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Issue: Adventure Comics #292
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 11/30/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #58 and from copyright registration. Bob Bailey also reported a copy with an arrival date of November 30, 1961. Incorrect on-sale date of November 13 in ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #30.
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Disclose 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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Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The Laughing Stock of Smallville!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Curt Swan
Sheldon Moldoff ?
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Lex Luthor; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Honor House Products Corp.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Laughing Stock of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger
Al Plastino
Al Plastino
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Luthor (origin); Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
Luthor pulls a series of stunts designed to make Superboy look ridiculous. Origin explains how Luthor lost his hair and began to hate Superboy.
Reprinting
FlagThe Best of DC #15 [Direct Sales] published August 1981
as The Laughing Stock of Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #6/1983 published June 1983
as Superboy als Stadtclown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12.67
Rehash of story in Superman 101.
Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics; Superboy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
The Secret of the Happy Pig!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff
Rube Grossman
Rube Grossman
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Peter Porkchops
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous
Professor Eureka
Professor, I saw lots of lion tracks a mile north of here!
Goes south when he learns lion is going north.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Smallville Mailsack
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters from Ray Foushee, Tommie G. Gambill, Martin Katz, Ethel Coombs, plus "bits of Bizarro business from Jim Linville, Marie Sheehan, Ann Burson, Michael Graham, George Kimble, Bruce Clouette, Frank Giammarino, Andy Kell, David Weinberger, Charles Wolff, Will Sessione, Gary Malkin, E. Nelson Bridwell ("On the Bizarro World, workers strike for less pay and longer hours"), Michael Ross, Ann Wiser, Gary Bell, Bill Weber, Brian Murchison, James Duffy, Kent Jones, Wally Ogden, Jr., Larry C. Hoop, Paul Eastman, Jr., Walter Lamia, Karen Kihm, and John McGeehan.
Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Giant Superman Annual
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Miscellaneous
1
Bizarro Creates a Monster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Siegel
John Forte
John Forte
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Tales of the Bizarro World
Bizarro Jr; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Lana (intro); Bizarro Lucy (intro); Sapollo (intro); Bizarro-Kltpzyxm; Frankenstein movie monster
Handsome Bizarro movie hero viewed as monster
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #202 published December 1967
as Bizarro Creates a Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as Bizarro Creates a Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Another Giant Batman Collection!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
Giant Batman Annual
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
?
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Ollie
Get out of the way!
Ear plugs make Ollie oblivious to danger.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Task Force
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Best Values Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
100 Toy Soldiers
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
National Radio Institute
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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