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Issue Details

Issue #255
Published December 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)

Cover Details

Characters Clark Kent
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Splitting of Superboy"

Characters Red Kryptonite (2nd Appearance); Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Kozz of Mars (yellow skin); Superboy robots; kryptonite; Lana Lang
Synopsis Kozz of Mars uses Red Kryptonite to split Superboy and Clark into two separate people. But Clark turns out to be evil.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Bottom of last page has Tootsie Roll ad.
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #10 (May 1965)

1 page Casey the Cop filler "Threatening Letters"

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

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Blackhawk #132"

1 page public service announcement "Sharing -- The United Nations Way!"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Letters Gaspar Saladino

5 page Green Arrow story "The War That Never Ended!"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Major Tayako
Synopsis Green Arrow and Speedy are stranded on a Pacific island that is still inhabited by Japanese soldiers who do not know that WWII is over.
Genre superhero
Script Dave Wood
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Roz Kirby (backgrounds)
Notes bottom of last page has Tootsie Pop ad
Reprinted in Green Arrow by Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2001 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Smallville Mailsack letters page

Letters typeset

5 page Aquaman story "Aquaman's Double Trouble"

Characters King Neptune
Genre superhero
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Notes Bottom of last page has Tootsie Roll contest ad.