Adventure Comics #287

(August 1961)

War of the Superboys (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Dev-Em (introduction); Jor-El; Lara (flashbacks); Krypto; Ron-Em; Leeta

Synopsis:

Bad boy Dev-Em escapes Krypton and arrives on Earth

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964) [pgs. 4-8 only]
which is reprinted
• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #177 (September 1971)
• in Superboy (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1972 (mars ? 1972)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #44 (January 1984)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3 (1993)
• in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #138 (June 1967)
which is reprinted
• in Superboy (Se-Bladene, 1967 series) #6/1969 ([juni] 1969)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G35 (May-June 1967)

Indexer Notes

Concluded in next issue. Superboy origin retold. Yellow sun theory included. Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Corrected 8/05. Previously given to Otto Binder.

[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

["You hit in the woods again, Shorty!"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / 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:

Adds garden tools to golf-bag because he's often in the rough

Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Olsen-Bizarro (introduction); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Perry White; Bizarro Krypto

Synopsis:

Jimmy accidentally gets transported to the Bizarro World and tries to work for the Bizarro newspaper

Reprints:

• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #13 (August 1965)
• in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([September] 2000)

Indexer Notes

Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Previously stated as George Klein.