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Issue Details

Issue #264
Published September 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Helpless Hero!"

Characters Space Boy
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Helpless Hero"

Characters Space Boy (Zall-Dix); Ma and Pa Kent, Krypto, Superboy robots
Synopsis A boy from another planet schemes to take Superboy's place by causing all his powers to go haywire.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #10 (May 1965)

7 page Aquaman story "Aquaman and His Sea-Police"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mayor of New Venice
Synopsis Aquaman helps out a city whose streets are all canals.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein ?
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Notes Intro of New Venice.
Reprinted in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC 2007 series) #1

1 page Varsity Vic filler "hitchhiker ads"

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

6 page Green Arrow story "The Green Arrow Robin Hood!"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Robin Hood; Maid Marian; Little John
Synopsis Green Arrow goes back in time and takes Robin Hood's place.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC 2006 series) #1