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Adventure comics comic books issue 290

  • Issue #290
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 290
    • Staple rust. Interior tearing.
    • Cover coming loose at bottom staple.
    • Cover detached(glue). Interior is complete. Full length spine split(glue). Water damage.
    • Severe water damage.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • Major front/back scratch(es), longer than 1" and deep.
    • Label #1040797019
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Last 10-cent cover-priced issue. Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. 9th appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes in The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!, script by Robert Bernstein, pencils by George Papp, inks by George Papp; A fake Sun Boy comes to Smallville asking Superboy's help in assembling a super-weapon; Meanwhile Tom Tanner, an escapee from reform school, takes over Clark Kent's identity. Ollie humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Invasion of the Bizarro World--Tales of the Bizarro World, script by Jerry Siegel, art by John Forte; The Bizarros celebrate when their world is invaded by animated Blue Kryptonite statues, until the invaders try to make it round again; Then war breaks out. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $18 DC Comics Adventure Comics #290 Nov 1961 Origin of Sun Boy GOOD-
    $45 VINTAGE DC ADVENTURE COMICS NO.290(1961) THE SECRET OF THE SEVENTH SUPER-HERO
    $60 Adventure Comics #290 Superboy 9TH Legion of Super-Heroes 1ST SUN BOY , BIZARRO

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