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Adventure Comics #265

DC · Series began 1938 · October 1959

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Dates

Cover date: October 1959
On sale: August 27, 1959
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, George Papp, Henry Boltinoff, Ramona Fradon, Lee Eliasinks: Stan Kaye, George Papp, Henry Boltinoff, Ramona Fradon, Lee Eliasscript: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff, Robert Bernsteinletters: Henry Boltinoff

Stories

The First Superman Robot! · 12 pages
After Dad Kent goes poking in Superboy's lab, Superboy tries to teach him a lesson by pretending to have grown in Superman over night-but then he accidentally switches places with Superman for real.
The Secret of the Super-Safe! · 6 pages
Aquaman has to raise a super heavy safe from the bottom of the sea when it turns out a counterfeiter (Mr. Roxroyd) was hiding his money printing equipment underneath it.
The Amateur Arrows! · 7 pages
After criminals make Green Arrow throw away his quiver, he uses a bunch of trick arrows made by summer camp children from the Green Arrow Camp For Boys to capture them.

Publisher’s description

A freak accident with time-viewers causes Superboy and Superman to exchange time-eras, and, unless they reverse the act within a night, both will be stranded in alien times for a year.

Reprinted in

Century Plus Comic (1960), The Aquaman Archives (2003), Showcase Presents: Green Arrow (2006), Showcase Presents: Aquaman (2007), DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis (2025)