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Issue: Adventure Comics #142
Publication Date: July 1949
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Issues: #142 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: 05/16/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Walked With Trouble!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Sikela
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Paul "Jinx" Blakeston; Cyrus Maxon; Evans; Smith
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #9 published October 1949
as The Man Who Walked with Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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Pages: 1
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Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Invisible Arrows!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Oswald Ogden
Synopsis: In Tick Tock Town there's a law against arrows, so Green Arrow has to catch crooks and leave no evidence behind.
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Pages: 8
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Focusing on the Firebug

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 0.5
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Undersea Big-Game Hunt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman; McBane; Redstone
Synopsis: Two bored big-game hunters turn their attentions undersea.
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Pages: 6
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Post's Cereals
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Pages: 1
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River Rescue

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
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The Villain of the Ages!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): ? (Shining Knight artist)
Inker(s): ? (Shining Knight artist)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shining Knight
Character(s): Shining Knight; Sir Butch; Sir Traytor; Merlin
Synopsis: Sir Traytor steals an immortality serum from Merlin
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Pages: 6
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The Key to the Past

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Duel of Speed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Mercury [Trick Tate]; Professor Gill (flashback)
Synopsis: Johnny's origin retold as a crook masquerades as Mercury in order to steal Johnny's speed formula.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Johnny doubles his formula to 6XY(18YZ)8A to get double the speed. This is the only appearance of Trick Tate.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bazooka
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Pages: 1
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Lost in the Woods

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventures of "Popsicle Pete"
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Pages: 1
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3 Smash Adventures

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superboy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Escaped Bear...And a Bare Escape!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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