Adventure Comics #292 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1962.
Synopsis for Superboy: "The Laughing Stock of Smallville"
After Superboy discovers a new element which scientists name "Superboy-X", Lex Luthor's jealousy provokes him to attack the Superboy Science Fair with mishaps linked to certain elements...lead, uranium, tungsten, helium, oxygen, and radium...whose first letters spell out his last name.
Appearing in Superboy: "The Laughing Stock of Smallville"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Smallville
- Lex Luthor's laboratory (Flashback only)
- Fairgrounds
- Space
- Unnamed Barren Planet
- Mars (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Luthor's Elements
- Lead Paint
- Uranium Ball
- Tungsten Filament
- Helium-Filled Blimp
- Oxygen
- Radium
- Green Kryptonite Bullets
- Element Superboy-X
- Hydrogen Spray
- Meteor
- Repeller Rays
- Superboy Robots
- Superboy Statue
- Supersize Paint Sprayer
Vehicles:
- 1927-31 Ford Model A
- Armored Car
- Plane
- Superboy Blimp
Concepts:
- Acrostic Puzzle
Synopsis for Bizarro: "Bizarro Creates a Monster"
Bizarro is angered that broadcasts he picks up from Earth call the Frankenstein Monster a horror character, so he decides once again to give his people a real monster. First he captures an apelike caveman from another planet. Then he trains the duplicator ray on the caveman, and produces a blond Adonis whom foolish Earth people would call a matinee idol, but whose looks are enough to drive Bizarros into paroxysms of fright. The creature, whom Bizarro names Sapollo, does star in a film, but it proves to be too much for even the toughest Bizarros. Bizarro No. 1 eventually bows to the will of the planetary council, and agrees that Sapollo is too horrible to live. But before he can be captured, Bizarro Mxyzptlk merges Sapollo with the body of the caveman. Because the caveman is a decent-looking sort who goes around smashing houses, including that of Bizarro No. 1, everybody is satisfied, and all breathe a sigh of relief, knowing the monster has been banished.
Appearing in Bizarro: "Bizarro Creates a Monster"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Bizarro Lois Lane
- Bizarro Kltpzyxm
- Sapollo (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Bizarros
- Bizarro Lucy Lane (First appearance)
- Bizarro Lana (First appearance)
- Bizarro Junior
- Insane Bizarro Lois Lane
- Bizarro Monster Extermination Committee
- Boris Karloff (On a TV or computer screen) (As the Frankstein Monster)
- Cave Man
- Doctor Frankenstein (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Htrae
- Ball Park
- Bizarro Insane Asylum
- Empire State Building (Htrae's smallest building)
- Fourtriss uv Bizarro
- Livewood Gulch Saloen
- Statue of Unliberty
- Upright Tower of Pisa
Items:
- Duplicator Ray
- "Sapollo the Awrful" (Bizarro horror movie)
Vehicles:
- Benny Dick Arnold Monument
- Bizarro Mobile
Notes
- "The Laughing Stock of Smallville" is reprinted in The Best of DC #15
- "Bizarro Creates a Monster" is reprinted in Superman #202 and Tales of the Bizarro World.
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