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Adventure Comics, #287

Published: August 1961

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Adventure Comics #287

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Issue Contents:
The War of the Superboys!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Dev-Em
  • Jor-El (statue)
  • Lara (statue)
Credits
Story Notes

Inker credit by Bob Hughes.

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

War of the Superboys!
Story 2 13 pages superhero
Storyline

Bad boy Dev-Em escapes Krypton and arrives on Earth

Characters
  • Dev-Em (introduction)
  • Jor-El
  • Lara (flashbacks)
  • Krypto
  • Ron-Em
  • Leeta
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn; we previously credited Otto Binder. Superboy origin retold. Includes "yellow sun" origin of his powers. Story concludes in the following issue.

Tootsie Roll Makes History!
Story 3 0 pages
See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...

Featuring Giant Superman Annual

Story 4 1 page
At Last!

Featuring Secret Origins

Story 5 1 page
Story 6 1 page
Story 7 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters from Paul Stiefvater, Mike Fiss, Sue Grego, Ron Grimm, Frank Masiello, Joe Fabiezewski, Paul Thompson, Elliott Barnowitz, Wayne Liebman.

Story 8 1 page humor

"You hit in the woods again, Shorty!"

Storyline

Shorty adds garden tools to golf-bag because he's often in the rough.

Credits
Story 9 0 pages
Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops!

Featuring Tales of the Bizarro World

Story 10 12 pages humor; superhero
Storyline

Jimmy accidentally gets transported to the Bizarro World and tries to work for the Bizarro newspaper.

Characters
  • Olsen-Bizarro (introduction)
  • Perry White
  • Jimmy Olsen
  • Bizarro Lois
  • Bizarro Perry White
  • Bizarro Krypto
Credits
Story Notes

Inker credit by Bob Hughes; we previously credited George Klein.

Story 11 0 pages

Featuring Giant Batman Annual

Story 12 1 page
Story 13 1 page
Story 14 1 page
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.