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Issue: Adventure Comics #218
Publication Date: November 1955
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Issues: #218 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 Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/27/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story 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 size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Two Worlds of Superboy!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Jor-El; Lara; Pa Kent [Jonathan Kent]
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Pages: 1
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The Two Worlds of Superboy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Jor-El; Lara; Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
Synopsis: Continued from last issue... Superboy left Earth with Jor-El and Lara - but they're actors! Superboy faked the UFO and super-stunts. The hoax can end, for "Killer" Mason has been electrocuted. But a meteor strike forces them down to an asteroid. At home, Ma and Pa Kent will be honored as Superboy's adopted parents at a banquet. Only then do they find the cat hid a note from Superboy explaining the hoax! As Superboy returns the actors home, a fake Clark Kent takes his place at the banquet: a dummy made by Pa as a joke on Martha saves their secret!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #156 published June 1969
as The Two Worlds of Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #11/1969 published November 1969
as Adjø Smallville [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman Playsuit
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
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Pages: 1
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Aquaman, Outlaw of the Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ramona Fradon
Inker(s): Ramona Fradon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Synopsis: Sailors dump dangerous chemicals that can cause insanity into the sea, just as Aquaman surfaces nearby! He's jinxed as all the helpful rescues he tries flub up so he looks insane. Authorities try to trank him. It's only when he does flub up that he rescues a mini-sub, and looks smart. "I'd better just play along... and leave well enough alone!"
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Pages: 6
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We Point with Pride to Our "Hall of Trophies!"

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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube
Inker(s): Phil Berube
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Phil Berube
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Playful Pop
First Line: Listen, Pop. This is an imitation of a train...
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #42 published August 1947
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Pages: 1
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World's Greatest Sports Games

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry
Inker(s): Raymond Perry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: A short history of the Olympic Games.
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Pages: 2
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The Archer Who Lost His Aim

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Synopsis: Green Arrow agrees to wear a chest monitor to test his physical and mental reactions for vital medical data. But his arrows go wild at odd moments, and crooks get away. Other times he can shoot fine. It's only when he ditches his steel arrows and borrows Speedy's wooden ones that they figure it out. The doctor's assistant put lead foil in the monitor and exposed the magnetized gear works by remote control for a cut of the crook's loot.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Sagebrush Sam
First Line: Hello, Sagebrush. How was the big city?
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peg
First Line: Peg, I see you're wearing a fraternity pin.
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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): Miniature Spy Camera
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Zenith Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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