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Issue: Adventure Comics #217
Publication Date: October 1955
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Issues: #217 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/28/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth; Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Superboy's Farewell to Smallville!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Jor-El; Lara; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
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Pages: 1
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Draw Bob Hope!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superboy's Farewell to Smallville

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Jor-El; Lara; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Duke Mason; Lana Lang
Synopsis: A UFO crashes near Smallville and out step Superboy's birth parents, Jor-El and Lara! They escaped Krypton's destruction in a faulty rocket, repaired it, and spent years seeking Earth. Superboy packs and takes off for another planet with only a callous "nice knowing you" to the Kents, breaking their hearts. Meanwhile, in prison, "Killer" Mason waits for his midnight execution and deciphers a code to reveal Superboy's secret identity. Continued...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #156 published June 1969
as Superboy's Farewell to Smallville [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #11/1969 published November 1969
as Adjø Smallville [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: cont'd in next issue
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn American
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
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Pages: 1
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The Day Aquaman Couldn't See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ramona Fradon
Inker(s): Ramona Fradon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Synopsis: Aquaman chases a boatload of crooks, but falling rocks knock him senseless - and temporarily blind! Still, with the aid of a manatee, whales, a swordfish, and other sea friends, he captures the gang - just as he slips, conks his head, and regains his sight.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peg
First Line: Wait till Lola sees my new bathing suit!
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Pages: 0.5
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"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
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Pages: 0.5
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Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone

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Feature(s): Frontier Fighters; The Legends of Daniel Boone; Tomahawk
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Pages: 1
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Strange Animal Alliances

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as John Mallon]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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The Riddle of the Five Trophies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Synopsis: Green Arrow and Speedy are stumped as crooks raid houses all over the city and steal trophies with no monetary value. A deceased designer left duplicates of the trophies. The last is an archery trophy, the "Archie". Green Arrow competes in the contest - hanging upside down - as crooks grab the Archie. GA and Speedy are caught. The trophies hold a combination to a safe, but it fails. GA's arrow ring changed an "8" to look like a "3" - as they wrap up the crooks.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Green Arrow has a red hat.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: R-ring!" "Hello!" "Is that you, Vic?
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Artistic Card Co., Inc.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Niresk Industries, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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