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"Superboy: "The Phantom Superboy"": A cache of Kryptonian weapons, including a Phantom Zone Projector, falls to Earth. Superboy learns of the Phantom Zone's existence and how Kryptonian criminals were sent into it by a mental playback device in a he

Adventure Comics #283 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1961.

Synopsis for Superboy: "The Phantom Superboy"

A cache of Kryptonian weapons, including a Phantom Zone Projector, falls to Earth. Superboy learns of the Phantom Zone's existence and how Kryptonian criminals were sent into it by a mental playback device in a helmet from the weapons cache. A lizard accidentally triggers the black button on the projector, sending Superboy into the Phantom Zone. Fortunately, the Boy of Steel manages to telekinetically write a message to Jonathan Kent on one of the electric typewriters Jonathan has started selling in the Kent General Store, which has been left plugged in for demonstration purposes. Jonathan finds the projector and presses the white button, releasing Superboy from the Zone.

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  • Fire truck
  • Ford Model A


Synopsis for Congorilla: "The Lion with the Double Identity"

Congo Bill is repeatedly prevented from entering the Mines of King Solomon by a lion possessed by Tim Tully. Bill became Congorilla to combat the lion, and repulsed crocodiles and catapaults. In the end he is forced to light explosive gases on fire, which destroys the Mines. Tully swears revenge.

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  • Tim Tully (Single appearance)
  • Black-Maned Lion (Single appearance)

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  • Professor Rice (Single appearance)

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  • "The Phantom Superboy" was reprinted in Superboy #165 and Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone.
  • This is the final appearance of the Congo Bill/Congorilla feature in Adventure Comics.



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