Issue Details

Issue	#263
Published	August 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Great Superboy Double-Cross!"

Characters	Superboy; Jonathan Kent; Sherlock Hames [as Sherlock Haymes]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

13 page Superboy story "The Great Superboy Doublecross"

Characters	Ma and Pa Kent; Sherlock Hames; Kryptonite
Synopsis	Dad Kent hires a private detective to discover Superboy's secret identity.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela
Notes	The detective's name was spelled Sherlock Haymes on the cover, but Hames in the story.

1 page Shorty filler "Dollar and a half steak"

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

5 page Green Arrow story "Have Arrow--Will Travel!"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Synopsis	Speedy takes up odd-jobs to raise money for a sailboat. Some crooks try to take advantage of Speedy but he catches onto their scheme.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Reprinted	in Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #35 (September-October 1971); in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug story "Her kid brother is a pest"

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

6 page Aquaman story "The Great Ocean Election!"

Characters	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Honest Vic Wake; Govenor Big Jim Mason; Topo
Synopsis	Aquaman helps Honest Vic Wake in his campaign to be elected over the crooked Govenor Big Jim Mason.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein ?
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Notes	writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05.
Reprinted	in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #43; in Aquaman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC, 2007 series) #1