Adventure Comics #197 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superboy Battles Juvenile Gangs!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan	Superboy; Juvenile Deliquents
2	Clark Kent -- Toughie!	comic story	12	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sy Barry	Superboy
4	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
5	The Best Present of All!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	Aquaman Walks the Plank!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
7	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
9	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	The Second Fastest Man	comic story	6	pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph Mayo
11	Do You Know How to Stay Alive?	text article	2	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
12	Hopalong Cassidy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
13	Crime's TV Station!	comic story	7.67	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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