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Adventure Comics 254

ADVENTURE COMICS #254

Cover Date: November 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-09-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "I Was a Teen-Age Superboy" (13 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJohn Duffy (?)
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in issue #253; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #69; as Clark Kent, claims to have been given invulnerability by Superboy, see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Krypto (in between issues #271 and #257)
Martha Kent (in between issues #253 and #255)
Lana Lang (in between issues #271 and #257; given the power of flight)
Lewis Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #173/2; next in issue #266)

Villain(s):

"Dazzler" Dyke and his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Jimmy Saunders (first appearance; a juvenile delinquent; given x-ray vision)
Ronnie James (first appearance; a school athlete; given super strength)
Fred Gordon (first appearance; an acrobat; given the power of flight)
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon (first appearance for both; Fred's parents)

Location(s):

Smallville

Comment(s):

In a convoluted plot to cover up how Clark Kent seemingly survived being shot in the chest by a starter pistol, Superboy gives certain of his powers for twenty four hours to people in Smallville.


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Second Story: "The Menace of the Electric Man!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtRamona Fradon
LetteringJohn Duffy (?)
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (in between issues #253/3 and #255/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Topo (in between issues #252/3 and #255/3)

Villain(s):

Electric Man (Roy Pinto; first appearance; an escaped convict; also using the alias "Roy Peters;" discovers he can absorb and manipulate electricity; next in Justice League of America #5

Other Character(s):

various passengers and crew of ships attacked by the Electric Man

Location(s):

the Pacific Ocean (as well as an unidentified island)

Comment(s):

A few weeks pass during this story.


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Third Story: "The Green Arrow's Last Stand" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDave Wood
ArtJack Kirby
InksRosalind Kirby
LetteringJohn Duffy (?)
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in World's Finest Comics #97/3; next in issue #255/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy (last in World's Finest Comics #97/3; next in issue #255/2)

Villain(s):

Big Turtle (first appearance; see Comments)
a fellow tribesman (se Comments)

Other Character(s):

Professor Hagen and two others (first appearance for both)
Sioux tribesmen (first appearance for all; an offshoot tribe kept away from the modern world since the 1800s)

Location(s):

Crow Mountain (first appearance; located in the American West)

Comment(s):

There may have been confusion with the placement of word balloons as Big Turtle is alternately referred to as the Chief and the tribe's Medicine Man, as well as referring to himself as Brave Turtle and the Chief, despite another tribesman who clearly appears to be the Chief.

Story Reprinted in:

Super-Team Family #9/2 (February-March 1977)
The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (2001 [January 2002])
Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 ([March] 2006)
The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 ([October] 2011)


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