Adventure Comics, #260

Published: May 1959

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Adventure Comics #260

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Issue Contents:
The Kents' Second Super-Son!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superboy [Clark Kent]
  • Vidal
  • Ma Kent
  • Pa Kent
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Kents' Second Super-Son!
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Vidal, a Superboy from another planet, takes Superboy's place on Earth while he's away on a space mission.

Characters
  • Ma Kent
  • Pa Kent
  • Vidal
  • Lana Lang
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Mistakenly included on Otto Binder's list of stories.

Story 3 0 pages
Story 4 1 page humor; teen

"How about a soda, Peg?"

Characters
  • Peg
Coming Super-Attractions

Featuring Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superboy

Story 5 0 pages
Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?
Story 6 1 page advocacy
Credits
How Aquaman Got His Powers!
Story 7 7 pages superhero
Storyline

Aquaman stops the U.S. Navy from testing atomic depth charges and recounts his origin to Commander Haskel. Aquaman's mother (Atlanna) was an outcast from Atlantis who was taken in by Tom Curry, a lonely lighthouse keeper. The two had a child (Arthur) who inherits his mother Atlantean abilities as a baby. Afterwards Aquaman tells the Navy not to test their depth charges at the location. It turns out that is where Atlantis is located.

Characters
  • Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (origin)
  • Atlanna (Tom's wife, death, flashback)
  • Tom Curry (Arthur's father, a sailor, flashback)
  • Commander Haskel
Story Notes

Silver Age origin of Aquaman, substantially different from More Fun Comics version. In one sequence, when a young Aquaman is testing his powers, he orders a group of octopuses to row a Roman sea galley away to save a giant squid pinned underneath it.

Story 8 0 pages
Storyline

Tootsie Roll Pop

Story 9 1 page
Story Notes

Letters from Judy Slutsky, James Carroll, Paul Choquette, Danny Dawkins, Jay W. Waks, Billy Hawkins, Ronnie Cott, Timothy Roberts, Rhoda Koenig.

Story 10 1 page humor; children

"Go to your room!"

Characters
  • Little Pete
Story 11 1 page
Green Arrow's New Partner!
Story 12 6 pages superhero
Storyline

Roy thinks that Green Arrow is training a new replacement and is going to fire Speedy.

Characters
  • Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
  • Speedy [Roy Harper]
  • Jerry Halleck
  • The Arrows of Alaska (mention only)
Credits
Story 13 0 pages
Storyline

Tootsie Roll Fudge

Story 14 1 page
Storyline

Zenith Company

Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.