea Chase is a parody of TV series Sea Hunt.

Reprints:

• in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([January] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([February] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05.