Adventure Comics #281
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- February 1961
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/16114
Credits
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger
Issue contents
Cover
Superboy's New Parents!
(Superboy)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superboy
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
1Featuring
- Feature
- The National Sports Council
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lana Lang; Chester Hurd; Agnes Hurd; Superboy robot
Credits
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #176 (May 1952) — Superboy's New Parents
- Also printed
-
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #43 ([August 1952?]) — Superboy's New Parents
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #49 ([May 1969?]) — Superboy's New Parents
Synopsis
Superboy gets rid of crooked foster parents.
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
3"Tricksy will now give a performance on the trampoline!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Tricksy
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Tricksy
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Synopsis
Jumps through stuffy circus tent roof for fresh air.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
5Featuring
- Feature
- Smallville Mailsack
Credits
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Art
- John Sikela
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters from Jeff Wallack, Richard Fain, John Dwyer, Marc Weinman, Albert Golly, Leonard Henderson, Jeffrey Harelick & Kenneth Jacobs.
6"Who is Hawkman--"
Featuring
- Feature
- The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
7Featuring
- Feature
- Congorilla
- Genre
- Jungle; superhero
- Characters
- Janu
Credits
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Art
- Howard Sherman
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Century Plus Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #60 ([May 1961]) — The Lost Magic Ring!
Synopsis
Congorilla loses ring while possessing Congo Bill's mind.
Notes
writer credit by Bob Hughes
8Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction; advocacy
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Bernard Baily
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
9"Ah - the crystal ball tells me today will be a bad day for you!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Moolah the Mystic
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
10Credits
- Script
- Jack Liebowitz
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
average sales 438,000
11Featuring
- Feature
- Revolutionary War Soldiers
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
12Featuring
- Feature
- Frontier Cabin
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
13Featuring
- Feature
- Stephens Credit Sales
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
14Featuring
- Feature
- Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Notes
Inside back cover.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chemical Co.
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #23 and copyright registration.
Indicia
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