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ADVENTURE COMICS #299
Cover Date: August 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-06-28
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | George Papp |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (see Comments)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent
- Martha Kent
- Jor-El (dies)
- Lara Jor-El (dies)
Villain(s):
- "King Rolf" (first appearance; exiled for attempting to overthrow the rue king of Simbovia; feigns )
- "Queen Greta" (first appearance; his wife)
- Prime Minister Nordholtz (first appearance)
- followers of "King Rolf"
- an unidentified alien race (attempting to invade Zordal)
- plant-monsters of the Taboo Jungle (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- the President of the United States of America
- U.S. military officials
- Zordalians (first appearance; an alien race)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton (destroyed)
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- "Exile Island"
- Smallville
- the Kingdom of Simbovia (a small European nation)
- Washington, DC
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Zordal (first appearance)
- Taboo Jungle
- Zordal (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This is an "Imaginary" Story.
- This story takes place over many years, from the destruction of Krypton to Superboy's teenage years.
- First appearance of Gold Kryptonite. In this story, the Gold Kryptonite has a delayed effect but ultimately removes Superboy's powers.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Vol. 1 #212/7 (December 1968)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | John Forte |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Bizarro (last in issue #298/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #157/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Bizarro-Junior No. 1 (last in issue #298/2; next in ???)
Villain(s):
- a gangster (first appearance)
- bank robbers (first appearance for all)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Superman (last/next in ???)
Other Character(s):
- Metropolis Police Department (Captain Bloke named and first appearance)
- citizens of Metropolis
- Bizarros
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Family #166/6 (August-September 1974)
- Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World ([October] 2000)