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Issue: Adventure Comics #123
Publication Date: December 1947
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Issues: #123 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/20/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
First Line: Tug of War: Superboy vs. Jumbo
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Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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A Lesson for a Bully!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Al Wenzel
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Pete Brant; Tom Dawson
Synopsis: Pete Brant, the school bully wants to become school mayor, and cheats to sabotage the campaign of Tom Dawson, the favorite to win. Pete plants fireworks in a hayride, but Superboy turns it into a skywriting slogan. Pete challenges Tom to a fight, but Superboy disguises himself and bruises Pete's hand. Finally Pete throws a ballot box in the furnace, but Superboy microscopically reads the ashes for the results. When Tom wins, he chooses Pete to be his vice-mayor, and Pete is thrilled and promises to reform.
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Pages: 10
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Bert La Brucherie

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gang Busters
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Pages: 1
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The Man Behind the Mask!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; Speedy; Chief Weber; The Mask (intro)
Synopsis: Important men are dying of "suicides" and "accidental deaths" all over the city. Green Arrow disguises himself as a scar-faced criminal, helped by Speedy, then pays for a hit on Oliver Queen. The masked man flees into the subway, where he's electrocuted on the third rail. Turns out he was a wanted criminal due to be electrocuted, so fate has intervened.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Columbia
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: He helps me caddy, sir...
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Boys and Girls! Here's an Important Message for You!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Villainy in Venice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman; Dina Lewis; Count Vitto
Synopsis: In Venice, city of canals, a girl is bound and thrown in a canal, but fish carry her to Aquaman. Together they attended a masked ball at carnival to expose a gang out to steal a fabulous treasure. Aquaman reflects the girl spent her fortune to come find romance, and only found another fortune.
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The Case of "The Web-Footed Burglar"

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): A Date with Judy
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Just Before the Fight

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Writer(s): Ted Field
Letterer(s): typeset
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Willy
First Line: School Entrance
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Lucky to Be a Yankee
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The Adventure of the Antelope Boy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Antelope Boy; Mobs Bracket
Synopsis: Johnny and Tubby are sent to Africa to find a jungle boy who reportedly runs with antelopes. But a criminal arrives first, kidnaps the boy, brings him to America, and uses him to snatch and run loot. Johnny finally catches the boy and the crooks, gets the boy freed, and finds he's been offered 57 college scholarships for their track teams!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Flash #160 published April 1966
as The Adventure of the Antelope Boy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynet #10/1967 published October 1967
as Antilope-guttens eventyr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Takes place in Gotham City.
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Feature(s): Lifebuoy
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Joey
First Line: Look, Joey!
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Junior Jim

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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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How Just Two Words Turned Mac Into a He-Man!

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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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