Adventure Comics #259
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- April 1959
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/14986
Credits
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger
Issue contents
Cover
The Blind Boy of Steel!
(Superboy)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Krypto
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Krypto; Superboy robots; Kryptonite; Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- George Papp
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #35 ([November 1965?]) — The Blind Boy of Steel
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #126 ([August 1959?]) — The Blind Boy of Steel
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #126 ([August 1959?]) — The Blind Boy of Steel
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Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1 (Summer 1964) — The Blind Boy of Steel
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Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #1 ([June 1965?]) — The Blind Boy of Steel
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Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #1 ([June 1965?]) — The Blind Boy of Steel
- Original
- Adventure Comics 259, April 1959
- This version
- Giant Superboy Annual 1, Summer 1964
Synopsis
A freak bolt of lightning strikes a meteor containing kryptonite, catching Superboy in the blast and giving him diamond vision which he can't turn off, so he must keep his eyes shut at all times.
Notes
Includes 6-panel recap of Krypto's origin.
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3Featuring
- Feature
- Tricksy, World's Greatest Stunt Man
- Genre
- Gag
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
4
5Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Roland Peters
Credits
- Art
- Ramona Fradon
Synopsis
Roland Peters has constructed a brain-wave transmitter and is experimenting on illegally captured sealife when Aquaman arrives and releases his finny friends. Getting in a lucky shot, Peters knocks out Aquaman, and decides to give his device a real test run by transferring Aquaman's mind to different fish.
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8Featuring
- Feature
- Smallville Mailsack
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Editorial replies include plugs for Supergirl's upcoming first appearance and the Aquaman origin story coming up in Adventure 260.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Archer [Hector Vance; Herb Vraney] (intro); Arrow-Car
Credits
- Art
- Lee Elias
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #154 (December 1965) — The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #36 ([February 1966?]) — The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil
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Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #11 ([March 1966?]) — The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil!
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Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 (2006) — The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil
Synopsis
Millionaire Hector Vance offers a million dollars to charity if Green Arrow will teach him archery. Shortly after the archery lessons stop, The Crimson Archer starts a crime spree and GA learns that Hector Vance is really underworld kingpin Herb Vraney.
10Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.