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Adventure Comics 287

ADVENTURE COMICS #287

Cover Date: August 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-06-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "War of the Superboys!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #91/3; next in issue #288; also appears in flashback; last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Jor-El (in flashback; in between the flashbacks in #79/3 and #87/3)
Lara Jor-El (in flashback; last/next in ???)
Krypto (in flashback last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Dev-Em (first appearance)
Rath-Ef (first appearance; one of Dev-Em's delinquent friends)
Norg-Ar (first appearance; one of Dev-Em's delinquent friends)

Other Character(s):

Ron-Em (first appearance; Dev-Em's father)
Leeta Ron-Em (first appearance; Dev-Em's mother)
the Wayward Youth Patrol (Captain Lar-O named)
various unidentified Kryptonians
an unidentified alien race (only starships seen)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jonathan Kent (in flashback)
Martha Kent (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton
Kryptonopolis
Space Sector 2814
Earth

Comment(s):

This story continues in the nextissue.

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #320 (May 1964) [pgs. 4-8 only]
Superboy Vol. 1 #177 (September 1971)
Best of DC #44 (January 1984)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #3 ([October] 1993)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([June] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([October] 2017)
Superboy Vol. 1 #138/2 (May-June 1967)


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Second Story: "Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Bizarro (in between issues #286/2 and #288/2)

Guest Star(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Bizarro-Lois (in between issues #286/2 and #288/2)
Bizarro-Krypto (in between issues #285/2 and #288/2)
Bizarro-Perry White (first appearance; created by Bizarro #1; next in issue #288)
Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen (first appearance; created by Jimmy Olsen); marries a Bizarro-Lois; next in issue #288)

Villain(s):

an unidentified alien race (invade Htrae, but are confused by Bizarros, believing it must be a trap they leave)

Other Character(s):

Perry White (last/next in ???)
Bizarro-Kltpzyxm (in between issues #286/2 and #288/2)
Bizarros (including Bizarro-Loises)

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482
Bizarro World
Daily Htrae
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #13/7 (August 1965)
Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World ([October] 2000)


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