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Adventure Comics 267

ADVENTURE COMICS #267

Cover Date: December 1959
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1959-10-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Prisoner of the Super-Heroes!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #77/3 and #78)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes (last in flashback in issue #323; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #86/3)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; last in flashback in issue #323; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #86/3)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz;last in flashback in issue #323; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #86/3)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in flashback in issue #323; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #86/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #77/3 and #78)
Martha Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #77/3 and #78)
Krypto (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #77)

Villain(s):

an escaped prisoner
a rampaging robot

Other Character(s):

Citizens of Smallville (including the mayor)
various super-heroes from other worlds
the President of the United States (voice on radio)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville
Unidentified Space Sector
Superboy Planet (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Per Superboy, he had first met the Legion of Super-Heroes over a year before this story.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #8/6 (Winter 1963-1964)
Adventure Comics #491 (September 1982)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)

Solicitation:

Superboy is shocked that his friends from the Legion of Super-Heroes have appeared in 20th-century Smallville and are doing their best to upstage and beat Superboy in saving the day, solving crimes and stopping menaces!


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Second Story: "The Manhunt on Land!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtRamona Fradon
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (last in issue #266/2; next in the third story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Topo (last in issue #266/2; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Shark Wilson (last in issue #203/2)
Shark Wilson's gang
Wizard II (Horace Kates; first appearance?; a Green Arrow foe; next in the third story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Star City police
prison guards
a member of the Coast Guard

Location(s):

Star City

Comment(s):

The story takes place over a week.
This story continues in part in the third) story in this issue.

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #144/2 (September 1964)
Super-Team Family #3/2 (February-March 1976)
Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([December] 1989)
Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([June] 1990)
Aquaman Archives #1 ([January] 2003)
Showcase Presents Aquaman #1 ([February] 2007)


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Third Story: "The Underwater Archers!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtLee Elias
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (in between World's Finest Comics #105/3 and #106/3)
Speedy (in between World's Finest Comics #105/3 and #106/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Topo (last in the second story in this issue; next in issue #269/3)

Villain(s):

Wizard II (last in the second story in this issue)
the Wizard's gang

Other Character(s):

members of the Coast Guard
a freighter crew
the crew of a prison ship
A "Godzilla-like" creature awakened by an atomic test (first appearance)

Location(s):

Star City
Arrow Cave

Comment(s):

The story takes place over a week or two.
This story continues in part from the second story in this issue.

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #145/2 (November 1964)
Super-Team Family #3/3 (February-March 1976)
Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([December] 1989)
Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([June] 1990)
Aquaman Archives #1 ([January] 2003)
Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 ([January] 2006)
Showcase Presents Aquaman #1 ([February] 2007)


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