Adventure Comics #290 (DC, 1961) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $5,377.50
Sold: May 23, 2008
Adventure Comics #290 Values
Publisher: DC, 1961
About Adventure Comics #290
Ninth appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Origin of Sun Boy in Legion. Bizarro appearance. Superboy cover by Curt Swan. George Papp art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Brainiac 5 (image only); Phantom Girl (image only); Chameleon Boy (image only); Saturn Girl (image only); Lightning Lad (image only)]
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Tom Tanner (Clark Kent look-alike); Lana Lang; Sun Boy (impostor); Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]; Chief Parker; Superboy robots; Ma Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis: A fake Sun Boy comes to Smallville asking Superboy's help in assembling a super-weapon. Meanwhile Tom Tanner, an escapee from reform school, takes over Clark Kent's identity.
Pages: 13.670
Script: Robert Bernstein
Pencils: George Papp
Inks: George Papp
Letters: Joe Letterese
Reprints: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #495 (January 1983), | Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #147 (May-June 1968)
Notes: Sun Boy previously introduced in Adventure Comics #276 (September 1960). Original story is partially rewritten from "The Two Clark Kents" in Adventure Comics #191 (August 1953).
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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