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Issue Details

Issue #261
Published June 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Lois Lane Meets Superboy!"

Characters Superboy; Lois Lane; Lana Lang
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1 (Summer 1962)

13 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets Lois Lane"

Characters Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Krypto, Ma Kent, Superboy robot, Kryptonite
Synopsis Lois Lane and Lana Lang meet at summer camp.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Story idea suggested by reader Sammy Rumore in Superboy (DC 1949 series) #72 (April 1959)
Reprinted in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1 (Summer 1962); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #7

1 page public service announcement "Fred Finds a Way!"

Characters Fred; Jimmy; baseball coach
Synopsis Fred finds that there are other ways to participate in his favorite activity of baseball, despite physical limitations or being rejected for the team.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

5 page Green Arrow story "The Curse of the Wizard's Arrow!"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Merlin; Arrow-Cave; L.T. Morse; Arrow-Car
Synopsis A mysterious wizard predicts Oliver Queen will kill his best friend with an arrow.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC 2006 series) #1

1 page Shorty filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

7 page Aquaman story "Aquaman Duels the Animal-Master!"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Gustave the Great
Synopsis Gustave the Great, using his mastery of land animals challenges Aquaman and his mastery of sea creatures.
Genre superhero
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Reprinted in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC 2007 series) #1