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Issue: Adventure Comics #253
Publication Date: October 1958
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Issues: #253 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/28/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
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 (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Superboy Meets Robin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Robin; The Kents (photograph)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Robin; Superman (flash-forward); Prof. Nichols; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lex Luthor
Synopsis: Prof Nichols sends Robin into the past to destroy a machine that will one day kill Superman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #133 published October 1966
as Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTeen Titans #36 published November 1971
as Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #52 published January 1972
as Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1989
as Superboy Meets Robin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1990
as Superboy Meets Robin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 2010
as Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: A teenaged Luthor is depicted with thinning hair, this tale pre-dates the story "How Luthor Met Superboy" in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #271 (April 1960). In the later issue Lex is shown losing a full head of hair in a laboratory accident, the version of events that is recognized as an integral part of the Silver Age Luthor/Superboy story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peg
First Line: Give me that check! I'll pay for Peg's soda!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Do You Know the Legend of Superman?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Prisoners of Dimension Zero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Xeen Arrow (Guest); Alien Crooks (Villains); Arrowcar
Synopsis: In another dimension, Green Arrow and Speedy meet GA's counterpart Xeen Arrow and discover that due to a passing comet, a gateway to their dimension has opened up, and the mysterious giant arrows they encountered on Earth are merely children's toys from this other dimension which have passed through the gateway. The mystery solved, Xeen Arrow shoots them back to Earth through the gateway before it closes.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #28 published January 1959
as Prisoners of Dimension Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #449 published July 1975
as The Mystery of the Giant Arrows [Story on Interior Page(s)]p. 1 omitted
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #23 [Direct Sales] published July 1982
as Prisoners of Dimension Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1990
as Prisoners of Dimension Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Prisoners of Dimension Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Arrow by Jack Kirby #[nn] published January 2001
as Prisoners of Dimension Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Arrow #1 published March 2006
as Prisoners Of Dimension Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 published October 2011
as Prisoners of Dimension Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Bottom of last page has Tootsie Pop ad. Continued from last issue.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Lost -- A Free Education!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Binky
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: I bought a nice present for Linda!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagA Date with Judy #27 published February 1952
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger [as Editor]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smallville Mailsack
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First issue with letters page. Features letters from Dorothy Watson, Tony Mellio, Charles Fedder, Andrew Otis, and William Allen Hunter.
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The Ocean of 1,000,000 B.C.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Ramona Fradon
Inker(s): Ramona Fradon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman; a caveman
Synopsis: Finding himself transported back in time, Aquaman discovers that he has no control over the prehistoric animals that surround him. He is forced to use his wits to survive until lightning returns him to his own era.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Bottom of last page has Tootsie Roll contest ad.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Dinosaurs
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Midwest Card Company
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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