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Issue: Adventure Comics #143
Publication Date: August 1949
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Issues: #143 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: 06/13/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (7 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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Now -- More Than Ever

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The Superboy Savings Bank!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; the school principal; Donald Meed; Wooden Head Jones; Tommy Rand
First Line: Step into the most amazing bank of all time!
Synopsis: At a meeting of the Smallville High School Student Council, Clark suggests they form a school bank. The principal agrees as long as they get Superboy as treasurer. Clark is given the honor of making the first deposit. To solve the problem of being two people in the same place he has filmed himself in costume welcoming himself as Clark. He gives out loans to a number of students, then helps them to succeed. His biggest success lies in getting students to invest in U.S. Savings Bonds.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy Annual #1954-55 published January 1954
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Pages: 10
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Bob Lemon

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Feature(s): Detective Comics; Sensation Comics
First Line: Want mystery?
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The Arrow Raiders Strike!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Black Arrow (villain, only appearance)
First Line: Any story of that master bowman of justice, Green Arrow, deals with arrows!
Synopsis: Out on parole, The Black Arrow and his gang plot revenge against Green Arrow. The crook fires the arrow with the stolen jewels attached into the air. While Speedy chases it, Green Arrow finds that the gang has destroyed all the evidence of a crime by setting fire to their specially treated costumes and archery equipment. This happens again and again, and finally, by using the Arrowplane, they discover that the loot has been magnetically attracted to a blimp overhead.
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Champ to Chump - And Back Again

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: I'm on trial as a vacuum cleaner salesman...
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Villains Without Guns!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; "Brains" O'Connell (crook)
First Line: I tell you, they robbed us of valuable gems...
Synopsis: The Shining Knight leads police to the premises of a taxidermist, and down into the cellar, where men manufacture an assortment of deadly weapons. Deprived of their supply of guns, "Brains" O'Connell hits on the idea of using swords instead, and hires a fencing master to train his gang.
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Disclose Notes: Art credits by Craig Delich per the Who's Who. Although Chuck Winter also did the Knight during this time period, the art does not appear to be his work.

Keith Chandler adds: This is not Moreira either, and a careful look beneath the unknown, heavy-handed inker reveals pencils that seem to be by Frank Frazetta. Frazetta is on the cusp of his short but shining stint on the feature, and one wonders whether this was a tryout by the editors.
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Watch for Wakely!

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Feature(s): Jimmy Wakely
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The Second Robinson Crusoe!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Phineas Pike [The Sea Sleuth]; Blackjack (villain)
First Line: Who can forget the thrilling saga of Robinson Crusoe...
Synopsis: Aquaman's friend Phineas Pike (alias The Sea Sleuth) sails off to adventures unknown. He is shipwrecked on a small island, and gets various creatures to aid him in building a shelter and providing material for various comforts. While searching for his missing friend, Aquaman takes time out to try and capture notorious thief Blackjack, but is covered in hot tar, which forces him to the sea bottom. Meanwhile Blackjack lands on the very island where Phineas is stranded. He spots the gang and finds a way send a morse code message underwater. Aquaman finally scrapes off the tar and responds.
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Plane Daring

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
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Superman on Safety First!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Round Trip

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Message to Parents

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The Runaway Formula!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]
First Line: The most closely guarded secret in the world is...
Synopsis: A parrot learns Johnny's formula and starts blabbing it all over the place.
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Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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Cheating Death!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure; Royal Crown Cola
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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