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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 typeset

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