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Issue: Adventure Comics #255
Publication Date: December 1958
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Issues: #255 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: 10/30/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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The Splitting of Superboy!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Splitting of Superboy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Kozz of Mars (yellow skin); Superboy robots; Lana Lang; Superboy
Synopsis: Kozz of Mars uses Red Kryptonite to split Superboy and Clark into two separate people. But Clark turns out to be evil.
Reprinting
In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #10 published May 1965
as The Splitting of Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Superboy Album #2 published June 1966
as The Splitting of Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #8/1969 published August 1969
as Den onde Clark Kent. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Oh, officer! I've been getting threatening letters through the mail
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #24 published January 1966
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagGang Busters #40 published June 1954
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Operation Blackhawks!

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Pages: 1
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Sharing -- The United Nations Way!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
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The War That Never Ended!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Major Tayako
Synopsis: Green Arrow and Speedy are stranded on a Pacific island that is still inhabited by Japanese soldiers who do not know that WWII is over.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #39 published December 1959
as La guerre qui ne finirait jamais [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Arrow by Jack Kirby #[nn] published January 2001
as The War That Never Ended! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Arrow #1 published March 2006
as The War That Never Ended! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 published October 2011
as The War That Never Ended [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Tootsie Roll Pop
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Letters from readers with editors' answers.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A letter from Harry (Aquaboy) Endersby of Fort Lauderdale, Florida announces he and friends call themselves "Aquaboys" when swimming. And how about an Aquaboy companion for Aquaman like Robin and Speedy? The editor replies, "Not bad... We'll take it up with the editor-in-chief."
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Aquaman's Double Trouble!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): King Neptune
Synopsis: Aquaman is repeatedly torn between dilemmas to save sea life, submarines, sinking ships, and more. Each time he makes a difficult choice, he finds the other choice was saved by an old seafarer who leaves three mysterious holes at every scene. When Aquaman himself is saved, the old man reveals he's King Neptune - with his three-pointed trident. Neptune retired when a new "King of the Sea" arrived - Aquaman!
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Bottom of last page has Tootsie Roll contest ad.
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Pages: 0.33
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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