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Adventure Comics 246

ADVENTURE COMICS #246

Cover Date: March 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-01-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Girl Who Trapped Superboy" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #63/3 and #64)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #63/3 and #64/2)

Other Character(s):

Gloria Van Dyke (first appearance; a teenage heiress who is infatuated with Superboy and tries to learn his secret identity)
Alvin Wilson (last name given as Smith in this story; last in Superboy Vol. 1 #62/2; last appearance)

Location(s):

Smallville

Comment(s):

This story takes place at the beginning of the school year, probably early fall.


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Second Story: "The Town that Went Underwater" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRamona Fradon
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Supporting Character(s):

Topo

Villain(s):

Modern pirates (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Beachcroft (first appearance; a small Atlantic coastal town)


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Third Story: "The Rainbow Archer" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (next in World's Finest Comics #93/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy (next in World's Finest Comics #93/2)

Villain(s):

Rainbow Archer and his gang (first appearance for all; a former counterfeiter who turns to using different colored arrows as his crime theme; next in World's Finest Comics #244/2)

Location(s):

Star City (presumed)

Story Reprinted in:

Four Star Spectacular #5 (November-December 1976)
Green Arrow: 80 Years of the Emerald Archer The Deluxe Edition (2021)


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