Object label
DC Comics · Comics · Adventure Comics · 1958
Adventure Comics #254
Adventure Comics · 1958
In order to conceal his secret identity when Clark Kent is struck by a starter's bullet (which bounces off), Superboy pretends that Krypto has hypnotized him into giving his powers temporarily to Clark and several other people, including Lana Lang.
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Adventure Comics #254 belongs to a comics graph built around publisher, series, issue number, characters, creators like Curt Swan, George Papp, and Henry Boltinoff, and story context. The important part is not just the issue record, but how it connects into runs, appearances, and adjacent covers.
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Adventure Comics #254 is a comics collectible connected to DC Comics and Adventure Comics. Useful collector signals include release year 1958, issue #254, and artist context from Jack Kirby, Curt Swan, and Henry Boltinoff. Adventure Comics has 44 catalogued releases on GrailHub, making this page a route into completion, variants, and nearby objects.
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Collector notes
Adventure Comics #254 is a comics entry for issue #254 in Adventure Comics from 1958. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.
DC Comics pages connect this issue back to its publisher, series, creators, and related issues. For comic collectors, those links matter because discovery often starts with a character, creative team, first appearance, or a run of issues rather than one isolated record.
Characters associated with this issue include Aquaman, Green Arrow, Krypto, Lana Lang, Martha Kent, and Roy Harper.
Series context
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Adventure Comics groups related comics entries from DC Comics, so collectors can move from this object into nearby releases instead of treating it as a standalone record.
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- 44 objects
- Release span
- 1938-1967
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Quick facts
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- Series
- Adventure Comics
- Issue number
- #254
- Cover date
- Nov 1, 1958
- Characters
- Aquaman, Green Arrow, Krypto, Lana Lang, Martha Kent, Roy Harper +2 more
- Creators
- Curt Swan, George Papp, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Kirby, Jack Miller, Ramona Fradon +1 more
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Data source
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- Metron
- Source ID
- 11393
- Source URL
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