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| Title = Adventure Comics
  
| Title = Adventure Comics
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| Image = Adventure_comics_262.jpg
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| Image = Adventure Comics Vol 1 262.jpg
 
| Volume = 1
  
| Volume = 1
 
| Issue = 262
  
| Issue = 262
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| Year = 1959
  
| Year = 1959
   
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| Executive Editor = Mort Weisinger
 
| CoverArtist1 = Curt Swan
  
| CoverArtist1 = Curt Swan
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| CoverArtist2 = Stan Kaye
   
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| Quotation = Look, [[Roy Harper (New Earth)|lad]]! You're wasting your time and mine! Take it from me... You'll '''never''' make an archer! Go home and forget about becoming my assistant!
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| Speaker = [[Oliver Queen (New Earth)|Green Arrow]]
   
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| StoryTitle1 = The Colossal Super-Dog
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| StoryTitle1 = Superboy: "The Colossal Superdog!"
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| Synopsis1 = [[Krypto (Earth-One)|Krypto]] is affected by the radiations of a strange element and a [[Kryptonite]] meteor, making him a giant and giving him rabies. [[Kal-El (Earth-One)|Superboy]] finally cures him by using the same elements to make himself a giant, giving Krypto an X-ray vision treatment, and then turning his own vision on himself by way of mirrors to reduce himself to normal size.
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| StoryTitle2 = "The Undersea Hospital!"
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| StoryTitle2 = Aquaman: "The Undersea Hospital!"
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| Synopsis2 = One day Aquaman sets up an undersea hospital so that he can treat his fellow friends of the sea of any injuries they may sustain. After treating a number of his undersea friends, Aquaman is called into action when he spots pirates attempting to rob a floating observatory. In attempting to stop the crooks, Aquaman is shot from behind by one of the thieves guns. His friends of the sea rescue his unconscious body and work together to heal him to good health, and after a few days he is healed and begins taking in new patients at his undersea hospital once more.
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| Synopsis2 = One day [[Orin (New Earth)|Aquaman]] sets up an undersea hospital so that he can treat his fellow friends of the sea of any injuries they may sustain. After treating a number of his undersea friends, Aquaman is called into action when he spots pirates attempting to rob a floating observatory. In attempting to stop the crooks, Aquaman is shot from behind by one of the thieves guns. His friends of the sea rescue his unconscious body and work together to heal him to good health, and after a few days he is healed and begins taking in new patients at his undersea hospital once more.
   
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| StoryTitle3 = The World's Worst Archer!
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| StoryTitle3 = Green Arrow: "The World's Worst Archer!"
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| Synopsis3 = Trained in archery by Brave Bow, an Indian his father once rescued, Roy Harper attempts to impress Green Arrow with his archery skills. However, every time he tries to show Green Arrow his abilities, the arrows seem to veer away from their appointed targets. Not giving up, and helping Green Arrow stop some robbers, both soon learn the reason why Roy's arrows never hit their targets: The non-flit arrows were vulnerable to the magnets inside the Arrow Car, afterwards, Green Arrow accepts Roy as his new partner, Speedy.
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| Synopsis3 = Trained in archery by Brave Bow, an Indian his father once rescued, [[Roy Harper (New Earth)|Roy Harper]] attempts to impress [[Oliver Queen (New Earth)|Green Arrow]] with his archery skills. However, every time he tries to show Green Arrow his abilities, the arrows seem to veer away from their appointed targets. Not giving up, and helping Green Arrow stop some robbers, both soon learn the reason why Roy's arrows never hit their targets: The non-flit arrows were vulnerable to the magnets inside the [[Arrowcar]]. Afterward, Green Arrow accepts Roy as his new partner, Speedy.
   
   
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| Penciler3_1 = Lee Elias
  
| Penciler3_1 = Lee Elias
   
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* {{apn|[[Kal-El (Earth-One)|Superboy]]|Superboy #74|Superman #131}}
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* {{a|[[Martha Clark (Earth-One)|Martha Kent]]}}
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* {{a|[[Jonathan Kent (Earth-One)|Jonathan Kent]]}}
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* {{a|[[Lana Lang (Earth-One)|Lana Lang]]}}
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'''Featured Characters:'''
  
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* {{a|[[Orin (New Earth)|Aquaman]]}}
 
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* {{a|[[Topo (New Earth)|Topo the Octopus]]}}
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* Unnamed Pirates {{Only}}
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'''Featured Characters:'''
  
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* {{apn|[[Oliver Queen (New Earth)|Green Arrow]]|World's Finest #102|Adventure Comics #263}}
 
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* [[Roy Harper (New Earth)|Speedy]]<br/>
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* {{a|[[Roy Harper, Sr. (New Earth)|Roy Harper, Sr.]]}} {{Flashback Dies}}
 
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| Notes =
 
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* This issue presents the [[Earth-One]] origin of [[Roy Harper (New Earth)|Speedy]].
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* "The Colossal Superdog!" is reprinted in [[Superboy Vol 1 174|''Superboy'' #174]].
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* "The Undersea Hospital!" is reprinted in {{co|Showcase Presents: Aquaman Vol. 1 (Collected)}} and [[The Aquaman Archives Vol. 1 (Collected)|Aquaman Archives, Volume 1]].
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* "The World's Worst Archer!" is reprinted in [[World's Finest Vol 1 188|''World's Finest'' #188]], [[DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest Vol 1 9|''DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest'' #9]], and {{co|Showcase Presents: Green Arrow Vol. 1 (Collected)}}
 
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| Recommended =
 
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| Links =* [https://adventurecomicsblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/adventure-comics-262-july-1959.html Read "The World's Worst Archer!" online]
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"Superboy: "The Colossal Superdog!"": Krypto is affected by the radiations of a strange element and a Kryptonite meteor, making him a giant and giving him rabies. Superboy finally cures him by using the same elements to make himself a giant, giv

Quote1 Look, lad! You're wasting your time and mine! Take it from me... You'll never make an archer! Go home and forget about becoming my assistant! Quote2
— Green Arrow

Adventure Comics #262 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1959.

Synopsis for Superboy: "The Colossal Superdog!"

Krypto is affected by the radiations of a strange element and a Kryptonite meteor, making him a giant and giving him rabies. Superboy finally cures him by using the same elements to make himself a giant, giving Krypto an X-ray vision treatment, and then turning his own vision on himself by way of mirrors to reduce himself to normal size.

Appearing in Superboy: "The Colossal Superdog!"

Featured Characters:

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Antagonists:


Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

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  • None


Synopsis for Aquaman: "The Undersea Hospital!"

One day Aquaman sets up an undersea hospital so that he can treat his fellow friends of the sea of any injuries they may sustain. After treating a number of his undersea friends, Aquaman is called into action when he spots pirates attempting to rob a floating observatory. In attempting to stop the crooks, Aquaman is shot from behind by one of the thieves guns. His friends of the sea rescue his unconscious body and work together to heal him to good health, and after a few days he is healed and begins taking in new patients at his undersea hospital once more.

Appearing in Aquaman: "The Undersea Hospital!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Pirates (Single appearance)

Other Characters:


Locations:

  • Unknown

Items:

  • None

Vehicles:

  • None

Synopsis for Green Arrow: "The World's Worst Archer!"

Trained in archery by Brave Bow, an Indian his father once rescued, Roy Harper attempts to impress Green Arrow with his archery skills. However, every time he tries to show Green Arrow his abilities, the arrows seem to veer away from their appointed targets. Not giving up, and helping Green Arrow stop some robbers, both soon learn the reason why Roy's arrows never hit their targets: The non-flit arrows were vulnerable to the magnets inside the Arrowcar. Afterward, Green Arrow accepts Roy as his new partner, Speedy.

Appearing in Green Arrow: "The World's Worst Archer!"

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  • Template:Apn

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:


Other Characters:

Locations:

  • Unknown

Items:

Vehicles:

Notes



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