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Issue: Adventure Comics #131
Publication Date: August 1948
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Issues: #131 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/21/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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 Million Dollar Athlete

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
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The Million-Dollar Athlete!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Betty Brown; Joe Daly; Coach Kandinski
First Line: Can you imagine someone teaching Superboy how to polevault...
Synopsis: Coach Kandinski tries to turn Clark into an athlete, in order to give him some clout with the lassies. Using his powers he breaks up a gang who are stealing sports trophies in order to make counterfeit silver half dollars. He explains to a confused police officer that most trophies are made of little value Brittania metal.
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Bob Elliott

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The Undersea Post Office!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Captain Gregg; Shark Barton
First Line: "Neither snow nor rain, nor heat nor gloom of night..."
Synopsis: Captain Gregg has a mail contract to deliver to isolated islands in the South Pacific. Among his clients is Aquaman, who regularly gets a sack of fan mail. The year-long probation is almost up, after which Gregg will get a permanent contract. But Shark Barton, former smuggler, also wants that contract and tries to sabotage Gregg's deliveries by setting fire to the ship. The mail bags sink as a result, but, upon learning they are in waterproof sacks, Aquaman has his finny friends deliver them instead.
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Pirates of Plunder!

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Mr. Felix
First Line: Pirate's Day...A joyous celebration and colorful pageant...
Synopsis: Real pirates attack a modern town and steal rare jewels, until The Shining Knight flies in and puts an end to their schemes.
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Everything You Want in a Magazine!

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Feature(s): Gang Busters; Mr. District Attorney
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Falling Through Space

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Targets for Tonight!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Bull's-Eye [Leapo the Clown] (villain)
First Line: Once again, Bull's-Eye, most bizarre villain ever to rule the underworld...
Synopsis: Oliver and Roy attend the annual Police Benefit target-shooting contest. Bull's-Eye and his gang are meanwhile robbing the box office.
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A Crime a Minute!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Charles Wright; Eric Townsend; Mabel Green
First Line: Are you a member of the Minute Man Club?
Synopsis: Johnny and Tubby are invited to a meeting of the Society of Minute Men. The chairman explains that the members' liveiihood, and sometimes their lives, depend on minutes. For him assistance in preventing robberies at the work places of these members, Johnny is awarded the "Man of the Hour" trophy
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Feature(s): Dale Evans Comics
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Duel in the Sand

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Genres: adventure
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