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Issue Details

Issue #267
Published December 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Prisoner of the Super-Heroes!"

Characters Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; kryptonite
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1

11 page Superboy story "Prisoner of the Super-Heroes"

Characters Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Sigellian (a new element that's harmful to humans like Kryptonite is to Superboy)
Synopsis The Legion returns to 20th Century to discredit Superboy and exile him from Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Letters Joe Letterese
Notes 2nd appearance of Legion, Saturn Girl has brown hair.
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1

Half page Varsity Vic filler "Imagine acting so childish"

Genre teen humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Aquaman story "The Manhunt On Land!"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; "Shark" Norton; The Wizard [Horace Kates]; Topo
Synopsis The Shark and The Wizard excape from jail. The Shark decides to operate on land but Aquaman captures him anyway.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Notes Part 1 of story, continued in Green Arrow story "The Underwater Archers" in this same issue.
Reprinted in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #3 (February-March 1976); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #144 (September 1964); in Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC 2007 series) #1

7 page Green Arrow story "The Underwater Archers!"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Wizard [Horace Kates]; Arrow-Boat; Arrow Cave; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (Cameo); Topo
Synopsis Green Arrow has to face his old foe The Wizard underwater.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Notes Part 2 of story, continued from the Aquaman story "The Manhunt On Land" in this issue.
Reprinted in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #3 (February-March 1976); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #145 (November 1964); in Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC 2007 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC 2006 series) #1