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191August 1953
$0.10

Adventure Comics #191

DC · August 1953 · on sale 1953-06-24

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#191
Publication date
August 1953
Key date
1953-08-00
On-sale date
1953-06-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Two Clark Kents!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy [Clark Kent]; Martha Kent
1The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Two Clark Kents!comic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiSuperboy; Ralph Bridgson; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Aqua-Cop of the Sea!comic story5.67pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
9Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
10The Impossible Deliveries!comic story5.67pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph Mayo
12The Man Who Refused to Dietext article1pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
13The Greatest Ride of Them Alltext article1letters: typeset
14-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
15The King of the Ivory Raiders!comic story7.67pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp

Plus 6.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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