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140May 1949
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Adventure Comics #140

DC · May 1949 · on sale 1949-03-21

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#140
Publication date
May 1949
Key date
1949-05-00
On-sale date
1949-03-21
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Six Superboys on the Moon!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira SchnappSuperboy [Clark Kent] (x7)
2Journey to the Moon!comic story10pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy [Clark Kent]; Professor Starr
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6Untold Arrow Tales!comic story10script: Otto Binder; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Hal Harvey
10The Sleuth of the Sea!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalyAquaman [Arthur Curry]; Sea Sleuth [Phineas Pike] (introduction)
12-comic story1script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
13What Makes a Car Go?text article2letters: typeset
14-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeg; Tuffy
15The Man Who Hated Water!comic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Otis Baybridge; Jim Logan; Ronald

Plus 11.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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