Issue Details

Issue	#269
Published	February 1960
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superdog's Mean Master!"

Characters	Krypto; Solar Boy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Shelly Moldoff
Notes	Blurb on cover refers to Aqualad as Aquaboy for the 1st and only time, (though Aqualad in the story).

12 page Superboy story "Krypto's Mean Master!"

Characters	Krypto; Solar Boy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superboy [Clark Kent]
Synopsis	Krypto searches for a new master after Superboy punishes him, with disastrous results.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	in Superman Family, The (DC, 1974 series) #169 (February-March 1975)

Half page Peg filler "That's a neat idea, Jane"

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

Half page statement of ownership "Statement of Ownership"

Letters

Typeset

7 page Green Arrow story "The Comic Book Archer!"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mr. Sloan (Editor of All-Star Comics); Bill Nixon (creator of the Wizard Archer)
Synopsis	Sloan refuses to buy Nixon's comic strip because it's too unbelievable, so Green Arrow has to duplicate the Wizard Archer's amazing feats.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Reprinted	In Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Smallville Mailsack letters page

Letters

Typeset

Half page Tricksy World's Greatest Stuntman story "I'm tired of crashing through brick walls"

Genre	gags
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Coming Super-Attractions"

Notes

Ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #15, Superboy #79, and Action Comics #261.

7 page Aquaman story "The Kid from Atlantis!"

Characters	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth] (intro, origin); Atlantis; Topo
Synopsis	Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish. Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Notes	Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted	in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #9 (May 1981); in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #79 (December 1968); in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC, 2007 series) #1