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Issue: Adventure Comics #147
Publication Date: December 1949
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Issues: #147 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/12/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 23 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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]
Synopsis: Superboy leads a class in calisthenics.
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #147 published March 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Jimmy's Biggest Christmas (Thanks to Dad)

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Feature(s): Roadmaster
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Clark Kent -- Orphan!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Mr. Vanderdost; Mrs. Vanderdost; Henry Vanderdost
First Line: Now here's an orphan I know you'll love! Very talented!
Synopsis: When Ma and Pa fly to Alaska to attend Aunt Martha's wedding they get lost in a plane crash and Clark is put up for adoption.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy Annual #1954-55 published January 1954
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First Line: Wow! Kids! I'm giving away 10,000 official Bazooka scouting knives!
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The Case of the Vanishing Buildings

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
First Line: They lost him somewhere on this street, Effie. Let's look around!
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The Man Who Was Rescued 100 Times!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Dan Dunbar
First Line: Many are the dangers at seas, and Aquaman, monarch of the deep is called upon for aid far and wide!
Synopsis: Aquaman rescues Dan Dunbar, oceanographer, on multiple occasions, but eventually finds it is all part of a movie company filming his exploits. After calming down he allows them to issue the film, Peril at Sea starring Aquaman, in exchange for a large donation to charity.
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First Line: Send for this magic miniature of my own six-shooter. Read below about the tricks it does!
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Here's Good News for Batman and Robin Fans!

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Feature(s): Detective Comics; Batman
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The Speed Crimes!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Silk Skeene; Blimp Gorman; Tubby Watts
First Line: Johnny Quick, whose secret time-space formula makes him the world's fastest human...
Synopsis: Johnny demonstrates his crook catching techniques in a prison yard. One convict has an idea how to use him to help with their crime exploits. By donating money to charity, they get Johnny to perform various speed exploits, including reassembling a smashed statue which, unbeknown to him, contains the location of stolen money. Once he realizes the situation, Johnny uses his speed to have the crooks lose their cash in a casino.
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First Line: Made of steel to build like real
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: H'lo, Marje, I was able to borrow a car for the hop tonight!
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First Line: Our bunch all munch won't you join us, too?
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From Cavemen to Kings

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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Although gloves today have come to be accepted as articles of everyday utility and fashion, in former years they played an important part in the laws and customs of nearly all peoples.
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First Line: Ps-s-st! Want this great Columbia bike for Christmas?
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Today's the big football game - I better hurry and get into my uniform!
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The Bangs That Boomerang!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Archibald Payson
First Line: How can you enforce the law without a gun?
Synopsis: Green Arrow fights a criminal with a weapon that can cause any gun to explode.
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First Line: -Hi fellows! The new Lionel trains catalog is ready
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Editorial Advisory Board

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First Line: Boyts - it's free! Exciting new book about atomic energy and "The Wonders of Chemistry"
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The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kid

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Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Red Feather Kid
First Line: Another bull's-eye for The Green Arrow!
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First Line: Boys! Girls! Hurry! Be the first to go roaring by with a wonderful Chugga-Mota!
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Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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