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Adventure Comics 260

ADVENTURE COMICS #260

Cover Date: May 1959
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1959-03-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Kent's Second Super-Son!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtJohn Sikela
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent
Martha Kent
Lana Lang

Other Character(s):

Vidal (first appearance; super-powered youth who "persuades" the Kents to adopt Superboy; next, deceased, in The Green Lantern #9)

Location(s):

Smallville
Smallville County Orphanage

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #129 (May 1966)


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Second Story: "How Aquaman Got His Powers!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtRamona Fradon
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (also in earliest chronological appearances in flashbacks)

Supporting Character(s):

Tom Curry (first appearance; Aquaman's adoptive father; dies in flashback)
Atlanna (first appearance; Aquaman's mother; dies in flashback)

Location(s):

Atlantis (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Aquaman has yellow gloves.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #8 (March 1965)
Aquaman #48 (November-December 1969)
Secret Origins of Super-Heroes (Fall 1979)
More Secret Origins Replica Edition #1 (1999)
The Aquaman Archives #1 (2003)
Showcase Presents: Aquaman #1 (2007)
DC Universe Secret Origins (2013)
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2016)


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Third Story: "Green Arrow's New Partner!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtLee Elias
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy

Other Character(s):

Arrow of Alaska (Jerry Halleck; first appearance; young son of Ed Halleck, who is getting ready to fight crime as the Arrows of Alaska; trained by Green Arrow)

Location(s):

Star City (presumed)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the winter.

Story Reprinted in:

Teen Titans #38 (March-April 1972)


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