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Issue: Adventure Comics #273
Publication Date: June 1960
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Issues: #273 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: 04/28/1960
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):  
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 (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
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The Boy Who Was Stronger Than Superboy!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ted Grahame; Lana Lang
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Joe Weider
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Boy Who Was Stronger Than Superboy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ted Grahame; Lana Lang; Pa Kent
Synopsis: A Smallville boy gains super strength from a mysterious meteor.
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In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-15 published March 1973
as The Boy Who Was Stronger Than Superboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Readers' Choice!

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Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America; Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Gosh! Oh Shorty!
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Pages: 1
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Pages: 1
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Around the World in 80 Hours!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Captain Kryle; Smugglers Incorporated (Villains); Agent X-6 (member of Smugglers Incorporated); Aden (Member of Smugglers Incorporated)
Synopsis: An author needs Aquaman to prove he can swim around the world in 80 hours.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as Around the World in 80 Hours! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as Around the World in 80 Hours! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Have a nice flight, Ollie!
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Trudy Schwartzman and Martha Tolmack, Janet Smolinsky, Martin Polinsky, M. Goode and C. Burrows, Thomas Rogers, Larry Southern, Mark O'Flynn, and Dennis Sullivan.
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Congorilla's Twin!

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Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu
Synopsis: A showman disguises one of his henchman as Congorilla so he can make a few bucks.
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Pages: 7
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
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Be Your Own Boss!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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