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Adventure Comics #254

DC · Series began 1938 · November 1958

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Dates

Cover date: November 1958
On sale: September 30, 1958
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, George Papp, Henry Boltinoff, Gil Kane, Ramona Fradon, Lou Cameron, Jack Kirby, Martin Naydelinks: Stan Kaye, George Papp, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Giella, Ramona Fradon, Lou Cameron, Jack Kirby, Rosalind Kirby, Martin Naydelletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydelscript: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller, Jack Schiff, Dave Wood, Martin Naydel

Stories

I Was a Teen-Age Superboy · 12.67 pages
Under a Kryptonite "spell" from Krypto, Superboy mysteriously gives different super powers to various boys in Smallville, with mixed results. Lana Lang tricks him into giving her super-speed but keeps setting herself afire!
The Menace of the Electric Man! · 5.67 pages
An escaped convict finds himself immune to electric shock. During storms at sea, the "Electric Man" gathers lightning bolts to rob ships. Aquaman is helpless to stop him until he remembers a particular cargo of rubber that allows him and Topo to defeat the villain.
The Green Arrow's Last Stand · 5.67 pages
Green Arrow and Speedy land in a remote valley that is still occupied by Sioux Indian warriors. The conniving chief and medicine man manufacture a fake "legend" to retain power, but GA's trick arrows win the day and liberate the tribe.

Reprinted in

Superman Annual (1951), The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), Super-Team Family (1975), Super Adventure Album (1976), The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby (2001), Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (2006), The Jack Kirby Omnibus (2011), DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis (2025)