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Adventure Comics #253

DC · Series began 1938 · October 1958

Dates

Cover date
October 1958
On sale
August 28, 1958
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Kirby, Bob Oksner, Ramona Fradoninks: Stan Kaye, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Kirby, Rosalind Kirby, Bob Oksner, Ramona Fradonletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Artie Simekscript: Dave Wood, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Herron, Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Robert Bernstein

Stories

  • Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder · 12.67 pages

    Prof Nichols sends Robin into the past to destroy a machine that will one day kill Superman.

  • Prisoners of Dimension Zero! · 5.67 pages

    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.

  • The Ocean of 1,000,000 B.C. · 5.67 pages

    While investigating an underwater cavern, Aquaman finds 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.

Reprinted in

Action Comics (1938), Superboy (1949), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (1956), The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), Super Adventure Comic (1960), Teen Titans (1966), DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980), The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (1990), The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (1990), The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (1992), The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (2001), Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (2006), Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (2010), The Jack Kirby Omnibus (2011), DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis (2025)

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