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166July 1951
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Adventure Comics #166

DC · July 1951 · on sale 1951-05-16

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#166
Publication date
July 1951
Key date
1951-07-00
On-sale date
1951-05-16
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Town That Stole Superboy!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy [Clark Kent]
1Now More Than Ever!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Town That Stole Superboy!comic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy [Clark Kent]; Mr. Andrews; Jeb Williams
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Secret Kingdom!comic story6script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonThe Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Butch; Quetza; Axtol; Pecos Parker; Ixtla
8-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
10Tubby, the Terrible Titancomic story8script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph MayoJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Fix Flanagan; Shorty Wright
12-cartoon0.75script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
14-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffPeg
15The Magic of Zoostext article2script: M. Moran
16The Iron Archercomic story10pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Loomis; Bowler; Hex; Scone
17-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
19Mystery in Spacepromo (ad from the publisher)1
20Look for the Real Reason!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira SchnappPeggy Baxter, Binky Biggs

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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