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Issue: Adventure Comics #120
Publication Date: September 1947
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Issues: #120 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: 07/21/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (7 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 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Superboy #[nn] published October 2010
as The Adventures of Superman When He Was a Boy! [Illustration on Dustjacket]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Superboy #[nn] published October 2010
as Adventure Comics No. 120 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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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): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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W Is for Woodchuck

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Perry White, Cub Reporter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Wenzel
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Perry White (1st in Superboy); Mr. Hobb (introduction, Daily Planet editor); Ringmaster (villain, introduction); Grillo (villain, introduction, circus fire eater); Swoop (villain, introduction, circus aerialist); Loop (villain, introduction, circus aerialist); Musculo (villain, introduction, circus strongman)
Synopsis: Clark and Perry apply for jobs at the Daily Planet on the same day, with Clark the only one getting hired at first (as a newsboy).
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Superboy #[nn] published October 2010
as Perry White, Cub Reporter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Mr. Hobb says "Great Caesar!".
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Eddie Stanky

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Aquaman Goes to College!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry; also as Mr. Waterman]; Mr. Reed; Professor Hatcher
Synopsis: Aquaman enrolls in college to study fish using the name Mr. Waterman. Then he joins the swim team.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Aquaman does not need to be in water once an hour in this story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Willy
First Line: Homework
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Overturned Canoe

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bright Star Flashlight Battery
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Archer from the Zodiac!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Kashdan
Penciller(s): George Papp (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; John Centaur
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Trapping a Bandit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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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The Three Aerobateers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chuck Winter
Inker(s): Chuck Winter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shining Knight
Character(s): Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; The 3 Aerobateers [Al; Pat; Paul]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Strange Alliance

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Olin (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The March of Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin (signed)
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Quick
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Ticker (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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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): Parker Johns
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jimminy and the Magic Book; More Fun Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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