Issue Details

Issue	#257
Published	February 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth, Jack Schiff (managing editor), Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (story editors)

Cover Details - "Superboy Meets the First Two Super-men!"

Characters	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Hercules; Samson
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #230 (16 March 1960)

13 page Superboy story "The First Two Supermen"

Characters	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Hercules; Samson; Krypto; Ma and Pa Kent
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Notes	Superboy whistles across the time barrier.
Reprinted	in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1963); in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #230 (16 March 1960)

Half page Little Pete filler "He always squirts us kids with water."

Genre	children; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Statement of ownership on the bottom of page.

5 page Green Arrow story "The Arrows That Failed"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Arrow-Plane; Arrow-Car; Gang of robbers
Synopsis	A gang boss finds a fluid that causes Green Arrow's arrows to miss their target.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Reprinted	In Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC 2006 series) #1; in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #230 (16 March 1960)

1 page Peg filler "Dad always lets me use the car..."

Characters	Peg
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page letters page "Smallville Mailsack"

Letters

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6 page Aquaman story "The Imitation Aquaman"

Characters	Aquaman; Hadley
Synopsis	A criminal has a doctor alter his body to duplicate Aquaman's powers.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Reprinted	in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #230 (16 March 1960)

1 page Varsity Vic filler "Mowing the lawn-great way to meet girls"

Genre	teen humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff