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Issue: Adventure Comics #280
Publication Date: January 1961
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Issues: #280 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: 11/29/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
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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Digital Edition
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
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Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Forte ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Lori Lemaris; Lana Lang
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Test Your Talent

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Lori Lemaris; Lana Lang; Britt Lemaris (intro); Orma Lemaris (intro); Prof Lang; Aquababy (cameo)
Synopsis: Superboy meets Lori Lemaris as a teenager.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 2010
as Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Watch for the Second Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Titano; Brainiac; Bizarro; Metallo
Synopsis: House ad for Superman Annual #2.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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): Doctor Rocket
First Line: There's the moon - straight ahead!
Synopsis: Dr. Rocket needs to head back home when he forgets his toothbrush.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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You Asked for It!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Seven Faces of Congorilla!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
Feature(s): Congorilla and Janu
Character(s): Janu
Synopsis: Dizziness makes him act out nursery rhyme.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger [as Ed.]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smallville Mailsack
Character(s): Superboy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Frances Judkins, Sue Brown, Mark M. Hunter, Jimmy Hall, Ann Winquist, Bob Cherry, Richard Oden, Judy Kelly.
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[untitled]

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
Feature(s): Peg
First Line: Pardon me, is Miss Gibbs here?
Synopsis: Boy uses excuse to visit girl's gym class repeatedly.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #69 published February 1952
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics; Superboy; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Lost Ocean!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Ramona Fradon
Inker(s): Ramona Fradon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman and Aqualad
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Jim Flood; Ted Flood; Movie Director; Lighthouse Keeper
Synopsis: Aquaman and Aqualad help make TV movie Sea Chase after the two stars get the bends after diving too deep. Sea Chase is a parody of TV series Sea Hunt.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Lost Ocean! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Lost Ocean! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Task Force
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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