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Issue: Adventure Comics #287
Publication Date: August 1961
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Issues: #287 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: 06/29/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman Annual #3 and 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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The War of the Superboys!

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): Dev-Em; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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War of the Superboys!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Dev-Em (introduction); Jor-El; Lara (flashbacks); Krypto; Ron-Em; Leeta
Synopsis: Bad boy Dev-Em escapes Krypton and arrives on Earth
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #320 published May 1964
as Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]pgs. 4-8 only
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #138 published May 1967
as Duel of the Superboys! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: Concluded in next issue. Superboy origin retold. Yellow sun theory included.
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Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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: 0.33
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See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual
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Pages: 0.5
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At Last!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Secret Origins
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Pages: 0.5
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Task Force
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smallville Mailsack
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Paul Stiefvater, Mike Fiss, Sue Grego, Ron Grimm, Frank Masiello, Joe Fabiezewski, Paul Thompson, Elliott Barnowitz, Wayne Liebman.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: You hit in the woods again, Shorty!
Synopsis: Shorty adds garden tools to golf-bag because he's often in the rough.
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Pages: 0.67
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Pages: 0.33
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Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Bizarro World
Character(s): Olsen-Bizarro (introduction); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Perry White; Bizarro Krypto
Synopsis: Jimmy accidentally gets transported to the Bizarro World and tries to work for the Bizarro newspaper.
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In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #13 published August 1965
as Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
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Pages: 0.33
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Batman Annual
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Pages: 0.5
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Pages: 0.5
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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