XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Twitter Logo Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Adventure Comics #295
Publication Date: April 1962
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #295 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 Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/27/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from an advertisement in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #60 (April 1962) and copyright registration.

Published monthly by National Periodical Publications, Inc., 2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, Ill. (the address of Spartan Printing Company, the printer, and a subsidiary of World Color Press). Editorial, executive offices and subscriptions, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N. Y.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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:  
Disclose Reprinted In3
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (15 total)
Disclose Issue Images
The Kookie Super-Ape!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (Superboy inset, see notes)
Inker(s): ? (Superboy inset, see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Bizarro-Titano; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro #1; Superboy (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as Featuring "The Kookie Super-Ape!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Treasure Chest of Fun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Advertisement, with order coupon, for 18 novelty items from Honor House Prod. Corp.
Disclose
The Duel of the Superboys!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bronze Boy (introduction); Principal Wade; Chief Parker; Professor Lang
Synopsis: Vonrovia claims their super-hero is better than Superboy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #40 published December 1962
as The Duel Of The Superboys [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose
Don't Miss These Two Super-Spectaculars!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #96 (April 1962) and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #152 (April 1962).
Disclose
Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Oh, mother, will the dress be finished in time?
Synopsis: Wrong dress for a barn dance
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Josely Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In the "Bits of Bizarro Business" (readers' ideas about life on Bizarro World) there is one from Jack Harris. Confirmation from Jack C. Harris (the writer/editor for DC during the 70s and 80s) that this was his entry. Superman #202 reprinted 2 pages of these ideas from various issues, but Jack Harris' did not appear there.
Disclose
The Kookie Super-Ape!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Bizarro-Lana; Bizarro-Lois; Bizarro Jr; Bizarro-Krypto; Bizarro-Titano (introduction); Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro-Perry White
Synopsis: Bizzaro-Titano wrestles Bizzaro-Lois.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as The Kookie Super-Ape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: The book's not here!
Synopsis: Vic's missing book has his girlfriend's telephone number in it.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose
Coming Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #287 (April 1962), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #60 (April 1962), and Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #32 (April 1962).
Disclose
Reward $2,000.00 for this coin

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Best Values Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: An advertisement, with order coupon, for coin catalogue from Best Value Co., Coin Dept.
Disclose
Frontier Cabin Big Enough for 2- 3 Kids!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for toy cabin built of DuPont Polyethelene.
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Are you skinny like I was?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Ben Rebhuhn bodybuilding advertisement for the American Body Building Club.
Disclose
Make Money Get Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

An advertisement for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., Lancaster, Pa.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.