Unofficial Adventure Comics Index

ADVENTURE COMICS #259

Cover Date: April 1959
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Blind Boy of Steel!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Art	George Papp
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (temporarily cursed with Diamond Vision)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang

Jonathan Kent

Martha Kent

Krypto (also in brief flashback to his first appearance)

Superboy Robots (four shown)

Villain(s):

Tiger Gang (first appearance for all; band of bank robbers dressed in tiger costumes)

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Annual #1/4 (Summer 1964)

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Second Story: "The Octopus Man!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jack Miller
Art	Ramona Fradon
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Villain(s):

Roland Peters (first appearance; a researcher into transferring consciousness to sealife)

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Third Story: "The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Lee Elias
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy

Villain(s):

Crimson Archer and his gang (first appearance for all; poses as Hector Vance, a millionaire to get Green Arrow to train him)

Location(s):

Glenville (first appearance; a nearby town)

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #154/2 (December 1965)

Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 (2006)

Green Arrow: 80 Years of the Emerald Archer The Deluxe Edition (2021)

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