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Adventure Comics 276

ADVENTURE COMICS #276

Cover Date: September 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-07-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Robinson Crusoe of Space!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (also in flashback as an infant on Krypton; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #84)

Supporting Character(s):

Martha Kent (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #84)
Jonathan Kent (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #84)
Jor-El (in flashback only; builds a first prototype of the rocket that carries baby Kal-El to Earth)
Lara Jor-El (in flashback only)

Other Character(s):

Metalman (first appearance; a test robot built by Jor-El to test his rocket ships; destroyed)
Superboy Robots (five shown; run through their annual tests; all destroyed)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback only)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville
Unidentified Space Sector
An unnamed asteroid (first appearance; a slight oxygen atmosphere)

Comment(s):

This is a retelling of a story from Superboy Vol. 1 #49 (June 1956).


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Second Story: "The Aqua-Thief of the Seven Seas!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtRamona Fradon
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Supporting Character(s):

Aqualad

Villain(s):

Submarine pirates (first appearance)
Vuda (first appearance; King Tai's Prime Minister; attempts to steal diamonds that are King Tai's son's tribute)

Other Character(s):

King Tai (first appearance; ruler of Timtu; a South Sea island nation)

Location(s):

Timtu (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Vol. 1 #238 (January 1972)
The Aquaman Archives #1 (2003)
Showcase Presents Aquaman (2007)


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Third Story: "The Congorilla of Space!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy

Villain(s):

Unnamed space aliens (first appearance for all; teleport Congorilla to their planet to be used in an experimental space flight)

Other Character(s):

Congorilla of Space (first appearance; an alien ape whose mind is transferred to the body of an alien game warden who returns Congorilla home)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Congo, Africa
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planet (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #149/2 (May 1965)


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