Adventure Comics, #289
Published: October 1961
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Issue Contents:
Clark Kent's Super-Father!
Characters
- Ma Kent
- Pa Kent
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Test Your Talent
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Clark Kent's Super-Father!
Storyline
Jax-Ur poses as Super-Dad.
Characters
- Ma Kent
- Pa Kent
- Superboy robots
- Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur (intro)
- three unnamed prisoners]
Credits
- Script: Robert Bernstein
- Pencils: George Papp
- Inks: George Papp
Story Notes
Writer credit per Martin O'Hearn; we previously credited Otto Binder.
Tootsie Roll Makes History!
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Featuring Superboy; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Action Comics
"Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."
"Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches"
Story Notes
Ad for Centre Coin Company.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers
Credits
- Pencils: Russ Heath
- Inks: Russ Heath
Credits
- Script: Mort Weisinger
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
Letters from Tom Knutson, Jeff Putnam, Dale Dellutir, Louis B. Cohen, Robert Dingus, Darrell Beffert, Leonard Belter, James Joska, and Ethel Greene.
"What a daring thing!"
Storyline
Tricksy matches mystic on a bed of nails but uses a suit of armor.
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"Ah'm a fudge judge!"
Bizarro's Amazing Buddies!
Featuring Tales of the Bizarro World
Storyline
Appears before Mary Shelley and inspires her classic novel. Meets Titano but the people of Bizarro World believe he stole the idea from the King Kong movie.
Characters
- Titano
- Bizarro Lois
- Frankenstein
- King Kong (poster)
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils: John Forte
- Inks: John Forte
"Wow'wee! That's for me..."
Featuring Giant Superman Annual
"See the many fantastic faces of Superman..."
Featuring Giant Batman Annual
"The inside stories of Batman and Robin's top secrets..."
Frontier Cabin
150 Civil War Soldiers!
Story Notes
Sold by Josely Co.
"Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"If you know just 20 people..."
Story Notes
Back cover.