Adventure Comics #247
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- April 1958
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/14358
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (Managing Editor)
Mort Weisinger (story editor)
George Kashdan (story editor)
Issue contents
Cover
The Legion of Super-Heroes!
(Superboy)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (Managing Editor)
Mort Weisinger (story editor)
George Kashdan (story editor)
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #29 ([October 1958?]) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (KG Murray (NZ), 1958? series) #29 ([December 1958?]) — The Legion of Super-Heroes!
- Printed in
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1
in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1 [redrawn]
in DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) #nn
in Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) #nn
in World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler (DC, 2004 series) #nn
in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008)
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl] (intro); Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #29 ([October 1958?]) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #29 ([October 1958?])
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1962-1963) — The Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Boy changed to Lightning Lad and final page cut)
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1962-1963)
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?])
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?]) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1 (March-April 1980) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1 (March-April 1980)
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491 (September 1982)
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491 (September 1982) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
-
DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) (1992) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) (1992)
-
Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) (November 2000) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) (November 2000)
-
World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler (DC, 2004 series) (2004) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler (DC, 2004 series) (2004)
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
-
Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) ([June] 2008) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) ([June] 2008)
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #0 (April 2009) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #0 (April 2009)
Synopsis
Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely initiation pranks which proved he is a good sport.
Notes
First appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy in this story. Several other unidentified Legionnaires appear in the story. The Legionnaires are not yet in their regular costumes.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
Notes
House ad.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Read 'Em and Laugh
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
A collection of quick jokes.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Little Pete
- Genre
- Gag
- Characters
- Little Pete; Mister Roberts
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Synopsis
Pete figures out an easier way to walk a dog.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; C. M. Hawkins
Credits
- Script
- France Herron
- Art
- George Papp
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #25 ([October 1958?]) — The 13 Superstition Arrows
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DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) (1992) — The 13 Superstition Arrows
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Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) (November 2000) — The 13 Superstition Arrows
Synopsis
To secure a $5,000,000 bequest to charity, Green Arrow must use 13 trick arrows with gimmicks associated with bad luck.
Notes
Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. GA uses an Ace of Spades Arrow, a Ladder Arrow, a Black Cat Arrow, a Salt Arrow, and a Number 13 Arrow.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Gag
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Synopsis
Casey plays a trick with some play money.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman
Credits
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Art
- Ramona Fradon
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #3 ([July 1958]) — Aquaman's Super Sea-Squad
-
DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) (1992) — Aquaman's Super Sea Squad
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Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) (November 2000) — Aquaman's Super Sea-Squad
Synopsis
Aquaman has to carefully deliver a nuclear projectile to the military before it detonates.
Notes
Writer id by Martin O'Hearn.
Indicia
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