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Adventure Comics 274

ADVENTURE COMICS #274

Cover Date: July 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-05-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Monster that Stalked Smallville!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #82; next in issue #275)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #82 and #83)
Martha Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #82 and #83)

Villain(s):

BL-X2 and eight other scientists (first appearance for all; also in flashback to five years earlier; pose as citizens of Smallville, identifies including Judd West, bank president; Fire Chief Rogan; Major Ashby of the National Guard; Mr.and Mrs. Ralbert; the mayor of Smallville; Dr. Ed Moss, high school science teacher; Police Officer Burke; a newspaper editor)

Other Character(s):

Zarons (first appearance; an alien race; in flashbacks)
6-3KX (first appearance; a lawman of Zaron who is mutated by fallout; has vision rays that turn fellow citizens of Zaron to stone, but do not affect humans)
citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville
Unidentified Space Sector
Zaron (first appearance; in flashback; human-like advanced race; survivors transformed into shaggy monstrous form)

Comment(s):

Despite witnessing ten of their neighbors, who they've known for five years, in prominent positions around town being executed and taken away by an alien, the citizens of Smallville all take Superboy's word that it was all legal.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #6/2 (January 1965)


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Second Story: "Aqua-Queen!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtRamona Fradon
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #138/3; next in issue #275/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Aqualad (in between issues #273/2 and #275/3)

Other Character(s):

Dale Conroy (first appearance; a wealthy heiress who tries to show up Aquaman)

Story Reprinted in:

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


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Third Story: "The Revenge of the River Demon!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla (in between issues #273/3 and #275/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #273/3 and #275/2)

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; disguise as a River Demon to exact tribute from natives)

Location(s):

Africa


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