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Adventure Comics 290

ADVENTURE COMICS #290

Cover Date: November 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-11-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #93)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes:
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox; in flashback; last in Action Comics #276/2; next behind the scenes in issue #247)
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; in flashback; last in flashback in issue #301/2; next behind the scenes in issue #247)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; in flashback; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next in issue #247)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; last in Superboy Vol. 1 #86/3; next in Action Comics #285; also in flashback, in between Action Comics #276/2 and Adventure Comics #247 Pages 1 through 10)
Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo; in flashback; last in Action Comics #276/2; next in Adventure Comics #247)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in Superboy Vol. 1 #86/3; next in Action Comics #285; also in flashback, in between flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2 and Adventure Comics #247 Pages 1 through 10)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; last in Action Comics #276/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152)

Supporting Character(s):

Chief Parker (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #92/2; next in issue #293)
Krypto (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #92/2 and #93)
Martha Kent (last in issue #289; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #93/2)

Villain(s):

Sun Boy Impostor (real name unknown; first appearance)
Cyclops the Robot (first appearance; destroyed)
Tom Tanner (first appearance; a reform school escapee and lookalike of Clark Kent; is later "turned to good" by Cyclops)

Other Character(s):

a milkman
a lumberyard worker
students at Smallville High (Eddie named)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:
Earth:
Maple Grove (in the 20th Century)
Metropolis (in the 30th Century)
Legion Headquarters
Smallville (in the 20th Century)
the polar ice cap
the South Pacific
Unidentified Space Sector:
Xanthu
The Timestream

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #147/5 (May-June 1968)
Adventure Comics #495 (January 1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition ([January] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)


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Second Story: "The Invasion of the Bizarro World!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Bizarro (in between issues #289/2 and #291/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Bizarro-Lois (in between issues #289/2 and #291/2)
Bizarro-Junior No. 1 (in between issues #289/2 and #292/2)
Bizarro-Krypto (last in issue #289/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #150)

Villain(s):

Living Blue Kryptonite creatures (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Bizarros (many die)
Bizarro Mayor
Bizarro Hipster No. 1
the Bizarro Cool Cat Combo
Bizarro-Loises
"Weep-and-Wail" Bizarro-Lois
Bizarro, Juniors
Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen
Bizarro-Perry White

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482:
Bizarro World:
Bizarro City
Fourtriss uv Bizarro

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Christmas, July 4th, on the Bizarro World.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #36 (May 1983)
Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World ([September] 2000)


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