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Adventure Comics 271

ADVENTURE COMICS #271

Cover Date: April 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-03-01

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "How Luthor Met Superboy!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #68, then appears in this issue, Page 1 through page 4, panel 4. then Superboy Vol. 1 #120; also last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #292, then Page 4, Panel 5+ in this issue; next in issue #253)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last/next in ???)
Martha Kent (last/next in ???)
Krypto (last in Superman Vol. 1 #173/2; next in issue #254)
Lana Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #173/2; next in issue #254)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (first Silver Age appearance; earliest chronological appearance in Superboy Vol. 1 #102; after Page 4, Panel 4, appears in Superboy Vol. 1 #120 then in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #292 and following Page 4, Panel 5+ of this issue, next appears in Adventure Comics #253)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Smallville (Mr. Wade named)

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #10/4 (May 1965)
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-39 (October-November 1975)
The Great Superman Comic Book Collection (1981)
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983)
Superman vs. Lex Luthor ([August] 2006)
Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([March] 2010)
Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years (2015 [February 2016])
Superboy: A Celebration of 75 Years (2020)


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Second Story: "The Son of Congorilla!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla (in between issues #270/2 and #272/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy

Other Character(s):

Vic Hall (first appearance; a Hollywood star hoping to enlist the Nambu Tribe in making a movie)
Rita Hall (first appearance; Vic's wife; also a Hollywood star)
the Nambu Tribe (first appearance for all)
the White Gorilla (first appearance; the young son of the Golden Gorilla)

Location(s):

Africa (the Nambu Village)


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Third Story: "The Second Deluge!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtRamona Fradon
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (last in issue #270/3; next in Brave and the Bold #29)

Supporting Character(s):

Aqualad (in between issues #270/3 and #272/3)

Villain(s):

Captain Noah (first appearance)
Noah's gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

the crews of imperiled ships

Location(s):

the Atlantic Ocean
an island resort
Aquacave

Story Reprinted in:

The Aquaman Archives #1 (2003)
Showcase Presents Aquaman #1 (2007)


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