Adventure Comics
#259
(April 1959)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-02-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Blind Boy of Steel!
Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Krypto; Superboy robots; Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
- Synopsis
- A freak bolt of lightning strikes a meteor containing kryptonite, catching Superboy in the blast and giving him diamond vision which he can't turn off, so he must keep his eyes shut at all times.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1 (Summer 1964) -
in Colossal Comic (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #35 ([November 1965]) -
in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1970 ([august] 1970)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Includes 6-panel recap of Krypto's origin.
[no title indexed]
Tricksy / 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
- He's up there without a net.
- Genre
- humor
The Octopus Man!
Aquaman / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Roland Peters
- Synopsis
- Roland Peters has constructed a brain-wave transmitter and is experimenting on illegally captured sealife when Aquaman arrives and releases his finny friends. Getting in a lucky shot, Peters knocks out Aquaman, and decides to give his device a real test run by transferring Aquaman's mind to different fish.
- Reprints
- in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #39 ([January 1959])
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/ .
What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Editorial replies include plugs for Supergirl's upcoming first appearance and the Aquaman origin story coming up in Adventure 260. Letters from Marc S. Mayer, Margie Bliss, William Hughes, Martin Balaban, David Herman, Rita Castle, Bobby Strauss, and Steven Coe.
The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil
Green Arrow / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Archer [Hector Vance; Herb Vraney] (intro); Arrow-Car
- Synopsis
- Millionaire Hector Vance offers a million dollars to charity if Green Arrow will teach him archery. Shortly after the archery lessons stop, The Crimson Archer starts a crime spree and GA learns that Hector Vance is really underworld kingpin Herb Vraney.
- Reprints
- in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #154 (December 1965)
- in Colossal Comic (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #36 ([February 1966])
- in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #11 ([March 1966])
- in Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([March] 2006)
- in Green Arrow: 80 Years of the Emerald Archer The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2021 series) ([May] 2021)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Blind Boy of Steel!
Superboy -
1.
["Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore"]
Honor House Products -
2.
The Blind Boy of Steel!
Superboy -
3.
["There was a weight lifter names Lane."]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["He's up there without a net."]
Tricksy -
5.
["Introducing the girl of steel!"]
Action Comics; Supergirl -
6.
The Octopus Man!
Aquaman -
7.
["There once was an archer named Park."]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
8.
What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
-
9.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
10.
The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil
Green Arrow -
11.
["There once was a rocket ship ace..."]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
12.
["Free! Rare combination - giant collection"]
Garcelon Stamps -
13.
["Do you want spending money?"]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
14.
["How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!"]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
15.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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