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Adventure Comics #274

DC · Series began 1938 · July 1960

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Dates

Cover date: July 1960
On sale: May 31, 1960
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Win Mortimer, George Papp, Martin Naydel, Ramona Fradon, Henry Boltinoff, Howard Shermaninks: Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer, George Papp, Martin Naydel, Ramona Fradon, Henry Boltinoff, Howard Shermanscript: Jack Schiff, Robert Bernstein, Martin Naydel, Jack Miller, Henry Boltinoffletters: Ira Schnapp, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

The Monster That Stalked Smallville! · 13 pages
Superboy brings a monster to Smallville as a friend, which upsets everybody in town.
Aqua-Queen! · 7 pages
After Aquaman doesn't pick her in a swimming meet, Dale Conroy vows revenge. She begins humiliating Aquaman by showing she is better than him at everything he does, getting dubbed the "Aqua-Queen" in the press. It is later revealed that she was cheating the whole time.
Tricksy World's Greatest Stunt Man · 0.67 pages
The Revenge of the River Demon! · 7 pages
A native disguises himself as a river demon.

Publisher’s description

An alien who looks like a hairy monster comes to Earth to execute nine criminals from his world of Zaron, and Superboy accompanies him through Smallville, allowing him to turn the villains--who have infiltrated Smallville thoroughly--to stone with rays from his eyes.

Reprinted in

Century Plus Comic (1960), 80 Page Giant Magazine (1964), The Aquaman Archives (2003), Showcase Presents: Aquaman (2007), DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis (2025)