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Issue: Adventure Comics #219
Publication Date: December 1955
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Issues: #219 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: 10/25/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
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The Gorilla with X-Ray Eyes!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Chandu (gorilla)
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The Gorilla with X-Ray Eyes!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor John Lang (incorrectly called Thaddeus); Chandu (intro); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; "Doc" Baird
Synopsis: Superboy rescues Professor Lang from a big gorilla and captures it for an exhibition. But a canny crook notices the gorilla's eyes flash during lightning flashes, so deduces it has x-ray vision. They steal the gorilla to burn through walls and safes. Superboy can't stop it because he's weakened by the glare. Lang reveals it drank kryptonite-infused water in Africa. Superboy finally builds a giant battery to "defuse" the gorilla, and the effect wears off.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #174 published May 1971
as The Gorilla with Super-Eyes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Professor Lang was incorrectly called Thaddeus in this story. In Superboy 37 it was established that Thaddeus is Lewis Lang's brother. When this story was reprinted in Superboy #174, it was retitled "The Gorilla with Super-Eyes!", and Professor Lang's first name was changed to Lewis.
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Superman on Television! Is Super-TV

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First Line: Now Socrates, the Greek philosopher...
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"Wings" Winchester Saves the Movie Theater

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Genres: adventure
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The Greatest Show on Water

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Synopsis: Aquaman rescues a barge crew, but the amusement rides for kids are sunk. Aquaman reproduces carnival rides with an octopus-whip, whale-Virginia Reel, eagle-and-blowfish parachute jump, and even a roller coaster with giant clam shells and a shipwreck!
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First Line: To the boys and girls of America...
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How a Nation Is Born: Your United Nations at Work

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Hunters with the Bow

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The Human Chess Game

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Synopsis: Prominent men with names like "Car King" and "Knight Hunter" are kidnapped, and thugs finally pinch Oliver "Queen". A chess genius uses them for a human chess game - as crooks hold guns. Speedy breaks in, he and Oliver fake a fight. Oliver shoots a fountain-pen arrow to black out cameras. They reveal the "chess genius" is an impostor who held his brother hostage to steal his fortune. The faker didn't twirl his mustache while contemplating a chess move!
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Daisy Manufacturing Company.
Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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