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Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) comic books

  • Issue #101
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 101
    • Interior is complete, back cover missing. Centerfold detached. Cover and interior oxidation. Staple rust, rust migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. No Nap For No-Nerves starring The Sandman and Sandy, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Marvin Stein. The Hen That Laid the Colored Eggs starring Genius Jones, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Stan Kaye. The Book That Couldn't Be Printed starring the Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Sun-Spot Scoundrel!, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin; Starman confronts a professor who believes that sun-spot activity causes crime waves.....and may even affect the Astral Avenger's famed Gravity Rod. Freedom Road starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Maurice Del Bourgo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $410 Adventure Comics #101 CGC VG/F (5.0) Simon Kirby Cover 1945
    $625 Adventure Comics #101 Sandman Cover CBCS 5.0 VG/Fine Not CGC OW/W DC Jack Kirby

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  • Issue #102
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 102
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4026096002

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Dream of Peter Green, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Marvin Stein; Fed up with crowded city conditions, Peter Green dreams of a new recreation center for the kids in the city to use, but it's the Sandman who must battle a crooked building contractor using inferior materials to build it. The Meteor Mob starring Starman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin. King "Artie's" Crime Court starring the Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Chuck Winter. The Eighth Day of the Week starring Genius Jones, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Stan Kaye. Honorable Information, Please starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Maurice Del Bourgo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #106
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 106
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4400973020
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Interior complete. REMAINDERED COPY with remainder cut in first 4 pages.
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    Cover art by Stan Kaye. Weather, Hurricane starring Superboy, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Stan Kaye. The Stolen Statues starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. The Shipwrecked Romance starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. The Mummy Who Came to Life starring the Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Chuck Winter. The Ghost Ship starring Aquaman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction ADVENTURE COMICS # 106 - MISSING CFO - 4TH APP SUPERBOY IN ADVENTURE COMICS

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  • Issue #109
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 109
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
    • 2Pieces of Tape on Back Cover and 1 Pieces on 14th Page. Piece of Back Cover Reattached with 2 Pieces of Tape.
    • Label #16-2BF4E72-013
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    Cover art by Stan Kaye. You Can't Lose starring Superboy, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Stan Kaye. The Waters of the World starring Aquaman, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Methuselah Manor starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. The Dragon's Teeth starring Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Chuck Winter. D-Day -- Year 1066 starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp; a modern reenactment of the Battle of Hastings. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #115
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 115
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects art and story. Lateral spine tears, some spine splitting through all wraps, next center wrap detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover pencils by Stan Kaye, inks by George Roussos. The Adventure of Jaguar Boy starring Superboy and Jaguar Boy, script by Don Cameron, art by John Sikela. The Grade B Burglars starring Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Chuck Winter. Tubby Watts, Cameraman starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, art by George Roussos. The Phantom Fleet starring Aquaman and Black Jack, script by Don Cameron, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Larceny With Light starring Green Arrow, script by Joe Samachson, art by George Papp. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #121
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 121
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4347615003

    Cover pencils by Al Wenzel, inks by Stan Kaye. The Great Hobby Contest starring Superboy, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Al Wenzel, inks by George Roussos; Orville Orville tries to win every division of the hobby contest, with money. Shades of John Paul Jones starring Aquaman, script by George Kashdan, art by John Daly. Menace of the Crimson Arrow starring Green Arrow, script by Don Cameron, art by George Papp. The Saga of a Sword starring Shining Knight, art by Chuck Winter. The 9th Wonder of the World! starring Johnny Quick, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #138
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 138
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4160482001

    Cover art by Al Wenzel. Around the World in 80 Minutes starring Superboy, script by Bill Finger, art by Al Wenzel; Mr. Briggs hates kids, but the only job he can find is as a school bus driver. Laugh, Crime, Laugh starring Green Arrow, script by Otto Binder, art by George Papp. Marooned in the Deep starring Aquaman, script by Otto Binder, art by John Daly. For Whom the Bridge Tolls starring Shining Knight, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. The Johnny Quick Shave starring Johnny Quick, script by Joe Samachson, art by Charles Sultan. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $280 1949 Adventure Comics 138 CGC 3.5 Restored Superman Superboy

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  • Issue #154
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 154
    • 3.5" Spine split from bottom (taped).
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    The Carnival Boat Crimes! starring Superboy and Doc Quakenbuch, script by Don Cameron, art by John Sikela. Aquaman's Sea-Circus starring Aquaman and Professor Enoch Druten, art by John Daly. The Newsreel Crimes! starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. The Masked Bowman of Canyon County! starring Green Arrow and Tuxedo Trilby, art by George Papp. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $227 ADVENTURE COMICS #154 4.0 // DC COMICS 1950

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  • Issue #156
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 156
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4188971010

    Cover pencils by Curt Swan. The Flying Peril starring Superboy, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Curt Swan. The Menu of Menace starring Johnny Quick, script by Jack Miller, art by Ralph Mayo. Aquaman vs. the Sea, art by John Daly. Warrior Bold--Real Fact, art by Fred Ray; the story of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth. The Secret of the Sealed Box starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $281 ADVENTURE COMICS #156 4.0 // DC COMICS 1950
    3 days left Auction Adventure Comics #156, CGC 6.0, Golden-Age Superboy, 1950

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  • Issue #159
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 159
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped from interior). Cover detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover art by Al Plastino. Superboy, Millionaire, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti; Clark's rich uncle Kendall wants to adopt him. The Testing of Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. Knight of the Future starring Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Frank Frazetta. The Port Called New York article. The Boy Who Couldn't Be Photographed starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #167
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 167
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4322451017

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. Lana Lang, Super-Girl starring Superboy, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Curt Swan; Lana gets super powers. Treasures of the Sea starring Aquaman, script by Jack Miller, art by Ramona Fradon. The Super-Speed Swindles starring Johnny Quick, script by Jack Miller, art by Ralph Mayo. The Girl Archer starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and his Vacation-Time Pals by Bill Schreiber. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $116 Adventure Comics #167 FA/GD 1.5 Supergirl! Superboy! Aquaman! DC Comics 1951

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  • Issue #173
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 173
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4114900003

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superboy's School of Hard Knocks, art by John Sikela; Superboys x-ray vision goes haywire. The First Underwater Gold Mine starring Aquaman, script by George Kashdan, art by Ramona Fradon. A Super-Spending Spree starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, art by Paul Norris. The City Marked For Plunder starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #175
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 175
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3796573006

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Duel of the Superboys!, art by John Sikela. Professor Eureka humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Mystery of the Disappearing Island starring Aquaman, script by George Kashdan, art by Ramona Fradon. The Man With the Magic Fingers starring Johnny Quick, script by Jack Miller, art by Paul Norris. The Rocket's Red Glare article. House ad for The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #2. The Baffling Bullets of Big John Garvin! starring Green Arrow, script by Ed Herron, art by George Papp. 44 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #179
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 179
    • Interior complete. Cover detached. 5" cumulative spine split. Large piece missing from front cover.

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. The World's Whackiest Inventions! starring Superboy, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Raft of Doom! starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. The Modern Paul Bunyan!, pencils by Paul Norris, inks by Sy Barry; Johnny Quick and Tubby visit a Paul Bunyan festival; When crooks rob the gate Johnny uses stunts similar to what Paul Bunyan would have done to capture them. Green Arrow's New Partner!, art by George Papp. Casey the Cop humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    4 days left Auction Adventure Comics #179, Aug. 1952

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  • Issue #181
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 181

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. A Mask for a Hero starring Superboy, art by John Sikela. The Evil King of the Sea starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Joanie Swift, Queen of Speed starring Johnny Quick, art by Paul Norris. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Crime Platoon starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $250 ADVENTURE COMICS #181 DC COMICS 1952 GOLDEN AGE CGC 3.0 GRADED!

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  • Issue #184
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 184
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4366438021

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Shutterbugs of Smallville starring Superboy, pencils by Curt Swan; cameras taking pictures harm Superboy. At Sea in the Stone Age starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Fastest Movie Ever Made starring Johnny Quick, pencils by Paul Norris. The Archers in the Sky starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $250 Adventure Comics (1938) #184 Mortimer Superboy CGC 6.5 Blue Label Cream/OW Pages

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  • Issue #189
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 189
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2104227002
    • Interior is complete. Staining and residue throughout interior, 2" cumulative spine split, cover detached at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Girl of Steel starring Superboy, art by John Sikela; Professor Lang returns from an island like Easter Island where he suspects that an alien race had constructed giant statues; Part of his returning display of artifacts was a belt that incorporates their alien technology. The Nautical Treasure Hunt starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Too Many Speed Kings starring Johnny Quick, script by Joe Samachson, art by Hy Mankin. The Legion of 100 Archers starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $225 Adventure Comics (1938) #189 Mortimer Superboy CGC 4.5 Blue Label Cream/OW Pages

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  • Issue #194
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 194
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
    • Label #17-391A0EC-001

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Super-Charged Superboy, script by Jerry Coleman, art by John Sikela; A criminal scientist electrifies Superboy with millions of volts, so that he can't go near anybody. The Outlaw Navy starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Treasure of the Lost City starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. The 50th Century Bowmen, art by George Papp; Green Arrow and Speedy accidentally visit the future. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #198
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 198
    • Cover detached and glued to first wrap along spine. Staple rust, rust migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sy Barry. The Super-Carnival from Space starring Superboy, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sy Barry; An alien circus tries to force Superboy to join. The Daredevil of the Seven Seas starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Mechanical Fortune Teller starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. Wanted for Murder: Green Arrow, art by George Papp; Green Arrow goes to the backward European nation of Entonia to rescue a girl. Full page ad for DC comic Hopalong Cassidy. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #199
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 199
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4388283002

    Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy Meets Superlad, art by John Sikela; Superboy encounters someone who looks, talks, and acts just like him. The Fire-Fighter of the Seven Seas starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Pirate Puzzle starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. The Frozen Archer starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.