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Issue: Adventure Comics #259
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 02/26/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Blind Boy of Steel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Krypto
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Honor House Products Corp.
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Inside front cover.
The Blind Boy of Steel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
George Papp
George Papp
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Krypto; Superboy robots; Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
A freak bolt of lightning strikes a meteor containing kryptonite, catching Superboy in the blast and giving him diamond vision which he can't turn off, so he must keep his eyes shut at all times.
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FlagSuperboy Annual #1 published January 1964
as The Blind Boy of Steel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagColossal Comic #35 published November 1965
as The Blind Boy of Steel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #8/1970 published August 1970
as Den blinde Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Includes 6-panel recap of Krypto's origin.
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll
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Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
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Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Tricksy
He's up there without a net.
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Introducing the Girl of Steel!

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Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Action Comics; Supergirl
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1
The Octopus Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Miller
Ramona Fradon
Ramona Fradon
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Aquaman
Roland Peters
Roland Peters has constructed a brain-wave transmitter and is experimenting on illegally captured sealife when Aquaman arrives and releases his finny friends. Getting in a lucky shot, Peters knocks out Aquaman, and decides to give his device a real test run by transferring Aquaman's mind to different fish.
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Miscellaneous
5.67
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll Pop
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Miscellaneous
0.33
What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff
Bernard Baily
Bernard Baily
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Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
informational
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
Smallville Mailsack
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Miscellaneous
1
Editorial replies include plugs for Supergirl's upcoming first appearance and the Aquaman origin story coming up in Adventure 260. Letters from Marc S. Mayer, Margie Bliss, William Hughes, Martin Balaban, David Herman, Rita Castle, Bobby Strauss, Steven Coe.
The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Lee Elias
Lee Elias
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Green Arrow
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Archer [Hector Vance; Herb Vraney] (intro); Arrow-Car
Millionaire Hector Vance offers a million dollars to charity if Green Arrow will teach him archery. Shortly after the archery lessons stop, The Crimson Archer starts a crime spree and GA learns that Hector Vance is really underworld kingpin Herb Vraney.
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FlagWorld's Finest Comics #154 published December 1965
as The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagColossal Comic #36 published February 1966
as The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Green Arrow #1 published March 2006
as The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6.67
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Stephens Credit Sales
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

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typeset
Subject Matter
American Seed Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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