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Adventure Comics 266

ADVENTURE COMICS #266

Cover Date: November 1959
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1959-09-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Super-Pranks of Krypto!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in issue #265; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #77)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in issue #265; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #77/2)
Martha Kent (last in issue #265 in Superboy Vol. 1 #77/2)
Krypto (last in issue #265; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #77; also in flashbacks)
Lana Lang (last in issue #265; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #78)
Lewis Lang (last in issue #254; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #86)

Villain(s):

Kosmon the Hunter (first appearance; also in flashback; collects rare and often unwilling creatures for his "space zoo")

Other Character(s):

citizens of Smallville (including Miss LaPLume, an opera singer)
a Kokumbaz from the planet Urlak (first appearance)
a Tree-Man from the planet Kloro (first appearance)
a protoplasmic blob from the Gyntu system (first appearance; shape-changes to pose as Krypto)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
an unidentified planetoid
a lunar satellite of the star-sun Gyntu (first mentioned)
Kloro (first mentioned)
Urlak (first mentioned)


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Second Story: "The First Aquagirl!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtRamona Fradon
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (last in JLA: Year One #3; next in issue #267/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Topo (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #12; next in issue #267/2)
Tom Curry (in flashback to Aquaman's origin as young Arthur Curry)
Atlanna (in flashback to Aquaman's origin as young Arthur Curry)

Other Character(s):

Aquagirl (Lisa Morel; first appearance; also in flashback to 20 years earlier)
Dr. Hugo Morel (first appearance; Lisa's adoptive father and famous ichthyologist; also in flashback to 20 years earlier)
Eddie (first appearance; a hand on he Morel's yacht)

Location(s):

Atlantis (Poseidonis; in flashback)
the Atlantic Ocean
unidentified location on the Atlantic coast

Comment(s):

This is the first mention of Atlanteans with purple eyes being exiled.

Story Reprinted in:

Super DC Giant #S-26/4 (July-August 1971)
Aquaman Archives #1 ([January] 2003)
Showcase Presents Aquaman #1 ([February] 2007)
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years ([December] 2016)


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Third Story: "The Case of the Vanishing Arrows!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtLee Elias
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in issue #265/3; next in World's Finest Comics #105/3)
Speedy (last in issue #265/3; next in World's Finest Comics #105/3)

Villain(s):

a mugger (first appearance)
two bank robbers (first appearance for both)
a masked bandit (first appearance)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #258/3; next in World's Finest Comics #105)

Other Character(s):

police officers

Cameo Appearance(s):

Batman (no appearance; sent a note to Green Arrow and Speedy congratulating them on their capture of the Red Dart gang)

Location(s):

Star City
Arrow Cave

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #143/2 (August 1964)
Super-Team Family #2/3 (December-January 1975-6)
Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 ([January] 2006)


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