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Issue Details

Issue #262
Published July 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Letters page contains the pre-yellow sun theory of Superboy/man's x-ray, and other vision powers. Caused by differences in Earth's atmosphere from Krypton's.

Cover Details

Characters Krypto; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Be Sure of Your Facts"

Genre Fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Notes inside cover

12 page Superboy story "The Colossal Superdog"

Characters Superboy; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Kryptonite; Superboy robots
Synopsis A glowing purple meteor turns Krypto into a colossal superdog.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Proto-Red Kryptonite story.
Reprinted in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #174 (June 1971)

Half page Bebe story

Genre children; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Aquaman story "The Undersea Hospital!"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Topo
Synopsis Aquaman opens an undersea hospital to help his undersea friends.
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

Half page Varsity Vic filler

Genre teen; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Green Arrow story "The World's Worst Archer!"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper] (new Origin); Chief Brave Bow; Ranger Harper (Roy's Father, flashback); Arrow-Car
Synopsis Chief Brave Bow helps Roy Harper become Green Arrow's new partner.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Notes Origin: Speedy (of Earth-One)
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #188 (October 1969); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #9 (May 1981); in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1

Half page Shorty filler "You Can't Smoke Here!"

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