| Issue | #247 |
| Published | April 1958 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor) |
| Characters | Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1 [redrawn]; in DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler (DC, 2004 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007); in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008) |
| Characters | Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl] (intro); Jonathan Kent (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely initiation pranks which proved he is a good sport. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| Notes | First appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy in this story. Several other unidentified Legionnaires appear in the story. The Legionnaires are not yet in their regular costumes. |
| Reprinted | in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1963) [Lightning Boy changed to Lightning Lad and final page cut]; in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1 (March-April 1980); in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491 (September 1982); in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (November 2000); in World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler (DC, 2004 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) [black and white]; in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008); in Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #0 (April 2009). |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Notes | House ad. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | A collection of quick jokes. |
| Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) #nn |
| Characters | Little Pete; Mister Roberts |
| Synopsis | Pete figures out an easier way to walk a dog. |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) #nn |
| Characters | Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; C. M. Hawkins |
| Synopsis | To secure a $5,000,000 bequest to charity, Green Arrow must use 13 trick arrows with gimmicks associated with bad luck. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | France Herron |
| Pencils | George Papp |
| Inks | George Papp |
| Notes | Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. GA uses an Ace of Spades Arrow, a Ladder Arrow, a Black Cat Arrow, a Salt Arrow, and a Number 13 Arrow. |
| Reprinted | in DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) #nn |
| Characters | Casey the Cop |
| Synopsis | Casey plays a trick with some play money. |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) #nn |
| Characters | Aquaman |
| Synopsis | Aquaman has to carefully deliver a nuclear projectile to the military before it detonates. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Miller |
| Pencils | Ramona Fradon |
| Inks | Ramona Fradon |
| Notes | Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. |
| Reprinted | in DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) #nn |