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Issue Details

Issue	#253
Published	October 1958
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (Managing Editor), Mort Weisinger, (story editor), George Kashdan (story editor)

Cover Details - "Superboy Meets Robin!"

Characters	Superboy; Robin; The Kents (photograph)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder"

Characters	Robin; Superman (flash forward); Prof Nichols; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lex Luthor; Kryptonite
Synopsis	Prof Nichols sends Robin into the past to destroy a machine that will one day kill Superman.
Genre	superhero
Script	Dave Wood
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Notes	Tootsie Roll ad on bottom of last page A teenaged Luthor is depicted with thinning hair, this tale pre-dates the story "How Luthor Met Superboy" (Adventure Comics (DC Series 1938) #271 April 1960). In this later issue Lex is shown losing a full head of hair in a laboratory accident, it is this version of events that is recognised as an integral part of the Silver Age Luthor/Superboy story.
Reprinted	in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #133 (October 1966); in Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #36 (November-December 1971); in Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Ups Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

Half page Peg filler "The Soda"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	bottom of page as Palisades Park ad.

1 page Action Comics Oct 1958 promo (ad from the publisher)

5 page Green Arrow story "Prisoners of Dimension Zero!"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Xeen Arrow (Guest); Alien Crooks (Villains); Arrowcar
Synopsis	In another dimension, Green Arrow and Speedy meet GA's counterpart Xeen Arrow and discover that due to a passing comet, a gateway to their dimension has opened up, and the mysterious giant arrows they encountered on Earth are merely children's toys from this other dimension which have passed through the gateway. The mystery solved, Xeen Arrow shoots them back to Earth through the gateway before it closes.
Genre	superhero
Script	Ed Herron
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)
Notes	Bottom of last page has Tootsie Pop ad. Continued from last issue. Dave Wood credit is inaccurate according to Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted	in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #449 (July 1975); in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn (1990); in Green Arrow by Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2001 series) #nn; in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23; in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Binky public service announcement "Lost -- A Free Education!"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner
Letters	Ira Schnapp

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler "The Diary"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	bottom of page has Winchester Skates ad.

1 page Smallville Mailsack letters page "Smallville Mailsack"

Letters	typeset
Notes	First issue with letters page

5 page Aquaman story "The Ocean of 1,000,000 B.C."

Characters	Aquaman; a caveman
Synopsis	Finding himself transported back in time, Aquaman discovers that he has no control over the prehistoric animals that surround him. He is forced to use his wits to survive until lightning returns him to his own era.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Notes	bottom of last page has Tootsie Roll contest ad