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Issue: Adventure Comics #142
Publication Date: July 1949
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Issues: #142 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/16/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
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The Man Who Walked With Trouble!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Paul "Jinx" Blakeston; Cyrus Maxon; Evans; Smith; Loring
First Line: Is it possible for a man to be a jinx?
Synopsis: The Forestry Service calls upon Superboy to rescue a couple surrounded by fire and trapped on their roof. He stays around and gives further assistance while monitoring the suspect activities of Paul "Jinx" Blakeston. But it transpires that timberland owner Maxon was responsible, in an attempt to burn out his rivals.
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Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Hi, fellas and girls!
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The Invisible Arrows!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Oswald Ogden (crook)
First Line: You've all heard of Akron, Ohio...
Synopsis: In Tick Tock Town there's a law against arrows, so Green Arrow has to catch crooks and leave no evidence behind.
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Focusing on the Firebug

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Editorial Advisory Board

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Undersea Big-Game Hunt!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; McBane; Redstone
First Line: There is no excuse for the way the roaring guns of ruthless hunters have wiped out certain species of wild life.
Synopsis: Two bored big-game hunters turn their attentions undersea, but Aquaman declares his domain off-limits to hunters.
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River Rescue

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The Villain of the Ages!

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Shining Knight [Sir Juston]; Sir Butch of Beeler's Alley; Sir Traytor; Merlin the Magician
First Line: Looks like he just came from a masquerade party!
Synopsis: Sir Traytor steals an immortality serum from Merlin and encounters his former companion of one thousand years ago (now known as The Shining Knight) in the present day.
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Disclose Notes: The Shining Knight recaps the story of being frozen under the ice in King Arthur's time and reawakened in the present day.
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The Key to the Past

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The Duel of Speed!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Mercury [Trick Tate]; Professor Gill (flashback)
First Line: When Johnny Quick, the Monarch of Motion, moves at super-speed...
Synopsis: Johnny's origin retold as a crook masquerades as Mercury in order to steal Johnny's speed formula.
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Disclose Notes: Johnny doubles his formula to 6XY(18YZ)8A to get double the speed. This is the only appearance of Trick Tate.
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Lost in the Woods

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3 Smash Adventures

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Escaped Bear...And a Bare Escape!

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Genres: adventure
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