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Adventure Comics #290

DC · Series began 1938 · November 1961

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Dates

Cover date: November 1961
On sale: September 28, 1961
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, George Papp, Bernard Baily, Henry Boltinoff, John Forteinks: Stan Kaye, George Papp, Bernard Baily, Henry Boltinoff, John Forteletters: Ira Schnapp, Joe Letterese, Henry Boltinoffscript: Robert Bernstein, Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Siegel

Stories

The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! · 13.67 pages
A fake Sun Boy comes to Smallville asking Superboy's help in assembling a super-weapon. Meanwhile Tom Tanner, an escapee from reform school, takes over Clark Kent's identity.
Untitled · 0.6 pages
A man's hair doesn't stand up because it's a wig.
The Invasion of the Bizarro World! · 10.67 pages
The Bizarros celebrate when their world is invaded by animated blue kryptonite creatures, until the invaders try to make it round again. Then war breaks out. The blue kryptonite radiation was not blocked by regular lead suits, but is blocked by imperfect duplicates of the same lead suits.
Untitled · 0.67 pages
Borrowed umbrella clearly marked with Shorty's name.

Characters

Clark KentSuperboyMartha KentLana LangKryptoImra ArdeenRokk KrinnSaturn GirlQuerl DoxGarth RanzzCosmic BoyBrainiac 5Jor-ElLightning LadBizarroReep DaggleDirk MorgnaTinya WazzoChameleon BoyLaraSun BoyPhantom GirlBizarro-LoisShortyBizarro JuniorOllieChief ParkerBizarro-KryptoBizarro-Perry WhiteBizarro-Jimmy Olsen

Reprinted in

Superboy (1949), The Best of DC (1979), The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (1991), Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (2000), Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition (2003), Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (2007), Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017), Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age (2018)