Issue Details

Issue	#276
Published	September 1960
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superboy, Prisoner In Space!"

Characters	Metalman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Robinson Crusoe of Space"

Characters	Metalman; kryptonite; Superboy robots; Jor-El and Lara (flashback); Ma and Pa Kent
Synopsis	Metalman "Friday" sacrifices self for Superboy, when Superboy is trapped on an asteroid surrounded by a kryptonite ring.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder?
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Notes	rehash of a story in Superboy 49 (June 56)

1 page public service announcement "Bike Safety= Bike Fun!"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page Peter Puptent, Explorer filler "One-Footed Monster"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Aquaman story "The Aqua-Thief Of The Seven Seas!"

Characters	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; King Tai, Ruler of Timtu; Vuda, Prime Minister of Timtu
Synopsis	Aquaman is falsely accused of stealing a chest of diamonds.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Reprinted	in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8; in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972); in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC 2007 series) #1

7 page Congorilla story "The Congorilla of Space!"

Characters	Janu; Congo Bill
Synopsis	Congorilla is transported to another world where he meets an Alien Congorilla much like himself.
Genre	superhero; jungle
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman
Reprinted	in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #149 (May 1965) [retitled as "The Interplanetary Congorilla"]