Adventure Comics #285

(June 1961)

Gravity Girl of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Krypto; Lana Lang (also as Gravity Girl); Professor Lewis Lang; Mrs. Lang

Synopsis:

Lana gets an anti-gravity belt.

Reprints:

• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #183 (March 1972)
• in Superboy (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #6/1972 (24. October 1972)

[As the lad grew older...] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Vin Sullivan

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

Origin of Superman

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)

Indexer Notes

Page 2 of first Superman story (2-color); used to promote a new origin of Superman in the July 1961 issue of Superman Comics (Superman (DC, 1939 series) #146), on sale May 4th.

["Oh-those steps!"] (Table of Contents)

Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Lots of steps and mean dog: no milk today

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Shame of the Bizarro Family! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Bizarro World / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Superboy; Krypto; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Jr.

Synopsis:

Bizarro Junior No. 1 is too smart.

Reprints:

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #28 ([November 1961])
• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 (December 1967-January 1968)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G42 (December-January 1968)
• in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([September] 2000)

Indexer Notes

Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/2005. Formerly given as Wayne Boring. This story is on both Otto Binder's and Jerry Siegel's list of scripts. Siegel id by Martin O'Hearn.

Parents Have Rights Too (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

["Laguna Beach, where all the movie stars vacation..."] (Table of Contents)

Honey in Hollywood / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Honey

Synopsis:

It's only a home movie