Issue | #253 |
Published | October 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; Robin; The Kents (photograph) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Characters | Robin; Superman (flash forward); Prof Nichols; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lex Luthor; Kryptonite |
Synopsis | Prof Nichols sends Robin into the past to destroy a machine that will one day kill Superman. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Dave Wood |
Pencils | Al Plastino |
Inks | Al Plastino |
Notes | Tootsie Roll ad on bottom of last page A teenaged Luthor is depicted with thinning hair, this tale pre-dates the story "How Luthor Met Superboy" (Adventure Comics (DC Series 1938) #271 April 1960). In this later issue Lex is shown losing a full head of hair in a laboratory accident, it is this version of events that is recognised as an integral part of the Silver Age Luthor/Superboy story. |
Reprinted | in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #133 (October 1966); in Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #36 (November-December 1971); in Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Ups Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | bottom of page as Palisades Park ad. |
Characters | Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Xeen Arrow (Guest); Alien Crooks (Villains); Arrowcar |
Synopsis | In another dimension, Green Arrow and Speedy meet GA's counterpart Xeen Arrow and discover that due to a passing comet, a gateway to their dimension has opened up, and the mysterious giant arrows they encountered on Earth are merely children's toys from this other dimension which have passed through the gateway. The mystery solved, Xeen Arrow shoots them back to Earth through the gateway before it closes. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Ed Herron |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds) |
Notes | Bottom of last page has Tootsie Pop ad. Continued from last issue. Dave Wood credit is inaccurate according to Martin O'Hearn. |
Reprinted | in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #449 (July 1975); in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn (1990); in Green Arrow by Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2001 series) #nn; in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23; in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 |
Genre | teen |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | Bob Oksner |
Inks | Bob Oksner |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | bottom of page has Winchester Skates ad. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | First issue with letters page |
Characters | Aquaman; a caveman |
Synopsis | Finding himself transported back in time, Aquaman discovers that he has no control over the prehistoric animals that surround him. He is forced to use his wits to survive until lightning returns him to his own era. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack Miller |
Pencils | Ramona Fradon |
Inks | Ramona Fradon |
Notes | bottom of last page has Tootsie Roll contest ad |