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Issue: Adventure Comics #294
Publication Date: March 1962
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Issues: #294 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: 01/30/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Note 1: Arrival date: 1962-02-13.
Note 2: Statement of Ownership for 1961: Average Sales 460,000.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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The Halloween Pranks of the Bizarro-Supermen!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Bizarro-Lois [As Marilyn Monroe]; Bizarro Krypto; Two other Bizarros [as John Kennedy; Jerry Lewis]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing World of DC Comics #9 published November 1975
as Adventure Comics [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as The Halloween Pranks of the Bizarro-Supermen! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Dial M for Monster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Chief Parker; Professor Lewis Lang; Lana Lang Robot; Mr. Mxyzptlk (cameo)
Synopsis: Aliens from Xnor come to visit Earth as tourists and are very annoying until Superboy can figure out a way to get them to leave.
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Pages: 12
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Feature(s): Justice League of America; Aquaman
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Pages: 1
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From Many Lands...

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Look at Tricksy zoom around that track!
Synopsis: Tricksy wears a safety belt, even when in the bathtub.
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Feature(s): Superman; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
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Pages: 0.33
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Robert I. Diamond, John Sykes, and Bernard McCarthy. Bits of Bizarro Business by: Ralph Cohen, Stuart Fisher, Kieran Forrester, Regina Harry, Edward Cates, Robert Polakoski, Denise Santori, Randy Jones, Steve Sampson, Heidi Aeurbach, and Marvin Sandler.
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The Halloween Pranks of the Bizarro Supermen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Bizarro No. 1 [also as Mickey Mantle]; Bizarro Lois No. 1; Bizarro Lois Lane [as Marilyn Monroe]; other Bizarro Superman [as Jerry Lewis]; other Bizarro Superman [as John Kennedy]; Bizarro Krypto; Bizarro Lana Lang; Bizarro Kltpzyxm; Krypto; Bizarro Lex Luthor
Synopsis: On Bizarro world, it's the adults who wear masks and play pranks on Halloween. But when Bizarro No. 1 plays cruel tricks on him, Bizarro Krypto searches for a better companion.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Sixties #[nn] published November 1999
as The Halloween Pranks of the Bizarro Supermen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] published October 2000
as The Halloween Pranks of the Bizarro Supermen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Today's lecture will be on the philosophy of the ancient Inca Indians!
Synopsis: A student falls asleep during the professor's two-hour lecture. He asks another student to wake him, but the response is "You do it professor. You put him to sleep!"
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #216 published May 1956
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1961: Average sales 460,000.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Boy - Look at all these snowballs!
Synopsis: A man wearing many hats makes a great target.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #144 published May 1950
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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