Issue | #259 |
Published | April 1959 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Characters | Krypto |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Characters | Krypto; Superboy robots; Kryptonite; 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Notes | Includes 6-panel recap of Krypto's origin. |
Reprinted | in Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1 (Summer 1964) |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
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. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Ramona Fradon |
Inks | Ramona Fradon |
Genre | fact |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Editorial replies include plugs for Supergirl's upcoming first appearance and the Aquaman origin story coming up in Adventure 260. |
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. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Lee Elias |
Inks | Lee Elias |
Reprinted | in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #154 (December 1965); in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 |