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Issue: Adventure Comics #136
Publication Date: January 1949
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Issues: #136 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/22/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Wenzel
Inker(s): Al Wenzel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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America's Greatest Comics Characters

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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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My Pal -- Superboy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Wenzel
Inker(s): Al Wenzel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Joe Vance; Roger Belding
Synopsis: Joe Vance is out of reform school and all he wants is a second chance, but the kids at Clark's school won't give him one.
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Pages: 10
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Henry Iba

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
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Johnny Quick for a Day!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Tinka Elwood; Curve Carver; Jason Dewarr
Synopsis: Johnny Quick gives his speed to three people for 24 hours to show them that speed isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Pages: 8
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Gets the Bird!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 4 of the previous story sequence.
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Columbia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 5 of the previous story sequence.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Rice Krispies
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Pages: 1
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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): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Pete
First Line: Oh my gosh! It's awfully late!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #102 published September 1956
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #96 published April 1962
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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): Irvin Foster Sportswear
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Water Boy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman; Chuck Finn; Petty
Synopsis: Champion swimmer Chuck Finn is forced to help Petty rob a river boat.
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Pages: 6
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monark Super Deluxe
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Pages: 1
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Dish Washer Wanted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win
Inker(s): Lit-Win
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Lit-Win
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #51 published September 1956
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Pages: 0.5
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Junior Statesmen

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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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): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: How about taking in a movie with me tonight, Peg?
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #230 published November 1956
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Pages: 0.5
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Northwestern Products Co.
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Mystery Mine's Treasure!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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Pages: 1
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Crimes by the Ghost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): George Papp (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; Speedy; The Ghost (villain, only appearance); Dumb Duke
Synopsis: Tim Pebble gets tired of being a ghost writer and decides to become a ghost criminal instead, planning robberies for others to pull off.
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The Man with the Purple Hand

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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What to Do If Lost in the Woods at Night

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eveready
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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