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Adventure Comics 248

ADVENTURE COMICS #248

Cover Date: May 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-03-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Great Super-Powers Contest" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtCraig Flessel
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in issue #247; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #65)

Supporting Character(s):

Ma Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #64/2 and #65)
Lana Lang (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #64/3 and #65)

Villain(s):

Ace Grimes (first appearance; a racketeer)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #149/2 (July 1968)


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Second Story: "The World's Three Most Dangerous Arrows" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in issue #247/2; next in next in World's Finest Comics #94/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy (last in issue #247/2; next in next in World's Finest Comics #94/3)

Villain(s):

four thieves (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Arrow Cave

Story Reprinted in:

Brave and the Bold #113 (June-July 1974)


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Third Story: "The Traitor of the Seven Seas" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtRamona Fradon
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (in between issues #247/3 and #249/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Topo (not specifically identified; in between issues #247/3 and #249/3)

Villain(s):

an unidentified alien race (unseen; try to get Aquaman to trap fish for their alien zoo)

Other Character(s):

Jack Ward (first appearance; an undersea explorer; shocked that Aquaman appears to be giving into the hostile aliens)
Lopo (first appearance; an octopus that helps Aquaman pull a scam on some fish-seeking aliens)

Location(s):

unidentified locations in the "Southern seas" (likely near a territory of the United States of America)

Comment(s):

The unseen aliens explain that every one hundred years their planet is at its closest point to Earth which lets them travel between worlds.
This story takes place over the span of about two to three days.


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