Issue Details

Issue	#274
Published	July 1960
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Monster that Stalked Smallville!"

Characters	Ma and Pa Kent
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Free Speech-Free For All"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	inside front cover

13 page Superboy story "The Monster That Stalked Smallville"

Characters	Ma and Pa Kent; 6-3KX
Synopsis	Superboy brings a monster to Smallville as a friend, which upsets everybody in town.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #6 (January 1965) [2 pages cut, retitled there as "The Thing That Stalked Smallville"]

Half page Let's Go Hunting activity "Copperhead"

7 page Aquaman story "Aqua-Queen!"

Characters	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqua-Queen [Dale Conroy] (Intro); Aqualad [Garth]
Synopsis	After Aquaman doesn't pick her in a swimming meet, Dale Conroy vows to prove she's as good as he is.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein ?
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Reprinted	in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page Tricksy- World's Greatest Stuntman filler "Hiccups"

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

7 page Congorilla story "Revenge of the River Demon"

Characters	Janu, Congo Bill
Synopsis	A native disguises himself as a river demon.
Genre	superhero; jungle
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman