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Adventure Comics 255

ADVENTURE COMICS #255

Cover Date: December 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-10-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Splitting of Superboy" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (temporarily split into Superboy and an evil non-super Clark Kent)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent
Martha Kent
Lana Lang
Superboy Robot (seven shown)

Other Character(s):

Kozz of Mars (first appearance; a yellow skinned humanoid that splits Superboy with Red Kryptonite)

Location(s):

Smallville

Comment(s):

This story takes place during the school year.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #10 (May 1965)


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Second Story: "The War that Never Ended!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDave Wood
ArtJack Kirby
InksRosalind Kirby
LetteringJohn Duffy (?)
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy

Location(s):

Tongi Island (first appearance; an uncharted island inhabited by Japanese soldiers who don't know the war has ended)

Story Reprinted in:

The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (2001 [January 2002])
Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 ([March] 2006)
The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 ([October] 2011)


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Third Story: "Aquaman's Double Trouble!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtRamona Fradon
LetteringJohn Duffy (?)
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Supporting Character(s):

Topo

Other Character(s):

King Neptune (aids Aquaman in three "trials"; declares himself retired and Aquaman as the new King of the Seas)


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Third Story: "The Green Arrow's Last Stand" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDave Wood
ArtJack Kirby
InksRosalind Kirby
LetteringJohn Duffy (?)
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in World's Finest Comics #97/3; next in issue #255/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy (last in World's Finest Comics #97/3; next in issue #255/2)

Villain(s):

Big Turtle (first appearance; see Comments)
a fellow tribesman (se Comments)

Other Character(s):

Professor Hagen and two others (first appearance for both)
Sioux tribesmen (first appearance for all; an offshoot tribe kept away from the modern world since the 1800s)

Location(s):

Crow Mountain (first appearance; located in the American West)

Comment(s):

There may have been confusion with the placement of word balloons as Big Turtle is alternately referred to as the Chief and the tribe's Medicine Man, as well as referring to himself as Brave Turtle and the Chief, despite another tribesman who clearly appears to be the Chief.

Story Reprinted in:

Super-Team Family #9/2 (February-March 1977)
The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (2001 [January 2002])
Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 ([March] 2006)
The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 ([October] 2011)


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