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Issue: Adventure Comics #290
Publication Date: November 1961
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Issues: #290 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/28/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #29 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
Format Notes:  
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The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Brainiac 5 (image only); Phantom Girl (image only); Chameleon Boy (image only); Saturn Girl (image only); Lightning Lad (image only)]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 [1st Printing] published January 1991
as The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 [1st Printing] published January 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as Adventure Comics #290 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Treasure Chest of Fun

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items.
Inside front cover.
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The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Tom Tanner (Clark Kent look-alike); Lana Lang; Sun Boy (impostor); Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]; Chief Parker; Superboy robots; Ma Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis: A fake Sun Boy comes to Smallville asking Superboy's help in assembling a super-weapon. Meanwhile Tom Tanner, an escapee from reform school, takes over Clark Kent's identity.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #147 published May 1968
as The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #495 [Direct Sales] published January 1983
as The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 [1st Printing] published January 1991
as The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition #[nn] published March 2003
as The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13.67
Disclose Notes: Sun Boy previously introduced in Action Comics #276 (September 1960). Original story is partially rewritten from "The Two Clark Kents" in Adventure Comics #191 (August 1953).
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Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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[untitled]

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Wanted: Safe Bus Riders

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Warren Albrecht, Jack Grobmyer, Tom Turner, Glenn Summers, Peggy Mitchell, Lance Gatthaffer, Mitchell Zimmer, Neil Powell, Jeffrey Ray, and Ronald Glenn; first "Bits of Bizarro Business" feature with snippets of other readers' letters.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Two, please...
Synopsis: A man's hair doesn't stand up because it's a wig.
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Pages: 0.67
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There's More Than Meets the Eye...

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Pages: 0.33
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The Invasion of the Bizarro World!

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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Jr; Living Blue Kryptonite creatures (intro); Bizarro Hipster No. 1; Bizarro Olsen; Bizarro Perry White
Synopsis: The Bizarros celebrate when their world is invaded by animated Blue Kryptonite statues, until the invaders try to make it round again. Then war breaks out. The Blue Kryptonite radiation was unblocked by regular lead suits but blocked by imperfect duplicates of the same lead suits.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #36 [Direct] published May 1983
as The Invasion of the Bizarro World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as The Invasion of the Bizarro World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10.67
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[untitled]

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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Well, I've got to be getting home, Shorty...
Synopsis: Borrowed umbrella clearly marked with Shorty's name.
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Feature(s): Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Showcase; The Atom
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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