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Issue Details

Issue #276
Published September 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superboy, Prisoner In Space!"

Characters Metalman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Robinson Crusoe of Space"

Characters Metalman; kryptonite; Superboy robots; Jor-El and Lara (flashback); Ma and Pa Kent
Synopsis Metalman "Friday" sacrifices self for Superboy, when Superboy is trapped on an asteroid surrounded by a kryptonite ring.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder?
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes rehash of a story in Superboy 49 (June 56)

1 page public service announcement "Bike Safety= Bike Fun!"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page Peter Puptent, Explorer filler "One-Footed Monster"

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

6 page Aquaman story "The Aqua-Thief Of The Seven Seas!"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; King Tai, Ruler of Timtu; Vuda, Prime Minister of Timtu
Synopsis Aquaman is falsely accused of stealing a chest of diamonds.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Reprinted in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8; in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972); in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC 2007 series) #1

7 page Congorilla story "The Congorilla of Space!"

Characters Janu; Congo Bill
Synopsis Congorilla is transported to another world where he meets an Alien Congorilla much like himself.
Genre superhero; jungle
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #149 (May 1965) [retitled as "The Interplanetary Congorilla"]