Adventure Comics, #219
Published: December 1955
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The Gorilla with X-Ray Eyes!
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Gorilla with X-Ray Eyes!
Storyline
Superboy rescues Professor Lang from a big gorilla and captures it for an exhibition. But a canny crook notices the gorilla's eyes flash during lightning flashes, so deduces it has x-ray vision. They steal the gorilla to burn through walls and safes. Superboy can't stop it because he's weakened by the glare. Lang reveals it drank kryptonite-infused water in Africa. Superboy finally builds a giant battery to "defuse" the gorilla, and the effect wears off.
Characters
- Professor John Lang (incorrectly called Thaddeus)
- Chandu (intro)
- Lana Lang
- Jonathan Kent
- "Doc" Baird
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
Story Notes
1) Inker credit by Bob Hughes; also credited in the reprint. 2) Professor John Lang was incorrectly called Thaddeus in this story. In Superboy #37 it was established that Thaddeus is Lewis Lang's brother. 3) When this story was reprinted in Superboy #174, it was retitled "The Gorilla with Super-Eyes!" and Professor Lang's first name was changed to Lewis. 4) Early on, Superboy/Superman's x-ray vision was conflated with heat vision. Later DC were made them two separate powers.
Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
"Now Socrates, the Greek philosopher..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"Wings" Winchester Saves the Movie Theater
Story Notes
Ad for Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates.
The Greatest Show on Water
Storyline
Aquaman rescues a barge crew, but the amusement rides for kids are sunk. Aquaman reproduces carnival rides with an octopus-whip, whale-Virginia Reel, eagle-and-blowfish parachute jump, and even a roller coaster with giant clam shells and a shipwreck!
Credits
- Pencils: Ramona Fradon
- Inks: Ramona Fradon
"To the boys and girls of America..."
How a Nation Is Born: Your United Nations at Work
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
Hunters with the Bow
Credits
- Script:
The Human Chess Game
Storyline
Prominent men with names like "Car King" and "Knight Hunter" are kidnapped, and thugs finally pinch Oliver "Queen". A chess genius uses them for a human chess game - as crooks hold guns. Speedy breaks in, he and Oliver fake a fight. Oliver shoots a fountain-pen arrow to black out cameras. They reveal the "chess genius" is an impostor who held his brother hostage to steal his fortune. The faker didn't twirl his mustache while contemplating a chess move!
Credits
- Pencils: George Papp
- Inks: George Papp
Story Notes
Green Arrow has a red hat.
Story Notes
Sold by Daisy Manufacturing Company. Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.