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Adventure Comics 256

ADVENTURE COMICS #256

Cover Date: January 1959
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-11-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Dragnet for Superboy" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtAl Plastino
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #70/3; next in flashback inSuperman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #7/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between issues #255 and #257)

Villain(s):

Flash Ward and his gang (first appearance for all; disguises himself as Chief James Wilson; frame Superboy for three robberies)

Location(s):

Smallville


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Second Story: "The Ordeal of Aquaman" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtRamona Fradon
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (in between issues #255/3 and #257/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Topo (in between issues #255/3 and #257/3)

Villain(s):

Three crooks (first appearance for all; drop Aquaman off in a desert)


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Third Story: "The Green Arrow's First Case" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
ArtJack Kirby
InksRoz Kirby (assist)
LetteringJohn Duffy
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in World's Finest Comics #98/3; next in issue #257/2; also in flashback to his origin; last in flashback in Green Arrow #1 [page 6, panel 3-page 10, panel 3]; next in flashbacks in DC Super-Stars #17/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy (last in World's Finest Comics #98/3; next in issue #257/2)

Villain(s):

Mutineers (first appearance for all; in flashback only)

Comment(s):

The flashback portion of this story is also told in flashback in DC Super-Stars #17/3, flashback in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #38, flashback in Green Arrow #1 and Green Arrow: Year One #1- #4 with new details.

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #187 (September 1969)
Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (1976)
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #9 (May 1981)
The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (January 2002)
Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 (2006)
The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 (2011)
Green Arrow: A Celebration of 75 Years (2016)


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