Adventure Comics #289

(October 1961)

Test Your Talent (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Clark Kent's Super-Father! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Superboy robots; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur (intro); three unnamed prisoners]

Synopsis

Jax-Ur poses as Super-Dad.

Reprints

• in Superman (3ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1964 series) #1 (May 1964)
which is reprinted
• in Superboy (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1966 series) #45 (Janeiro 1970)
• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #185 (May 1972)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #17/1972 (19. August 1972)

Keywords

Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Martin O'Hearn; we previously credited Otto Binder.

Tootsie Roll Makes History! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Coming... Super-Attractions! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superboy; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Centre Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tom Knutson, Jeff Putnam, Dale Dellutir, Louis B. Cohen, Robert Dingus, Darrell Beffert, Leonard Belter, James Joska, and Ethel Greene.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Tricksy / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a daring thing!

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Tricksy matches mystic on a bed of nails but uses a suit of armor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Bizarro's Amazing Buddies! (Table of Contents: 11)

Tales of the Bizarro World / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Titano; Bizarro Lois; Frankenstein; King Kong (poster)

Synopsis

Appears before Mary Shelley and inspires her classic novel. Meets Titano but the people of Bizarro World believe he stole the idea from the King Kong movie.

Reprints

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 (December 1967-January 1968)
• in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) ([October] 2000)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Giant Superman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Giant Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Frontier Cabin (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

150 Civil War Soldiers! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)