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Issue: Adventure Comics #227

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Publication Date: August 1956

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Issues: #227 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: Superman DC National Comics

Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/26/1956

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth; Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)

Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

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1 Content Item
- A Day in the Life of Aquaman [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (14 total)

Good Samaritan of 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

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The National Sports Council

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Good Samaritan of 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

Synopsis: Somebody in Smallville is helping people and Superboy is getting the credit for it.

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Pages: 12

Mike Was a Rolling Menace Until...

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): U. S. Royals

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Pages: 1

Peter Porkchops Solves "The Case of the Careless Camper!"

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Schiff

Penciller(s): Win Mortimer

Inker(s): Win Mortimer

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, informational

Feature(s): Peter Porkchops

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Pages: 1

A Day in the Life of Aquaman

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

Character(s): Aquaman

Synopsis: People In the News wants to do a show about Aquaman.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31 published November 1957
as A Day in the Life of Aquaman [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Boys and girls! Here's the news you've been waiting for...

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff

Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Varsity Vic

First Line: H'lo, Jimmy!" "How about the dime you always give me?

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Pages: 1

Short-Cut to Danger

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Miller [as John Maxwell]

Penciller(s): Raymond Perry (illustration)

Inker(s): Raymond Perry (illustration)

Colorist(s): Raymond Perry

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

The Green Arrow Mystery Cards

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: Criminals try to corner the market in Green Arrow trading cards!

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Pages: 6

Notes: Green Arrow has red hat in this story.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.

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Pages: 1

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales

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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): Wilson Chemical Co.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover.

[untitled]

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

Notes: Back cover.