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165June 1951
$0.10

Adventure Comics #165

DC · June 1951 · on sale 1951-04-18

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#165
Publication date
June 1951
Key date
1951-06-00
On-sale date
1951-04-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superboy's School for Stunt Men!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy
1Top Value in America's Top Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2Superboy's School for Stuntmen!comic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy
5Gadget Boom in Camelot!comic story6script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonShining Knight
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9The Warrior of the Lightning Flashcomic story8script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph MayoTubby
11One-Man Showcomic story1script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen; letters: Stookie AllenDick Mansfield
12From Indians to an Industrytext story2script: B. Fairbanks
13-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
15-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
17Archers Without Arrows!comic story10pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow; Speedy
19-activity0.75script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
21Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 7.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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