Adventure Comics #196 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superboy vs Kingorilla!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Mrs. Lang; Kingorilla
1	Home, Sweet Home!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Binky Biggs; Lucy Biggs; Li'l Allergy; Mr. Biggs; Mrs. Biggs
2	Kingorilla!	comic story	12	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela	Professor John Lang; Mrs. Lang; Lana Lang; Kingorilla (introduction); Ma Kent; Pa Kent (bald)
5	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
6	The Topsy-Turvy World!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
8	-	cartoon	0.5	script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
10	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	Johnny Quick, Traffic Cop!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph Mayo
13	The Curse of the Conquistador	text article	2	pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14	Three Smashing Adventures of Superman	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
15	The Jealous Archer!	comic story	8	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Speedy

Plus 5.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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