Adventure Comics Vol 1 253



 Superboy Meets Robin, the Boy Wonder 

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 253 Month: October Year: 1958

Credits
Head Writer: Dave Wood Cover Artists: Curt Swan and Stan Kaye Pencilers: Al Plastino Inkers: Al Plastino Editors: Jack Schiff, George Kashdan and Mort Weisinger

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Superboy
 * Batman
 * Carter Nichols
 * Jonathan Kent
 * Lex Luthor
 * Martha Kent
 * Pete Groff
 * Professor Higgins
 * Professor Hilcox
 * Professor Wolfe
 * Robin
 * Superman

Locations: First Appearances: Pete Groff (science fair host); Professor Higgins (a scientist); Professor Hilcox (a scientist); Professor Wolfe (a scientist) Final Appearances: Pete Groff; Professor Higgins; Professor Hilcox; Professor Wolfe
 * Smallville

Synopsis: Coming soon

Green Arrow
 Prisoners of Dimension Zero 

Credits
Head Writer: Dave Wood Pencilers: Jack Kirby Inkers: Roz Kirby Editors: Mort Weisinger

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Green Arrow
 * Speedy
 * Xeen Arrow

Locations:
 * Dimension Zero
 * Arrowcave (Xeen's cave)

Items:
 * Trick Arrows

First Appearances: Xeen Arrow (a hero from Dimension Zero) Final Appearances: Xeen Arrow

Synopsis: Green Arrow and Speedy stare into the maw of the dimensional portal, only to find oversized arrows flying towards them from within. They tie themselves to a length of cable, and travel through the portal only to arrive in Dimension Zero. They discover that two giant-sized children are the ones repsonsible for slinging the arrows through the warp.

Green Arrow and Speedy leave the scene and explore more of this strange new world. They eventually encounter an alien who calls himself Xeen Arrow. Like Ollie, Xeen Arrow professes to be a heroic adventurer, and even maintains his own Arrowcave. The three bowmen team-up to stop a group of alien criminals. Afterwards, Xeen leads them back towards the dimensional rift and helps them to return home.

Aquaman
 The Ocean of 1,000,000 BC 

Credits
Head Writer: Jack Miller Pencilers: Ramona Fradon Inkers: Ramona Fradon Editors: Mort Weisinger

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances
 * Aquaman

Synopsis: Aquaman discovers a dimensional portal, and travels through it, arriving one million years in Earth's past. He encounters a friendly cave man, as well as a few dinosaurs. The animals of this era prove too primal for his telepathic abilities to have any effect over, so he hastily avoids their attacks until he can get back towards the dimensional rift. Aquaman arrives back in his proper time period, and discovers that the cave man he encountered had created a cave painting depicting Aquaman's adventures in 1,000,000 BC.

Trivia

 * This issue features a one-page Little Pete and Jerry Jitterbug humor strip.


 * This issue provides one of the few Aquaman back-up stories, that does not include Topo the Octopus.


 * In The Ocean of 1,000,000 BC Aquaman encounters several dinosaurs, despite the fact that dinosaurs would have long been extinct by that time era.

Reprints

 * Superboy Meets Robin, the Boy Wonder was reprinted in Superboy (Volume 1) #133, Teen Titans (Volume 1) #36, and The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told.


 * Prisoners of Dimension Zero was reprinted in Action Comics #449, DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #23, and The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told.

Recommended Readings

 * Action Comics
 * Adventure Comics
 * Aquaman (Volume 1)
 * Batman
 * Detective Comics
 * Green Arrow (Volume 1)
 * Green Arrow (Volume 2)
 * Superboy (Volume 1)
 * Superboy (Volume 2)
 * World's Finest (Volume 1)

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 * Metropolis
 * Topo the Octopus