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Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) comic books 1952

  • 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.

  • 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.