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Issue Details

Issue #258
Published March 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes first issue with Mort Weisinger listed as editor

Cover Details - "Superboy Meets the Young Green Arrow!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes first issue with Mort Weisinger listed as editor
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC 2006 series) #1

12 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets the Young Green Arrow!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Lana Lang; Superboy's Time Telescope (intro); Jim Brand (local farmer); Jesse James (Cowhand in disguise); Sir Modred (Cowhand in disguise); Sheriff of Nottingham (Cowhand in disguise); Cherokee Chief (Cowhand in disguise)
Synopsis Superboy observes Green Arrow on his time scope and decides to help the young Oliver develop his skills after Oliver moves to Smallville.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #7; in Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #37 (January-February 1972); In Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC 2006 series) #1; in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Ups Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page Peg filler "This dachsund I got for a present is real cute"

Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff

6 page Green Arrow story "The Arrow Platoon!"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Arrow-Plane; Star City (intro); Private Kovacs; Private Brandt; Private Martin; Private Cohen; Escaped Convicts (Villains)
Synopsis Green Arrow and Speedy help 4 soldiers round up some excaped convicts who are dressed up as Indians.
Genre superhero
Script France Herron (?)
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Notes First Green Arrow story explicitly set in Star City. Writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page Smallville Mailsack letters page

Letters typeset

5 page Aquaman story "The Incredible Fish of Doctor Danton"

Characters Doctor Danton
Synopsis A cloud of radioactive dust contaminates the tanks of Dr. Danton's fish, giving them extraordinary abilities. With the help of his finny friends, Aquaman recaptures the fish, who revert to normal when their radioactivity wears off.
Genre superhero
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"