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Issue Details

Issue #274
Published July 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Monster that Stalked Smallville!"

Characters Ma and Pa Kent
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Free Speech-Free For All"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes inside front cover

13 page Superboy story "The Monster That Stalked Smallville"

Characters Ma and Pa Kent; 6-3KX
Synopsis Superboy brings a monster to Smallville as a friend, which upsets everybody in town.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #6 (January 1965) [2 pages cut, retitled there as "The Thing That Stalked Smallville"]

Half page Let's Go Hunting activity "Copperhead"

7 page Aquaman story "Aqua-Queen!"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqua-Queen [Dale Conroy] (Intro); Aqualad [Garth]
Synopsis After Aquaman doesn't pick her in a swimming meet, Dale Conroy vows to prove she's as good as he is.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein ?
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Reprinted in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page Tricksy- World's Greatest Stuntman filler "Hiccups"

Genre sitcom
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

7 page Congorilla story "Revenge of the River Demon"

Characters Janu, Congo Bill
Synopsis A native disguises himself as a river demon.
Genre superhero; jungle
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman