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Adventure Comics 258

ADVENTURE COMICS #258

Cover Date: March 1959
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superboy Meets The Young Green Arrow!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Guest Star(s):

Oliver Queen (last in flashback in Green Arrow Secret Files #1/3; next in flashback in Green Arrow #1; also in flashback to shortly before the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang
Chief Parker (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #67/2 and #88/2)

Villain(s):

Crooks (first appearance for all; dressed as Jesse James, Sir Mordred, Sheriff of Nottingham and a Cherokee Chief and a crook smuggling gold in horses' horseshoes)

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Teen Titans #37 (January-February 1972)
The Best of DC #7 (September-October 1980)
Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 (2006)
Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (2010)


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Second Story: "The Arrow Platoon!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
ArtLee Elias
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (appears shortly before this story in the first story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy

Villain(s):

Three escaped convicts (first appearance for all; try to disguise themselves as Indian ghosts)

Comment(s):

This is the first mention of Star City in this story.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 (2006)


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Third Story: "The Incredible Fish of Doctor Danton!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtRamona Fradon
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (last in flashback in Justice League of America #144; wears yellow gloves in this story)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Danton (first appearance; a aquatic researcher and old friend of Aquaman's)


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