Adventure Comics
#252
(September 1958)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-07-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Super-Sentry of Smallville
Superboy / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Superboy robots; Lana Lang
- Synopsis
- Superboy hovers above Smallville and refuses to budge for days. His robots cover for him, everyone puzzles, and his parents fret. Yet his stubborn vigil pays off when he averts an invasion from hostile aliens - without ever moving from that spot!
- Reprints
-
in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #105 ([March 1959])
-
- Keywords
- red kryptonite (intro)
Know Your Pet!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Jimmy; Jimmy's mom; Rags (dog)
- Synopsis
- Jimmy tries to treat his dog like a poodle, not realizing that different pets need different care.
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Vic, it's so sweet of you to teach me to drive!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #30 ([March 1959])
-
The Mystery of the Giant Arrows
Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Riggles (Guest); Aliens (Villains)
- Synopsis
- When Green Arrow and Speedy investigate giant arrows falling from the sky, they find themselves pulled into another dimension when an arrow they are examining is retrieved.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1960 - in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #28 ([January 1959])
-
in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #449 (July 1975) - in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23 (July 1982)
- in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) (1990 [January 1991])
- in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) ([May] 1992)
- in The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (DC, 2001 series) (2001 [January 2002])
- in Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
- in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Story is continued next issue. Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 credits Dave Wood as writer.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- -And with the costume I got for us, Jerry, we should be a cinch for first prize!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #144 (May 1950)
-
The Robinson Crusoe of the Sea
Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Topo; Aquaman
- Synopsis
- Aquaman becomes allergic to salt water and has to remain trapped on an island.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Super-Sentry of Smallville!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
The Super-Sentry of Smallville
Superboy -
3.
["Coming next month..."]
Superboy -
4.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
5.
Know Your Pet!
-
6.
["Oh, Vic, it's so sweet of you to teach me to drive!"]
Varsity Vic -
7.
The Mystery of the Giant Arrows
Green Arrow -
8.
["-And with the costume I got for us, Jerry, we should be a cinch for first prize!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
9.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
10.
[no title indexed]
DeLuxe Photo Service -
11.
[no title indexed]
Chuckle Box -
12.
The Robinson Crusoe of the Sea
Aquaman -
13.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co. -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
15.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America -
16.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Clayton Emery
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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