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Issue: Adventure Comics #280
Publication Date: January 1961
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Issues: #280 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: 11/29/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lori Lemaris; Lana Lang
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Pages: 1
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Test Your Talent

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lori Lemaris; Lana Lang; Britt Lemaris (intro); Orma Lemaris (intro); Prof Lang; Aquababy (cameo)
Synopsis: Superboy meets Lori Lemaris as a teenager.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 2010
as Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Watch for the Second Superman Annual!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Titano; Brainiac; Bizarro; Metallo
Synopsis: House ad for Superman Annual #2.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: There's the moon - straight ahead!
Synopsis: Dr. Rocket needs to head back home when he forgets his toothbrush.
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You Asked for It!

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Feature(s): Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad
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Pages: 0.33
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The Seven Faces of Congorilla!

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Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): Janu
Synopsis: Dizziness makes him act out nursery rhyme.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Superboy
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Frances Judkins, Sue Brown, Mark M. Hunter, Jimmy Hall, Ann Winquist, Bob Cherry, Richard Oden, Judy Kelly.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Pardon me, is Miss Gibbs here?
Synopsis: Boy uses excuse to visit girl's gym class repeatedly.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #69 published February 1952
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Feature(s): Action Comics; Superboy; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
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The Lost Ocean!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Jim Flood; Ted Flood; Movie Director; Lighthouse Keeper
Synopsis: Aquaman and Aqualad help make TV movie Sea Chase after the two stars get the bends after diving too deep. Sea Chase is a parody of TV series Sea Hunt.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Lost Ocean! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Lost Ocean! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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