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Issue: My Greatest Adventure #1
Publication Date: January 1955
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Issues: #1 of 85 Issues
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Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/16/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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My Cargo Was Death!

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Genres: adventure, drama
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In Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #1 published April 1955
as My Cargo Was Death! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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I Was King of Dagger Island!

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Genres: adventure, drama
Character(s): First-Class Seaman Eddie Doyle, U.S.N.; Lieutenant Howell
First Line: Picture this - Me, First-Class Seaman Eddie Doyle, U.S.N...
Synopsis: When their ship is blown up in the Pacific in 1944, Doyle and Howell find themselves washed up on the shores of a tropical island. A group of natives rush at them and bow before Doyle, who reasons that because of his diving equipment they think him a god. Savages from a nearby island constantly raid the island and Doyle uses dynamite to sink their craft. He decides to stay and be treated as a god, but Howell knocks him out and drags him back to a passing U.S. ship.
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as I Was King of Dagger Island! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #1 published October 1956
as J'ai été roi dans l'île du Poignard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #104 published December 1967
as I Was King of Dagger Island! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tim; Pud; Ruffy
First Line: Look - There's Ruffy!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry; Gloria
First Line: Hello, Jerry, come in!
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I Hunted a Flying Saucer!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): John Marston (pilot); Mr. Denning
First Line: Leave us alone, human!
Synopsis: Pilot John Marston encounters a flying saucer, which scrapes his wing. But when he alerts the authorities and they examine the plane it is untouched. Marston sees the alien craft land while flying over Nevada and lands nearby, to be told by a speaker on top of the ship to leave them alone. A photo he takes is blank when developed and a lie detector test proves negative, Releasing him as harmless, he flies at 19,00 feet due east of Las Vegas and is never seen again.
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as I Hunted a Flying Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #1 published October 1956
as J'ai chassé une soucoupe volante [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Now More Than Ever-

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Black Bear

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Feature(s): Let's Go Hunting!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Are you sure we're going in the right direction, Shorty?
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The Last Jungle on Earth

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Character(s): Harry Stark; Roger Marshall
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Trapped by a Twister!

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Genres: drama
Character(s): Jim; Edna
First Line: One day, on a small Oklahoma farm...
Synopsis: In Oklahoma, Jim and Edna run from an oncoming twister. They hide behind a flimsy wagon, which is spared as the farm buildings are razed to the ground.
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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #1 published October 1956
as Pris dans un cyclone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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My Cargo Was Death...

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Genres: adventure, drama
Character(s): Howie Prescott; Barney; his brother Eddie
Synopsis: Despite the great danger, wildcatter Barney agrees to drive a barrel of nitro through the South American jungle. When he is ambushed the barrel leaks, but is only cocoanut oil. His brother Eddie appears and explains that it was he who drove the real nitro to its destination, while Barney was a decoy, used to draw off the local bandits.
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as Mon camion était condamné [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Primitive Hunter

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Character(s): Jansen; Carlos
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Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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