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Issue: Adventure Comics #269
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 12/31/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #15 and 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
Superdog's Mean Master!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
Solar Boy
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Miscellaneous
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Blurb on cover refers to Aqualad as Aqua-Boy for the 1st and only time (though Aqualad in the story).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Mickey Mantle (photo); Yogi Berra (photo); Bob Cousy (photo); Joe Louis (photo)
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Inside front cover.
Krypto's Mean Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Solar Boy (first appearance, also flashback)
Krypto searches for a new master after Superboy punishes him, with disastrous results.
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FlagThe Superman Family #169 published February 1975
as Krypto's Mean Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #12/1975 published December 1975
as Krypto's nye herre! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jane
That's a neat idea, Jane!
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Miscellaneous
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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The Comic Book Archer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Mr. Sloan (Editor of All-Star Comics); Bill Nixon (creator of the Wizard Archer)
Sloan refuses to buy Nixon's comic strip because it's too unbelievable, so Green Arrow has to duplicate the Wizard Archer's amazing feats.
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FlagShowcase Presents: Green Arrow #1 published March 2006
as The Comic Book Archer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letters from: Scott Iverson, James Periconi, Charles Gottlieb, Ronald Lehr, Cathy Comstock; Avery Fromet, Edward J. Kent, and Judith Constantine.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
What a daring feat!
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Miscellaneous
0.67
Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics; Superboy
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #15, Superboy #79, and Action Comics #261.
The Kid from Atlantis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish. Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick.
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FlagShowcase #79 published December 1968
as The Kid from Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAquaman Classics #2501 published January 1969
as Het joch uit Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #9 [Direct Sales] published May 1981
as The Kid from Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Aquaman Archives #1 published March 2003
as The Kid From Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Aquaman #1 published April 2007
as The Kid from Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover.
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Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
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