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Issue: Adventure Comics #291
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #291 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/31/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1961 Periodicals, page 227, shows two registrations for this issue. The first registration states a publication date of October 26. The second registration states a publication date of October 31.
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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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Superboy's Romance with Cleopatra!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cleopatra; Professor Lang
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Test Your Talent!

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Superboy's Romance with Cleopatra!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Potter (1st Superboy appearance, revealed to be Lana's uncle); Cleopatra; Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Clark Kent robot; Ramses (introduction)
Synopsis: When Superboy reveals he's in love with Cleopatra to ward of the teenage girls of Smallville, Prof Potter helpfully invents a time machine to bring her to the present.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #3/1971 published May 1971
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Pages: 13.67
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Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Re-live the adventures of Superman when he was a boy!
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Wayne Schaeffler, Stanley Srasiulis, Edward Levine, James E. Banson, Ned Snively, Amos Cahn plus Bits of Bizarro Business from Larry Zucker, C. Stuart, Bill Keane, Jr., Mary E. Young, Chris Dorton, and Mickey Sidore.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: All Watches and Clocks Repaired
Synopsis: Can Shorty fix an hourglass?
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #28 published August 1967
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In Content Item: FlagLynet #4/1968 published April 1968
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207 Stamps

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: I just finished a marvelous book!
Synopsis: Peg's date tries to make her wish come true by becoming a knight on a rocking horse.
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First Line: I'm a fudge judge...
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The Bizarro Perfect Crimes!

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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Bizarro World
Character(s): Superman, Bizarro Lois #1
Synopsis: Superman helps find Bizarro-Lois No. 1
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #202 published December 1967
as The Bizarro Perfect Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
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First Line: Kids flip their lids for...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: All the kids have yo-yos!
Synopsis: Pete thinks a reel of telephone cable is a huge yo-yo.
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Feature(s): Action Comics; Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
First Line: Coming... super-attractions!
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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First Line: Draw any person in one minute
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First Line: Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30, or 40 years of age...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Announcing the all-new Daisy BB gun
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Daisy Manufacturing Company.
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