Adventure Comics #256 (1959) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Kryptonite Dragnet!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy [Clark Kent]
2	The Dragnet for Superboy	comic story	12.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Chief James Wilton; "Flash" Ward (villain); Jonathan Kent
4	Formula for Success!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Titano
6	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7	The Ordeal of Aquaman	comic story	5.67	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon; letters: John Duffy	Aquaman; Topo
9	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
10	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	The Green Arrow's First Case	comic story	6.67	script: Ed Herron, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby, Roz Kirby; letters: John Duffy	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Arrow-Plane; Carter (Seaman)

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
World's Finest Comics #187	1969	On eBay ›
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #9	1981	On eBay ›
The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby #[nn]	2002	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Green Arrow #1 ISBN 1-4012-0785-5	2006	On eBay ›
Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn]	1976	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	On eBay ›
The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3107-1	2011	On eBay ›
Green Arrow: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-6386-7	2016	On eBay ›

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