Adventure Comics, #253
Published: October 1958
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Superboy Meets Robin!
Characters
- Superboy
- Robin
- The Kents (photograph)
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Draw Me!
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder
Storyline
Prof Nichols sends Robin into the past to destroy a machine that will one day kill Superman.
Characters
- Robin
- Superman (flash-forward)
- Prof. Nichols
- Ma Kent
- Pa Kent
- Lex Luthor
Credits
- Script: Dave Wood
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
Story Notes
A teenaged Luthor is depicted with thinning hair, this tale pre-dates the story "How Luthor Met Superboy" in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #271 (April 1960). In the later issue Lex is shown losing a full head of hair in a laboratory accident, the version of events that is recognized as an integral part of the Silver Age Luthor/Superboy story.
"Give me that check! I'll pay for Peg's soda!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Do You Know the Legend of Superman?
Featuring Action Comics
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Stan Kaye (uncertain)
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Prisoners of Dimension Zero!
Storyline
In another dimension, Green Arrow and Speedy meet GA's counterpart Xeen Arrow and discover that due to a passing comet, a gateway to their dimension has opened up, and the mysterious giant arrows they encountered on Earth are merely children's toys from this other dimension which have passed through the gateway. The mystery solved, Xeen Arrow shoots them back to Earth through the gateway before it closes.
Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature)
- Speedy [Roy Harper]
- Xeen Arrow (Guest)
- Alien Crooks (Villains)
- Arrowcar
Credits
- Script: Ed Herron
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Thomas Hong
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Continued from last issue. Dave Wood credit in Jack Kirby Omnibus is inaccurate according to Martin O'Hearn.
Storyline
Tootsie Roll Pop
Lost -- A Free Education!
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bob Oksner
- Inks: Bob Oksner
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
"I bought a nice present for Linda!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
Storyline
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
Credits
- Script: Mort Weisinger
Story Notes
First issue with letters page. Features letters from Dorothy Watson, Tony Mellio, Charles Fedder, Andrew Otis, and William Allen Hunter.
The Ocean of 1,000,000 B.C.
Storyline
While investigating an underwater cavern, Aquaman finds himself transported back in time. Aquaman discovers that he has no control over the prehistoric animals that surround him. He is forced to use his wits to survive until lightning returns him to his own era.
Characters
- Aquaman
- Topo
- a caveman
Credits
- Script: Robert Bernstein
- Pencils: Ramona Fradon
- Inks: Ramona Fradon
- Letters: Pat Gordon (uncertain)
Story Notes
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Formerly credited to Jack Miller. Aquaman saves a caveman from a Pterodactyl. When he gets back to the present, he notices a cave drawing on the wall of the caveman shaking hands with him. The prehistoric creatures Aquaman encounters are a Tyrannosaurs, Brontosaurus, Pterodactyl, an aquatic Stegosaurus, an aquatic Dimetrodon, a Coelacanth, and a couple of sea serpents with one that can snort flames.
Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing!
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Storyline
Midwest Card Company
Story Notes
Back cover.