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Issue: Superboy Adventure Book #1956-57
Publication Date: January 1956
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Issues: #1956-57 of 3 Issues
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Publisher: FlagAtlas Publishing
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Indicia Publisher: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1956
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Pages: 160
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Price: 60.0 pence GBQ 0-5-0
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Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
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Binding: Hardcover
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superboy
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Pages: 1
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Superboy's Man of Steel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy: Percy (robot)
First Line: No, no, Percy! Put them down they're police, not crooks!
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: writer credit by Bob Hughes
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: What bird whistles with its wings?
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The Boy Who Played Janu!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Congo Bill with Janu the Jungle Boy
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu
Synopsis: A movie is made about Janu, who sits in as a stunt double for the actor who plays Janu's part.
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Pages: 8
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Warning from Another World!

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: From across the great void of outer space came the creature --
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Ball Goes 'Round and 'Round!

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Feature(s): Learn a Bit of Magic!
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How Clark Kent Met Lois Lane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
First Line: Take a good look at the young girl shaking hands with Clark Kent!
Synopsis: Clark wins a contest to work as a cub reporter on the Daily Planet for one week. And so does Lois Lane.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art credits by Bob Hughes. Inker previously suggested as Win Mortimer.

Clark does not live in Metropolis in this story. Morton was not the editor of the Planet in #120.
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Fake Superboy!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy
First Line: Look, Superboy is pulling that condemned tree out by the roots!
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: First story in which Pa Kent's name is given as Jonathan. Also shows him running the Smallville General Store.
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The Girl in Superboy's Life!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Lana Lang
First Line: Superboy, you're my ideal -- you're so different from that timid Clark Kent!
Synopsis: Prof Lang asks the Kents if Lana can stay with them while he and his wife go to Africa.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: writer credit by Martin O'Hearn
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The Boy Who Talked Too Much!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Suberboy; Danny Peale
First Line: Are you a tattle-tale? Do your friends call you blabbermouth?
Synopsis: Superboy has to teach Danny Peale a lesson when he spreads gossip via ham radio.
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Pages: 12
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The Mystery of the Seven Sea Statues!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman
First Line: Is it possible? Has Aquaman, king of the seven seas become so conceited as to go around constructing statues of himself,E
Synopsis: Aquaman seemingly turns into an egomaniac by placing seven floating statues of himself offshore.
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Pages: 6
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes: Blue back cover with white Superboy chest emblem at centre.
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Pages: 1

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