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Issue: Adventure Comics #287
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 06/29/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman Annual #3 and 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The War of the Superboys!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Dev-Em; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue)
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
War of the Superboys!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Siegel
George Papp
George Papp
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Dev-Em (introduction); Jor-El; Lara (flashbacks); Krypto; Ron-Em; Leeta
Bad boy Dev-Em escapes Krypton and arrives on Earth
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FlagAdventure Comics #320 published May 1964
as Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]pgs. 4-8 only
FlagSuperboy #138 published May 1967
as Duel of the Superboys! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12.67
Concluded in next issue. Superboy origin retold. Yellow sun theory included.
Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll
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Miscellaneous
0.33
See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...

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Subject Matter
Giant Superman Annual
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Miscellaneous
0.5
At Last!

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Subject Matter
Secret Origins
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Task Force
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mort Weisinger
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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typeset
Subject Matter
Smallville Mailsack
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Miscellaneous
1
Letters from Paul Stiefvater, Mike Fiss, Sue Grego, Ron Grimm, Frank Masiello, Joe Fabiezewski, Paul Thompson, Elliott Barnowitz, Wayne Liebman.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff
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Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous
Shorty
You hit in the woods again, Shorty!
Shorty adds garden tools to golf-bag because he's often in the rough.
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Miscellaneous
0.67
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Siegel
John Forte
John Forte
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Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Tales of the Bizarro World
Olsen-Bizarro (introduction); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Perry White; Bizarro Krypto
Jimmy accidentally gets transported to the Bizarro World and tries to work for the Bizarro newspaper.
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Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #13 published August 1965
as Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.67
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
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Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Giant Batman Annual
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Palisades Amusement Park
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Frontier Cabin
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Junior Sales Club of America
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

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typeset
Subject Matter
Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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